· Public charity
Nfx
The organization follows the mission as set forth in its articles of incorporation.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA | $3,023,731 |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | $2,492,685 |
| CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION | $1,500,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM | $1,184,294 |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | $887,596 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION | $859,027 |
| BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE | $619,262 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS | $537,597 |
| THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION | $427,713 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO | $395,815 |
| JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | $360,045 |
| TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY | $360,000 |
| PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER | $360,000 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | $360,000 |
| THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | $359,550 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CTCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2024 · $10M · revenue +58%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM6× · 2018–2024 · $8.0M
- MGMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED2× · 2023–2024 · $905k
Funded once
- TCTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIAone grant, 2024 · $3.0M · revenue +8%
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYone grant, 2024 · $888k · revenue +13%- CHChildren's Hospital Corporationone grant, 2024 · $859k · revenue +13%
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.
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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How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 18 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Nfx funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nfx. Bigger dots raise more.
- Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
How this is measured
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