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Nisource Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Nisource Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
683
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$2.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$13MHuman Services$3.6MCommunity Improvement$3.4MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.7MEducation$2.6MYouth Development$2.5MHealth$2.5MFood & Nutrition$2.4MOther$0
02FY2024 · 683 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k525 grants · $1.4M
  • $10k–50k137 grants · $2.5M
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.4M
$3,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$43M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,100,000
INDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION$340,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO$100,000
2 HYPE FOUNDATION$78,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC$74,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$66,440
STAR HOUSE FOUNDATION$60,000
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORP$58,960
LIFECARE ALLIANCE$57,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$55,420
CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE$55,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$51,200
MOUNT CARMEL FOUNDATION$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY$50,000
THE TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 17%THE PACK SHACK: $18k → 8%URBAN LEAGUE OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $137k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $17k → 22%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 17%HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $53k → 9%WHITE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $35k → 9%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $15k → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $74k → 15%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS - CLEVELAND: $100k → 17%ASSOCIATES FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $15k → 11%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $15k → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $54k → 15%HUMANKIND: $100k → 8%YMCA OF GREATER SPRINGFIELD: $18k → 17%WHITE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $23k → 9%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $15k → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $34k → 15%PRESBYTERIAN HOMES AND FAMILY SERVICES: $23k → 8%URBAN LEAGUE OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $33k → 15%WHITE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $17k → 9%WHITE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $15k → 9%FAMILY ADVOCATES INC: $37k → 15%WHITE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $15k → 9%YWCA RICHMOND: $20k → 22%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER RICHMOND INC: $30k → 22%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER RICHMOND INC: $25k → 22%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMO: $23k → 22%LEXINGTON RESCUE MISSION: $25k → 15%CROSSROADS YMCA: $50k → 15%YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY: $25k → 13%ADVANTAGE CREDIT COUNSELING: $25k → 11%CROSSROADS YMCA: $15k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $25k → 15%FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $19k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $43k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $20k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $16k → 15%ST STEPHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $15k → 15%ST STEPHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $15k → 15%HOLY FAMILY INSTITUTE: $30k → 11%SOJOUNER TRUTH HOUSE INC: $25k → 15%SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS MINISTRIES INC: $50k → 15%THE CRISIS CENTER INC: $16k → 15%I AM BOUNDLESS INC: $23k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE: $19k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $53k → 15%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

ME
NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23M · 956 repeat orgs$5.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

956 repeat relationships: 465 still active in FY2024, 491 since wound down; 151 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

956
864

Total granted

$23M
$4.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+17%

Still filing today

66%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $934k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthPublic Safety & DisasterCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • NM
    National Merit Scholarship Corporation
    7× · 2017–2024 · $479k · revenue +10%
  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF NW INDIANA INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $332k · revenue +137%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    4× · 2017–2024 · $311k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS - INDIANAPOLIS
    one grant, 2020 · $400k
  • IE
    INDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDAITON
    one grant, 2022 · $190k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY - COLUMBUS
    one grant, 2020 · $151k
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.

1
United Way of Bucks County

United way of bucks county creates opportunities for quality education, financial stability, and good health to ensure real, lasting change for individuals and our communities.

Philanthropy
2
United Way of Indiana County

The mission of the united way of indiana county is to meet critical needs and improve the quality of life throughout indiana county by inspiring and uniting its residents.

Philanthropy
3
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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4
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
5
Butler County United Way

Connect resources to important community needs. the organization focuses on the most important human service needs facing the community and uses a variety of methods to communicate with community members in order to priortize the issues…

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6
United Way of Franklin County

To positively impact the lives of those in our community by assessing needs, uniting partner organizations, agencies, and volunteers, and devoting our financial resources and efforts to the most critical needs.

Philanthropy
7
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
8
Hancock-Hardin-Wyandot-Putnam Community Action Commission

To reduce the conditions of poverty by providing comprehensive services to improve lives.to accomplish the mission, hhwp cac will collect and analyze data on the nature of poverty and the existing resources in the area. hhwp cac will…

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9
United Way of Scott County Indiana Inc

We focus on three primary needs in our community: investing in children and youth, promoting health and independence, and helping families in crisis.

Philanthropy
10
United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co

In order to mobilize community resources to help people measurably improve their lives - we work collaboratively with our community to identify priorities, and then decide which strategies, dollars, and partnerships should be used to bring…

Philanthropy
11
Wayne Economic Development Council Inc

To maximize the development and utilization of the human and economic resources of the wayne county georgraphical area in order to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities and improve the welfare of people of the area.

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12
Portage Development Board

To coordinate and promote economic development on a county wide basis among all of the political subdivisions of portage county, ohio.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Stephen Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Abbot Home. 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

1189 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. 1189 of the 2,000 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.

13
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
309
Early backer (in before they grew)
1151/1189
Grantees still filing
789/1189
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,505,000 · PhilanthropyESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $707,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC+13 more: $1,285,202 · Philanthropy+13 moreAMERICAN RED CROSS - INDIANAPOLIS: $400,000 · Other+121 more: $10,300,396 · Other+121 moreURBAN LEAGUE OF NW INDIANA INC: $332,060 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $310,500 · Human ServicesPRESBYTERIAN HOMES & FAMILY SVCS: $158,000 · Human ServicesNEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $106,648 · Human ServicesWHITE COUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $104,700 · Human ServicesTHE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $69,400 · Human ServicesCROSSROADS YMCA INC: $67,500 · Human ServicesGLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $65,000 · Human Services+15 more: $721,062 · Human ServicesNational Merit Scholarship Corporation: $479,255 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $143,170 · EducationCHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $118,500 · EducationOHIO ENERGY PROJECT: $100,000 · EducationIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $85,300 · EducationTRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY: $80,000 · EducationLEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $67,500 · EducationUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation: $60,700 · EducationWOMEN'S FUND OF CENTRAL OHIO: $57,690 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $56,500 · EducationThe University of Findlay: $55,000 · EducationBelieve in a Dream Inc: $50,000 · EducationPELOTONIA: $49,621 · Education+2 more: $80,000 · EducationINDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $890,000 · Community ImprovementONE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Community ImprovementTeam NEO Foundation: $75,000 · Community ImprovementAPPALACHIAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $75,000 · Community ImprovementBUSINESS & EDUCATION NETWORK INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementKEEP OHIO BEAUTIFUL INC: $52,300 · Community Improvement+2 more: $74,404 · Community ImprovementCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $263,340 · Food & NutritionLOCAL MATTERS: $257,240 · Food & NutritionLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $228,736 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $107,030 · Food & NutritionGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $83,050 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NW PA INC: $80,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $60,200 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $58,850 · Food & NutritionFREDERICKSBURG REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $39,270 · Food & NutritionBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $255,780 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $125,894 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC: $112,360 · Youth DevelopmentLatinos Count Inc: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN INDIANA CORRIDOR INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirls on the Run of Northwest Indiana: $49,440 · Youth DevelopmentTHE IBELIEVE FOUNDATION: $48,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $42,000 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$12,497,702Other$10,700,396Human Services$1,934,870Education$1,483,236Community Improvement$1,476,704Food & Nutrition$1,177,716Youth Development$743,474

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,505,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetINDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $890,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $707,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNational Merit Scholarship Corporation: $479,255 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF NW INDIANA INC: $332,060 over 6y, 20% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $310,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST INDIANA FORUM INC: $295,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetCOLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS FOUNDATION: $292,780 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $270,546 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $263,340 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLOCAL MATTERS: $257,240 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $255,780 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetONE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $228,736 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBESA COMMUNITY INC: $200,620 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $180,130 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc: $174,960 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD: $165,220 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOMES & FAMILY SVCS: $158,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE BREATHING ASSOCIATION: $157,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $145,330 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $144,172 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $143,170 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR HOUSE: $137,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $134,093 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES INC: $130,630 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $127,120 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $125,894 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $118,500 over 4y, 15% of budgetMOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $117,010 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $114,930 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC: $112,360 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO: $107,740 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE VIRGINIA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $107,500 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $107,030 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $106,648 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetINDIANA DUNES ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $105,440 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetLAKE COUNTY IN ECONOMIC ALLIANCE INC: $105,000 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetWHITE COUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $104,700 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetIndiana Chamber of Commerce Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVISTA VILLAGE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetENERGY INNOVATION CENTER INSTITUTE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetOHIO ENERGY PROJECT: $100,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLA CASA DE AMISTAD INC: $98,960 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $95,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCHESTERFIELD FOOD BANK OUTREACH CENTER: $94,676 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCOLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE: $90,000 over 4y, 0.2% 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 ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds National Merit Scholarship Corporation ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF NW INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST INDIANA FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds LOCAL MATTERS ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NORTHWEST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIFECARE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BESA COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC ↗
  • Who funds Junior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN HOMES & FAMILY SVCS ↗
  • Who funds THE BREATHING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds STAR HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗

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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

John W Anderson Found…Porter County Communi…Legacy Foundation IncEncova Foundation of …Harry C Moores Founda…English-Bonter-Mitche…1st Source Bank Found…L Brands FoundationEdward M Wilson Found…Siemer Family Foundat…United Way of Central…Ingram-White Castle F…
John W Anderson FoundationIN108.6× affinity81 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John W Anderson Foundation · Porter County Community Foundation Inc · Legacy Foundation Inc · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Harry C Moores Foundation · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · L Brands Foundation · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Ingram-White Castle 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 Nisource Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nisource Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Clinical & Support Options Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Father Bill's & Mainspring Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Nectar Community Investments Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Essex County Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
88report 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.

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 2000 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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