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Nsf International

NSF INTERNATIONAL is a global not-for-profit public health and safety organization with a mission to improve human and planet health.

$122k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
7
Itemized grants FY2024
8
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$112k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$31,895
Organizations funded a year
6 to 9
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$522M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Nsf International funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Housing & ShelterPublic BenefitEducationArts & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving7$112k29%
FY20238$188k25%
FY20227$246k14%
FY20218$173k13%
FY20208$170k25%
FY20199$174k22%
FY20187$183k29%
FY20176$185kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$438kHousing & Shelter$224kEducation$200kHuman Services$129kEmployment$100kScience & Tech$100kHealth$94kFood & Nutrition$90kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Washtenaw County$428,38976%
Shelter Association of Washtenaw County$209,30053%
The University of Toledo Foundation$150,00050%
Ansi - American National Standards Institute$100,0003n/a
Cleary University$100,00040%
Regents of the University of Michigan$80,7552n/a
The Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan$79,40082%
Food Gatherers$79,31860%
City of Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor Charter Township)$50,0001n/a
Fisher House Michigan$50,00051%
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All grantees of Nsf International by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Washtenaw County$428,38976%
Shelter Association of Washtenaw County$209,30053%
The University of Toledo Foundation$150,00050%
Ansi - American National Standards Institute$100,0003n/a
Cleary University$100,00040%
Regents of the University of Michigan$80,7552n/a
The Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan$79,40082%
Food Gatherers$79,31860%
City of Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor Charter Township)$50,0001n/a
Fisher House Michigan$50,00051%
Ann Arbor Spark$40,00040%
Washtenaw Housing Alliance$15,00032%
Partnership for Food Safety Education Inc$10,52513%
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum$10,00020%
United Way for Southeastern Michigan$10,00010%
American Botanical Council$8,00010%
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public Health Foundation Inc$5,37510%
American National Standards Institute$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nsf International supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Washtenaw County: $428,389 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetShelter Association of Washtenaw County: $209,300 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetThe University of Toledo Foundation: $150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCleary University: $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan: $79,400 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetFood Gatherers: $79,318 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFisher House Michigan: $50,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetAnn Arbor Spark: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWashtenaw Housing Alliance: $15,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetPartnership for Food Safety Education Inc: $10,525 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetAnn Arbor Hands-On Museum: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way for Southeastern Michigan: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Botanical Council: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public Health Foundation Inc: $5,375 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Standards Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 15.

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.

Ann Arbor Area Community FoundationMI17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · Trinity Health - Michigan · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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.

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About Nsf International

How much does Nsf International give?
Nsf International reported 7 itemized grants totaling $112,420, out of $122,420 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Nsf International fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (31%), Housing & Shelter (16%), Education (14%).
Who are Nsf International's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of Washtenaw County ($428k), Shelter Association of Washtenaw County ($209k), The University of Toledo Foundation ($150k).
Does Nsf International fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nsf International?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, United Way of Washtenaw County, Trinity Health - Michigan.
Where is Nsf International based?
Nsf International is based in MI.

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 18 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 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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