Alaska · Private foundation
The Norman 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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $675,951
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $675,951
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations The Norman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 2 | $1.3M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $160k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $75k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $100k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $100k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $100k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $72k | 52% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $56k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Bicycle Relief Nfp | $54,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Social Services | $42,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Fairbanks Rescue Mission Inc | $28,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Beans Cafe Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Colorado Mountain Club | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Emergency Family Assistance Association | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Association | $21,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Black United Fund of Oregon | $21,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Transition Projects Inc | $19,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Norman Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Alaska Community Foundation · Rasmuson Foundation · The Usibelli Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Meyer Memorial Trust · United Way of the Tanana Valley Inc · Bill Stroecker Foundation · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Xcel Energy Foundation
How this is measured
About The Norman Foundation
- How much does The Norman Foundation give?
- The Norman Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $1,338,764 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Norman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (67%), Environment (7%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are The Norman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: World Bicycle Relief Nfp ($54k), Catholic Social Services ($43k), Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks ($35k).
- Does The Norman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Norman 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 Norman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Alaska Community Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, The Usibelli Foundation.
- Where is The Norman Foundation based?
- The Norman Foundation is based in AK.
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