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Welcoming Neighbors Network

The WELCOMING NEIGHBORS NETWORK is a confederation of independent, place-based organizations advancing pro-housing policies through strategic, alliance-building campaigns.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$195k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $63k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.5M
$93,263
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARIZONA NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT$195,000
10000 FRIENDS OF PENNSYLVANIA$151,711
HOME OF VA$150,000
TEXANS FOR HOUSING$145,650
1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON$133,412
HOME OF VA$120,000
NORTH CAROLINA HOUSING TABLE$108,000
FORWARD MONTANA$93,263
603 FORWARD$89,803
NEIGHBORS WELCOME RHODE ISLAND$78,500
DESEGREGATE CONNECTICUT$74,640
NEW HAMPSHIRE YOUTH MOVEMENT$63,504
SHELTER WF$62,500
NORTH MISSOULA CDC$37,500
HOUSING HAWAII'S FUTURE$25,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SHELTER WF: $63k → 11%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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MT
WI
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RI
VA
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NC
HI
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.
03Its 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
Connecticut Housing Coalition Inc

The connecticut housing coalition works to expand housing opportunity and to increase the quantity and quality of affordable housing available to people with low and moderate incomes in connecticut through advocacy, education and…

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2
Minnesota Housing Partnership

Minnesota housing partnership (mhp) expands housing and community development opportunity by leading collaborative work to promote systems change and grow develoopment capacity.

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3
North West Housing Partnership

Through a fiscally responsible and multi-faceted approach, north west housing partnership nwhp promotes public and private partnerships that create and preserve cost-effective quality diverse housing for low to moderate-income residents…

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4
Housing Plus

Innovatively utilize resources to preserve & create quality affordable multi-family housing committed to fulfilling individual housing needs and stabilize neighborhoods.

Housing & Shelter
5
Partnership for Housing Affordability

In response to housing needs in our communities, we champion policies, developments, and programs for quality affordable housing in the Richmond region.

Education
6
New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute

New hampshire fiscal policy institute promotes opportunity and economic well-being for all new hampshire residents by producing and disseminating independent research and analysis to inform public policy.

Public Benefit
7
House Our Neighbors

House Our Neighbors envisions a future where all people can afford to live and thrive in vibrant, cohesive, and climate resilient communities. To achieve this, we develop, advocate, and mobilize for policy to realize social housing for the…

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8
Nebraska Housing Developers Association

To increase the availability of affordable housing in nebraska.

Community Improvement
9
Welcome Home Coalition

Welcome Home is a diverse coalition in the Portland metropolitan region that uses its collective resources to create healthy communities by ensuring everyone has an affordable and stable home. We use community education and collaboration…

Community Improvement
10
Housing Connector

Housing connector partners with property owners and managers to lower barriers to housing and increase our region's affordable housing capacity.

Housing & Shelter
11
Nb Housing Partners

Nb housing partners supports affordable, accessible housing opportunities for residents of new braunfels experiencing housing instability.

Housing & Shelter
12
National Housing and Community Development Law Project

The Organization is a national housing and legal advocacy center. Its mission is to advance housing justice for poor people by: increasing and preserving the supply of decent, affordable housing; improving existing housing conditions,…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Housing Hawaii's Future; the most unlike its peers is 603 Forward. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 14 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
1/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URBAN PHOENIX PROJECT NETWORK: $195,000 · OtherURBAN PHOENIX PROJECT NETWORK10000 FRIENDS ADVOCATES FOR PENNSYLVANIA: $151,711 · Other10000 FRIENDS ADVOCATES FOR PENNSYLVANIATEXANS FOR HOUSING: $145,650 · OtherTEXANS FOR HOUSINGWELCOMING NEIGHBORS NETWORK: $108,000 · OtherWELCOMING NEIGHBORS NETWORK603 FORWARD: $89,803 · Other603 FORWARDNEIGHBORS WELCOME RHODE ISLAND: $78,500 · OtherNEIGHBORS WELCOME RHODE ISLANDNEW HAMPSHIRE YOUTH MOVEMENT PROJECT: $63,504 · OtherNEW HAMPSHIRE YOUTH MOVEMENT PROJECTHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES MADE EQUAL OF VIRGINIA INC: $270,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES…HOUSING HAWAII'S FUTURE: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING HAWAII'S FUTU…1000 FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN: $133,412 · Environment1000 FRIE…REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION INC: $74,640 · Community ImprovementNORTH-MISSOULA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $37,500 · Community ImprovementFORWARD MT FOUNDATION: $93,263 · HealthSHELTER WF INC: $62,500 · Human Services
Other$832,168Housing & Shelter$295,000Environment$133,412Community Improvement$112,140Health$93,263Human Services$62,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES MADE EQUAL OF VIRGINIA INC: $270,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetURBAN PHOENIX PROJECT NETWORK: $195,000 over 1y, 22% of budget1000 FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN: $133,412 over 1y, 25% of budgetWELCOMING NEIGHBORS NETWORK: $108,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFORWARD MT FOUNDATION: $93,263 over 1y, 3.6% of budget603 FORWARD: $89,803 over 1y, 11% of budgetREGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION INC: $74,640 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE YOUTH MOVEMENT PROJECT: $63,504 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetSHELTER WF INC: $62,500 over 1y, 26% of budgetNORTH-MISSOULA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $37,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHOUSING HAWAII'S FUTURE: $25,000 over 1y, 8.0% 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.

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.

Sixteen Thirty FundDC19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Welcoming Neighbors Network funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Welcoming Neighbors Network. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Welcoming Neighbors Network?

    Find your warmest path to Welcoming Neighbors Network 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 14 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 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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