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The Nagy Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$27k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
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 2025.

Human Services$69kEducation$41kAnimals$15kFood & Nutrition$14kCommunity Improvement$12kArts & Culture$6kHealth$5kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$4,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$429k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE REFUGE CENTER$10,000
THE ONE CAUSE FOUNDATION$5,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY$5,000
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY$4,000
FORGOTTEN HARVEST$1,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HV$1,000
THE ANN ARBOR ART CENTER$1,000
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 (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE REFUGE CENTER FOR COUNSELING: $1k → 4%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$148k · 11 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
4

Total granted

$148k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+417%

Still filing today

64%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationAnimalsHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +39%
  • SOUTHWEST SOLUTIONS INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $12k · revenue +113%
  • WN
    WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2019–2025 · $9k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES RESEARCH FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $13k
  • AA
    Ann Arbor Spark Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -89%
  • TR
    THE REFUGE CENTER FOR COUNSELING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +417%
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
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
2
Ann Arbor Spark

Ann Arbor SPARK advances the region by encouraging and supporting business acceleration, attraction, expansion and retention. Our organization identifies and meets the needs of companies at every stage, from start-ups to large…

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3
Michigan Colleges Alliance

Michigan Colleges Alliance is a collective of excellent independent colleges and universities located throughout Michigan. MCA helps students pursue their educational goals by organizing on campus tours, funding scholarships and connecting…

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
AI4ALL

Ai4all's mission is to ensure that the next generation of ai leaders reflects humanity. ai4all is transforming the pipeline of ai practitioners who will shape ai for the benefit of humanity.

Youth Development
6
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan

The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…

Education
7
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
8
Michigan Virtual University

Maximize learning and teaching by bringing together the best in people and technology.

Education
9
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education
10
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
11
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum

Ann arbor hands-on museum creates moments of discovery that inspire curiosity, exploration and respect for stem and the natural world. together with the leslie science & nature center, we envision a world where curiosity today leads to…

Arts & Culture
12
Avery Coonley School

The Avery Coonley School elevates high-achieving and gifted learners through immersion in a mutually talented community where intellect, curiosity, and creativity are enhanced by optimal challenge.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southwest Solutions Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alliance for Gifted Children. 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

10 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. 10 of the 16 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE REFUGE CENTER: $40,000 · OtherTHE REFUGE CENTERALLIANCE FOR GIFTED CHILDREN: $30,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR GIFTED CHILDRENONE CAUSE FOUNDATION: $26,000 · OtherONE CAUSE FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES RESEARCH FUND: $12,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES RESEARCH FUNDSOUTHWEST SOLUTIONS INC: $12,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST SOLUTIONS INC+3 more: $4,250 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $15,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOC…WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY: $9,000 · EducationJOYCE IVY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationAnn Arbor Art Association: $5,500 · Arts & CultureAnn Arbor Spark Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropyKIDS KICKING CANCER INC: $4,000 · HealthFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $1,500 · Food & NutritionTHE REFUGE CENTER FOR COUNSELING INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$124,750Animals$15,000Education$11,000Arts & Culture$5,500Philanthropy$5,000Health$4,000Food & Nutrition$1,500Human Services$1,000

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 budgetALLIANCE FOR GIFTED CHILDREN: $30,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST SOLUTIONS INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnn Arbor Art Association: $5,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAnn Arbor Spark Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS KICKING CANCER INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOYCE IVY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REFUGE CENTER FOR COUNSELING INC: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR GIFTED CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Ann Arbor Art Association ↗
  • Who funds Ann Arbor Spark Foundation ↗
  • Who funds KIDS KICKING CANCER INC ↗
  • Who funds JOYCE IVY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE REFUGE CENTER FOR COUNSELING INC ↗

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.

DTE Energy FoundationMI13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · 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 The Nagy Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nagy Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Western New England University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Nagy Family Charitable Foundation 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 16 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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