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National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

The NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (nsdar) was established to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved american independence. The society achieves this objective through programs which encourage historical research and publication, preservation of historical relics and documents, education…

$4.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
40
Itemized grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
63%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$3.2M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$736,196
Organizations funded a year
17 to 35
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
21
Total assets, FY2024
$247M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 63% of the organizations National Society Daughters of the American Revolution funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CulturePublic BenefitHousing & ShelterEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving39$3.2M62%
FY202330$2.1M63%
FY202220$1.7M65%
FY202135$1.8M71%
FY202035$1.2M71%
FY201918$748k28%
FY201817$1.0M29%
FY201720$1.2Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$7.3MArts & Culture$3.4MPublic Benefit$661kHuman Services$548kEnvironment$414kHousing & Shelter$275kRecreation & Sports$103kFood & Nutrition$88kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kate Duncan Smith Dar School$2,464,630852%
Crossnore School Childrens Foundation$1,218,998379%
Tamassee DAR School Inc$931,81479%
Crossnore Communities for Children$845,49451%
Berry College Inc$506,50080%
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation Inc$485,00034%
Hindman Settlement School Inc$450,70885%
Hillside School Inc$426,73181%
National Mall and Memorial Parks$380,0001n/a
New England Historic Genealogical Society$350,00012%
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All grantees of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kate Duncan Smith Dar School$2,464,630852%
Crossnore School Childrens Foundation$1,218,998379%
Tamassee DAR School Inc$931,81479%
Crossnore Communities for Children$845,49451%
Berry College Inc$506,50080%
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation Inc$485,00034%
Hindman Settlement School Inc$450,70885%
Hillside School Inc$426,73181%
National Mall and Memorial Parks$380,0001n/a
New England Historic Genealogical Society$350,00012%
Womens Suffrage National Monument Found$350,000140%
Missouri State Society Daughters of the American Revolution$290,9431n/a
Homecoming 250 Navy Marine Corps$250,000159%
National Genealogical Society$250,000110%
Trust for the National Mall$250,000110%
American Battlefield Trust$237,10921%
Marian Anderson Historical Society$220,000318%
Bacone College$207,41261%
Chemawa Indian School$160,4397n/a
Washington Heritage Museums$150,00019%
The Army Historical Foundation Inc$150,00011%
National Society of the Children of the American Revolution$138,836414%
National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc$100,00011%
The Fort Ticonderoga Association$96,00021%
Museum of the American Revolution$75,00040%
Indian Youth of America Inc$65,459511%
United Service Organizations Inc$60,83620%
The Veteran's Farm of North Carolina Inc$60,0001n/a
USA 250 Incorporated$58,31024%
Honor Flight Inc$50,00012%
Veterans Community Project$50,00010%
Ptsd Foundation of America$50,00011%
Operation Rehabilitation$40,000199%
Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania Inc$40,00011%
Vethouse Inc$40,0001n/a
Robins Home Inc$40,000125%
Camp Corral$40,00021%
Marine Corps Community Services$40,0001n/a
Final Salute Inc$40,00015%
Battlebetty Foundation$40,0001n/a
Philadelphia Veterans Comfort House Corp$40,000128%
Veterans War Memorial Foundation of Texas$40,000167%
Her Foundation Inc$39,946128%
The George Washington Foundation$39,00021%
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$35,00020%
Syracuse University$35,00030%
Steps 4 Life Community Services$30,00018%
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society$30,00020%
Academy of Music of Philadelphia Inc$25,00012%
Veterans Multi-Service Center Inc$25,00010%
Department of Veterans Affairs$25,0001n/a
Genesis Joy House Homeless Shelter Inc$25,000112%
Military & Family Readiness Center$21,3501n/a
Naval Base San Diego Mwr$20,0001n/a
Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Instit$20,00011%
Operation Stand Down Rhode Island$20,00010%
Veterans Life Center$20,00011%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock$20,0001n/a
Fisher House Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Haven for Heroes Inc$20,00017%
United Services Organization$16,10012%
Nicholas Gibbs Historical Society$15,1572n/a
Clackamas Women's Services$15,00010%
Wreaths Across America$15,00010%
Patricia Locke Foundation$14,85018%
National Military Family Association$14,00020%
USO Council of San Antonio$12,3101n/a
Hampton Roads Regional Asymca$12,0001n/a
Friends of the State Historic Sites of the Hudson Highlands$11,5001n/a
Washburn-Norlands Foundation Inc Washburn-Norlands Living History Center$11,15523%
Military Child Education Coalition$10,98010%
Heritage Alliance of Ne Tn & Sw Va$10,57817%
Cassina Garden Club Inc$10,00018%
Memorial Society of the Columbus Police Honor Guard$10,000129%
Historic Trappe$10,00012%
Honor Flight Network$10,0001n/a
Ontario County Historical Society$10,00015%
Friends of Jerusalem Mill Inc$10,00014%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc$10,00010%
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution$10,0001n/a
Purple Hearts Reunited Inc$10,00013%
Eastern Shore of Va Historical Society Inc$10,00014%
Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society Inc$10,00017%
Houston Christian University$10,00010%
Avery Memorial Association$10,000119%
Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation$10,00010%
First Baptist Church$10,0001n/a
The Corporation for Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest$10,00010%
Afroamerican Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago Inc$10,0001n/a
Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation$10,0001n/a
Chickahominy Indian Tribe Inc$10,000110%
Victorian Society of the Vaile Mansion$10,00014%
Society of the Honor Guard Tomb of the Unknown Soldier$10,0001n/a
Massie Committee Inc Friends Of$10,0001n/a
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College$10,0001n/a
Smithsonian Institution$10,00010%
Blackacre State Nature Preserve$10,0001n/a
Preserve Rhode Island$10,00011%
Haskell Foundation$10,00011%
Westerly Armory Restoration Inc$10,000110%
Project Recover Inc$10,00012%
Warren County Historical Society$10,0001n/a
St Josephs Indian School$10,0001n/a
The Ward Melville Heritage Organization Ltd$9,84812%
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution$9,5511n/a
The Conservation Foundation$8,71610%
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution$7,00210%
Waterville Historical Society$7,0001n/a
Wilton Historical Society Inc$7,00012%
Unity Temple Restoration Foundation$6,57012%
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution$6,3511n/a
Cass County North Dakota Historical Society$6,28011%
Eastern Cherokee Southern Iroquois and United Tribes of South Carolin$6,2001n/a
Historical Rock Chapel Methodist Church$6,0501n/a
Nebraska Community College Assoc$6,00012%
Boosters of Old Town San Diego State Historic Park$6,00018%
Omaha Public Schools Foundation$6,00010%
Republic County Historical Society$5,71915%
Florissant Valley Historical Society$5,4251n/a
Medal of Honor Host City Program$5,00016%
Historic Morven Inc$5,00010%
All Saints National Landmark Trust Inc$5,0001n/a
Sappington House Foundation$5,0001n/a
Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale Inc$5,00011%
Heard Memorial Clubhouse$5,0001n/a
Morris Jumel Mansion Inc$5,00011%
The Kernersville Museum Foundation$5,00012%
The Driver Opera House Restoration Inc$5,00015%
Old Merchants House of New York Inc$5,00011%
Genesee Country Museum$5,00010%
Lyman House Memorial Museum$5,00010%
Accokeek Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Albany County Historical Association$5,00013%
The Center for American Military Music Opportuntie$5,00013%
Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Inc$5,000120%
Nantucket Historical Association$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 101 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKate Duncan Smith Dar School: $2,464,630 over 8y, 52% of budgetCrossnore School Childrens Foundation: $1,218,998 over 3y, 79% of budgetTamassee DAR School Inc: $931,814 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetCrossnore Communities for Children: $845,494 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetBerry College Inc: $506,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWomen in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation Inc: $485,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetHindman Settlement School Inc: $450,708 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetHillside School Inc: $426,731 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetNew England Historic Genealogical Society: $350,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWomens Suffrage National Monument Found: $350,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetHomecoming 250 Navy Marine Corps: $250,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetNational Genealogical Society: $250,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetTrust for the National Mall: $250,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $237,109 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMarian Anderson Historical Society: $220,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetBacone College: $207,412 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetWashington Heritage Museums: $150,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetThe Army Historical Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNational Society of the Children of the American Revolution: $138,836 over 4y, 14% of budgetNational Coast Guard Museum Association Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Fort Ticonderoga Association: $96,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMuseum of the American Revolution: $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIndian Youth of America Inc: $65,459 over 5y, 11% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $60,836 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUSA 250 Incorporated: $58,310 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetHonor Flight Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetVeterans Community Project: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPtsd Foundation of America: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetOperation Rehabilitation: $40,000 over 1y, 99% of budgetVeterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRobins Home Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetCamp Corral: $40,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFinal Salute Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetPhiladelphia Veterans Comfort House Corp: $40,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetVeterans War Memorial Foundation of Texas: $40,000 over 1y, 67% of budgetHer Foundation Inc: $39,946 over 1y, 28% of budgetThe George Washington Foundation: $39,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSyracuse University: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSteps 4 Life Community Services: $30,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetNavy-Marine Corps Relief Society: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAcademy of Music of Philadelphia Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetVeterans Multi-Service Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGenesis Joy House Homeless Shelter Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetApplied Behavioral Rehabilitation Instit: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOperation Stand Down Rhode Island: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVeterans Life Center: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 101.

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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.

The William G Pomeroy FoundationNY13.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William G Pomeroy Foundation · New York Council for the Humanities · Preservation League of New York State · Donors Trust Inc · Amica Companies Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson 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.

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About National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

How much does National Society Daughters of the American Revolution give?
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution reported 40 itemized grants totaling $3,178,391, out of $4,526,114 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does National Society Daughters of the American Revolution fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (56%), Arts & Culture (26%), Public Benefit (5%).
Who are National Society Daughters of the American Revolution's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Kate Duncan Smith Dar School ($2.5M), Crossnore School Childrens Foundation ($1.2M), Tamassee DAR School Inc ($932k).
Does National Society Daughters of the American Revolution fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Society Daughters of the American Revolution?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William G Pomeroy Foundation, New York Council for the Humanities, Preservation League of New York State.
Where is National Society Daughters of the American Revolution based?
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is based in DC.

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 136 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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