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Needmor Fund for Social Justice at a glance

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Needmor Fund for Social Justice

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $930k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$40,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACTION ST LOUIS$50,000
ARISE CHICAGO$50,000
WORKER DEFENSE PROJECT$50,000
METROPOLITAN CONGREGATIONS UNITED$40,000
CENTER FOR WORKER JUSTICE OF EASTERN IOWA$40,000
TIDES FOUNDATION$40,000
AMOS INSTITUTE$40,000
482FORWARD$40,000
GREATER CLEVELAND CONGREGATION$40,000
MICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION$40,000
WE THE PEOPLE MICHIGAN$40,000
KENWOOD OAKLAND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION$40,000
SOUTHSIDERS ORGANIZED FOR UNITY AND LIBERATION (SOUL)$40,000
MISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE$40,000
ARISE CHICAGO$40,000
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 (FY24–24, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FAITH IN INDIANA: $40k → 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
IA
IN
OH
CA
MO
TX
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.

1
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
Chicago United for Equity

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

Civil Rights
3
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
4
Latino Union of Chicago

Latino Union works to defend the rights and dignity of contingent workers, including the right to immigrate, work, live free of oppression and violence, and provide for oneself and one's family.

Human Services
5
Fuerza LaboralPower of Workers

Fuerza Laboral is a workers' rights center whose mission is to shift the balance of power in our economy in favor of workers by educating, training, and organizing workers to become community leaders; taking direct action to recover unpaid…

Education
6
Fair Work Center

We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives. We come together as working people to build power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We work to raise and uphold standards in…

Employment
7
Chicago Workers' Collaborative Nfp

Chicago Workers' Collaborative's mission is to promote full employment and equality for the lowest wage-earners, primarily temporary staffing workers, in the Chicago region through leadership and skills training, critical assistance and…

Education
8
Missouri Workers Power

Our mission is to advocate for a just and equitable economy where poor and working people make more of the decisions that affect their daily lives. Through civic engagement, political advocacy, and issue-based voter education and…

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9
Interfaith Worker Justice

To advance the rights of workers by engaging diverse faith communities into action, from grassroots organizing to shaping policy at the local, state and national levels. They envision a nation where all workers enjoy the rights to:…

Religion
10
Action for Liberation

Michigan Liberation is dedicated to the leadership development of community members and creation of effective campaigns to advance racial, gender and economic justice in Michigan

Civil Rights
11
Center for Racial and Gender E Nfp

Workers Rights

Civil Rights
12
Working Washington

We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives. We come together as working people to build power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We work to raise and uphold standards in…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Cleveland Congregations Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lugenia Burns Hope Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 28 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
6/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMOS INSTITUTE: $45,700 · OtherAMOS INSTITUTEMETROPOLITAN CONGREGATIONS UNITED FOR ST LOUIS: $45,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN CONGREGATIONS UNITED FOR ST LO…Organizing Neighborhoods For Equality Northside: $45,000 · OtherOrganizing Neighborhoods For Equality North…Lugenia Burns Hope Center: $40,000 · OtherLugenia Burns Hope CenterCenter for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa: $40,000 · OtherCenter for Worker Justice of Eastern IowaMICHIGAN DISABILITY RIGHTS COALITION: $40,000 · OtherMICHIGAN DISABILITY RIGHTS COALITIONFREEDOM RIGHTEOUS ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE: $40,000 · OtherFREEDOM RIGHTEOUS ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVEGREATER CLEVELAND CONGREGATIONS INC: $40,000 · OtherGREATER CLEVELAND CONGREGATIONS INCFaith in Indiana: $40,000 · OtherFaith in IndianaINQUILINXS UNIDXS POR JUSTICIA- UNITED RENTERS FOR JUSTICE: $40,000 · OtherINQUILINXS UNIDXS POR JUSTICIA- UNITED RENT…+1 more: $10,000 · OtherARISE CHICAGO: $90,000 · EmploymentARISE CHICAGOMissouri Workers Center: $40,000 · EmploymentMissouri Workers …MISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE: $40,000 · EmploymentMISSOURI JOBS WIT…+1 more: $5,000 · EmploymentWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT: $50,000 · EducationWORKERS DEFEN…We the People MI: $40,000 · EducationWe the People…482 FORWARD: $40,000 · Education482 FORWARDMICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION: $40,000 · Community ImprovementMICHIGAN FAI…COMMON GROUND INC: $40,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMON GROUN…Kenwood Oakland Community Organization: $40,000 · Community ImprovementKenwood Oakl…COMMUNITIES UNITED: $5,000 · Community ImprovementWorkers Center For Racial Just NFP: $40,000 · Civil RightsWorkers Cent…TENDING THE SOIL: $40,000 · Civil RightsTENDING THE …KC TENANTS: $40,000 · Civil RightsKC TENANTSTIDES FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHSIDERS ORGANIZED FOR UNITY AND LIBERATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyACTION ST LOUIS: $50,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$425,700Employment$175,000Education$130,000Community Improvement$125,000Civil Rights$120,000Philanthropy$80,000Crime & Legal$50,000

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 budgetARISE CHICAGO: $90,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetACTION ST LOUIS: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOrganizing Neighborhoods For Equality Northside: $45,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMICHIGAN FAITH IN ACTION: $40,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorkers Center For Racial Just NFP: $40,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCenter for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa: $40,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetINQUILINXS UNIDXS POR JUSTICIA- UNITED RENTERS FOR JUSTICE: $40,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetKC TENANTS: $40,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetWe the People MI: $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMON GROUND INC: $40,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetMICHIGAN DISABILITY RIGHTS COALITION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND CONGREGATIONS INC: $40,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMissouri Workers Center: $40,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetKenwood Oakland Community Organization: $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTHSIDERS ORGANIZED FOR UNITY AND LIBERATION: $40,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetFREEDOM RIGHTEOUS ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE: $40,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget482 FORWARD: $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES UNITED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS EN LUCHA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Needmor Co the Northe…Amalgamated Charitabl…New Venture FundTides FoundationWindward FundMarguerite Casey Foun…Proteus Fund IncThe Ford FoundationWoods Fund of ChicagoField Foundation of I…Polk Bros Foundation …Impactassetsinc
Needmor Co the Northern Trust CompanyOH41.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Needmor Co the Northern Trust Company · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation · Windward Fund · Marguerite Casey Foundation · Proteus Fund Inc · The Ford Foundation · Woods Fund of Chicago · Field Foundation of Illinois · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc

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 Needmor Fund for Social Justice funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Needmor Fund for Social Justice. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
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    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Needmor Fund for Social Justice?

    Find your warmest path to Needmor Fund for Social Justice through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 28 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-PF 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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