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Norman Raab 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
89
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$962kHealth$938kHuman Services$747kHousing & Shelter$509kCrime & Legal$438kAnimals$398kCivil Rights$359kOther$0
02FY2025 · 89 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k55 grants · $105k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $755k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $275k
$2,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$34M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION$75,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$50,000
FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES$50,000
JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE (JFCS) OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA$50,000
US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$50,000
ICIVICS INC$40,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$40,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$35,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$35,000
826 VALENCIA$30,000
MARINE MAMMAL CENTER$30,000
CAMPING UNLIMITED FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED$30,000
COLORADO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS$30,000
JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES - SF$30,000
TEAM READ$30,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $992k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE (JFCS) OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $50k → 7%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $25k → 14%FISHERMAN'S MARK: $5k → 4%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE (JFCS) OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $50k → 7%SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE (JFCS) OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $50k → 7%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $25k → 14%WESTSIDE BABY: $3k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE (JFCS) OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $50k → 7%WESTSIDE BABY: $3k → 9%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $3k → 14%WESTSIDE BABY: $3k → 9%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $3k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE (JFCS) OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $25k → 22%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES - SF: $30k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE (JFCS) OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $25k → 22%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES - SF: $30k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES - SF: $30k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES - SF: $30k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES - SF: $25k → 10%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES - SF: $25k → 10%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 9%SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $20k → 12%HOSPICE BY THE BAY: $5k → 8%HOSPICE BY THE BAY: $5k → 8%HOSPICE BY THE BAY: $3k → 8%MARIN SENIOR COORDINATING COUNCIL: $25k → 8%VIVALON: $25k → 8%VIVALON: $25k → 8%VIVALON: $25k → 8%VIVALON: $20k → 8%MAKE IT HOME: $5k → 8%MAKE IT HOME: $5k → 8%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $20k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $20k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $20k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $20k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $15k → 9%NETWORK OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE: $25k → 6%NETWORK OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE: $25k → 6%NETWORK OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE: $25k → 6%NETWORK OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE: $25k → 6%NETWORK OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE: $25k → 6%NETWORK OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE: $15k → 6%NETWORK OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE: $3k → 6%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
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
HI
MS
AL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.3M · 109 repeat orgs$289k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

109 repeat relationships: 66 still active in FY2025, 43 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

109
49

Total granted

$6.3M
$253k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+18%

Still filing today

85%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureAnimalsHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • FH
    FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $300k · revenue +29%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    6× · 2020–2025 · $275k · revenue +57%
  • SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $275k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • JH
    JOHNS HOPKINS COMPREHENSIVE DIABETES CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF BUCKS COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +58%
  • J
    JDC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
4
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
5
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
6
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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10
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
11
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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12
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Public Library Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The California Liver Institute a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

148 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. 148 of the 175 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)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
146/148
Grantees still filing
100/148
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - WILMER EYE INSTITUTE: $239,000 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - WILMER EYE INST…MAGEE REHAB HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $235,000 · OtherMAGEE REHAB HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $155,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANKThe Cedars of Marin: $135,000 · OtherThe Cedars of MarinCOLORADO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $114,000 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS WILMER EYE INSTITUTE: $97,500 · OtherCHRYSALIS: $95,500 · OtherGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $150,000 · OtherGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENC…Extrafood: $165,000 · OtherExtrafoodTHE GATHERING PLACE A REFUGE FOR REBUILDING LIVES: $127,500 · Other+82 more: $1,006,440 · Other+82 moreICIVICS INC: $195,000 · EducationICIVICS INCTeam Read: $170,000 · EducationTeam Read826 Valencia: $165,000 · Education826 ValenciaJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVER…MIGHTY WRITERS: $110,000 · EducationMIGHTY WRITERSSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $105,000 · EducationSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRA…AIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL: $105,000 · EducationAIM HIGH FOR HIGH SC…Zeno: $100,000 · EducationZeno+12 more: $145,850 · Education+12 moreJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $250,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY & …JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $170,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AN…Network of Victim Assistance: $147,500 · Human ServicesNetwork of Victi…Vivalon: $120,000 · Human ServicesVivalonRefugee Womens Alliance: $95,000 · Human ServicesRefugee Womens A…WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $60,000 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING FAMIL…DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $55,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S…+18 more: $94,420 · Human Services+18 moreFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $300,000 · Arts & CultureFACING HISTORY…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $275,000 · Arts & CultureThe United Sta…SEATTLE ARTS AND LECTURES: $115,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE ARTS A…KQED INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INCHUMANITIES WASHINGTON: $40,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $96,560 · Arts & Culture+12 moreSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $275,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $190,070 · Crime & Legal+3 more: $9,200 · Crime & LegalTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $140,000 · AnimalsMARIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $135,000 · AnimalsWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $60,000 · AnimalsGREYHOUNDS FRIENDS FOR LIFE: $22,500 · Animals+11 more: $45,950 · AnimalsCAMPING UNLIMITED FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $234,980 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,519,940Education$1,245,850Human Services$991,920Arts & Culture$876,560Crime & Legal$474,270Animals$403,450Recreation & Sports$234,980

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 budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $275,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $275,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $250,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCAMPING UNLIMITED FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $234,980 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetICIVICS INC: $195,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $190,070 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Read: $170,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $170,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetExtrafood: $165,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budget826 Valencia: $165,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $155,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $150,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNetwork of Victim Assistance: $147,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $140,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Cedars of Marin: $135,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMARIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $135,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE A REFUGE FOR REBUILDING LIVES: $127,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetVivalon: $120,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSEATTLE ARTS AND LECTURES: $115,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMIGHTY WRITERS: $110,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL: $105,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetZeno: $100,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetRefugee Womens Alliance: $95,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetANN SILVERMAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC: $81,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL BUCKS AMBULANCE & RESCUE UNIT: $70,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $64,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKQED INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $47,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANITIES WASHINGTON: $40,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLITERACY SOURCE A COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER: $40,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetREADING ALLOWED: $40,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWEST PHILADELPHIA ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN: $37,500 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BUCKS COUNTY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOTEORG: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL: $24,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $23,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGREYHOUNDS FRIENDS FOR LIFE: $22,500 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetSAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $21,500 over 6y, 0.1% 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 FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds CAMPING UNLIMITED FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ↗
  • Who funds ICIVICS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Team Read ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Extrafood ↗
  • Who funds 826 Valencia ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds Network of Victim Assistance ↗
  • Who funds THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds The Cedars of Marin ↗
  • Who funds MARIN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE A REFUGE FOR REBUILDING LIVES ↗
  • Who funds Vivalon ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE ARTS AND LECTURES ↗
  • Who funds MIGHTY WRITERS ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Zeno ↗
  • Who funds Refugee Womens Alliance ↗
  • Who funds ANN SILVERMAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL BUCKS AMBULANCE & RESCUE UNIT ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER ↗

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.

Foundations Community…Penn Community Bank F…Seattle FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…Medina FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Lucky Seven FoundationAlbert W Bader Founda…Real Progress Foundat…The Haley FoundationThe Robert Wood Johns…Greater Good Charities
Foundations Community PartnershipPA34.1× affinity14 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundations Community Partnership · Penn Community Bank Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Medina Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Albert W Bader Foundation Inc · Real Progress Foundation · The Haley Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Greater Good Charities

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 Norman Raab Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Norman Raab Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Icivics Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Mcphs University: 1% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
51report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Norman Raab Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Norman Raab 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 175 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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