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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,838 to it, the largest being ENGELMANN FOUNDATION ($63,641). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.5M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$73k
Net assets
$-119701
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What National Institute for Direct Instruction does

Mission

To help schools and districts maximize student achievement in core academic areas.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Organization supports implementiations of direct instruction in different parts of the united states and the united kingdom, providing benefits in educating students to the communities.

    $849,185 spent$1,111,241 earned by the program
    80% of program spending
  2. Organization provides training events focused on professional development to support schools & districts who are implementing direct instruction.

    $216,890 spent$247,609 earned by the program
    20% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,066,075.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.3M) Expenses 100 ($4.2M) Net assets 100 ($87k)2018 Revenue 86 ($3.7M) Expenses 88 ($3.6M) Net assets 174 ($150k)2019 Revenue 89 ($3.8M) Expenses 89 ($3.7M) Net assets 299 ($259k)2020 Revenue 92 ($3.9M) Expenses 91 ($3.8M) Net assets 500 ($433k)2021 Revenue 58 ($2.5M) Expenses 59 ($2.5M) Net assets 536 ($464k)2022 Revenue 82 ($3.5M) Expenses 83 ($3.4M) Net assets 602 ($521k)2023 Revenue 62 ($2.7M) Expenses 69 ($2.9M) Net assets 383 ($331k)2024 Revenue 54 ($2.3M) Expenses 59 ($2.5M) Net assets 214 ($185k)2025 Revenue 35 ($1.5M) Expenses 44 ($1.8M) Net assets -138 ($-119701)
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Revenue (35)Expenses (44)Net assets (-138)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $818k to $256k (−69%).

$399k
$603k
$559k
$641k
$677k
$844k
$791k
$818k
$256k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 7% · 2022 4% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

10% of NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$154k
’17
$64k
’18
$112k
’19
$180k
’20
$33k
’21
$85k
’22
−$185k
’23
−$146k
’24
−$305k
’25
0.7
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed9108101010897
Joined·+1+1+2+1+3+0+1+0
No longer listed·03013202
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $19k → $23k.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
'25*
total
funders
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

87%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

88% of NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION's grant income comes from Oregon funders.

OR
VA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $309 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−20% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−12% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Oregon

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

59% of spending goes to programs.

Program 59%Management 41%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

OR
GA

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Royal 1 · partnership
  • Engelmann-Becker Coporation · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION?
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,838 to it, the largest being ENGELMANN FOUNDATION ($63,641). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $72,838 in grants to NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION?
ENGELMANN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $63,641 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing