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The Nord Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$10M
Granted FY2024still arriving
314
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Human Services$12MEducation$11MArts & Culture$7.2MHealth$6.6MHousing & Shelter$5.0MFood & Nutrition$3.0MCommunity Improvement$3.0MYouth Development$3.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 314 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k108 grants · $260k
  • $10k–50k107 grants · $2.8M
  • $50k–250k99 grants · $7.1M
$25,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$178M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO$175,000
COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC$160,000
THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND$150,000
EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC$150,000
LORAIN METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$130,000
COMMON GROUND-THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL$105,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER LORAIN COUNTY$104,500
EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC$100,000
ELYRIA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP$100,000
EMERALD DEVELOPMENT & ECONOMIC NETWORK INC$100,000
LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$100,000
LORAIN COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC$100,000
THE ELYRIA SCHOOLS$100,000
IDEASTREAM$100,000
HOMELESS NO MORE INC$100,000
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 (FY18–24, $8.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%HOME WORKS OF AMERICA INC: $60k → 16%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR CORP: $85k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR CORP: $85k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR: $75k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR: $75k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR: $75k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR: $75k → 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $100k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $100k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $100k → 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $80k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $110k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $110k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $110k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $110k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $110k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $110k → 17%BLESSING HOUSE: $80k → 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $80k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $100k → 17%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $75k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $100k → 17%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $75k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $75k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $75k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $100k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $100k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $100k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $100k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $85k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $80k → 17%OBERLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $100k → 13%OBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL: $90k → 13%OBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL: $90k → 13%OBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL: $80k → 13%OBERLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $80k → 13%OBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL: $72k → 13%OBERLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $70k → 13%KINNECT: $75k → 17%KINNECT: $75k → 17%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $150k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $150k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $150k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $105k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $100k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES: $100k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $100k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $100k → 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

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VT
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MA
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OH
PA
NJ
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CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
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 13% of The Nord Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Nord Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$58M · 344 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

344 repeat relationships: 226 still active in FY2024, 118 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

344
192

Total granted

$58M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+31%

Still filing today

81%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $416k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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 FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +94%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +22%
  • EC
    EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF ELYRIA OHIO
    one grant, 2021 · $165k
  • KL
    KEYSTONE LOCAL SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • LC
    LORAIN COUNTY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2018 · $90k · revenue +20%
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
3
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
4
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
5
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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6
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

—
7
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
8
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

—
9
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
10
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
11
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement
12
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland; the most unlike its peers is Saint Francis Animal Sanctuary 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

446 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. 446 of the 574 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.

16
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
123
Early backer (in before they grew)
436/446
Grantees still filing
315/446
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $1,428,350 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO+100 more: $24,104,252 · Other+100 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $1,425,700 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITI…EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $1,001,479 · Human ServicesEL CENTRO DE SER…OBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL: $582,979 · Human ServicesOBERLIN COMMUNIT…BLESSING HOUSE: $580,250 · Human ServicesBLESSING HOUSELORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $575,000 · Human ServicesLORAIN COUNTY UR…OBERLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $551,040 · Human ServicesOBERLIN EARLY CH…LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR CORP: $522,550 · Human ServicesLORAIN COUNTY SA…FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $295,000 · Human ServicesEPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $283,334 · Human Services+15 more: $2,517,113 · Human Services+15 moreLORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $953,400 · EducationLORAIN COUNTY C…THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $650,000 · EducationTHE OHIO FOUNDA…COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $614,000 · EducationCOLLEGE NOW GRE…New Legacy Charter School: $578,984 · EducationNew Legacy Char…LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING CENTER: $556,750 · EducationLITTLE LIGHTHOU…Saint Martin de Porres High School: $540,000 · EducationSaint Martin de…FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $517,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF BREA…RISE COLORADO: $370,000 · EducationTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $360,000 · EducationEDWINS LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INSTITUTE: $305,500 · EducationUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $293,000 · Education+13 more: $2,213,932 · Education+13 moreLORAIN COUNTY HEALTH & DENTISTRY: $850,950 · HealthLORAIN COUN…THE ROAD TO HOPE INC: $710,000 · HealthTHE ROAD TO…LORAIN COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC: $647,400 · HealthLORAIN COUN…MEDWISH MEDWORKS: $577,500 · HealthMEDWISH MED…FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES OF LORAIN COUNTY: $540,000 · HealthFAMILY PLAN…RIVEON MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY: $350,424 · HealthRIVEON MENT…MIRROR IMAGE: $307,900 · HealthMIRROR IMAG…LORAIN URBAN MINORITY ALCOHOLISM & DRUG ABUSE: $249,150 · HealthHEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF OHIO: $220,100 · HealthMASS INSIGHT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $210,000 · HealthDOCTORS CARE: $204,000 · HealthFREE MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $190,000 · Health+5 more: $545,650 · Health+5 moreTHE MAD FACTORY: $425,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC: $365,000 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts Association: $294,000 · Arts & CultureSPACES: $271,666 · Arts & CultureYOUTH ON RECORD: $265,000 · Arts & CultureOBERLIN CHORISTERS: $265,000 · Arts & CultureAMHERST HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $260,475 · Arts & CultureColumbia Film Society: $250,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND: $210,000 · Arts & CultureAMHERST DOWNTOWN & BETTERMENT ASSOC: $210,000 · Arts & CultureLAKE ERIE NATURE AND SCIENCE CENTER: $200,000 · Arts & CultureLorain Civic Center Committee Inc: $172,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE: $160,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $939,950 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY: $562,346 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER LORAIN COUNTY INC: $559,800 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $461,943 · PhilanthropyPHILANTHROPY OHIO: $387,239 · PhilanthropyTHE CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY INC: $329,500 · PhilanthropyROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150,500 · PhilanthropyPHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION: $127,550 · PhilanthropyHomeless No More Inc: $1,070,000 · Housing & ShelterEMERALD DEVELOPMENT & ECONOMIC NETWORK: $745,000 · Housing & ShelterURBAN PEAK DENVER: $280,000 · Housing & ShelterCHN HOUSING PARTNERS: $150,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE DELORES PROJECT: $105,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$25,532,602Human Services$8,334,445Education$7,952,566Health$5,603,074Arts & Culture$4,288,591Philanthropy$2,578,878Housing & Shelter$2,350,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $1,428,350 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $1,425,700 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHomeless No More Inc: $1,070,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetEL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $1,001,479 over 6y, 18% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $953,400 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY HEALTH & DENTISTRY: $850,950 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND: $780,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetEMERALD DEVELOPMENT & ECONOMIC NETWORK: $745,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetIDEASTREAM: $715,200 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ROAD TO HOPE INC: $710,000 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $650,000 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE: $648,050 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC: $647,400 over 7y, 12% of budgetCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $614,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetVOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES: $585,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetOBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL: $582,979 over 7y, 24% of budgetBLESSING HOUSE: $580,250 over 7y, 9.9% of budgetNew Legacy Charter School: $578,984 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetMEDWISH MEDWORKS: $577,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $575,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY: $562,346 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER LORAIN COUNTY INC: $559,800 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetLITTLE LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING CENTER: $556,750 over 7y, 17% of budgetOBERLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $551,040 over 7y, 18% of budgetFAMILY PLANNING SERVICES OF LORAIN COUNTY: $540,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetSaint Martin de Porres High School: $540,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL: $530,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR CORP: $522,550 over 6y, 7.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $517,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetOBERLIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $508,000 over 4y, 74% of budgetURBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $475,555 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetMental Illness Recovery Center Inc: $470,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $461,943 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING: $459,950 over 7y, 13% of budgetFIRELANDS ASSN FOR THE VISUAL ARTS: $455,569 over 7y, 29% of budgetWEDONTWASTE INC: $425,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTHE MAD FACTORY: $425,000 over 7y, 78% of budgetMidlands Housing Alliance Inc: $421,400 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetSAVE OUR YOUTH INC: $414,543 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetYATES CULTURAL & RECREATIONAL RESOURCES INC: $413,790 over 7y, 18% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $395,132 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetHOPE IGNITES CINCINNATI: $390,000 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetHUMILITY OF MARY HOUSING INC: $390,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetPHILANTHROPY OHIO: $387,239 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetSAVE OUR CHILDREN OF ELYRIA: $375,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetPALMETTO PLACE CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES: $375,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetRISE COLORADO: $370,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetCLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC: $365,000 over 7y, 3.5% 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 SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Homeless No More Inc ↗
  • Who funds EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY HEALTH & DENTISTRY ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds EMERALD DEVELOPMENT & ECONOMIC NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds IDEASTREAM ↗
  • Who funds THE ROAD TO HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC ↗
  • Who funds VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds OBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds BLESSING HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds New Legacy Charter School ↗
  • Who funds MEDWISH MEDWORKS ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER LORAIN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OBERLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES OF LORAIN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Saint Martin de Porres High School ↗
  • Who funds COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR CORP ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds OBERLIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Mental Illness Recovery Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds FIRELANDS ASSN FOR THE VISUAL ARTS ↗
  • Who funds WEDONTWASTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MAD FACTORY ↗
  • Who funds Midlands Housing Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAVE OUR YOUTH 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.

Community Foundation …The George Gund Found…The Char and Chuck Fo…The Cleveland Foundat…Community West Founda…The Nordson Corporati…The Stocker FoundationThe Reinberger Founda…The Abington Foundati…Martha Holden Jenning…Saint Lukes Foundatio…Sisters of Charity Fo…
Community Foundation of Lorain CountyOH139.3× affinity73 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Lorain County · The George Gund Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Community West Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · The Stocker Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Abington Foundation · Martha Holden Jennings Foundation · Saint Lukes Foundation of Cleveland Ohio · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland

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 Nord Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nord Family Foundation. 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 2%
  • Health Law Advocates Inc: 52% of income from government
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Enterprise Community Partners Inc: 22% of income from government
  • West End House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Youth Advocacy Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Mass Insight Education and Research Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
86report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Nord Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Nord Family 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 574 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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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