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NSB Foundation Inc

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.

$116k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
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$326kYouth Development$301kCivil Rights$200kHuman Services$200kCommunity Improvement$150kHealth$101kEmployment$1kHousing & Shelter$500
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $1k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Elevate Youth Services$50,000
Vermont Professionals of Color Network$35,000
Champlain College$30,000
Community College of Vermont$500
Good Samaritan Haven$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $276k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Elevate Youth Services: $50k → 9%Lund Family Center Inc: $50k → 10%Elevate Youth Services: $25k → 9%Lund Family Center Inc: $25k → 10%Lund Family Center Inc: $25k → 10%NFI Vermont Inc: $500 → 10%Spectrum Youth & Family Services: $50k → 10%Spectrum Youth & Family Services: $25k → 10%Spectrum Youth & Family Services: $25k → 10%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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$995k · 8 repeat orgs$283k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
8

Total granted

$995k
$252k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+10%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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

  • VA
    VERMONT AFTERSCHOOL INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $125k · revenue +100%
  • LF
    Lund Family Center Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $100k · revenue +26%
  • EY
    ELEVATE YOUTH SERVICES INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $75k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • NW
    NAACP - Windham County Vermont Branch
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • MJ
    MIGRANT JUSTICE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -30%
  • VF
    VOICES FOR VERMONTS CHILDREN
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -13%
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
Vermont Center for Family Studies

Our mission is to strengthen families and communities by improving human relationships. We do this through the training of expert family therapists, advisors, leaders, and family members in Bowen Family Systems Theory.

Human Services
2
Cooperation Vermont

The mission of cooperation vermont is to build thriving community economic and enviromental democracy.

Community Improvement
3
Alliance for a Better Vermont

Conducts and coordinates research of critical issues affecting vermonters. also conducts public opinion research.

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4
Vermont Association of Business

It is Vabirs mission to help employers meet their staffing needs for a stable skilled Workforce and to advocate public and private policies that encourage and increase access for persons with disabilities in the work environment.

Employment
5
Vermont Coalition of Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs Inc

The vermont coalition of runaway and homeless youth programs mission is to ensure that youth have access to the support services they need to be safe and stable. to accomplish this, the coalition works to: ensure continued funding for…

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6
Vermont Family Network Inc

Vfn's mission is to empower and support all vermont families of children with special needs.

Human Services
7
Governor's Institutes of Vermont

Giv empowers young people with intensive, hands-on learning experiences in college settings which inspire their academic and creative passions, build confidence and leadership, and expand their sense of possibility.

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8
Ywca of Vermont Inc

Ywca vermont is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
9
Vermont Public Co

Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.

Arts & Culture
10
Vermont Council On World Affairs Inc

See schedule othe mission of the vermont council on world affairs is to promote awareness and understanding of the world and its people, places and cultures through education and engagement. the future of vermont depends upon the world…

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11
Community Justice Network of Vermont

The community justice network of vermont unites the efforts of vermonters seeking to make restorative responses available for people whose lives are

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12
Vermont Business Roundtable Inc

To sustain a sound economy and preserve vermont's unique quality of life by studying and making recommendations on statewide public policy issues.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vermont Afterschool Inc; the most unlike its peers is Migrant Justice 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

12 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. 12 of the 19 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College: $295,000 · OtherCenter for Financial Literacy at Champlain CollegeMercy Connections: $100,000 · OtherMercy ConnectionsNAACP - Windham County Vermont Branch: $100,000 · OtherNAACP - Windham County Vermont BranchVOICES FOR VERMONTS CHILDREN: $50,000 · OtherVOICES FOR VERMONTS CHILDRENCity of Burlington Community Economic Development Office: $50,000 · OtherCity of Burlington Community Economic Development Of…+4 more: $2,000 · OtherLund Family Center Inc: $100,000 · Human ServicesLund Family Center IncVERMONT PROFESSIONALS OF COLOR NETWORK: $100,000 · Human ServicesVERMONT PROFESSIONALS OF COLOR NE…SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICE…ELEVATE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesELEVATE YOUTH SERVICES INC+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesVERMONT AFTERSCHOOL INC: $125,000 · InternationalVERMONT AFT…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentMIGRANT JUSTICE INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED: $30,000 · EducationVERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC: $500 · Community Improvement
Other$597,000Human Services$375,500International$125,000Youth Development$100,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Education$30,000Community Improvement$500

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 budgetVERMONT AFTERSCHOOL INC: $125,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetLund Family Center Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVERMONT PROFESSIONALS OF COLOR NETWORK: $100,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $100,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON INC: $100,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetELEVATE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMIGRANT JUSTICE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetVOICES FOR VERMONTS CHILDREN: $50,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNFI Vermont Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC: $500 over 1y, 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.

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.

The Vermont Community…United Way of Northwe…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…Oakland Foundation IncNational Life Group C…The University of Ver…Community Bank Na Fou…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Vermont Community FoundationVT23.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Oakland Foundation Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · The University of Vermont Medical Center · Community Bank Na Foundation of New England Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization NSB Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from NSB Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 42%
  • Elevate Youth Services Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Good Samaritan Haven Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Vermont Works for Women Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Vermont Afterschool Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Lund Family Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Burlington Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Champlain College Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Migrant Justice Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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

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How do I get to NSB Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to NSB Foundation Inc 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 19 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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