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Nfpa Education & Technology Foundation

The purposes of the foundation are charitable, educational and scientific.

$288k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$22k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through 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, FY2017 to 2025.

Science & Tech$2.0MEducation$621kHealth$65kYouth Development$6kPhilanthropy$5k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $70,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $287,838 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $217,838 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $22k
$6,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$22,000
PURDUE UNIVERSITY$7,000
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY$6,750
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY$6,750
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY$6,000
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY$5,500
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE$5,500
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY$5,250
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA$5,250
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $8k → 8%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $805k → 11%CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 12%LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $19k → 8%MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $26k → 10%WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: $25k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $10k → 14%MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $11k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON: $10k → 10%MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $20k → 17%NORTH CAROLINA A&T UNIVERSITY: $26k → 16%CLEVELAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $25k → 17%GEORGIA TECH: $10k → 13%LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $8k → 8%PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST: $14k → 15%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $42k → 19%OHIO UNIVERSITY: $25k → 22%SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $8k → 12%NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: $8k → 13%TRITON COLLEGE: $25k → 14%SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY: $12k → 13%MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY: $12k → 19%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $805k → 11%CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 12%MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $10k → 14%NEW BERLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT: $24k → 5%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON: $10k → 10%MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $19k → 17%GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $10k → 13%PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST: $9k → 15%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $28k → 19%OHIO UNIVERSITY: $8k → 22%MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY: $11k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $65k → 11%MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $15k → 17%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $27k → 19%MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY: $8k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $50k → 11%MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $10k → 17%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $34k → 11%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 19%CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $20k → 11%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $7k → 19%CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 17%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

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
SD
IA
IN
OH
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
TN
NC
LA
AL
GA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 23 repeat orgs$261k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
18

Total granted

$2.5M
$239k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+43%

Still filing today

35%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
    6× · 2019–2024 · $76k · revenue +41%
  • TC
    TRITON COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2022 · $31k · revenue +117%
  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA A & T STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $26k
  • MC
    MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $26k · revenue +46%
  • CO
    CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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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Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
5
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
6
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
7
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
8
Michigan State University College of Law

The mission of the michigan state university college of law is to provide a rigorous educational program which prepares a diverse community of students to be national and international leaders in private legal practice, business and…

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9
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)

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10
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Lafayette College

Chartered in 1826, lafayette college is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. students are engaged in a transformative educational experience that bridges the liberal arts, engineering, and interdisciplinary study. the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Kentucky Research Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Texas a&M University - Kingsville Foundation 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

18 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. 18 of the 44 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $1,779,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTATRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $159,450 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY+25 more: $485,323 · Other+25 moreMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $75,577 · EducationMILWAUKEE SC…TRITON COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $31,000 · EducationTRITON COLLE…MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $26,000 · EducationMACOMB COMMU…The Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $22,000 · EducationThe Research…NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN…CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationCASE WESTERN…MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $19,997 · EducationMURRAY STATE…LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $19,269 · EducationLAWRENCE TEC…Texas A&M University - Kingsville Foundation Inc: $16,750 · EducationTexas A&M Un…LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $11,750 · EducationUniversity of California Merced Foundation: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $20,495 · Education+3 moreLITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $7,500 · PhilanthropyWCTC FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $10,000 · Health
Other$2,423,773Education$292,838Philanthropy$12,500Health$10,000

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 budgetMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $75,577 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRITON COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $31,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetMACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $26,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $19,997 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $19,269 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas A&M University - Kingsville Foundation Inc: $16,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGES OF SPOKANE ASSOCIATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION -: $14,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $11,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of California Merced Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation: $7,995 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $5,000 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.

  • Who funds MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ↗
  • Who funds TRITON COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Research Foundation for The State University of New York ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Texas A&M University - Kingsville Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COLLEGES OF SPOKANE ASSOCIATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION - ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds University of California Merced Foundation ↗
  • Who funds University of Kentucky Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗

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.

American Chemical Soc…For Inspiration and R…Folds of Honor Founda…Tulsa Community Found…National Collegiate A…Hispanic Scholarship …Columbus FoundationHoward Hughes Medical…National Writing Proj…Generac Foundation IncWaukesha County Commu…The Dayton Foundation
American Chemical SocietyDC19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Chemical Society · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Hispanic Scholarship Fund · Columbus Foundation · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · National Writing Project Corporation · Generac Foundation Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · The Dayton 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 Nfpa Education & Technology Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nfpa Education & Technology Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 26% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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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Find your warmest path to Nfpa Education & Technology 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 44 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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