· Private foundation
North American Communities Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $5k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $76k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $45,690 |
| HEARTS FOR MISSION | $30,490 |
| TRURO NEWS | $4,000 |
| GREATER TAMPA BAY BOY SCOUTS | $1,000 |
| UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC2× · 2023–2024 · $202k
- VCVARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS3× · 2020–2022 · $47k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA2× · 2021–2022 · $40k
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $20k
- AFAAA-CPA FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $15k
- UPUNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH INTERNATIONALone grant, 2022 · $11k
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.
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.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
Education and Research
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…
Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…
Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…
The mission of baylor university is to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and christian commitment within a caring community.
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…
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
Since 1890, whitworth has held fast to its founding mission of providing "an education of mind and heart" through rigorous intellectual inquiry guided by dedicated christian scholars.
Texas wesleyan university, guided by its deep methodist heritage, provides transformational learning experiences and research opportunities to a diverse group of students to develop their full potential as individuals and as members of the…
Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.
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.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 40 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds African Mission Healthcare Foundation ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds TRURO ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC % JOANNE HOLLANDER ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds The Kinkaid School Inc ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds TRURO NEWS INC % BRIAN BOYLE ↗
- Who funds BOOKS FOR DEVELOPMENT ↗
- Who funds Meals on Wheels of Tampa Inc ↗
- Who funds ADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TWELFTH STEP MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
- Who funds LEARN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BUTTS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS INC ↗
- Who funds EVETT SIMMONS FOUNDATION 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.
Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization North American Communities Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North American Communities Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Women's Money Matters Inc: 1% of income from government
- Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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