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NLN Foundation for Nursing Education

The mission of the NLN Foundation for Nursing Education is to raise, safeguard, and distribute funds that promote excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of the nation and the global community.

$216k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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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 2024.

Education$323kScience & Tech$156kHealth$95kArts & Culture$10k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $73,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $215,645 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $142,645 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $62k
$16,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$25,000
Marquette University$21,000
University of Alabama in Huntsville$16,000
Duke University$6,000
Emory University$5,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%The MGH Institute of Health Professionals: $15k → 16%THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50k → 22%NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING INC: $14k → 14%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $30k → 14%University of Alabama in Huntsville: $16k → 11%Marquette University: $21k → 17%University of Connecticut: $14k → 11%Duke University: $6k → 11%University of North Carolina: $25k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA: $16k → 13%Emory University: $5k → 14%Loyola University of Chicago: $29k → 14%Virginia Commonwealth University: $24k → 22%JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 19%TRUSTEE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENN: $50k → 22%Duke University: $6k → 11%DEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $14k → 14%THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50k → 22%THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50k → 22%Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: $25k → 22%TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $25k → 22%The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: $24k → 22%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

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
VA
MD
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $28k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

East Asia and the Pacific$28k · 100% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: RESEARCH AWARD

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
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
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
4
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
5
Washington University

The washington university is a co-educational, nondenominational university with a long and distinguished history of teaching, research and (cont'd on schedule o)

Education
6
University of Notre Dame du Lac

See Schedule O. See explanation for Form 990, Part I, Line 1 - Organization's Mission above.

Education
7
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
8
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
9
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
10
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
11
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
12
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Loyola University of Chicago; the most unlike its peers is Marquette University. 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

10 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. 10 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $273,543 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $29,523 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $29,404 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT: $24,243 · EducationVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATMarquette University: $21,000 · EducationDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $14,391 · Education+3 more: $22,000 · EducationREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $29,901 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIC…Oregon Health & Science University: $29,845 · OtherOregon Health & Science Universi…UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT …THE UNIVERSITY OF AL IN HUNTSVILLE: $16,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF AL IN HUNTSVIL…UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA: $15,708 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIAMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $15,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATE…UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $14,157 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNational League for Nursing: $14,000 · OtherNational League for NursingEMORY UNIVERSITY: $9,757 · OtherEMORY UNIVERSITY
Education$414,104Other$169,368

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $273,543 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $29,523 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $29,404 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT: $24,243 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMarquette University: $21,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $14,391 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational League for Nursing: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization NLN Foundation for Nursing Education funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from NLN Foundation for Nursing Education. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 NLN Foundation for Nursing Education?

Find your warmest path to NLN Foundation for Nursing Education 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 18 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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