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Nextdoor Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$361k
Granted FY2025still arriving
89
Grants FY2025still arriving
29
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Community Improvement$150kPublic Safety & Disaster$140kInternational$69kEducation$47kPhilanthropy$3k
02FY2025 · 89 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k87 grants · $143k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $219k
$1,500
Median grant
29
States reached
$295k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NYC NEXT INC$150,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$68,500
LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION$5,000
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL INC$5,000
TEXSAR INC$3,333
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$3,333
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED$3,333
BILLINGSLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$1,500
RUCKERSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE CO INC$1,500
ROCKVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC$1,500
ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT$1,500
THEODORE DAWES FIRE DISTRICT FOUNDATION$1,500
CABIN JOHN PARK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INCORPOC$1,500
COLUMBIA BOROUGH FIRE DEPARTMENT$1,500
MONROE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIREFIGH$1,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MOORES MILL NORTH-CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY VOLUNTEER: $2k → 11%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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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
Taylor Township Volunteer Fire Department
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2
Burnsville Volunteer Fire Department

Mission for burnsville vfd burnsville wv the burnsville vfd provides fire protection fire safety and emergency rescue services to the citizens in its designated area. bvfd serves in a safe efficient manner serving all stakeholders.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Central Volunteer Fire Department

Volunteer fire department

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Knifley Area Volunteer Fire Department
Public Safety & Disaster
5
Claylick Volunteer Fire Department
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6
Bakersville Volunteer Fire Company of Jefferson Township

Volunteer fire department.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Waterfront Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Volunteer fire department

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Littleton Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Provide fire and rescue services to the citizens of our fire district

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Winchester Volunteer Fire Department

to prevent the loss of life and to control or reduce the loss of property by applying all of our knowledge and resources.

Public Safety & Disaster
10
Nelsonville Volunteer Fire Dept
Arts & Culture
11
Kinsey Volunteer Fire Dept

Volunteer fire dept

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12
Valley View Volunteer Fire Department

Volunteer Fire Department that responds to service calls to extinguish fires or help with medical emergencies in the area.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue; the most unlike its peers is Nyc Next Inc. 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

72 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 72 of the 182 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/72
Grantees still filing
26/72
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NYC NEXT INC: $150,000 · OtherNYC NEXT INC+114 more: $81,500 · Other+114 moreLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTEXSAR INC: $3,333 · Public Safety & Disaster+59 more: $88,500 · Public Safety & Disaster+59 moreCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $68,500 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDA…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $3,333 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,333 · InternationalLONG GREEN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC: $1,500 · Public BenefitMOORES MILL NORTH CENTRAL FIRE: $1,500 · Human Services
Other$231,500Public Safety & Disaster$96,833Philanthropy$73,333International$3,333Public Benefit$1,500Human Services$1,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNYC NEXT INC: $150,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $68,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Volunteer Fire Council Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $3,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLVFD INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWASHINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLONG GREEN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAvoca Volunteer Fire Department: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSTERLING VOLUNTEER FIRE CO INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEESEYTOWN COMMUNITY FIRE CO: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFANNIN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOLUMBIA BOROUGH FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADELL-WHITT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetASHBURN VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITIES VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEHIGH AND LAUSANNE RURAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $1,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetAVOCA FIRE & RESCUE DEPARTMENT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBATH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGILBERTSVILLE FIRE AND RESCUE COMPANY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOWINGS MILLS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEly Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPREBLE VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTING ASSOC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChoctaw Volunteer Fire Dept Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLOGANVILLE FIRE COMPANY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTRI-COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWHEATON VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST PETERSBURG FIRE COMPANY NO 1: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHURCHVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARPER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGLEN GARDNER FIRE COMPANY NO 1 A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBAINBRIDGE FIRE COMPANY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetELSANOR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT & RESCU RESCUE UNIT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWESTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROOKLINE VOL FIRE DEPT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetRound Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWEST STAFFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetROSTRAVER CENTRAL VOLUNTEER FIRE CO: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNewmansville Volunteer Fire Department: $1,500 over 1y, 2.8% 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.

Firehouse Subs Public…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Amazonsmile FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation IncFL19.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Nextdoor Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nextdoor Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    43report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Nextdoor Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Nextdoor Foundation 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 182 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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