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Norquist-Robinson Foundation at a glance

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Norquist-Robinson Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$67k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$15k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$193kHealth$93kFood & Nutrition$65kArts & Culture$31kHuman Services$29kInternational$17kEnvironment$15kCommunity Improvement$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$688k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BARSTOW SCHOOL$15,000
KCPT$10,000
HARVESTERS$10,000
CRITTENTON CHILDREN'S CENTER$5,000
THE JEWEL BALL$5,000
CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED$5,000
SALVATION ARMY$5,000
PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL$2,000
REAL PARTNERS UGANDA$1,500
CENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS$1,500
NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION SOCIETY OF FELLOWS$1,500
HEART OF AMERICA COUNCIL - BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%POWELL GARDENS: $3k → 14%SALVATION ARMY: $5k → 15%REAL PARTNERS UGANDA: $3k → 12%SALVATION ARMY: $5k → 15%CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $5k → 15%CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $5k → 15%CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $5k → 15%CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $5k → 15%SALVATION ARMY: $5k → 15%SALVATION ARMY: $5k → 15%CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $5k → 15%CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $5k → 15%CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $5k → 15%CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $5k → 15%SALVATION ARMY: $3k → 15%HARVESTERS: $10k → 15%HARVESTERS: $10k → 15%HARVESTERS: $10k → 15%HARVESTERS: $10k → 15%HARVESTERS: $7k → 15%HARVESTERS: $6k → 15%HARVESTERS: $6k → 15%HARVESTERS: $6k → 15%BARSTOW SCHOOL: $15k → 15%BARSTOW SCHOOL: $15k → 15%BARSTOW SCHOOL: $15k → 15%BARSTOW SCHOOL: $15k → 15%BARSTOW SCHOOL: $10k → 15%BARSTOW SCHOOL: $10k → 15%BARSTOW SCHOOL: $10k → 15%BARSTOW SCHOOL: $5k → 15%CRITTENTON CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 15%CRITTENTON CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 15%CRITTENTON CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 15%CRITTENTON CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 15%CRITTENTON CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 15%CRITTENTON CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 15%CRITTENTON CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 15%CRITTENTON CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 15%KCPT: $10k → 15%KCPT: $10k → 15%KCPT: $10k → 15%KCPT: $10k → 15%KCPT: $7k → 15%KCPT: $6k → 15%KCPT: $6k → 15%KCPT: $5k → 15%THE JEWEL BALL: $5k → 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.
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$457k · 18 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against -67% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
2

Total granted

$457k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
-67%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationFood & NutritionInternationalArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • TB
    THE BARSTOW SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $95k · revenue +38%
  • HT
    HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK
    8× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +40%
  • CC
    CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAI
    8× · 2017–2024 · $40k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • TO
    The Orme School
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue -67%
  • HK
    HISTORIC KANSAS CITY ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2017 · $500
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
Thomas Jefferson School

Thomas jefferson school engages its students in the education necessary to live as responsible citizens of the world. through the strongest possible college-prepatory program and within a nurturing community, students develop a…

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2
Kansas City Christian School Association

To bring glory to god by providing children with an excellent christ- centered education rooted in the word of god.

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3
Capitol Hill Day School

Capitol Hill Day School is a co-educational independent school serving students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Capitol Hill Day School deeply engages a diverse community of students in connecting the classroom with the larger…

Education
4
Darrow School

Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…

Education
5
Cornell College

Cornell college offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged…

Education
6
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
7
The Cambridge School

Provide a distinctly christian education in the classical tradition which equips students to know, love, and practice that which is true, good, and beautiful and thus prepares them to live purposefully and intelligently in service of god…

Education
8
The Seven Hills School

The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.

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9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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10
Whitefield Academy Association

The mission of whitefield academy is to support parents by providing students with a top-tier academic foundation in a joyful, christ-centered community of classical learning.

Education
11
The Chestnut Hill School

At the chestnut hill school, our mission to educate children is deeply rooted in a commitment to academic excellence, diversity, and community. we engage, challenge and support children as they develop the skills and confidence to achieve…

Education
12
Kent Denver Country Day School

Excellence in scholarship and character is the goal of a kent denver education. the school seeks to build a caring, diverse community of responsible citizens. to that end, the school provides a challenging college preparatory curriculum…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Rocky Mountain School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Muscular Dystrophy Association 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

13 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. 13 of the 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BARSTOW SCHOOL: $95,000 · OtherTHE BARSTOW SCHOOLKCPT: $64,000 · OtherKCPTCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAI: $40,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAICRITTENTON CHILDREN'S CENTER: $40,000 · OtherCRITTENTON CHILDREN'S CENTERSALVATION ARMY: $29,250 · OtherSALVATION ARMYPOWELL GARDENS INC: $15,000 · OtherCENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS INC: $12,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $11,650 · Other+6 more: $21,750 · Other+6 moreHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $65,000 · Food & NutritionHARVESTERS - THE…PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $13,000 · EducationREAL PARTNERS UGANDA INC: $17,000 · InternationalJEWEL BALL: $14,000 · Arts & CultureMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · Health
Other$328,650Food & Nutrition$65,000Education$33,000International$17,000Arts & Culture$14,000Health$1,000

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 budgetTHE BARSTOW SCHOOL: $95,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $65,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAI: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL: $20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetREAL PARTNERS UGANDA INC: $17,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPOWELL GARDENS INC: $15,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJEWEL BALL: $14,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS INC: $12,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC KANSAS CITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Orme School: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds THE BARSTOW SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAI ↗
  • Who funds PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds REAL PARTNERS UGANDA INC ↗
  • Who funds POWELL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWEL BALL ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC KANSAS CITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Orme School ↗

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.

Jewish Community Foun…Greater Kansas City C…The Torosian Foundati…The Atterbury Family …Ewing Marion Kauffman…Jack and Susan Pierso…Spaulding Family Foun…William T Kemper Char…William T Kemper Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas CityKS19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The Torosian Foundation · The Atterbury Family Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Jack and Susan Pierson Charitable Trust · Spaulding Family Foundation · William T Kemper Charitable Trust 10015200 · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Norquist-Robinson Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Norquist-Robinson 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 20 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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