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National Math & Science Initiative Inc

Nmsi's mission is to advance stem education to ensure all students, especially those furthest from opportunity, thrive and reach their highest potential as problem solvers and lifelong learners who pursue their passions and tackle the world's toughest challenges.

$50k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$15M
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$49,535
Median grant
1
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Morehead State University$49,535
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON: $389k → 16%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $392k → 22%University of Houston: $60k → 16%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $363k → 19%CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY: $41k → 25%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $625k → 14%A COLLEGE READY: $448k → 16%SPELMAN COLLEGE: $48k → 13%Colorado Education Initiative: $877k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF WEST VIRGINIA: $367k → 19%TOUGALOO COLLEGE: $46k → 11%JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY: $42k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO: $369k → 10%LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY: $335k → 32%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $341k → 11%Morehead State University: $330k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF MASS BOSTON: $128k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON: $369k → 22%PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY: $46k → 16%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $294k → 19%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $213k → 14%A COLLEGE READY: $412k → 16%CLARK ATLANTA: $46k → 13%Colorado Education Initiative: $620k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF WEST VIRGINIA: $218k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO: $337k → 10%LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY: $205k → 32%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $270k → 11%MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY: $274k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON: $114k → 16%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $262k → 22%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $128k → 19%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $184k → 14%A College Ready: $347k → 16%COLORADO EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $532k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF WEST VIRGINIA: $318k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO: $272k → 10%LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY: $160k → 32%MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY: $261k → 21%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $148k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF WEST VIRGINIA: $86k → 19%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $168k → 14%A COLLEGE READY: $118k → 16%LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY: $159k → 32%MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY: $173k → 21%MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY: $76k → 21%MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY: $51k → 21%Morehead State University: $50k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MA
NV
IN
PA
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 17 repeat orgs$497k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
12

Total granted

$14M
$497k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+21%

Still filing today

29%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    THE COLORADO EDUCATION INITIATIVE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $2.0M · revenue +3%
  • TA
    THE A EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
    5× · 2017–2022 · $1.3M · revenue +99%
  • TG
    The George Washington University
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.2M · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • SC
    Spelman College
    one grant, 2020 · $48k · revenue -11%
  • PV
    PRAIRIE VIEW A&M FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $46k · revenue +133%
  • CA
    Clark Atlanta University Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $46k · revenue +40%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
Tuskegee University

To provide quality post secondary educational opportunities and contribute to the betterment of society through research and development

Education
3
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Clarkson University

Clarkson university is an independent, nationally recognized technological university whose faculty of teacher-scholars aspires to offer superior instruction and engage in high-quality research and scholarship in engineering, business,…

Education
6
Coker University

Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…

Education
7
Tusculum University

Building on a rich Presbyterian heritage and a pioneering spirit, Tusculum University provides an active and experiential education within a caring Christian environment to inspire civic engagement, enrich personal lives, and equip…

Education
8
Trustees of Clark University

Clark university's mission is to educate undergraduate and graduate students to be imaginative and contributing citizens of the world, and to advance the frontiers of knowledge and understanding through rigorous scholarship and creative…

Education
9
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
10
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
11
University of the South

The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…

Education
12
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spelman College; the most unlike its peers is Drexel University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,215,121 · OtherMOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITYBOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION: $999,500 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONUNIVERSITY OF WEST VIRGINIA: $988,578 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WEST VIRGINIALOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY: $859,727 · OtherLOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $785,433 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMAUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON: $757,958 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTONKENTUCKY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORP: $737,526 · OtherKENTUCKY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $615,416 · OtherFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $611,924 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARKUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM: $560,048 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM+8 more: $724,043 · Other+8 moreTHE A EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $1,333,276 · EducationTHE A EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPThe George Washington University: $1,191,164 · EducationThe George Washington Univer…DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $802,090 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITY+7 more: $304,173 · Education+7 moreTHE COLORADO EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $2,042,258 · Arts & CultureTHE COLORADO ED…
Other$8,855,274Education$3,630,703Arts & Culture$2,042,258

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE COLORADO EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $2,042,258 over 4y, 14% of budgetTHE A EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $1,333,276 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetThe George Washington University: $1,191,164 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $802,090 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKENTUCKY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORP: $737,526 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetSpelman College: $47,719 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRAIRIE VIEW A&M FOUNDATION: $46,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetClark Atlanta University Inc: $45,966 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTougaloo College: $45,606 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLAFLIN UNIVERSITY: $41,070 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Foundation for NC A&T State University: $38,729 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $37,812 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTalladega College: $33,516 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE COLORADO EDUCATION INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds THE A EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds The George Washington University ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORP ↗
  • Who funds Spelman College ↗
  • Who funds PRAIRIE VIEW A&M FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Clark Atlanta University Inc ↗
  • Who funds Tougaloo College ↗
  • Who funds CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC AND SUBSIDIARY ↗
  • Who funds The Foundation for NC A&T State University ↗
  • Who funds THE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Talladega College ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Tom Joyner Foundation…The Northrop Grumman …Tulsa Community Found…United Negro College …Lettie Pate Whitehead…National Collegiate A…Ibm International Fou…Enterprise Holdings F…Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…
Tom Joyner Foundation IncTX15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tom Joyner Foundation Inc · The Northrop Grumman Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · United Negro College Fund Inc · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Ibm International Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization National Math & Science Initiative Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Math & Science Initiative Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • The Morgan State University Foundation Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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