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Nesta O Magnuson Foundation Inc at a glance

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Nesta O Magnuson Foundation Inc

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$10k
Granted FY2020
1
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Environment$10kHealth$6kYouth Development$3kReligion$3kEducation$2kCrime & Legal$2kArts & Culture$500Housing & Shelter$500Other$0
02FY2020 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAVE RHE GENERARION FNDN$10,000
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 (FY17–19, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%GATOR WILDERNESS CAMP SCHOOL: $1k → 9%GATOR WILDERNESS CAMP SCHOOL: $1k → 9%GATOR WILDERNESS CAMP SCHOOL: $732 → 9%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

MI
VA
MD
AZ
DC
LA
GA
TX
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.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10k · 5 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2020, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
14

Total granted

$10k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
+102%

Still filing today

80%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
ReligionHuman ServicesHealthEducationInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • GW
    GATOR WILDERNESS CAMP SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +79%
  • SM
    SARASOTA MEDICAL PREGNANCY CENTER INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue +349%
  • OS
    OPERATION SMILE INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • SO
    S O L V E
    one grant, 2018 · $500
  • HT
    HADLEY TWP HISTORICAL SOC
    one grant, 2018 · $500
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.

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Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
2
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
3
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
4
Liberty Justice Center

To advance economic and social liberties and a free enterprise society through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research. in addition, the center will train law students, lawyers and policy activists in the…

Crime & Legal
5
Public Knowledge

Public knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. we work to shape policy on behalf of the public interest.

Public Benefit
6
Gardner-Webb University

The university statement of values consists of christian heritage, baptist heritage, academic excellence, liberal arts, teamwork, a student-centered focus, community engagement and diversity.

Education
7
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
8
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
9
The Liberal Patriot Inc

The liberal patriot (tlp) is a digital newsletter focused on american politics and public policy. tlp aims to provide readers with honest analysis and original commentary to help advance a vital center perspective in american life.

Civil Rights
10
International Republican Institute

Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.

Education
11
World Privacy Forum

The world privacy forum is dedicated to reimaging privacy in a digital era through ground-breaking, in-depth privacy research and consumer education of the highest quality. our vision is to empower people with the knowledge, rights, and…

Public Benefit
12
First Liberty Institute

First liberty institute provides pro bono legal services to advance and defend religious liberty for individuals, churches, and other ministries and organizations.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mission One Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. 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

13 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. 13 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/13
Grantees still filing
12/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAVE RHE GENERARION FNDN: $10,000 · OtherSAVE RHE GENERARION FNDNAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE: $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICES O L V E: $500 · OtherHADLEY TWP HISTORICAL SOC: $500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $500 · OtherHOPE CHURCH INC: $500 · OtherPRISON FELLOWSHIP: $500 · OtherTEA PARTY PATRIOTS INC: $500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $500 · OtherGATOR WILDERNESS CAMP SCHOOL INC: $3,164 · Human ServicesGATOR WILDERNES…RESURRECTION HOUSE INC: $500 · Human ServicesRESURRECTION HO…SARASOTA MEDICAL PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $2,196 · HealthSARASOTA MEDICA…Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $1,464 · HealthSafe Place and …OPERATION SMILE INC: $2,196 · InternationalOPERATION…Ligonier Ministries Inc: $518 · ReligionWALLBUILDER PRESENTATIONS INC: $500 · ReligionMISSION ONE INC: $500 · ReligionWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $500 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $500 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $500 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $500 · Civil Rights
Other$14,500Human Services$3,664Health$3,660International$2,196Religion$1,518Education$1,500Civil Rights$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGATOR WILDERNESS CAMP SCHOOL INC: $3,164 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSARASOTA MEDICAL PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $2,196 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $2,196 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $1,464 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLigonier Ministries Inc: $518 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWALLBUILDER PRESENTATIONS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION ONE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEA PARTY PATRIOTS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Nesta O Magnuson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nesta O Magnuson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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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    How do I get to Nesta O Magnuson Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Nesta O Magnuson Foundation Inc 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 21 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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