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National Recreation Foundation Incorporated

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
75
Grants FY2025still arriving
27
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0175% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2025.

Youth Development$3.3MHuman Services$2.0MEnvironment$1.9MRecreation & Sports$1.9MEducation$1.5MArts & Culture$1.1MScience & Tech$598kPhilanthropy$327kCommunity Improvement$280kOther$5.6M
02FY2025 · 75 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k56 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.3M
$20,000
Median grant
27
States reached
$56M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ASPEN INSTITUTEFORUM FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS$160,000
CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY$101,000
YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE$100,000
MUDDY SNEAKERS$100,000
CHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT$100,000
FRIENDS OF MOMENTUM BIKE CLUBS$100,000
CHICAGO TRAINING CENTER$100,000
IRONWOOD TREE EXPERIENCE$97,000
REFUGEE EDUCATION & ADVENTURE CHALLENGE$75,000
CHICAGO VOYAGERS$75,000
BEYOND THE BALL$75,000
GRAND CANYON YOUTH$70,000
GARDENEERS$60,000
FAMILIES IN NATURE$50,000
BRUSHWOOD CENTER AT RYERSON WOODS$50,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DAKOTA WICHOHAN: $13k → 11%SHAPE COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 16%A HOME BASE FOR TRANSITIONING FOSTER YOUTH: $15k → 22%ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $30k → 8%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $30k → 21%EARLY CONNECTIONS LEARNING CENTER: $30k → 9%KHMER COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE KING COUNTY: $30k → 9%FAMILY CRISIS SERVICES: $30k → 7%DAKOTA WICHOHAN: $10k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $30k → 11%SHAPE COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 16%SHAPE COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 16%ATABEY OUTDOORS: $40k → 11%MERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $65k → 22%GIRLVENTURES: $30k → 10%CATAMOUNT INSTITUTE: $21k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $127k → 9%SILVER SPUR THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $25k → 11%MERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $33k → 22%CATAMOUNT INSTITUTE: $15k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $100k → 9%WE'VE GOT FRIENDS: $15k → 16%MERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $30k → 22%BLACK OUTSIDE INC: $30k → 16%WE'VE GOT FRIENDS: $10k → 16%MERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $30k → 22%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $50k → 9%STEPPING STONES INC: $35k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $40k → 9%DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $100k → 21%STEPPING STONES INC: $30k → 16%DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: $30k → 21%DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: $30k → 21%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $30k → 14%URBAN ADVENTURE SQUAD: $30k → 14%CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $30k → 16%URBAN ADVENTURE SQUAD: $20k → 14%SOUL TRAK OUTDOORS: $50k → 14%CHICAGO PARKS GOLF ALLIANCE: $30k → 14%SOUL TRAK OUTDOORS: $30k → 14%CHICAGO PARKS GOLF ALLIANCE: $30k → 14%JUBILEE CONSORTIUM: $100k → 14%SOUL TRAK OUTDOORS: $20k → 14%JUBILEE CONSORTIUM: $90k → 14%JUBILEE CONSORTIUM: $90k → 14%JUBILEE CONSORTIUM: $30k → 14%REFUGEE EDUCATION & ADVENTURE CHALLENGE: $100k → 14%REFUGEE EDUCATION & ADVENTURE CHALLENGE: $75k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$14M · 140 repeat orgs$4.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +42% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

140 repeat relationships — 50 still active in FY2025, 90 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

140
166

Total granted

$14M
$4.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+25%

Still filing today

83%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $460k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentEnvironmentRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MS
    Muddy Sneakers Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $408k · revenue +65%
  • LS
    LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION USA
    4× · 2017–2021 · $400k · revenue +103%
  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES
    6× · 2019–2024 · $375k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • PL
    PARA LA NATURALEZA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $140k · revenue +27%
  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY OUTWARD BOUND CENTER INC DBA NYC OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -6%
  • CE
    CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY HORIZONS-UPWARD BOUND
    one grant, 2017 · $100k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Discovery Pathways

Our mission is to uplift the well-being of the community through experiential nature-based programs. By providing hands-on environmental education to urban youth and adults, we empower leaders and cultivate a connection to the natural…

Environment
2
Outdoor Equity Alliance

To create equitable access to nature in all communities and inspire a diverse new generation of environmental leaders.

Food & Nutrition
3
Wild Whatcom

Wild Whatcom's mission is to foster lifelong connections with nature and community through outdoor exploration and service.

Education
4
Naturebridge

To connect young people to the wonder and science of the natural world, igniting self-discovery and inspiring stewardship of our planet.

Environment
5
Youth Conservation Corps

To guide and mentor young adults using education, job skills training, life skills development, and community service to help them become productive citizens.

Environment
6
Yampatika

Yampatika's mission is to inspire environmental stewardship through education. They fulfil that mission by developing environmental learning opportunities that serve the children and adults of Northwest Colorado.

Environment
7
Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc

To broaden the nature of a liberal arts education; teach critical thinking about social & environmental issues; foster understanding of & respect for natural & human communities; & cultivate a sense of place that encourages personal,…

Education
8
Post

We strive to encourage environmental awareness, leadership, diversity, self-confidence, and knowledge of the outdoors. We help to build a sense of community, which may not otherwise be found in an urban environment.

Education
9
Hills to Climb

Hills to Climb supports organizations serving urban youth populations, by providing inspirational, immersive and high quality outdoor experiences in a camp setting.

Youth Development
10
Big Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc

Big sky youth empowerment creates a transformative community where vulnerable teenagers experience belonging, purpose, and well-being through group mentorship, adventure, and connection with the natural world. our vision is that byep teens…

Youth Development
11
White Pine Programs

White Pine Programs' mission is to host shared outdoor experiences that awaken curiosity, build personal resilience, and cultivate caring relationships with self, community, and the natural world.

Education
12
EcoRise Youth Innovations

Ecorise Youth Innovations inspires a new generation of leaders to design a sustainable future for all. Our school-based programs empower youth to tackle real-world challenges in their schools and communities by teaching sustainability,…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Justice Outside and the most unlike its peers is Para La Naturaleza Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Local Food System Organizat…Equine Therapy ProgramsWomen & Girls Leadership De…Christian Youth CampsLocal History MuseumsCommunity FoundationsChristian Missionary Organi…Youth Development ServicesYmca Youth DevelopmentImmigrant Worker SupportIndependent K-12 SchoolsLgbtq+ Community SupportDance Arts OrganizationsCommunity Food PantriesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Community Arts CentersYouth Sports Programs
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 19 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%19%5–10yr19%28%10–20yr16%30%20–35yr13%8%35–55yr16%10%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%3%<5yr14%12%5–10yr19%32%10–20yr16%33%20–35yr13%7%35–55yr16%14%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%4/278
the rest of the field
13%
240,392/1,819,287

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 265 of the 333 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

11
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
91
Early backer (in before they grew)
259/265
Grantees still filing
179/265
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF PUERTO RICO — $375,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF PUERTO RICOCAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $305,300 · OtherTHE ASPEN INSTITUTEFORUM FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS — $290,000 · OtherMannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation — $288,142 · OtherPARA LA NATURALEZA — $269,000 · OtherAUDUBON TEXAS — $245,000 · OtherMuddy Sneakers Inc — $408,358 · OtherMuddy Sneakers Inc+67 more — $3,679,782 · Other+67 moreGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES — $375,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATE…JACKIE JOYNER KERSEE FOUNDATION — $310,000 · Youth DevelopmentJACKIE JOYNER KERSEE …DETROIT HORSE POWER — $190,000 · Youth DevelopmentDETROIT HORSE POWERBEYOND THE BALL NFP — $175,000 · Youth DevelopmentBEYOND THE BALL NFPFRIENDS OF MOMENTUM BIKE CLUBS — $160,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC — $155,000 · Youth DevelopmentTFK Chicago Voyagers — $135,000 · Youth DevelopmentChicago Youth Centers — $130,000 · Youth DevelopmentELEVATE NEW ENGLAND INC — $115,080 · Youth Development+30 more — $1,366,000 · Youth Development+30 moreJubilee Consortium — $340,000 · Human ServicesJubilee Conso…THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871) — $317,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN…Refugee Education and Adventure Challenge (REACH) — $175,000 · Human ServicesRefugee Educa…DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INCORPORATED — $160,000 · Human ServicesDETROIT POLIC…MERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES INC — $157,500 · Human ServicesMERCY NEIGHBO…Soul Trak Outdoors — $100,000 · Human ServicesSHAPE Community Center — $90,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES INC — $65,000 · Human Services+14 more — $496,000 · Human Services+14 moreHARLEM GROWN INC — $285,000 · EnvironmentHARLEM GROW…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $195,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST F…YOUTH OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE — $162,000 · EnvironmentYOUTH OUTDO…ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST — $150,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENT…PARA LA NATURALEZA INC — $140,000 · EnvironmentPARA LA NAT…NEW YORK CITY OUTWARD BOUND CENTER INC DBA NYC OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOLS — $100,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK CI…WOLF RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER — $95,000 · EnvironmentWOLF RIDGE …West Atlanta Watershed Alliance — $90,000 · EnvironmentWest Atlant…BRUSHWOOD CENTER AT RYERSON WOODS — $80,000 · EnvironmentWILDERNESS INQUIRY INC — $65,000 · Environment+9 more — $306,000 · Environment+9 moreLAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION USA — $400,000 · Recreation & SportsLAUREUS SP…SOS OUTREACH — $295,000 · Recreation & SportsSOS OUTREA…GRAND CANYON YOUTH INC — $235,000 · Recreation & SportsGRAND CANY…Chicago Training Center — $145,000 · Recreation & SportsChicago Tr…Field Institute of Taos — $71,100 · Recreation & SportsRISING LEADERS OF NORTH FLORIDA INC — $60,000 · Recreation & SportsThe Susan L Curtis Foundation — $60,000 · Recreation & Sports+9 more — $302,500 · Recreation & Sports+9 moreCHILDREN & NATURE NETWORK — $330,000 · EducationCHILDREN …GARDENEERS — $195,000 · EducationGARDENEER…ELEVATE USA — $110,000 · EducationELEVATE U…Backyard Basecamp Inc — $95,000 · EducationBackyard …COLORADO UPLIFT INC — $80,000 · EducationCOLORADO …CULTIVATE COLLECTIVE INC — $60,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $50,000 · EducationSheJumps — $50,000 · EducationArtwell Collaborative Inc — $50,000 · Education+11 more — $365,000 · Education+11 moreSAIL MAINE — $229,340 · Arts & CultureLATINO THEATER COMPANY — $215,000 · Arts & CultureGrow Home Inc — $172,500 · Arts & CultureCHESAPEAKE ARTS CENTER INC — $70,000 · Arts & CultureWALTER ANDERSON MUSEUM OF ART INC — $70,000 · Arts & CultureHERITAGE CONSERVANCY INC — $60,000 · Arts & CultureTheGifted Arts Inc — $50,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER OF SOUTHWEST CULTURE INC — $45,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC — $40,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $30,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$5,860,582Youth Development$3,111,080Human Services$1,900,500Environment$1,668,000Recreation & Sports$1,568,600Education$1,385,000Arts & Culture$981,840

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMuddy Sneakers Inc — $408,358 over 6y, 7.7% of budgetLAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION USA — $400,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES — $375,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetJubilee Consortium — $340,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetCHILDREN & NATURE NETWORK — $330,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871) — $317,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJACKIE JOYNER KERSEE FOUNDATION — $310,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetCAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $305,300 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetSOS OUTREACH — $295,000 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetMannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation — $288,142 over 4y, 25% of budgetHARLEM GROWN INC — $285,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetGRAND CANYON YOUTH INC — $235,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetSAIL MAINE — $229,340 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetLATINO THEATER COMPANY — $215,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetGARDENEERS — $195,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $195,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY — $191,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDETROIT HORSE POWER — $190,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetRefugee Education and Adventure Challenge (REACH) — $175,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetBEYOND THE BALL NFP — $175,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetGrow Home Inc — $172,500 over 2y, 26% of budgetRIPPLEFFECT INC — $170,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetYOUTH OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE — $162,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetFRIENDS OF MOMENTUM BIKE CLUBS — $160,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetDETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INCORPORATED — $160,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetCHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC — $155,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST — $150,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetChicago Training Center — $145,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetPARA LA NATURALEZA INC — $140,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTFK Chicago Voyagers — $135,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetDETROIT HIVES INC — $133,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetChicago Youth Centers — $130,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC — $130,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetLos Angeles River Revitalization Corporation dba River LA — $130,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $120,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetELEVATE NEW ENGLAND INC — $115,080 over 2y, 12% of budgetELEVATE USA — $110,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI — $105,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY OUTWARD BOUND CENTER INC DBA NYC OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOLS — $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSoul Trak Outdoors — $100,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetBackyard Basecamp Inc — $95,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA — $95,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetWOLF RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER — $95,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetWilderness Youth Project Inc — $91,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCity Kids to Wilderness Project Inc — $90,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetWest Atlanta Watershed Alliance — $90,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BLOOMINGTON INC — $90,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Rei Cooperative Actio…National Park Foundat…PatagoniaorgTurner Foundation IncJustice OutsideClif Family FoundationThe Outdoor FoundationThe Schmidt Family Fo…Laureus Sport for Goo…Swantz Family Foundat…The Wilderness SocietyResources Legacy Fund
Rei Cooperative Action FundWA65.3× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rei Cooperative Action Fund · National Park Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Turner Foundation Inc · Justice Outside · Clif Family Foundation · The Outdoor Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA · Swantz Family Foundation · The Wilderness Society · Resources Legacy Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization National Recreation Foundation Incorporated funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Connecticut Institute for Communities Inc — 57% of income from government
  • Solar Youth Inc — 19% of income from government
  • Sea Research Foundation Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Arts Center Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I — 1% of income from government
  • Chill Foundation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
68report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 333 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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