New York · Nonprofit
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC (New York) receives grants from 104 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,799,336 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($28,290,425). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 104
- Grants received
- $46M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What National Institute for Reproductive Health Inc does
Mission
National institute for reproductive health, inc. Works to protect and advance equitable access to reproductive health care by building power at the state and local level. Using an approach that is rooted in partnerships with state and local advocates and leaders, nirh seeks to create a policy climate that supports the freedom and ability of each person to control their reproductive and sexual lives, fosters thriving families, and destigmatizes abortion and contraception. It is the only national organization focused solely on working with state and local groups, using a robust partnership model to find and implement creative solutions that improve access to reproductive health care in their communities while simultaneously building the skillsets, capacity, and range of organizations committed to this work. By advocating alongside and arming state and local advocates with the tools they need to advance reproductive freedom in their communities and by making connections within and across
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The national institute for reproductive health advances reproductive health, rights, and justice, by supporting proactive advocacy at both the state and local levels. Through funding and strategic assistance and partnerships with community-based and state-based organizations, we help build momentum for policy change that expands access to care and strengthens reproductive freedom. We work to build the ecosystem of advocacy in the states and engage local policymakers to change the public dialogue on reproductive freedom in support of increased access to reproductive health care.
$3,776,932 spentof which $1,069,780 as grants$29,817 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,776,932.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $6.4M to $11M (+68%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2018 3% · 2019 6% · 2020 3% · 2021 4% · 2022 7% · 2023 2% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Dolores Smith
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $3.9M → $5.0M.
20 of 104 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 104 funders by total. 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 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 64% · 2019 58% · 2020 64% · 2021 49% · 2022 50% · 2023 60% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
45% of NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states 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.
Against its field
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC is better cushioned than half of the 479 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- National Institute for Reproductive Health Action Fund · exempt
- Winning Message Action Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC?
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC (New York) receives grants from 104 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,799,336 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($28,290,425). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC have?
- IRS filings report 104 organizations giving $45,799,336 in grants to NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC, 59 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC?
- THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $28,290,425 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 104 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing