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The Nochera Family Foundation at a glance

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The Nochera Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$3k
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 2025.

Food & Nutrition$22kAnimals$18kPhilanthropy$11kRecreation & Sports$10kEnvironment$7kHealth$5kCivil Rights$3kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$170k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF SHELBY PARK AND BOTTOMS$3,000
JOSEPH V FRAIOLI MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$2,000
THE BOWERY MISSION$1,000
AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY$1,000
THE STORE$1,000
XERCES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION$1,000
YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BORDER ANGELS: $3k → 11%THE STORE: $2k → 14%THE STORE: $1k → 14%YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OR
CT
CA
VA
TN
DC
AL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 23% of The Nochera Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 33% of the giving stays in TN; by stated purpose, 26%.

The Nochera Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 20% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$57k · 8 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +96% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
14

Total granted

$57k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+96%
+16%

Still filing today

63%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
EnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsHealthRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $17k · revenue +34%
  • AB
    American Bird Conservancy
    8× · 2018–2025 · $13k · revenue +96%
  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN
    2× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +120%

Funded once

  • FRESH AIR FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +16%
  • BA
    BORDER ANGELS
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -21%
  • UW
    United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +68%
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
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
2
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
3
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
4
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
5
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
6
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
7
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
8
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
9
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
10
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
11
Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology Inc

Using legal advocacy to make advances in science and technology safer for people and the planet.

Science & Tech
12
United States Association for Unhcr

USA for UNHCR protects and supports refugees by mobilizing resources, elevating awareness, and driving action through a network of engaged supporters.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fresh Air Fund; the most unlike its peers is Joseph V Fraioli Memorial Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the 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 26 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY: $6,030 · OtherUNITED WAYXERCES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION: $6,000 · OtherXERCES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE CON…United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Inc: $3,000 · OtherUnited Way of Southeastern Connecti…Individual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOMMON PANTRY: $2,000 · OtherCOMMON PANTRYBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 · OtherGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · OtherGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INCEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $1,000 · OtherChristian Herald Association Inc: $1,000 · Other+4 more: $600 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $17,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BAN…American Bird Conservancy: $13,000 · AnimalsAmerican Bird Conservan…XERCES SOCIETY INC: $3,500 · AnimalsXERCES SOCIETY INCBORDER ANGELS: $3,000 · Human ServicesBORDER AN…THE STORE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE STORE…Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273): $1,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $1,000 · HealthFRESH AIR FUND: $3,500 · Recreation & SportsJOSEPH V FRAIOLI MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF SHELBY PARK INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $500 · Environment+1 more: $100 · Environment
Other$25,630Food & Nutrition$17,000Animals$16,500Human Services$7,000Health$6,000Recreation & Sports$5,500Environment$3,600

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 budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetXERCES SOCIETY INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBORDER ANGELS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Southeastern Connecticut Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STORE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF SHELBY PARK INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $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.

The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC10.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Nochera Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nochera Family 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
  • United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 26 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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