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National Urban League Inc

The urban league is a nonpartisan, civil rights and community-based movement that serves over two million people each year, providing direct services, research, and policy advocacy to help individuals and communities reach their fullest potential.

$55M
Granted FY2024still arriving
254
Grants FY2024still arriving
32
States reached
$2.6M
Largest
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 2024.

Community Improvement$144MHuman Services$69MCivil Rights$48MEducation$2.5MHousing & Shelter$2.2MEnvironment$1.8MYouth Development$976kReligion$600kOther$0
02FY2024 · 254 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k101 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k91 grants · $12M
  • $250k+61 grants · $41M
$100,000
Median grant
32
States reached
$281M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
URBAN LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER$2,607,866
URBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY$2,451,800
DETROIT URBAN LEAGUE$2,158,114
URBAN LEAGUE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC$2,109,130
PINELLAS COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC$1,990,344
LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE$1,662,017
URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER ATLANTA$1,275,104
INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE$1,252,455
URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH$1,245,771
CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE$1,102,217
MARTINDALE BRIGHTWOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP$1,055,000
HOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE$874,520
URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS$807,527
AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC$774,068
BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE$752,456
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $151.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $1.7M → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER: $2.6M → 9%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $1.3M → 16%PINELLAS COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $2.2M → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY: $1.3M → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $2.5M → 16%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $1.8M → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $1.7M → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER: $2.6M → 9%PINELLAS COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $2.0M → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $2.4M → 16%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $1.7M → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $1.7M → 11%PINELLAS COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $1.7M → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $2.3M → 16%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $1.5M → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $1.6M → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER: $2.5M → 9%PINELLAS COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $1.7M → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $2.2M → 16%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $1.5M → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $1.5M → 11%NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE: $2.4M → 9%PINELLAS COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $1.7M → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $2.2M → 16%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $1.3M → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $1.5M → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER: $2.4M → 9%PINELLAS COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $1.6M → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $2.1M → 16%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $1.3M → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $1.4M → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER: $2.4M → 9%PINELLAS COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $1.6M → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $2.1M → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER: $2.3M → 9%PINELLAS COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1.6M → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $1.9M → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2.4M → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2.4M → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2.4M → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2.4M → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $1.3M → 23%URBAN LEAGUE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2.2M → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2.2M → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2.1M → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2.1M → 11%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE: $1.3M → 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

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WA
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IL
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MA
OR
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OH
PA
NJ
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CA
CO
NE
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KY
VA
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TN
NC
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DC
OK
LA
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AL
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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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$256M · 144 repeat orgs$12M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

144 repeat relationships: 128 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 124 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

144
326

Total granted

$256M
$4.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+16%

Still filing today

93%
2%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $18M · revenue +49% · 35% of their budget
  • PC
    Pinellas County Urban League Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $14M · revenue +46% · 29% of their budget
  • TL
    THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $11M · revenue +165% · 29% of their budget

Funded once

  • PR
    PATHWAY RESOURCE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue -38% · 31% of their budget
  • UL
    Urban League of the Greater San Francisco Bay Areagraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $225k · revenue +64%
  • PC
    PROACT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue +119%
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
Madison County Urban League Inc

Madison county urban league, inc. provides direct services in housing, employment, and education, to improve the quality of life for disadvantaged people.

Human Services
2
Columbus Urban League

Your columbus urban league is a trusted, community-driven organization. we create opportunity and access for all people through economic, educational, and social progress.

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3
Colorado Urban Leadership Foundation

The mission of the Urban Leadership Foundation of Colorado is to invest in the development of minority leaders, empower them to serve in the interest of community, and leverage all resources to address the racial, economic, education,…

Education
4
Urban Neighborhood Initiatives Inc

Urban Neighborhood Initiatives, Inc. (UNI) engages in comprehensive action to address human and community development. Individuals and families are enthused as they prosper and become encouraged to invest in their homes and communities.

Human Services
5
Greater Warren Youngstown Urban League

To enable African Americans and other underserved urban residents to secure economic self-reliance parity power and civil rights.

Human Services
6
Urban League of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan

To enable african americans and people in need to reach their full human potential

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7
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
8
Urban League of the State of Arkansas Inc

To improve education youth development health and wellness in African American communities throughout the State of Arkansas

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9
Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio Inc

Urban league of greater southwestern ohio, inc. is on a mission to end generational poverty through advocacy and by empowering individuals to establish careers, become entrepreneurs, build wealth, and develop as leaders.

Human Services
10
Tacoma Urban League

To assist African Americans, other ethnic minorities and economically disadvantaged individuals and families in the achievement of social equity and economic independence.

Human Services
11
Urban Strategies Council

To reduce urban persistent poverty.

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12
Chicago United

To achieve parity in economic opportunity for people of color by advancing multiracial leadership in corporate governance, expanding the talent pipline for executive-level management, and growing minority businesses.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh; the most unlike its peers is Minority Contractor Collaboration. 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

176 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. 176 of the 597 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)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
170/176
Grantees still filing
107/176
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Urban League of Palm Beach County Inc: $18,198,344 · Human ServicesUrban League of Palm Beach County IncURBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $17,676,618 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTYURBAN LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER INC: $17,349,223 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER INCPinellas County Urban League Inc: $14,134,745 · Human ServicesPinellas County Urban League IncURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $12,462,850 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGHTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $11,332,083 · Human ServicesTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INCURBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA: $6,019,877 · Human Services+62 more: $53,964,763 · Human Services+62 moreDETROIT URBAN LEAGUE: $15,827,874 · OtherDETROIT URBAN LEAGUETHE URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $6,469,397 · OtherTHE URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER ATLA…HOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5,399,172 · OtherHOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INCURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $4,593,976 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PHILADEL…URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $4,361,002 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST …THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC: $4,011,612 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE: $3,588,100 · OtherLOS ANGELES URBAN LEAGUE: $2,840,338 · Other+72 more: $28,974,732 · Other+72 moreCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF THE FAR EASTSIDE INC: $1,682,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ACTION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $1,680,215 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $1,400,000 · Community ImprovementURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $1,189,469 · Community ImprovementBELIEVERS UNITED IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT: $1,037,800 · Community ImprovementIndy Black Chamber of Commerce Inc: $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementIFF: $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementFLAGSHIP ENTERPRISE CENTER: $500,000 · Community ImprovementNear North Development Corporation: $482,960 · Community ImprovementCROOKED CREEK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $432,423 · Community Improvement+7 more: $1,749,211 · Community ImprovementMartindale Brightwood Community Development Center: $2,605,000 · Housing & ShelterIndianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership Inc: $1,500,000 · Housing & ShelterHope Community Development Corporation of Indiana: $1,000,000 · Housing & ShelterUNITED NORTH EAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $1,000,000 · Housing & ShelterPARTNERS IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $750,000 · Housing & ShelterEnglewood Community Development Corp: $700,000 · Housing & ShelterNEIGHBORLINK INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC: $700,000 · Housing & ShelterINTEND INDIANA INC: $626,600 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $200,421 · Housing & ShelterKheprw Institute dba KI NuMedia CCFI: $1,800,000 · EducationGREATER PHOENIX URBAN LEAGUE INC: $842,824 · EducationINDIANA COUNCIL ON EDUCATING STUDENTS OF COLOR: $632,206 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $600,000 · EducationFATHERS AND FAMILIES RESOURCERESEARCH CENTER INC: $475,000 · EducationBall State University Foundation Inc: $400,000 · EducationUniversity of Indianapolis: $400,000 · EducationTEACH PLUS INC: $400,000 · EducationPLA UNIVERSITY INC: $300,000 · Education+12 more: $1,737,029 · EducationCHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE: $6,917,511 · Employment+1 more: $200,000 · EmploymentEastern Star Jewel Human Services Corporation: $1,500,000 · ReligionJUDAH MINISTRIES: $600,000 · Religion
Human Services$151,138,503Other$76,066,203Community Improvement$12,154,078Housing & Shelter$9,082,021Education$7,587,059Employment$7,117,511Religion$2,100,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUrban League of Palm Beach County Inc: $18,198,344 over 8y, 53% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY: $17,676,618 over 8y, 35% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER INC: $17,349,223 over 7y, 46% of budgetPinellas County Urban League Inc: $14,134,745 over 8y, 29% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $12,462,850 over 8y, 30% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $11,332,083 over 8y, 29% of budgetCHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE: $6,917,511 over 8y, 16% of budgetTHE URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $6,469,397 over 8y, 22% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA: $6,019,877 over 8y, 17% of budgetHOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5,399,172 over 8y, 16% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5,032,187 over 8y, 23% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $4,593,976 over 8y, 12% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $4,361,002 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetTHE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC: $4,011,612 over 8y, 13% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE: $3,588,100 over 8y, 13% of budgetLOS ANGELES URBAN LEAGUE: $2,840,338 over 8y, 22% of budgetKNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $2,839,176 over 8y, 54% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY INC: $2,686,139 over 8y, 63% of budgetMartindale Brightwood Community Development Center: $2,605,000 over 3y, 35% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $2,498,085 over 8y, 21% of budgetUrban League of Broward County Inc: $2,439,868 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetFlanner House of Indianapolis: $2,395,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetAustin Area Urban League: $2,340,279 over 7y, 10% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INC: $2,134,080 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE INC: $2,124,908 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetBUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $2,059,474 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE TWIN CITIES: $1,913,924 over 7y, 24% of budgetWESTSIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $1,850,000 over 3y, 79% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO: $1,822,145 over 7y, 39% of budgetKheprw Institute dba KI NuMedia CCFI: $1,800,000 over 3y, 47% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC: $1,773,776 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF THE FAR EASTSIDE INC: $1,682,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $1,680,215 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetSpringfield Urban League Inc: $1,678,650 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetUrban League of San Diego County: $1,617,328 over 8y, 19% of budgetBALTIMORE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1,591,479 over 8y, 36% of budgetUrban League of Central Carolinas Inc: $1,581,483 over 8y, 21% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER COLUMBUS INC: $1,511,373 over 8y, 82% of budgetEastern Star Jewel Human Services Corporation: $1,500,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetIndianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership Inc: $1,500,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF HAMPTON ROADS INC: $1,416,080 over 8y, 20% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $1,400,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJacksonville Urban League Inc: $1,269,654 over 8y, 24% of budgetIndiana Black Expo Inc: $1,205,600 over 3y, 10.0% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $1,189,469 over 8y, 29% of budgetFORT WAYNE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1,170,066 over 7y, 57% of budgetBirmingham Urban League Inc: $1,086,976 over 8y, 12% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER HARTFORD INC: $1,048,905 over 8y, 16% 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 Urban League of Palm Beach County Inc ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF ESSEX COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Pinellas County Urban League Inc ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES URBAN LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Martindale Brightwood Community Development Center ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds Urban League of Broward County Inc ↗
  • Who funds Flanner House of Indianapolis ↗
  • Who funds Austin Area Urban League ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE TWIN CITIES ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO ↗
  • Who funds Kheprw Institute dba KI NuMedia CCFI ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF ROCHESTER NY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF THE FAR EASTSIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds Springfield Urban League Inc ↗
  • Who funds Urban League of San Diego County ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER COLUMBUS INC ↗
  • Who funds Eastern Star Jewel Human Services Corporation ↗

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 Indianapolis Foundation IncIN76.1× affinity71 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership Inc · The Westfield Insurance Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Mind Trust Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Indiana University Health Inc · Eli Lilly and Company 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 Urban League Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Urban League Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 33%
  • Baltimore Urban League Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Urban League of Greater Springfield Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Urban League of Hudson County Inc: 71% of income from government
  • Pinellas County Urban League Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Urban League of Broward County Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Urban League of Portland Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Urban League of Union County: 22% of income from government
  • Urban League of Essex County: 20% of income from government
  • Urban League of Greater Hartford Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Tallahassee Urban League Incorporated: 7% of income from government
  • Jacksonville Urban League Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
71report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely on government for over half their income
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 597 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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