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Safe Routes to School National

The Safe Routes to School National Partnerships mission is to advance safe walking and bicycling to and from schools, and in daily life, to improve the health and well-being of Americas children and to foster the creation of livable, sustainable communities.

$70k
Granted FY2023
8
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Recreation & Sports$283kCommunity Improvement$88kEnvironment$68kCivil Rights$40kHousing & Shelter$35kEmployment$33kHuman Services$25kFood & Nutrition$13k
02FY2023 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $60,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $69,800 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $9,800 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.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Bellefonte Historical Preservation$10,000
Schuylkill Countys Vision$10,000
Neighborworks NEPA$10,000
Bayfront East Side Task Force$10,000
PLAY Boulder Foundation$5,000
Western Slope Conservation Center$5,000
Safe Routes to School Wellington Co$5,000
Bike Jeffco$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Human Resource Development Council: $13k → 10%Shawnee Family YMCA: $13k → 19%Salem Leadership Foundation: $13k → 14%Portland African American Leadershi: $40k → 12%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

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MT
IL
WI
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MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
VA
AZ
NM
KS
AR
NC
HI
OK
AL
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 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
Portland Trails

Over the next five years, portland trails will work to transform greater portland into a regional hub of connectivity and sustainability. by facilitating the expansion and enhancement of our trail network, we will foster inclusive…

Environment
2
Fresh Coast Communities dba Greenprint Communities

To get the most good out of green infrastructure. Every community deserves the full benefits of green infrastructure, so Greenprint Communities helps local organizations build capacity and secure grant funding for programs that maximize…

Environment
3
Slc Bike Share

To provide alternative environmentally responsible transportation to downtown travelers through a bike share program.

Public Benefit
4
Houston Parks Board

The Houston Parks Board mission is to expand, improve, and protect parks and greenspace in the Houston region.

Philanthropy
5
California Bicycle Coalition

The mission of the California Bicycle Coalition is to advocate for equitable, inclusive, and prosperous communities where bicycling helps to enable all Californians to lead healthy and joyful lives.

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6
West Creek Conservancy

Our mission is to enrich the lives of all people in northeast ohio by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value of our region's lands and waters, and expanding opportunities to connect people from all cultures to…

Environment
7
Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation and Affiliates

The southwest boston community development corporation is led by principles of racial equity and inclusion, to alleviate social and economic disparities that impact people's quality of life and future opportunities. it shall be led by and…

Community Improvement
8
Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation

The saint paul riverfront corporation will elevate saint paul's quality of life and stimulate economic vitality by championing innovative, sustainable urban design principles for the city and its river valley; and by engaging community in…

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9
Lloyd Ecodistrict

See schedule owe set goals and implement initiatives in lloyd addressing connectivity, health & well-being, living infrastructure, peace, place, prosperity, and resource regeneration. in the summer of 2022, we became a certified…

Community Improvement
10
Livable City

Livable City is dedicated to increasing affordable housing, improvingtransportation, land use, open space, and environmental policies, offeringprograms which allow community use of streets, and supporting grassrootsinitiatives to make San…

Public Benefit
11
Big Sky Sno Inc

Big sky sno is a collaborative sustainability resource hub dedicated to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 through environmental initiatives & community action. we work closely with local businesses, community stakeholders & donors to…

Environment
12
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spark; the most unlike its peers is Kahoomiki. 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

42 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. 42 of the 46 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
34/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CORPORATION TO DEVELOP COMMUNITIES OF TAMPA INC: $12,500 · Community ImprovementCORPORATION TO DEVELOP …Future City Inc: $12,500 · Community ImprovementFuture City IncBIKE SHARE PITTSBURGH INC: $12,500 · Community ImprovementBIKE SHARE PITTSBURGH I…SPARK: $12,500 · Community ImprovementSPARKCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $12,500 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERSSHAWANO PATHWAYS ORGANIZATION FOR KIDS ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY: $12,500 · Community ImprovementSHAWANO PATHWAYS ORGANI…LIVING STREETS ALLIANCE: $12,500 · Community ImprovementLIVING STREETS ALLIANCEOPAL: $12,500 · Community ImprovementOPALBAYFRONT EAST SIDE TASKFORCE INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementBAYFRONT EAST SIDE TASK…SCHUYLKILL CONNECTS: $10,000 · Community ImprovementSCHUYLKILL CONNECTSCENTRAL ARKANSAS LIBRARY: $12,500 · OtherCENTRAL ARKANSAS LIBRARYTuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance: $12,500 · OtherTuolumne River Preservation Trust dba…Community Choice: $12,500 · OtherCommunity ChoiceSt Josephs Historic Foundation: $12,500 · OtherSt Josephs Historic FoundationRAILYARD PARK CONSERVANCY: $12,500 · OtherRAILYARD PARK CONSERVANCYFriends of McAllister Park: $12,500 · OtherFriends of McAllister ParkTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · OtherTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INCFriends of the Fort Collins Bicycle Program Inc: $12,500 · OtherFriends of the Fort Collins Bicycle P…BIKE CLEVELAND: $12,500 · OtherBIKE CLEVELANDREV BIRMINGHAM INC: $12,500 · OtherREV BIRMINGHAM INCBELLEFONTE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherUnited Way of Merced County: $12,500 · OtherUnited Way of Merced CountyGREENFIELD WALKING GROUP: $12,500 · OtherGREENFIELD WALKING GROUPTHE NEW COVENANT CHURCH OF GOD CDC: $12,500 · OtherTHE NEW COVENANT CHURCH OF GOD CDC+4 more: $20,000 · Other+4 moreIMAGINE BLACK FUTURES: $40,000 · Human ServicesIMAGINE BLACK F…SALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Human ServicesSALEM LEADERSHI…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF SHAWNEE OK: $12,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHR…HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesHUMAN RESOURCE …Environmental Health Coalition: $12,500 · EnvironmentEnvironmenta…TAOS LAND TRUST: $12,500 · EnvironmentTAOS LAND TR…The Elizabeth River Project: $12,500 · EnvironmentThe Elizabet…ECO ELP INC: $12,500 · EnvironmentECO ELP INCCAPITAL ROOTS INC: $12,500 · EnvironmentCAPITAL ROOT…HEALTH BY DESIGN INC: $12,500 · HealthHEALTH BY DE…CAN DO HOUSTON: $12,500 · HealthCAN DO HOUST…THRIVE ALLEN COUNTY INC: $12,500 · HealthTHRIVE ALLEN…SKY LAKES MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $12,500 · HealthSKY LAKES ME…KAHOOMIKI: $12,500 · HealthKAHOOMIKITHE COMMUNITY BUILDERS INC: $12,500 · Housing & ShelterYOUNGSTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $12,500 · Housing & ShelterSCRANTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterVerde Inc: $32,500 · Employment
Community Improvement$120,000Other$192,500Human Services$77,500Environment$62,500Health$62,500Housing & Shelter$35,000Employment$32,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIMAGINE BLACK FUTURES: $40,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetVerde Inc: $32,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCORPORATION TO DEVELOP COMMUNITIES OF TAMPA INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFuture City Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetSALEM LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEnvironmental Health Coalition: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIKE SHARE PITTSBURGH INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY BUILDERS INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPARK: $12,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance: $12,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Choice: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Merced County: $12,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHEALTH BY DESIGN INC: $12,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCAN DO HOUSTON: $12,500 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHRIVE ALLEN COUNTY INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSKY LAKES MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRAILYARD PARK CONSERVANCY: $12,500 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREENFIELD WALKING GROUP: $12,500 over 1y, 45% of budgetTHE NEW COVENANT CHURCH OF GOD CDC: $12,500 over 1y, 42% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF SHAWNEE OK: $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTAOS LAND TRUST: $12,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetREV BIRMINGHAM INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKAHOOMIKI: $12,500 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetFriends of the Fort Collins Bicycle Program Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Elizabeth River Project: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetECO ELP INC: $12,500 over 1y, 38% of budgetLIVING STREETS ALLIANCE: $12,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetOPAL: $12,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITAL ROOTS INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBIKE CLEVELAND: $12,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBAYFRONT EAST SIDE TASKFORCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSCRANTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBELLEFONTE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 87% of budgetSCHUYLKILL CONNECTS: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetBOULDER PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNFRIA-WSERC CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

AARPWells Fargo FoundationAmerican Heart Associ…PatagoniaorgThe Oregon Community …Kaiser Foundation Hos…Amalgamated Charitabl…ImpactassetsincTides FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…
AARPDC26.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AARP · Wells Fargo Foundation · American Heart Association Inc · Patagoniaorg · The Oregon Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Safe Routes to School National funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Safe Routes to School National. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa Inc: 37% of income from government
  • The Community Builders Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Verde Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Salem Leadership Foundation: 3% of income from government
  • Sky Lakes Medical Center Foundation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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 46 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $59k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home