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Nora Roberts Foundation at a glance

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Nora Roberts 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.

$7.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
466
Grants FY2025still arriving
32
States reached
$750k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$8.4MArts & Culture$6.0MHealth$5.0MHuman Services$2.2MYouth Development$1.5MHousing & Shelter$1.1MFood & Nutrition$832kCommunity Improvement$543kOther$0
02FY2025 · 466 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k369 grants · $1.7M
  • $10k–50k67 grants · $983k
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+8 grants · $3.1M
$5,000
Median grant
32
States reached
$119M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROLITERACY WORLDWIDE$750,000
BUTTONWOOD INSTITUTE$500,000
HOLY CROSS HEALTH FOUNDATION$500,000
LUMINIS HEALTH DOCTOR'S COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$303,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WASHINGTON COUNTY$250,000
SAN MAR CHILDREN'S HOME$250,000
MOVEIUS CONTEMPORARY BALLET INC$250,000
WASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$250,000
FRIENDS OF NCTC ALL OVER THE MAP$200,000
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY$200,000
AMICA CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS$200,000
LUMINIS HEALTH DOCTORS COMMUNITY$100,000
PROLITERACY$100,000
SMITHSBURG HIGH SCHOOL$100,000
WASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$100,000
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 (FY20–25, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $8k → 15%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $8k → 15%ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $10k → 7%DIAKONIA INC: $8k → 8%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $8k → 15%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $8k → 15%ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $10k → 6%ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $9k → 7%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE: $58k → 11%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $8k → 15%ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $8k → 6%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE: $49k → 11%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $8k → 15%FAMILY SERVICES INC: $8k → 6%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE: $50k → 19%MARIAN HOUSE INC: $11k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $10k → 19%UNITED COMMUNITIES AGAINST POVERTY: $11k → 11%MARIAN HOUSE INC: $10k → 19%UNITED COMMUNITIES AGAINST POVERTY: $9k → 11%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $8k → 19%LEITERSBURG RURITAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 12%LITERSBURG RURITAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 12%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $10k → 8%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $10k → 8%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $10k → 8%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $10k → 8%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $8k → 8%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $8k → 8%PRINCE GEORGES CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 11%PRINCE GEORGES CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 11%PRINCE GEORGES CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 11%PRINCE GEORGES CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 11%HEARTLY HOUSE: $50k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE: $50k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE: $50k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE: $50k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE: $50k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE: $40k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE: $40k → 6%THE ARC OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $50k → 12%THE ARC OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $50k → 12%THE ARC OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $50k → 12%THE ARC OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $50k → 12%DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%DC DIAPER BANK: $8k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$29M · 774 repeat orgs$7.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

774 repeat relationships: 359 still active in FY2025, 415 since wound down; 81 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

774
813

Total granted

$29M
$6.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+14%

Still filing today

75%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $712k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • PW
    PROLITERACY WORLDWIDE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +19%
  • HC
    HOLY CROSS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +118%
  • SM
    SAN MAR CHILDREN'S HOME INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • PL
    PRO LITERACY WORLDWIDE FOR GRANTS PROGRAM
    one grant, 2022 · $750k
  • G
    GBMC
    one grant, 2023 · $750k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $281k
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
Imagination Stage of Washington Dc Inc

Imagination stage of washington, dc, inc. empowers all young people to discover their voice and identity through performing arts education and professional theatre.

Arts & Culture
2
Wonders Early Learning Extended Day

To create and advance high quality, diverse educational communities that teach children the foundations of life-long learning and social responsibility.

—
3
Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School

The mission of breakthrough montessori public charter school is to provide families in washington, dc with a fully implemented, public montessori program that enables children to develop within themselves the power to shape their lives and…

Education
4
Washington Literacy Center

The mission of the washington literacy center is to raise the literacy level of adults in washington, dc such that they may function on the job, in the family and in society. program offerings have expanded to include digital, woprkplace,…

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5
Between the Pages

Between the pages empowers children to discover a life-long love of reading using books as tools to immerse economically disadvantaged and avid readers in an engaging recreation of their favorite books, fostering literacy, creative play,…

Youth Development
6
Read Alliance Inc

Read alliance, inc (read alliance) works to accelerate the educational trajectory of early elementary students through the power of teens who provide one-to-one literacy tutoring in under-resourced communities. read impacts two populations…

Education
7
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
8
District of Columbia Arts Center

The District of Columbia Arts Center serves the Washington DC area by presenting high caliber and challenging works. It encourages professionalism among artists by providing a forum for educational and cultural exchange. DCAC was founded…

Arts & Culture
9
Abilities Network Inc

Cultivating inclusive communities through relationships, innovation and high-quality services.

Health
10
Reading Results

Reading results partners with schools to support students from systemically excluded communities in becoming successful readers. we believe that literacy is a basic human right, and we work to increase access and break down barriers…

—
11
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Projects

To nurture and inspire passion for the arts and learning in talented students who might not otherwise have an opportunity to develop their artistic skills; to ensure that our students are prepared for post-secondary education and/or…

Education
12
Writers in the Schools

The mission of Writers in the Schools (WITS) is to connect children and youth with professional writers and spoken word artists to unlock the joy and power of storytelling and creative expression.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meeting Street; the most unlike its peers is Learning for All. 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

1077 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. 1077 of the 1,674 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
247
Early backer (in before they grew)
1046/1077
Grantees still filing
698/1077
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PRO LITERACY: $1,600,000 · OtherPRO LITERACYSAN MAR CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $1,084,000 · OtherSAN MAR CHILDREN'S HOME INCPRO LITERACY WORLDWIDE FOR GRANTS PROGRAM: $750,000 · OtherPRO LITERACY WORLDWIDE FOR GRANTS PROGRAMGBMC: $750,000 · OtherGBMCFRIENDS OF NCTC ALL OVER THE MAP: $615,000 · OtherBUTTONWOOD INSTITUTE: $520,000 · Other+104 more: $7,510,496 · Other+104 moreSHEPHERD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,564,000 · EducationSHEPHERD UNIVERSIT…PROLITERACY WORLDWIDE: $1,425,000 · EducationPROLITERACY WORLDW…HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $628,922 · EducationHIGH POINT UNIVERS…RIVENDELL SCHOOL: $180,000 · Education+12 more: $524,400 · Education+12 moreMoveius Contemporary Ballet Inc dba Dance Loft on 14: $1,022,000 · Arts & CultureMoveius Contempo…WASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $768,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON COUNT…IMAGINATION STAGE INC: $270,000 · Arts & CultureIMAGINATION STAG…MPT FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureMPT FOUNDATION I…AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $175,000 · Arts & Culture+28 more: $1,280,740 · Arts & Culture+28 moreHOLY CROSS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,102,500 · HealthHOLY CROSS H…LUMINIS HEALTH DOCTORS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $403,000 · HealthLUMINIS HEAL…MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $210,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALT…THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL: $110,000 · Health+21 more: $920,300 · Health+21 moreHEARTLY HOUSE INC: $330,000 · Human ServicesARC OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $204,500 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $166,700 · Human ServicesOperation Warm Inc: $81,000 · Human ServicesMONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesPRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTERINC: $50,000 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $43,000 · Human Services+4 more: $136,300 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $756,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $215,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $165,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$12,829,496Education$4,322,322Arts & Culture$3,715,740Health$2,745,800Human Services$1,111,500Youth Development$786,000Food & Nutrition$380,000

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 budgetSHEPHERD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,564,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetPROLITERACY WORLDWIDE: $1,425,000 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetHOLY CROSS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,102,500 over 5y, 21% of budgetSAN MAR CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $1,084,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetMoveius Contemporary Ballet Inc dba Dance Loft on 14: $1,022,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $768,000 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $756,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $628,922 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLUMINIS HEALTH DOCTORS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $403,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetHEARTLY HOUSE INC: $330,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $300,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetIMAGINATION STAGE INC: $270,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS COALITION: $220,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $215,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION INC: $210,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $210,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetARC OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $204,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMPT FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHEATREWASHINGTON: $200,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $195,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRIVENDELL SCHOOL: $180,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetAUTHENTIC COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $175,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $166,700 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $165,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $145,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDouglas G Bast Museum Of History and Preservation Inc: $110,000 over 5y, 62% of budgetTHE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL: $110,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY CROSS HEALTH INC: $101,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOTOMAC VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $82,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetADVENTURE THEATRE INC: $82,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $81,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $66,240 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFrederick Health Hospital Inc: $62,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $62,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC: $62,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetSINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE INC: $60,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $60,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetWASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENDANGERED SPECIES THEATRE PROJECT: $60,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFrederick Health Inc: $59,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $57,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc: $56,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROUND HOUSE THEATRE INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST BOOK: $55,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $54,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Studio Theatre Inc: $50,000 over 6y, 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 SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PROLITERACY WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds HOLY CROSS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN MAR CHILDREN'S HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds Moveius Contemporary Ballet Inc dba Dance Loft on 14 ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WASHINGTON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LUMINIS HEALTH DOCTORS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds IMAGINATION STAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS COALITION ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ARC OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds MPT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THEATREWASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVENDELL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Douglas G Bast Museum Of History and Preservation Inc ↗

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.

The Morris and Gwendo…Clark-Winchcole Found…Dimick Foundation Joh…Philip L Graham Fund …John Edward Fowler Me…Delaplaine Foundation…The Community Foundat…United Way of the Nat…Venable Foundation IncThe John J Leidy Foun…Max & Victoria Dreyfu…Greater Washington Co…
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC109.3× affinity109 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Delaplaine Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Washington County Maryland Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · Venable Foundation Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · Greater Washington Community 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 Nora Roberts Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nora Roberts Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 270%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • World Arts Focus: 100% of income from government
  • Bethesda Cares Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Meritus Health Foundation Inc: 94% of income from government
  • Maryland Humanities Council Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Diakonia Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Parks and People Inc: 43% of income from government
  • St Vincent De Paul of Baltimore Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Project Plase Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Casa - Citizens Assisting and Sheltering the Abused Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Heartly House Inc: 33% of income from government
  • The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Potomac Playmakers Inc: 31% of income from government
  • San Mar Children's Home Inc: 29% of income from government
  • The Frederick Arts Council Inc: 24% of income from government
  • The House of Ruth Maryland Inc: 19% of income from government
  • National Association of Black Storytellers Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Barton Hose Company No 1 Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Prince George's Child Resource Centerinc: 17% of income from government
  • United Communities Against Poverty Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: 16% of income from government
  • Community Clinic Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Flying V Ltd: 14% of income from government
  • Imagination Stage Inc: 13% of income from government
  • The Baltimore Station Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • The Strathmore Hall Foundation Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Center Stage Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Maryland Ensemble Theatre Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Round House Theatre Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Everymind Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Community Crisis Services Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cornerstone Montgomery: 3% of income from government
  • Dancemakers Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Washington County Museum of Fine Arts: 2% of income from government
  • Frederick Health Hospital Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Marian House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Adventure Theatre Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity of Wicomico County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Olney Theatre Corporation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Harbor Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • National Braille Press Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Howard County General Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
27get no government money at all
61report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely 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.
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How do I get to Nora Roberts Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Nora Roberts 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 1674 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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