· Private foundation
The Norton 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k31 grants · $544k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $513k
- $250k+1 grant · $389k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YOUTH FOR TOMORROW | $388,500 |
| Naples Children Education Fund | $200,000 |
| Holistic Haitian Alliance | $113,456 |
| Johns Hopkins University | $50,000 |
| LET'S GO BOYS AND GIRLS | $50,000 |
| World Central Kitchen | $50,000 |
| CROHNS & COLITIS FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| Great American Community Kitchen | $35,000 |
| The ALS Association DCMDVA Chapter | $25,000 |
| FOOD N' FRIENDS | $25,000 |
| Latina Student Fund | $25,000 |
| GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| Women Giving Back Inc | $25,000 |
| REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL | $25,000 |
| DC CENTRAL KITCHEN | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $296k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
53 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YFYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC7× · 2019–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +90%
- HHHolistic Haitian Alliance7× · 2019–2025 · $794k · revenue +88%
- LGLET'S GO BOYS AND GIRLS INC7× · 2019–2025 · $375k · revenue +213%
Funded once
- HCHarry Chapin Food Bankone grant, 2022 · $50k
- DADISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSone grant, 2024 · $25k
- SCSONOMA COUNTY VINTNERSone grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -45%
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.
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.
The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…
Global citizens school's mission is to inspire and prepare the next generation or global citizens. we will do this by supporting students, ages 3-11, to reach their full academic and leadership potential in a nurturing learning…
Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).
The mission of the school is to provide outstanding legal education in a collegial and supportive environment with attention to newly emerging areas of law, particularly those related to technological development, globalization and the…
To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.
We identify shared opportunities and core challenges and offer solutions to the region's most critical issues including skills and talent, regional mobility, infrastructure and inclusive economic growth.
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
The district of columbia college access program's (dc cap's) primary purpose is to encourage and enable district of columbia students to attend and graduate college.
To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…
The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…
How this is measured
62 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. 62 of the 87 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 YOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Holistic Haitian Alliance ↗
- Who funds LET'S GO BOYS AND GIRLS INC ↗
- Who funds NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
- Who funds ALS ASSOCIATION DCMDVA CHAPTER ↗
- Who funds REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds TRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds ST COLETTA OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
- Who funds LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES ↗
- Who funds LATINO STUDENT FUND ↗
- Who funds FOOD & FRIENDS INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREAT AMERICAN COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Arlington Food Assistance Center ↗
- Who funds WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds THE IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds FAIRFAX COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC ↗
- Who funds GUADALUPE CENTERS INC ↗
- Who funds New Roots Haiti ↗
- Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL IMPACT PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds Prince William Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR OTHERS INC ↗
- Who funds 360 VETERANS ↗
- Who funds PROJECTS FOR HAITI INC ↗
- Who funds NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC ↗
- Who funds NAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Crimsonbridge Foundation Inc · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Alloy Family Foundation Inc · The Henry Foundation Inc · The Van Metre Family Foundation Inc · Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation Inc · Kimsey Foundation · The Peterson Family Foundation Inc · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Norton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Norton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
- Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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