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Robert a & Jean Norling Foundation at a glance

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Robert a & Jean Norling Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$24
Granted FY2019
1
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$24
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Religion$267kEducation$3kCrime & Legal$950International$800Health$600Public Benefit$500Arts & Culture$400Civil Rights$400Other$0
02FY2019 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$24
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAMB'S CHAPEL$24
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 (FY17–18, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $200 → 26%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $200 → 26%HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE CENTER: $100 → 13%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$272k · 10 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +134% since the first grant, against +59% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2019, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$272k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+134%
+59%

Still filing today

60%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
InternationalHuman ServicesCrime & LegalReligionHealthEducationOther
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

  • BU
    BRADLEY UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +5%
  • Mercy Ships International
    2× · 2017–2018 · $600 · revenue +251%
  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
    2× · 2017–2018 · $400 · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • JUDICIAL WATCH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue +78%
  • PF
    PRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONALgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $400 · revenue +168%
  • CP
    Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation
    one grant, 2018 · $300 · revenue -28%
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
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
2
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
3
American Bible Society

Since 1816, american bible society has been fulfilling its mission of making the bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford so all people may experience its life-changing message.

Religion
4
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
5
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
6
Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons

Paacs' mission is to glorify god by training and discipling african surgeons and related specialists to become christ-like leaders and servants providing excellent and compassionate care to those most in need.

International
7
Global Partners in Care

The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.

International
8
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
9
Apt Ministries

To train pastors/leaders in africa who have little or no formal training and resources. teach them how to study and prepare bible-based messages using the thompson chain reference study bible and to provide bible to trained pastors/leaders.

Religion
10
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
11
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
12
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation. 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

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 25 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRAILHEAD CHURCH: $253,120 · OtherTRAILHEAD CHURCHLAMBS CHAPEL INC: $12,640 · Other+10 more: $2,400 · OtherBRADLEY UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationMercy Ships International: $600 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $200 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $200 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $200 · InternationalCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $400 · Human ServicesOur Daily Bread Foundation: $100 · Human ServicesHOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARECENTER: $100 · Human ServicesJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $500 · Public BenefitCongressional Prayer Caucus Foundation: $300 · ReligionCAMERON HORNER MINISTERIES: $200 · ReligionPRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL: $400 · Crime & LegalNORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC: $50 · Crime & Legal
Other$268,160Education$3,000International$1,200Human Services$600Public Benefit$500Religion$500Crime & Legal$450

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBRADLEY UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCongressional Prayer Caucus Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING FREE MINISTRIES INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARECENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC: $50 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.

Duke Energy FoundationThe Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Duke Energy FoundationNC12× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Robert a & Jean Norling Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert a & Jean Norling Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 25 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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