Colorado · Private foundation
The Nord 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.
- $773k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $111,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The Nord Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $773k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $669k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $673k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $805k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $740k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $625k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $450k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $425k | 30% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crosspurpose | $585,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Tears Inc | $540,976 | 9 | 32% |
| Serge Global Inc | $472,683 | 7 | 0% |
| Christian World Outreach | $449,354 | 9 | 6% |
| Reasons to Believe | $319,000 | 5 | 1% |
| New York City International Project Inc | $148,000 | 8 | n/a |
| AsOne Ministries | $135,940 | 6 | 2% |
| Acts4 Community Outreach Services | $132,500 | 9 | 4% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $125,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Alternatives Pregnancy Center Inc | $120,150 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 38 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crosspurpose | $585,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Tears Inc | $540,976 | 9 | 32% |
| Serge Global Inc | $472,683 | 7 | 0% |
| Christian World Outreach | $449,354 | 9 | 6% |
| Reasons to Believe | $319,000 | 5 | 1% |
| New York City International Project Inc | $148,000 | 8 | n/a |
| AsOne Ministries | $135,940 | 6 | 2% |
| Acts4 Community Outreach Services | $132,500 | 9 | 4% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $125,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Alternatives Pregnancy Center Inc | $120,150 | 9 | 1% |
| Denver Seminary | $113,870 | 6 | n/a |
| Shepherds Heart Ministry | $108,600 | 9 | 4% |
| Global Health Ministries | $95,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Horizons International | $77,450 | 9 | 0% |
| Alpha USA | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Colorado Christian University | $39,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Gracepoint Community Church | $36,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The Inn Between | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Save Our Youth Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Ravi Zacharias International Ministries | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeastern University Inc | $20,715 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Leadership Network | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Third Millennium Ministries Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hospice of Metro Denver Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orphanos Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Anchor International | $12,500 | 3 | n/a |
| World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Justice Mission | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oaks Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Onechild Global | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vine Alaska Inc | $8,861 | 1 | 3% |
| Arm Ministries | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Action International Ministries | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Whiz Kids Tutoring Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 1% |
| International Samaritan | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Park Church Denver | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eurasia Partners Network Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Nord Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · Servant Foundation · Tyl Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The Denver Foundation · The New Horizons Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Eugene C and Florence Armstrong Family Foundation Inc · Adolph Coors Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Nord Foundation
- How much does The Nord Foundation give?
- The Nord Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $773,303 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Nord Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (41%), International (17%), Environment (11%).
- Who are The Nord Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Crosspurpose ($585k), Tears Inc ($541k), Serge Global Inc ($473k).
- Does The Nord Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Nord Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Nord Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Colorado Gives Foundation, Servant Foundation.
- Where is The Nord Foundation based?
- The Nord Foundation is based in CO.
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