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National Safety Council
The NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL's mission is to eliminate the leading causes of preventable death and injury. Nsc's efforts and thought leadership center on impacting safety through education and training.
- $963k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $784k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $106,817
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $147,532
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $65M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations National Safety Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $378k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $784k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $817k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $722k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $312k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $628k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $645k | 41% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $1.3M | 64% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $774k | 86% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $389,671 | 6 | n/a |
| Smart Growth America | $374,676 | 3 | 3% |
| Tennessee Technological University | $348,018 | 3 | n/a |
| America Walks Inc | $317,787 | 3 | 23% |
| Texas A&M University | $222,725 | 3 | n/a |
| Bicycle Colorado | $201,766 | 4 | 6% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $191,287 | 2 | n/a |
| Nevada Department of Health and Human Services | $188,962 | 2 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $184,683 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Chicago | $183,416 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $389,671 | 6 | n/a |
| Smart Growth America | $374,676 | 3 | 3% |
| Tennessee Technological University | $348,018 | 3 | n/a |
| America Walks Inc | $317,787 | 3 | 23% |
| Texas A&M University | $222,725 | 3 | n/a |
| Bicycle Colorado | $201,766 | 4 | 6% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $191,287 | 2 | n/a |
| Nevada Department of Health and Human Services | $188,962 | 2 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $184,683 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Chicago | $183,416 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks | $181,240 | 1 | n/a |
| Institute of Transportation Engineers Inc | $176,598 | 2 | 2% |
| Center for Latino Progress Connecticut Puerto Rican Forum Inc | $167,479 | 2 | 10% |
| City of North Miami Beach | $166,541 | 2 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $157,253 | 2 | 0% |
| Clackamas County Health Centers | $153,561 | 3 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Miami Dade Community Action & Human Services | $146,417 | 2 | n/a |
| University of California Santa Barbara | $141,888 | 2 | n/a |
| National Organizations for Youth Safety | $139,686 | 1 | 27% |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $139,652 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Side Housing Center | $138,463 | 3 | 3% |
| Roadway Safety Foundation | $138,450 | 2 | 14% |
| Health by Design Inc | $135,802 | 2 | 9% |
| Transportation Alternatives Inc | $118,426 | 1 | 3% |
| University of Miami | $111,423 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency | $110,975 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Massachusetts | $104,426 | 3 | n/a |
| Hofstra University | $95,916 | 1 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $95,023 | 3 | n/a |
| Washington Area Bicyclist Association | $92,384 | 2 | 3% |
| City of Boston | $92,078 | 2 | n/a |
| Portland Fire and Rescue | $83,816 | 1 | n/a |
| National Association of County Engineers | $77,325 | 2 | n/a |
| Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Incorporated | $76,599 | 1 | n/a |
| Lorain County Board of Elections | $69,748 | 2 | n/a |
| National Opinion Research Center | $62,513 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $45,470 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $15,714 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Seneca | $7,086 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Park Ridge | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
National Safety Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: AARP · Global Philanthropy Partnership · Peopleforbikes Foundation · Helen & William Mazer Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · Center for Technology and Civic Life · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About National Safety Council
- How much does National Safety Council give?
- National Safety Council reported 8 itemized grants totaling $783,579, out of $963,189 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Safety Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (26%), Health (18%), Education (12%).
- Who are National Safety Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Regents of the University of Michigan ($390k), Smart Growth America ($375k), Tennessee Technological University ($348k).
- Does National Safety Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Safety Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AARP, Global Philanthropy Partnership, Peopleforbikes Foundation.
- Where is National Safety Council based?
- National Safety Council is based in IL.
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