How much does Northwest Institute of Research give?

Northwest Institute of Research reported 90 itemized grants totaling $961,171, out of $2,705,993 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 145 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.

What does Northwest Institute of Research fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (99%), Health (1%).

Who are Northwest Institute of Research's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Erie ($590k), Child Development Centers Inc ($215k), The Learning Lamp Inc ($174k).

Does Northwest Institute of Research fund new organizations?

In FY2020, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Northwest Institute of Research?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Early Connections Inc, Erie Community Foundation, Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund.

Where is Northwest Institute of Research based?

Northwest Institute of Research is based in PA.

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Pennsylvania · Public charity

Northwest Institute of Research

The NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH, a nonprofit research and technical assistance organization, partners with public and private human service organizations and their stakeholders to build and operate high quality, accountable, and results-driven programs.

$2.7M
Granted FY2020: 90
Itemized grants FY2020: 90
Organizations funded FY2020: 34%
First-time grantees FY2020

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Itemized, FY2020: $961k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2020: $7,720
Largest grant, FY2020: $106,590
Organizations funded a year: 59 to 145; FY2017 to FY2020
States reached, FY2020: 2
Total assets, FY2020: $9.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 34% of the organizations Northwest Institute of Research funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationHuman ServicesOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2020	90	$961k	34%
FY2019	59	$931k	14%
FY2018	125	$1.9M	14%
FY2017	145	$3.7M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Education$7.4MHealth$57k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Erie	$589,607	8	2%
Child Development Centers Inc	$215,021	9	1%
The Learning Lamp Inc	$173,705	2	1%
St Martin Center	$165,773	9	2%
Butler County Family YMCA	$139,719	2	1%
Early Connections Inc	$137,230	2	n/a
Highmark Health	$134,635	7	n/a
Kindercare Learning Centers LLC	$134,315	2	n/a
Cambria County Child Development Corporation	$124,283	2	1%
Kids First Blair County	$120,587	2	2%

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All grantees of Northwest Institute of Research by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Erie	$589,607	8	2%
Child Development Centers Inc	$215,021	9	1%
The Learning Lamp Inc	$173,705	2	1%
St Martin Center	$165,773	9	2%
Butler County Family YMCA	$139,719	2	1%
Early Connections Inc	$137,230	2	n/a
Highmark Health	$134,635	7	n/a
Kindercare Learning Centers LLC	$134,315	2	n/a
Cambria County Child Development Corporation	$124,283	2	1%
Kids First Blair County	$120,587	2	2%
Hollidaysburg Young Mens Christian Assoc	$112,127	2	2%
Young Men's Christian Association of Keystone Crossroads	$111,549	9	1%
Bradford Child Care Services Inc	$111,362	7	0%
Pennsylvania State University	$102,565	6	n/a
Timber Ridge Program Inc	$100,989	9	6%
First Evangelical Lutheran Church	$98,450	2	n/a
Little Treasures Day Care Inc	$98,149	7	n/a
First Assembly of God of Hermitage Pennsylvania	$96,522	7	n/a
Grand Beginnings Children's Center Inc	$96,270	2	n/a
Meadville Area Family YMCA	$95,367	9	2%
Meadville Children's Center	$93,546	9	3%
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Corry	$91,710	7	n/a
Mercyhurst Child Learning Center Inc	$89,290	9	5%
Butler County Children's Center Inc Dba Early Learning Connections	$77,083	2	1%
Kuehg Corp Dba Kindercare Education LLC	$76,179	8	n/a
Begin With US Child Care & Preschool	$74,191	2	n/a
Early Connections Inc	$72,575	7	1%
Barbs Care-A-Lot	$68,915	7	n/a
Milestones Early Learning Center LLC	$68,229	9	n/a
Indiana Co Child Day Care Program	$67,636	2	5%
Young Enviornment	$62,271	7	n/a
Young Mens Christian Association of Corry Pennsylvania	$61,073	9	2%
Creative Preschool & Day Care Inc	$60,175	2	n/a
Stone Um Church	$60,112	8	n/a
Children's Center of Mercer County	$57,350	8	3%
Playhouse Children's Center LLC	$54,700	3	n/a
French Creek Valley Christian Schoolinc	$52,297	9	6%
Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance of North East	$51,852	8	n/a
United Community Services of Lawrence County	$51,437	2	1%
St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church	$50,997	9	n/a
Building Blocks Child Center Inc	$50,910	8	3%
Little Acorns Learning Center	$50,125	7	n/a
Children's Aid Society of Mercer County	$49,776	7	1%
The Scenic Rivers Young Men's Christian Association	$49,657	9	1%
Dorothy Lytle	$49,445	3	n/a
Unity Marketing Group	$49,160	2	n/a
St Benedict Child Development Ctr St Benedict Day Care Center	$48,469	8	n/a
Lifesteps Inc	$46,691	2	0%
Jefferson Defrees Family Center	$46,325	3	4%
Young Mens Christian Association of Warren PA	$46,122	2	1%
Handled With Care Childcare Facility LLC	$45,974	9	n/a
Clarks Mills United Methodist Church	$45,222	9	n/a
Conneaut Lake Child Care Center	$43,677	8	n/a
World of Care Inc	$43,452	7	n/a
Family Children & Community Association	$43,132	4	1%
Bright Ideas Childcare & Preschool Inc	$41,774	2	n/a
Pennbriar Child Care Services Inc	$41,205	7	n/a
Cheryl E Moss	$40,540	7	n/a
Cen-Clear Child Services Inc	$39,250	1	n/a
Stepping Stones Children's Center	$38,375	2	1%
Lola's International Inc	$38,276	2	7%
Fit Kids	$36,514	6	n/a
Evangel Heights Assembly of God	$35,657	2	n/a
Creative Preschool & Day Care	$35,225	6	n/a
A Childs World Day Care and Learning Center	$35,167	6	n/a
Pre-K Kids Learning Center Inc	$34,985	2	n/a
Cochranton Church of the United Brethren in Christ	$34,317	5	n/a
Bridget Dorr & Eric Dorr	$33,672	6	n/a
Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries Inc	$33,439	2	0%
Childrens Aid Society in Clearfield County	$33,380	3	1%
Stay 'N Play Daycare Inc	$33,244	2	n/a
The Lawrence County Young Men's Christian Association	$32,801	2	n/a
Debra G Marino	$32,475	2	n/a
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc	$32,057	7	0%
Meadville Cooperative Preschool	$31,563	6	6%
Grandma's House LLC	$30,562	2	n/a
Trob Enterprises	$30,550	2	n/a
Pensleton Child Care Center Inc	$29,827	1	n/a
Always Bettering Children	$29,612	2	n/a
Marcia Rimer	$29,519	2	n/a
The Sycamore Center Inc	$29,412	5	n/a
Gretchen H Schlosser	$29,312	5	n/a
Dr Gertrude a Barber Center Inc	$28,972	7	0%
Board of Directors of the Rouse Estate	$28,291	2	0%
Ellwood City Childrens Center Inc	$27,739	2	2%
Kids Learning Center LLC	$27,116	3	n/a
Peggy S Bennet	$26,756	2	n/a
Keystone Smiles Community Learning Center Inc	$26,409	5	0%
Zion Umc Weekday Ministries	$25,386	2	n/a
Child Advocates of Blair County Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Multicultural Community Resource Center	$24,782	9	n/a
Rosealee Hepler	$24,480	6	n/a
O'Connor's Family Day Care	$24,102	2	n/a
Jefferson-Clarion Headstart Inc	$24,000	1	0%
Jenn's Play Care	$23,704	2	n/a
Boro Babies Child Care Center	$23,392	7	n/a
Cornerstone Child Care Inc	$23,226	2	n/a
I Love It Daycare	$22,768	2	n/a
Smarty Pants Day Care LLC	$22,754	2	n/a
MOM'S HOUSE INC of JOHNSTOWN	$22,426	2	6%
Irock Fitness	$22,089	6	n/a
Taylor's Turf at the Learning Station Inc	$22,027	2	n/a
Little Hands Child Care Center Inc	$21,046	2	n/a
Jumpstart Early Learning Center	$20,974	5	n/a
Crayon Castle Child Care Center Inc	$20,685	3	n/a
Slippery Rock Universitysga Pschl & Cc	$20,630	2	n/a
Deanna Potts	$20,263	6	n/a
Lawrence County Social Services Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Caterpiller Corner Daycare LLC	$19,907	2	n/a
Titusville Free Methodist Church	$19,325	5	n/a
The Learning Ladder Ecc LLC	$19,238	2	n/a
St Mark Community Day Care Center Inc	$19,192	2	7%
Creative Kids Learning Center Inc	$18,705	2	n/a
Creative Garden LLC	$18,696	2	n/a
Harvest Community Church	$18,696	2	n/a
Somewhere Over the Rainbow LLC	$18,507	2	n/a
Buhl Community Recreation Center	$18,477	6	1%
Learning Ladder	$18,170	6	n/a
Jandeni Enterprises Inc	$18,054	1	n/a
Growing in Faith Together Learning Center	$17,658	1	6%
Trisha Graziano Smith	$17,527	2	n/a
Cornerstone Child Care Inc	$17,510	5	n/a
Growing and Learning Center	$17,275	6	n/a
First Assembly of God	$17,202	5	n/a
Zion Education Center	$15,984	8	3%
Andrea Bizzaro	$15,920	4	n/a
Young Mens Christian Association of Olean Ny and Bradford Pa	$15,687	2	0%
Babi's Childcare Center LLC	$14,787	3	n/a
Tyrone Area School District	$14,665	1	n/a
Christine Koss	$14,162	1	n/a
Learn Love Laugh Child Care Inc	$13,976	2	n/a
Beacon Day Care Inc	$13,867	1	n/a
Grace Lutheran Church	$13,332	1	n/a
Elcam Inc	$13,287	2	0%
The Growing Patch Cccllc	$12,322	2	n/a
Jamie Kokla-Parada	$12,240	2	n/a
Brenda L McCroskey	$12,240	2	n/a
Time to Succeed Cc & Elc Inc	$12,170	2	n/a
Armstrong County Community Action Agency	$12,000	1	0%
Playway Loving Child Care Center LLC	$11,840	5	n/a
Young Mens Christian Association of Dubois Pa	$11,580	1	1%
Pipsqueaks Child Care Center Inc	$11,292	1	n/a
Her Power Inc	$11,274	5	n/a
Small Impressions Chilcare Inc	$11,152	1	n/a
Little Hands Child Care Center Inc	$10,870	2	n/a
The Neighbours' Kids	$10,530	2	n/a
Karen Finnegan	$10,312	1	n/a
Amanda Gonzales	$10,210	2	n/a
Dana Murphy	$10,210	2	n/a
Jennifer Bonin	$10,210	2	n/a
Ridgway YMCA	$9,727	1	n/a
Grace Learning Center	$9,530	4	9%
Tammy Hetz	$9,506	5	n/a
Freeport Bumble Bee Learning Center	$9,251	1	n/a
Lynn's Little Rascals LLC	$8,926	1	n/a
The Salvation Army	$8,833	1	n/a
Stephanie Sheffield	$8,090	3	n/a
Trisha Lowe	$7,815	1	n/a
Learning Tree Child Care LLC	$7,706	2	n/a
Little Blessings Child Care Center LLC	$7,706	1	n/a
Grow N Learn Child Care LLC	$7,361	1	n/a
Sarah a Reed Children's Center Inc	$7,356	1	n/a
The Little Red School House Inc	$6,761	1	n/a
The Children's Place Academy LLC	$6,742	1	n/a
Eagles Nest Leadership Corporation	$6,575	4	n/a
Murriel S Gunn Group Day Care Home	$6,370	1	n/a
Trisha a Kallenborn	$6,161	1	n/a
Teresa a Jordan	$6,090	5	n/a
Darlene Henderson	$6,090	3	n/a
Dennis Smith	$6,075	1	n/a
Winnie Jackson Group Day Care	$6,075	1	n/a
Angie's Angels LLC	$5,811	1	n/a
Barb's Family Learning Daycare L	$5,695	4	n/a
Nicole C Vath-Sterling	$5,090	3	n/a
Bayfront Nato Inc	$5,000	4	1%
Leslie Adams	$5,000	1	n/a
Kaletta Simmelkjaer	$5,000	2	n/a
Carrie Winkelman	$5,000	3	n/a
The Growing Tree Children's Academy LLC	$5,000	1	n/a
Rufus Williams	$5,000	1	n/a
Lil Rascals Too LLC	$5,000	1	n/a
Janice Stewart	$5,000	3	n/a
My Terra Village LLC	$4,665	5	n/a
Asha Graebs Childcare	$4,090	4	n/a
Michelle Sparrow	$4,090	1	n/a
Julie Swiderski	$3,671	4	n/a
Marcia Rimer	$3,605	4	n/a
Browns Family Child Care	$3,605	4	n/a
Rhonda E King-Wilder	$3,605	2	n/a
The Creating Landscapes Learning Center Inc	$3,245	3	1%
Blessed Hope Seventh Day Christian Church	$3,120	3	n/a
Crystal Giles	$3,000	1	n/a
Cypriana Mislap	$3,000	4	n/a
Darlene D Cooley	$2,800	3	n/a
Little Cottage Preschool LLC	$2,175	2	n/a
Young Mens Christian Association of Titusville Pennsylvania	$1,805	4	0%
Juittetta D Jordan	$1,575	4	n/a
Cuddle Time Daycare	$1,575	4	n/a
Karen M Wolfe	$1,000	4	n/a
Tracey Hill	$1,000	3	n/a
Javonne Beason	$1,000	4	n/a

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Northwest Institute of Research supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 54.

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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.

Early Connections IncPA30.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Early Connections Inc · Erie Community Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund · United Way of Erie County · Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa Inc · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio · Buhl Regional Health Foundation · National Council of YMCAs of the USA · Wabtec Foundation · Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust · McElhattan 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.

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About Northwest Institute of Research

How much does Northwest Institute of Research give?: Northwest Institute of Research reported 90 itemized grants totaling $961,171, out of $2,705,993 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 145 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
What does Northwest Institute of Research fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (99%), Health (1%).
Who are Northwest Institute of Research's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Erie ($590k), Child Development Centers Inc ($215k), The Learning Lamp Inc ($174k).
Does Northwest Institute of Research fund new organizations?: In FY2020, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Northwest Institute of Research?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Early Connections Inc, Erie Community Foundation, Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund.
Where is Northwest Institute of Research based?: Northwest Institute of Research is based in PA.