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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 FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Philanthropy$438kHousing & Shelter$224kEducation$200kHuman Services$129kEmployment$100kScience & Tech$100kHealth$94kFood & Nutrition$90kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $112,420, the rows itemized in this filing. The $122,420 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$522M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$31,895
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION$30,000
PARTNERSHIP FOR FOOD SAFETY EDUCATI$10,525
SHELTER ASSOC OF WASHTENAW CO$10,000
THE WOMENS CENTER OF SE MICHIGAN$10,000
UNITED WAY FOR SE MICHIGAN$10,000
FOOD GATHERERS$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $69k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $10k → 14%THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN: $10k → 14%THE WOMENS CENTER OF SE MICHIGAN: $10k → 14%THE WOMENS CENTER OF SE MICHIGAN: $10k → 14%THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $10k → 14%THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $10k → 14%THE WOMENS CENTER OF SE MICHIGAN: $9k → 14%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 12 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +111% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
4

Total granted

$1.3M
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+111%
+13%

Still filing today

83%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
EducationHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitHuman ServicesArts & 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

  • SA
    SHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY
    5× · 2019–2024 · $209k · revenue +133%
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $150k · revenue +7%
  • CU
    CLEARY UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $100k · revenue +137%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF ANN ARBOR (ANN ARBOR CHARTER TOWNSHIP)
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • AB
    American Botanical Council
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue +5%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +66%
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
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
2
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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3
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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4
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

To be a catalyst for economic and community progress within the great lakes bay region.

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5
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
6
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
7
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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8
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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9
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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10
Wisconsin Bankers Association

We actively advocate, educate and support our members to help them positively impact the wisconsin communities they serve.

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11
Wisconsin Association of Health Plans Inc

Promote a positive state legislative and regulatory climate for wisconsin's community health plans. the association communicates with regulatory agencies to promote issue positions representing community health plans.

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12
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Washtenaw County; the most unlike its peers is American National Standards Institute. 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

15 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. 15 of the 18 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
14/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY: $428,389 · OtherUNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTYANSI - AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE: $100,000 · OtherANSI - AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTEREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $80,755 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANFOOD GATHERERS: $79,318 · OtherFOOD GATHERERSCITY OF ANN ARBOR (ANN ARBOR CHARTER TOWNSHIP): $50,000 · OtherCITY OF ANN ARBOR (ANN ARBOR CHARTER TOWNSHIP)Ann Arbor Spark: $40,000 · Other+3 more: $23,375 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF T…CLEARY UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationCLEARY UNIVERSITYSHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY: $209,300 · Housing & ShelterSHELTER ASSOCIATI…WASHTENAW HOUSING ALLIANCE: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterWASHTENAW HOUSING…THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $79,400 · Human ServicesFISHER HOUSE MICHIGAN: $50,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE: $5,000 · Public BenefitPartnership for Food Safety Education Inc: $10,525 · Food & NutritionANN ARBOR HANDS-ON MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$801,837Education$250,000Housing & Shelter$224,300Human Services$79,400Public Benefit$55,000Food & Nutrition$10,525Arts & Culture$10,000

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 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
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.

Ann Arbor Area Commun…United Way of Washten…Trinity Health - Mich…Harry a and Margaret …James a and Faith Kni…United Way for Southe…DTE Energy FoundationCommunity Foundation …Raymond James Charita…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.

    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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