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Norma Court Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$906
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$9kHealth$4kInternational$2kHousing & Shelter$920Civil Rights$625Food & Nutrition$350Arts & Culture$234Recreation & Sports$230Other$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$120
Median grant
3
States reached
$46k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REFORM TEMPLE OF LAGUNA WOODS$906
THE SMILE TRAIN$195
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$120
JEWISH FEDERATION OF ORANGE CO LW$72
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN$36
OPERATION SMILE$35
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $520) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $300 → 14%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $50 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $35 → 9%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $35 → 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

WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
OK
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16k · 22 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
20

Total granted

$16k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+23%

Still filing today

68%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterReligionCrime & LegalOther
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

  • RT
    Reform Temple of Laguna Woods
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +12%
  • SMILE TRAIN INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1k · revenue +26%
  • Mercy Ships International
    4× · 2019–2022 · $840 · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • AJ
    AMERICAN JEWISH JT DIST
    one grant, 2019 · $200
  • FT
    FEED THE CHILDREN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $200 · revenue +34%
  • FI
    FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2019 · $150 · revenue +14%
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
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
2
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
3
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
6
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
7
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
8
International Life Sciences Institute

Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being…

Science & Tech
9
Sign Fracture Care International

Sign partners with overseas surgeons to build sustainable orthopaedic capacity by donating education, instruments, and implants. by working with teaching hospitals and hosting educational conferences worldwide, sign equips surgeons to heal…

Health
10
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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11
Human Rights Watch Inc

Human rights watch ("hrw") defends the rights of people worldwide. we scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. human rights watch is an independent,…

International
12
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is I Stand With My Pack 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

26 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. 26 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY SYNAGOGUE: $6,359 · OtherUNIVERSITY SYNAGOGUESMILE TRAIN INC: $1,020 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $745 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD+20 more: $2,084 · Other+20 moreMercy Ships International: $840 · InternationalMercy Ships Int…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $465 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS F…Mercy Corps: $225 · InternationalMercy CorpsWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $200 · InternationalWOMEN FOR WOMEN…FEED THE CHILDREN INC: $200 · InternationalFEED THE CHILDR…FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $150 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATI…FOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $150 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE PO…HIAS INC: $100 · International+2 more: $85 · InternationalReform Temple of Laguna Woods: $2,004 · ReligionReform Templ…THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $905 · HealthTHE SHRINE…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $515 · HealthST JUDE CH…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 · HealthALZHEIMER'…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $70 · HealthUNION RESCUE MISSION: $335 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $185 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $105 · Human ServicesLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $350 · Housing & ShelterOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $235 · Housing & ShelterSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $425 · Crime & Legal
Other$10,208International$2,415Religion$2,004Health$1,590Human Services$625Housing & Shelter$585Crime & Legal$425

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetReform Temple of Laguna Woods: $2,004 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,020 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $905 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $840 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $515 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $465 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $425 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $335 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $235 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $230 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $185 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $105 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetI Stand With My Pack Inc: $70 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $70 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $35 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 Norma Court Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Norma Court Trust. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 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-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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