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National Parents Union Inc

Mission is to support parents who have lived experience and are authentic voices, advocates and organizers who are engaging, educating and empowering families, neighborhood by neighborhood across the united states.

$163k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$152k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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, FY2020 to 2023.

Education$252kCivil Rights$152kHuman Services$75kPhilanthropy$25kYouth Development$15k
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $152,061, the rows itemized in this filing. The $163,055 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,994 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$152,061
Median grant
1
States reached
$280k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASSACHUSETTS PARENTS UNITED INC$152,061
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE: $25k → 16%ROOTED NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $25k → 14%HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $25k → 14%MAVERICK LANDING COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25k → 16%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

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
MO
VA
AR
NC
SC
GA
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 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.

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Parents Engaging Parents

Parents nbsp;engaging nbsp;parents nbsp;is nbsp;on nbsp;a nbsp;mission nbsp;to nbsp;promote nbsp;civic nbsp;awareness nbsp;and nbsp;proactive nbsp;community nbsp;advocacy nbsp;by nbsp;advancing nbsp;the nbsp;interests nbsp;of nbsp;parents…

Education
2
Multicultural Academy Charter School

It is the mission of the multicultural academy charter school to educate the whole child by providing a safe environment where students can learn and teachers can instruct while emphasizing the importance of parental involvement in the…

Education
3
Innovate Public Schools

Build the parent and community demand for world-class public schools, and to accelerate the growth of these schools, particularly for low-income students, students of colors, and students with special needs.

Philanthropy
4
Empowered Parents in Community

Dismantling systematic racial inequities through collective organizing and intentional engagement of African American parents and communities. Advocating for high-quality educational opportunities and equitable distribution of resources.

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5
Alternative Schools Inc

To help each child reach his/her full potential by cultivating an active village of parents, community members, and stakeholders involved in providing an individual, personal, and conceptual learning environment for each student.

Education
6
Link Public School

Link Public Schools is a diverse, purpose-driven community that equips all students for college, career, and life.

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7
Minnesota Transitions Charter School

We are a student-centered learning community that inspires and supports all learners to achieve excellence through equitable, relevant learning experiences.

Education
8
Neighborhood Charter Network Inc

Neighborhood charter network (ncn) will foster the character, cultivate the intellect, and ignite the imagination of its students as they become leaders who choose their own futures in high school, college, and beyond.

Education
9
International School of Brooklyn

We develop adventurers. (see schedule o)creative collaborators and intellectual risk takers who are inspired to think critically and seek answers. we create passionate communicators actively connected to their community and the world. we…

Education
10
International School of Oc

The international school of orange county is a preschool through 6th grade school that offers bilingual french immersion education in a multicultural, nurturing, and intimate environment. we develop caring, confident, and intellectually…

Education
11
Aspira Inc of Pennsylvania

To develop the intellectual & creative capacity of puerto rican & other youth by motivating them to begin or continue their education in a profession, the arts, & the technical fields so that they may offer their training skills &…

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12
Families Empowered

Families empowered is a texas-based non-profit with a vision that one day, all families will have access to schools that work for them. the organization is one of the pioneers of 'demand-side' parent engagement strategies and is the only…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parents for Great Camden Schools; the most unlike its peers is International Neighbors Inc. 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

10 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. 10 of the 20 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE VILLAGE PCL: $39,945 · OtherTHE VILLAGE PCLINNOVA EDUCATION PARTNERS: $25,000 · OtherINNOVA EDUCATION PARTNERSUPLIFT MN LLC: $25,000 · OtherUPLIFT MN LLCFUNDAMENTALS OF LEARNING LLC: $21,809 · OtherFUNDAMENTALS OF LEARNING LLCLEARNBRIGHTWAYS POD: $17,230 · OtherLEARNBRIGHTWAYS PODSPEAK YA TRUTH: $10,194 · OtherSPEAK YA TRUTHPARENTS FOR GREAT CAMDEN SCHOOLS: $10,000 · OtherPARENTS FOR GREAT CAMDEN SCHOOLSRIGHTEOUS VOICE MENTORING: $10,000 · OtherRIGHTEOUS VOICE MENTORINGACERO CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $8,340 · OtherEVE'S BLOOM: $7,000 · OtherDENMARK CARES: $7,000 · Other+1 more: $5,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS PARENTS UNITED INC: $152,061 · Community ImprovementMASSACHUSETTS PARENTS UNITED INCHYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $25,000 · Human ServicesHYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOO…ROOTED NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $25,000 · Human ServicesROOTED NORTHWEST ARKA…IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANT FAMILY SERV…MAVERICK LANDING COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesMAVERICK LANDING COMM…CENTER FOR BLACK EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR…International Neighbors Inc: $24,800 · PhilanthropyURBAN YOUTH KINGS & QUEENS: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$186,518Community Improvement$152,061Human Services$100,000Arts & Culture$50,000Philanthropy$24,800Youth Development$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMASSACHUSETTS PARENTS UNITED INC: $152,061 over 1y, 85% of budgetCENTER FOR BLACK EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetHYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetROOTED NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetIMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMAVERICK LANDING COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetInternational Neighbors Inc: $24,800 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetACERO CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $8,340 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Walton Family Foundat…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Walton Family Foundation IncAR13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Walton Family Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Parents Union Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Parents Union Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Maverick Landing Community Services Inc: 15% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 20 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 $721 of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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