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The Norton Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$748k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$1.2MFood & Nutrition$1.1MEducation$903kHuman Services$591kYouth Development$516kEnvironment$364kRecreation & Sports$245kReligion$187kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $365k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $380k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WALDORF SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE$70,000
BERRY CENTER INC$60,000
PORTLAND MUSEUM INC$50,000
FOOD LITERACY PROJECT AT OXMOOR FARM$50,000
PARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC$50,000
DARE TO CARE$50,000
WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC$35,000
KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$25,000
MARYHURST$25,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$25,000
LOUISVILLE PUBLIC MEDIA$25,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC$20,000
STEAM EXCHANGE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER INC$20,000
300 FOR 300$20,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $471k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $13k → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $10k → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $6k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $20k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $20k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $20k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $20k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITLES OF LOUISVILLE: $20k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $20k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $20k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITLES OF LOUISVILLE: $20k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $10k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $10k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $10k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $10k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $10k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $10k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $10k → 15%CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $7k → 15%DREAMS WITH WINGS INC: $10k → 15%DREAMS WITH WINGS INC: $10k → 15%DREAMS WITH WINGS INC: $10k → 15%DREAMS WITH WINGS INC: $10k → 15%DREAMS WITH WINGS INC: $10k → 15%NEW ROOTS: $20k → 15%NEW ROOTS: $15k → 15%YOUTHBUILD LOUISVILLE: $15k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.1M · 53 repeat orgs$338k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +42% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

53 repeat relationships — 28 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
14

Total granted

$5.1M
$273k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+15%

Still filing today

83%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • WS
    WALDORF SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $578k · revenue +86%
  • DT
    DARE TO CARE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $415k · revenue +38%
  • TB
    THE BERRY CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $340k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • WE
    West End School Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue +15%
  • WD
    WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CORP
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • LA
    LOUISVILLE ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNIT
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -99%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Louisville Collegiate School

Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.

Education
2
The Louisville Urban League Inc

As an active partner, leader and catalyst, we will assist african americans, other minority groups and the disadvantaged attain social and economic equality and stability through direct services and advocacy.

Human Services
3
Endeavor Louisville Inc

Endeavor Louisville is leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, catalyzing long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in our region.…

International
4
Leadership Kentucky Foundation Inc

Broadens the perspectives of current and emerging leaders through experiential education that inspires them to advance kentucky.

Public Benefit
5
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
6
Thrive By 5 Louisville Inc

Thrive by 5 louisville is making early learning a top priority for louisville, breaking down barriers for the future of our children and city.

Education
7
Louisville Community Design Center Inc Dba Center for Neighborhoods

Connecting people to create vibrant neighborhoods

—
8
Treeslouisville Inc

Our mission is to improve the health and quality of life for louisville's current and future generations through a robust, equitable and diverse tree canopy.

Community Improvement
9
Kentucky College of Art Design

The kentucky college of art and design opens the door to a creative and productive life through an undergraduate education in the contemporary arts.

Education
10
Kentucky Coalition Inc

To support grassroots organizing, leadership development & public education around important public policy. ky coalition seeks to promote active citizen participation in the democratic process.

Public Benefit
11
Worksite Wellness Council of Louisville
Health
12
Kmac Museum

Kmac is louisvilles premier contemporary art museum in downtown louisville on museum row. through exhibitions, education, and outreach, kmac works to connect people to art and creative practice.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stageone Family Theatre Inc and the most unlike its peers is Kentahten Institute of Waldorf Instruction Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFamily Philanthropic Founda…Historic Sites and Parks Pr…Community Health and Social…Faith-Based Social JusticeKentucky Health AdvocacyPerforming Arts EducationUniversity Hospital SystemsIndependent K-8 Schools
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr16%11%5–10yr17%16%10–20yr17%28%20–35yr15%18%35–55yr14%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr16%5%5–10yr17%19%10–20yr17%35%20–35yr15%26%35–55yr14%16%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/63
the rest of the field
14%
607/4,216

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

61 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 61 of the 70 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/61
Grantees still filing
44/61
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LOUISVILLE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CORP — $150,000 · OtherLOUISVILLE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CORPPORTLAND MUSEUM INC — $150,000 · OtherPORTLAND MUSEUM INCKENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $140,000 · OtherKENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ART…AMERICANA COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $120,000 · OtherAMERICANA COMMUNITY CENTER INCTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC — $105,000 · OtherTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INCTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — $100,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIALOU TATE FOUNDATION INC — $99,400 · OtherLOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IN — $95,000 · OtherLOOKING FOR LILITH THEATRE COMPANY — $75,000 · OtherMARYHURST INC — $116,000 · OtherMARYHURST INCKENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC — $64,040 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC — $120,000 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE…+16 more — $540,320 · Other+16 moreWALDORF SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE INC — $578,000 · EducationWALDORF SCHOOL OF LOUISV…THE BERRY CENTER INC — $340,000 · EducationTHE BERRY CENTER INCHEUSER HEARING & LANGUAGE ACADEMY — $80,000 · EducationHEUSER HEARING & LANGUAG…West End School Inc — $75,000 · EducationWest End School IncUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 · EducationYOUNG AUTHORS GREENHOUSE INC — $45,000 · EducationKENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO INC — $154,000 · Arts & CultureKENTUCKY PUBLIC …COMMONWEALTH THEATRE CENTER INC — $115,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMONWEALTH THE…RIVER CITY DRUM CORP CULTURAL ARTS INSTITUTE INC — $115,000 · Arts & CultureRIVER CITY DRUM …THE LOUISVILLE LEOPARD PERCUSSIONISTS INC — $95,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LOUISVILLE L…THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC — $55,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LOUISVILLE O…Out Loud Louisville — $42,500 · Arts & CultureACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE INC — $41,000 · Arts & CultureSPEED ART MUSEUM — $40,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more — $140,000 · Arts & Culture+9 moreDARE TO CARE INC — $415,000 · Food & NutritionDARE TO CARE …The Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm Inc — $258,000 · Food & NutritionThe Food Lite…+1 more — $5,000 · Food & NutritionCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC — $160,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC …NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — $105,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORH…CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC — $77,000 · Human ServicesCABBAGE P…DREAMS WITH WINGS INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesDREAMS WI…NEW ROOTS INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesNEW ROOTS…THE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC — $28,930 · Human ServicesTHE HOME …+2 more — $19,590 · Human ServicesWILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC — $145,000 · EnvironmentPARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC — $100,000 · EnvironmentWATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDENS INC — $49,880 · Environment+2 more — $19,240 · EnvironmentLOUISVILLE CENTRAL COMMUNITY CENTERINC — $127,500 · Recreation & Sports21ST CENTURY PARKS INC — $50,000 · Recreation & SportsWESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $30,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,874,760Education$1,168,000Arts & Culture$797,500Food & Nutrition$678,000Human Services$475,520Environment$314,120Recreation & Sports$207,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWALDORF SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE INC — $578,000 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetDARE TO CARE INC — $415,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BERRY CENTER INC — $340,000 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetThe Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm Inc — $258,000 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC — $160,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetKENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO INC — $154,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPORTLAND MUSEUM INC — $150,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetWILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC — $145,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetLOUISVILLE CENTRAL COMMUNITY CENTERINC — $127,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC — $120,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICANA COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $120,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetMARYHURST INC — $116,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMONWEALTH THEATRE CENTER INC — $115,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetRIVER CITY DRUM CORP CULTURAL ARTS INSTITUTE INC — $115,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC — $105,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — $105,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetPARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC — $100,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLOU TATE FOUNDATION INC — $99,400 over 8y, 27% of budgetLOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IN — $95,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE LEOPARD PERCUSSIONISTS INC — $95,000 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetHEUSER HEARING & LANGUAGE ACADEMY — $80,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetCABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC — $77,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWest End School Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetKENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC — $64,040 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC — $55,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetKENTAHTEN INSTITUTE OF WALDORF INSTRUCTION INC — $55,000 over 3y, 76% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE PROMISE INC — $53,155 over 8y, 2.3% of budget21ST CENTURY PARKS INC — $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDREAMS WITH WINGS INC — $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSTEAM EXCHANGE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER INC — $50,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetWATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDENS INC — $49,880 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetYOUNG AUTHORS GREENHOUSE INC — $45,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetOut Loud Louisville — $42,500 over 5y, 16% of budgetACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE INC — $41,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSPEED ART MUSEUM — $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budget300 FOR 300 — $40,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetPASSIONIST EARTH & SPIRIT CENTER IN — $35,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetWESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $30,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC — $28,930 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISVILLE ACADEMY OF MUSIC — $25,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetLOUISVILLE ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNIT — $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetUSPIRITUS INC (BELLEWOOD & BROOKLAWN) — $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KENTUCKY SCIENCE CENTER INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLOUISVILLE STORY PROGRAM — $22,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetLOOKING FOR LILITH — $20,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetKENTUCKY YOUTH ADVOCATES INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCONGRESS FOR THE NEW URBANISM INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds WALDORF SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds DARE TO CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BERRY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm Inc ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds WILDERNESS LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUISVILLE CENTRAL COMMUNITY CENTERINC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICANA COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYHURST INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMONWEALTH THEATRE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVER CITY DRUM CORP CULTURAL ARTS INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds LOU TATE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IN ↗
  • Who funds THE LOUISVILLE LEOPARD PERCUSSIONISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds HEUSER HEARING & LANGUAGE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds CABBAGE PATCH SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds West End School Inc ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds KENTAHTEN INSTITUTE OF WALDORF INSTRUCTION INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE PROMISE INC ↗
  • Who funds 21ST CENTURY PARKS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DREAMS WITH WINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds STEAM EXCHANGE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG AUTHORS GREENHOUSE INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Gheens Foundation…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Honorable Order of Ke…LG&E and Ku Foundatio…Snowy Owl Foundation …Cralle Foundation IncThe Community Foundat…Sociable Weaver Found…Republic Bank Foundat…Metro United Way IncFund for the Arts Inc
The Gheens Foundation IncKY91.1× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Metro United Way Inc · Fund for the Arts Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Norton Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Norton Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Norton Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 70 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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