National Voluntary Organizations Active
Alexandria, VA · EIN 52-1830327. Reported 82 grants totalling $1,841,632 to 52 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 52 distinct organizations, with 8% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 45% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $23,000. Half of what it reported fell between $11,400 and $28,500; the smallest was $5,126 and the largest $61,400. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
75 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $1,526,000 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Endeavors Inc | San Antonio, TX | $149,960 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Disaster Services Corporation - Society of St Vincent De Paul USA | Irving, TX | $110,350 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation | San Dimas, CA | $98,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maryland Voluntary Organization Active in Disaster | Annapolis, MD | $97,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders Inc | Americus, GA | $92,450 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mennonite Disaster Service | Lititz, PA | $83,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Baptist Men | Cary, NC | $83,240 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Toolbank USA Inc | Atlanta, GA | $72,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | Mattapoisett, MA | $68,533 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rebuilding Together New Orleans Inc | New Orleans, LA | $58,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Americus, GA | $46,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Christian Church (disciples of Christ) | Eldon, MO | $41,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Church of the Brethren | Elgin, IL | $41,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rebuilding Together Acadiana | Lafayette, LA | $37,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Policyholders | San Francisco, CA | $34,612 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas Inc | Salisbury, NC | $33,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The United Church of Christ | Cleveland, OH | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mississippi Voad | Hattiesburg, MS | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Church World Service Inc | Elkhart, IN | $29,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| General Assembly of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity Internal Inc | Wilmington, NC | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Iowa Disaster Human Resource Council | Johnston, IA | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Baptist Convention Executive Board | Alexandria, LA | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missionary Disaster Response Inc | Wilmington, DE | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northern Valley Catholic Social Service Inc | Redding, CA | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Presbyterian Church USA a Corp | Louisville, KY | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| River Region United Way | Montgomery, AL | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Orthodox Christian Charities Inc | Baltimore, MD | $27,666 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh Inc | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church | Lakeland, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster Inc | Kathleen, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Convoy of Hope Foundation | Springfield, MO | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army National Corp | Alexandria, VA | $22,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tennessee Baptist Mission Board | Franklin, TN | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pennsylvania Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster | Uniontown, PA | $20,520 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Convoy of Hope | Springfield, MO | $19,734 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nechama-Jewish Disaster Response | Saint Paul, MN | $19,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| R3SM Inc | Hattiesburg, MS | $18,240 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Louisiana Conference of the UMC | Baton Rougue, LA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Core Community Organized Relief Effort | Los Angeles, CA | $11,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missouri Baptist Convention | Jefferson Cty, MO | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities of Acadiana Inc | Lafayette, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Social & Community Services | Gulfport, MS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri | Jefferson Cty, MO | $9,120 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Sherman, TX | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Bernard Project Inc | New Orleans, LA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Puerto Rico Organizaciones Voluntarias Activas En Desastres | Guaynabo, PR | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Delaware Voad Inc | Milford, DE | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities West Virginia Inc | Wheeling, WV | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | New Orleans, LA | $6,749 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Guardian Angel Ministries Inc | Enosburg Fls, VT | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Jersey Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster Inc | Lumberton, NJ | $5,625 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
16 of 52 (31%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Disaster Services Corporation Svdp USA
PROGRAM EXPENSES - 2024 LOWE'S HELENE & MILTON ADMIN GRANT; PROGRAM EXPENSES - ON BEHALF OF ALGORAND FOUNDATION, IN SUPPORT OF KARE APP PROJECT FOR THE FLORIDA DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM . - Endeavors
PROGRAM EXPENSES- 2024 UPS LTR GRANT - WINTER 2024. PROGRAM EXPENSES - 2024 LOWE'S WINTER ADMIN GRANT; PROGRAM EXPENSES - 2024 LOWE'S FALL ADMIN GRANT; PROGRAM EXPENSES - 2024 LOWE'S HELENE & MILTON ADMIN GRANT - Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders Inc
PROGRAM EXPENSES- 2024 UPS LTR GRANT - WINTER 2024; PROGRAM EXPENSES - 2024 LOWE'S FALL ADMIN GRANT; PROGRAM EXPENSES - 2024 LOWE'S HELENE & MILTON ADMIN GRANT - Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
PROGRAM EXPENSES- 2024 LOWE'S FALL ADMIN GRANT, PROGRAM EXPENSES - 2024 LOWE'S HELENE & MILTON ADMIN GRANT - Maryland Voad
PROGRAM EXPENSES- 2024 LOWE'S WINTER ADMIN GRANT, 2024 UPS LTR GRANT - WINTER 2024, 2024 LOWE'S FALL ADMIN GRANT - Nc Baptist Menbaptists on Mission
PROGRAM EXPENSES - 2024 LOWE'S WINTER ADMIN GRANT; 2024 LOWE'S HELENE & MILTON ADMIN GRANT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 34 of 52 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | $258,912 | $19,700 |
| 2022 | 30 | $584,660 | $18,500 |
| 2023 | 16 | $403,560 | $28,500 |
| 2024 | 24 | $594,500 | $25,650 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
15% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $23,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Texas.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from National Voluntary Organizations Active's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 26125, Alexandria, VA, 22313.
EIN 52-1830327 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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