Grants for nonprofit management centers

364 nonprofit management organizations received at least $36.8 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 639 grants made from 479 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,620. Of these 479 foundations, 86% made just a single grant to real estate orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more real estate orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$36,798,770
Total grant dollars given to nonprofit management centers
639
Number of grants made annually to nonprofit management centers
479
Number of grantmakers funding nonprofit management centers
$1,620
Median grant size to nonprofit management centers

Foundations that support nonprofit management organizations

Out of all grants made to nonprofit management centers, 62% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 96% of the dollar-value of grants to real estate orgs. Foundations funding real estate orgs also made grants to youth development programs, educational service providers, multiservice human service organizations, food banks, and homeless shelters.

Foundation size

Foundation sizeNumber of grantmakers
Small
 
299
Medium
 
61
Large
 
119
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation typeNumber of grantmakers
Community
 
19
Private
 
384
Corporate
 
29
Other
 
47

Grants made

Grants made to real estate orgsNumber of grantmakers
1
 
413
2-3
 
48
4-10
 
15
11+
 
3

Top 10 foundations supporting nonprofit management organizations

GrantmakerStateGeographic focusPercent of grant dollars to real estate orgsNumber of grants made to real estate orgsMedian grant size
Abell-Hanger FoundationTXMetro0.3%18$511
JP Morgan Chase FoundationNYNational0.0%14$150
Seattle FoundationWAState0.0%13$1,000
Community Foundation of Greater Des MoinesIAState0.0%9$1,500
Salesforce Com FoundationCANational0.0%8$100
California Wellness FoundationCAState0.1%6$5,000
David and Lucile Packard FoundationCAState0.0%5$5,000
Dyson FoundationNYState0.2%5$5,000
Rasmuson FoundationAKState0.1%5$2,600
BaxterILNational0.0%5$515

Nonprofit management organizations grantees

Nonprofit management centers with more than $5 million in total revenues received 88% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 42% of all real estate orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grantNumber of grants
<$10k
 
629
$10k-$25k
 
0
$25k-$100k
 
0
$100k+
 
10

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenueMedian grant size
<$100k
 
$2,500
$100k-$500k
 
$2,000
$500k-$1M
 
$1,500
$1M-$5M
 
$2,256
>$5M
 
$1,000

Grantee states

State of granteeNumber of grants
District of Columbia
 
159
California
 
105
New York
 
54
Massachusetts
 
40
Other
 
281

Grantee metros

Metro area of granteeNumber of grants
Washington DC
 
167
New York City
 
52
San Francisco
 
46
Boston
 
38
Other
 
321

Top 25 grants made to nonprofit management centers

GranteeGrant sizePurposeGrantmaker
NPower$5,740,600For Veteran and Young Adult Training and ProgrammingFund Ii Foundation
Strive Together$4,800,000To Support Capacity BuildingBlue Meridian Partners
Oneoc$4,109,193Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking FoundationGreater Horizons
BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS)$3,455,027See Part IvBaptist Child & Family Services (BCFS)
BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS)$3,455,027FMVBaptist Child & Family Services (BCFS)
Center For Community Initiatives of Greater Houston Community Foundation$3,178,876Education and Support of the Houston CommunityDan L Duncan Foundation
Tsne Missionworks (TSNE)$3,039,77376499 Increasing the Network for Public Health LawRobert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Bridgespan Group$2,610,112To Support Scaling PlanBlue Meridian Partners
Charitable Ventures of Orange County (CVOC)$2,577,750Human ServicesOrange County Community Foundation (OCCF)
Movement Strategy Center$2,500,000Project Support: Resonance NetworkNovo Foundation
Midland Shared Spaces$5,000OperationsHord Foundation
Utah Nonprofits Association$5,000To Support Utah Philanthropy Day 2020The Kahlert Foundation
The Contingent$5,000DonationThe Ramig Family Foundation
Youth$5,000Educational Programs & Other Student SVCGoldman Sachs Gives
Movement Strategy Center$5,000Program SupportChamberlin Family Foundation
Tsne Missionworks (TSNE)$5,000General SupportNew World Foundation
Points of Light Foundation$5,000CharitableThe Coneway Family Foundation
GreatNonprofits$5,000General SupportDavid and Lucile Packard Foundation
Northern California Grantmakers$5,000General SupportDavid and Lucile Packard Foundation
Center for Excellence in Nonprofits$5,000General SupportDavid and Lucile Packard Foundation
Charitable Ventures of Orange County (CVOC)$5,000For 2019 Membership.California Wellness Foundation
Charitable Ventures of Orange County (CVOC)$5,000For Core Operating Support To Orange County Women's Health Project To Provide Health and Wellness Educational Resources To Women in Orange County.California Wellness Foundation
Charitable Ventures of Orange County (CVOC)$5,000For Core Operating Support for the Orange County Womens Health Projects Womens Health Summit in November 2019 To Convene Health Care, Nonprofit and Social Service Professionals To Address and Advance Health Equity for Women in Orange County.California Wellness Foundation
PEAK Grantmaking (GMN)$5,000For 2019 Membership.California Wellness Foundation
Social Venture Partners Los Angeles$5,000For Core Operating Support for the "social Innovation Fast Pitch" Event in March 2019 in Los Angeles and the Systems Change Accelerator Program As Strategies To Promote Innovation in the Operations and Service Delivery of Nonprofit Health and Wellness OrgCalifornia Wellness Foundation
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Nonprofit management centers" category for this page is determined by the "S50: Nonprofit Management" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.