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Aaf Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$46k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
120
Grants FY2025
93
Organizations funded FY2024
32%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$250
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
81 to 110
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
16
Total assets, FY2025
$283k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Aaf Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving119$46k38%
FY202493$44k32%
FY202392$23k40%
FY202288$42k42%
FY202189$38k43%
FY2020110$48k53%
FY201999$41k62%
FY201881$55k81%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$93kHuman Services$46kHousing & Shelter$43kEducation$42kArts & Culture$21kAnimals$19kPhilanthropy$17kYouth Development$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 321 grantees
All grantees of Aaf Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Charles River Community Health Inc$16,00030%
The Housing Partnership Network Inc$15,20040%
Worcester Art Museum$10,50020%
Greater New Bedford Community Health Center Inc$10,00040%
The Jordan Porco Foundation$9,00012%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$6,08370%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$5,80860%
Trustees of Boston University$5,50040%
Community Day Care Center of Lawrence Inc$5,50040%
Just-A-Start Corporation$5,45020%
Nurtury Inc$5,04550%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc$5,00010%
Tiverton Land Trust$4,90083%
Pine Street Inn Inc$4,60070%
Animal Rescue League of Boston$3,79040%
Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton Inc$3,62570%
Mass Insight Education and Research Institute Inc$3,25040%
Old Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc$3,00020%
The Somerville Community Corporation Inc$3,00020%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2,89560%
Granite VNA Inc$2,85080%
Worcester State Foundation Inc$2,80050%
Catie's Closet Inc$2,75060%
Milford Regional Healthcare Foundation Inc$2,6001n/a
Metro West Collaborative Development Inc$2,60020%
Brookview House Inc$2,60050%
The New England Center for Children Inc$2,55030%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$2,51940%
Sweet Paws Rescue Inc$2,50060%
Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation and Affiliates$2,50020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,37690%
Saint Francis House Inc$2,12530%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$2,05060%
Tailored For Success Inc$2,05061%
Massachusetts Communities Action Network Inc$2,00010%
Detectogether Inc Formerly Known as the 15-40 Connection Inc$2,00010%
Eliot Community Human Services Inc$2,00010%
North Suffolk Community Services Inc$2,00010%
Farmland Conservancy Inc$2,0001n/a
Fenway Community Health Center Inc$1,97020%
Bentley University$1,95050%
Heartfelt Dreams Foundation Ltd$1,75024%
Cancer Research Institute Inc$1,65020%
Community Servings Inc$1,57520%
The Neighborhood Developers Inc$1,50010%
The Neighborhood House Charter School Inc$1,5001n/a
League School for Autism Inc$1,48340%
Greater Lowell Family YMCA$1,47540%
Woonsocket Neighborhood Development Corporation$1,44010%
American Diabetes Association$1,40080%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,32530%
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame$1,30030%
Jookender Community Initiatives Inc$1,30040%
Rosie's Place Inc$1,27510%
Esperanza Academy Inc$1,25030%
Salem State University Alumni Association and Foundation Inc$1,25030%
Girls on the Run Worcester County Inc$1,20531%
Assumption University$1,20040%
My Brothers Keeper Inc$1,17550%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc$1,15020%
Family Promise Metrowest Inc$1,07550%
East Boston Social Centers Inc$1,05220%
Westborough Connects Inc$1,05041%
Jane Doe Inc the Ma Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence$1,05030%
Bridges Homeward Inc$1,05020%
Cancer Support Community$1,04020%
New England Center for Circus Arts Inc$1,02520%
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation$1,00010%
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Inc$1,00010%
Roca Inc$1,00010%
Jewish Vocational Service Inc$1,00010%
Pathway to Possible Inc$1,00040%
Techsandbox Inc$1,00011%
Refugepoint Inc$1,00010%
Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc$1,00010%
Stroke Survivors Empowering Each Other Inc$99912%
Chesterbrook Community Foundation Inc$97551%
Nichols College$97030%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$95560%
Razom Inc$90030%
Friends of St Stephen's Youth Programs Inc$85030%
New England Life Flight Inc$80020%
Cape Cod Times Neighbors Fund Inc$80010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$80070%
The Advent School Corporation$75030%
Old Sturbridge Inc$75030%
Mit Hillel Foundation Inc$75010%
Creative Haverhill Inc$75030%
Acting Out Theater Company Inc$75030%
Housing Families Inc$72580%
Lazarus House Inc$72550%
Community Harvest Project Inc$71030%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$71070%
Movember Foundation$70450%
Merrimack College$70040%
Sunflower of Peace Foundation Inc$67520%
Worcester County Food Bank Inc$67550%
Incompass Human Services Inc$65020%
Bryant University$60010%
Girls Incorporated of Boston and Lynn$57520%
Prospect Hill Community Foundation Inc$57541%
Clarendon Early Education Services Inc$55030%
The Kita Centerinc$55030%
Providence Promise$52530%
Familyaid Boston Inc$50010%
Worcester Natural History Society Inc$50010%
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee Inc$50010%
Silver Lining Mentoring Inc$50020%
Tri-Valley Inc$50010%
Work Incorporated$50010%
North Country Animal League Inc$50010%
Boston Jewish Film Inc$50010%
Healthy Students Healthy Saugus Hs2 Inc$50012%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass /Metrowest Inc$50010%
Hebrew Seniorlife Hospice Care Inc$50010%
Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc$50010%
Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc$50010%
Third Sector New England Inc$50010%
Problem Pregnancy of Providence Inc$50020%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Worcester$50010%
The Hyde Square Task Force Inc$50010%
Sterling Land Trust Inc$50010%
Lawrence General Hospital$50010%
Rehearsal for Life Inc$50010%
English for New Bostonians Inc$50010%
National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$47540%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$47010%
Immigrant Family Services Institute Inc$4701n/a
The Second Step Inc$47010%
Justice Resource Institute Inc$47010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$45050%
United Way of Tri County Inc$45040%
Westborough Chinese Language School Inc$40020%
Feeding Colorado$40010%
Massachusetts Citizens for Life Inc$40040%
American Cancer Society Inc$40030%
Worcester Youth Orchestras Inc$38040%
Huntington Disease Society of America$3801n/a
American Heart Association Inc$37540%
Middlesex Human Service Agency Inc$37560%
Our Neighbors' Table Inc$35040%
Old Colony Hospice Inc$35020%
Middlesex Community College Foundation C/O Jackson Chege$35050%
Society of St Vincent de Paul (Svdp) Rhode Island$35020%
Amegoinc$35020%
Autism Speaks Inc$32850%
Project Citizenship Inc$32520%
William Raveis Charitable Fund Inc$3001n/a
Dake Foundation for Children$30020%
Revitalize Community Development Corporation$30020%
Facing Cancer Together Inc$30010%
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc$30010%
Pathways for Childreninc$27540%
Innovation Academy Charter School$2601n/a
Montego Bay Animal Haven Limited$25010%
Spoonfuls$2501n/a
Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts Inc$25010%
Redeemer Lutheran Church$2501n/a
Never Alone Animal Rescue International Inc$2501n/a
Als One Inc$25010%
Hope for the Day$2501n/a
Mitoaction Inc$25010%
Paul Magnus Foundation Inc$2501n/a
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation$25020%
Chances International Ministries Inc$2501n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$25040%
Sarah Pauline Gonsalves Acc Memorial Fund Inc$25010%
Audio Journal Incorporated$25010%
Massachusetts Vest-A-Dog Inc$25010%
Worcester Comm Housing Resource Inc$25010%
Junior Achievement of Greater Boston Inc$25010%
Revolutionary Spaces Inc$2501n/a
The Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc$25010%
Boston's Higher Ground Inc$25010%
Victory Programs Inc$25010%
Redstrong Foundation Inc$2501n/a
John Paul The Great Catholic University$25010%
The V Foundation$25010%
Brattleboro Hockey Educational Trust Inc$2501n/a
Big Little Life Animal Rescue International Inc$25010%
West End House Inc$25010%
World Unity Inc$25011%
Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports$23220%
Children's Hospital Corporation$22520%
The Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry Inc$22520%
Primary Source Inc$22520%
Khadijah Medical Clinic$2051n/a
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$20020%
Mountain Seed Foundation Inc$20010%
Northeast Arc Inc$20010%
The Fay School Inc$20020%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$20020%
The Wily Network$20020%
Christ In Action Ministries Inc$20010%
Queensbury Land Conservancy Inc$20020%
St Johns Preparatory School Inc$2001n/a
Wang Theatre Inc$20010%
Clinton Public Schools$2001n/a
Survivors by the Sea Inc$2003n/a
Center for Women & Enterprise Inc$2001n/a
Our Space Inc$20020%
Families for Depression Awareness Inc$19030%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$18130%
Grafton Land Trust Inc$17540%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$17520%
The Chabad Center of Natick Inc$1623n/a
Animal Shelter Inc$15130%
Uncommon Schools Inc$15010%
Family Health Center of Worcesterinc$15010%
Connor's Kindness Project Inc$15010%
The Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust$15010%
Autism Services Association Inc$15010%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc$15010%
Last Hope K9 Rescue Ltd$15020%
Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition Inc C/O Green Associates LLC$15010%
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation$15020%
Visitation House Inc$15020%
Boston Latin Academy Association Inc$15010%
Fenway Community Development Corporation$15010%
Care Dimensions Inc$1501n/a
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation Inc$12510%
South Shore Stars Inc$12520%
University of St Thomas$12530%
Eva's Village Inc$12510%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$12510%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$12520%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children$12510%
First Church in Sterling$1251n/a
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Inc$11310%
Safe With US Animal Rescue Inc$11310%
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc$10410%
Whole Child Inc$1001n/a
Zeh PTO Inc$10010%
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc$10010%
Ps I Love You Ministries$10010%
People Making a Difference Through Community Service Inc$1001n/a
The Trustees of Reservations$10010%
Friends of Hingham Cemetery Inc$10010%
Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc$10010%
Anti-Defamation League$10010%
More Than Words Inc$10010%
Franklin Food Pantry Inc$10010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10010%
Boston Harbor Now Inc$10010%
Trustees of Clark University$10020%
Partners in Child Development Inc$10010%
Victim Rights Law Center Inc$10020%
Women's Lunch Place Inc$10010%
Central Catholic High School of Lawrence Inc$10010%
Codman Academy Foundation Inc$10010%
Our Bright Future Inc$10010%
Here Today Adopted Tomorrow Animal Sanctuary Inc$1001n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10020%
Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services Inc$10010%
Worcester Community Action Council Inc$10010%
Match Made in Heaven Animal Rescue Inc$10010%
The Movement Family Incorporated$10010%
Heading Home Inc$10010%
Dog Orphans Inc$10010%
Essex County Habitat for Humanity Inc$10010%
Daily Bread Food Pantry Inc$1001n/a
Theatre of NorthEastern CT Inc$10010%
Greater Boston Legal Services Inc$10010%
Hilltown Community Development Corporation$10020%
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$1001n/a
Second Chances Inc$10010%
The Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation$10010%
Lyme Disease Association Inc$10010%
Poughkeepsie Day School Inc$10010%
Massachusetts Fallen Heroes Inc$7530%
Magdalen College$7510%
Project New Hope Inc$7530%
Tepeyac Leadership Inc$7510%
Safe Passage Inc$6010%
Nazareth Farm Inc$5510%
Back on My Feet$5410%
Educational Foundation of the Cocpa$5210%
Mental Health Association of Greater Lowell Inc$5010%
Tedy's Team Inc$5010%
Yarmouth Food Pantry Inc$5010%
Fisher House of Boston Inc$5010%
Diocese of Worcester$501n/a
City on a Hill Foundation Inc$5010%
Trevor Project Inc$5010%
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology$5010%
Scholarship America Inc$501n/a
Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans$5020%
Wicn Public Radio Inc$5010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$5020%
Berkshire Community College Foundation Inc$5010%
Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance$5010%
Special Olympics New York Inc$501n/a
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$5010%
Honor Flight New England Inc$5020%
Triangle Inc$5010%
North Hero Volunteer Fire Dept$501n/a
Fidelity House Inc$5010%
Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc$5010%
Friends of Fitchburg Dogs Inc$501n/a
Meg's Fight for a Cure Juvenile Hungington's Disease Foundation Inc$4011%
Wreaths Across America$3010%
David's House Inc$3010%
Veteran Tickets Foundation$2510%
Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice Inc$2510%
French Bulldog Rescue Network$2510%
Uss Constitution Museum Inc$2510%
Massachusetts Military Support Foundation Inc$2510%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2510%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$2510%
In My Running Shoes- a Charitable Corporation$2510%
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society$2510%
O Connell Valor Fund Inc$251n/a
Operation Homefront Inc$2510%
Healing Strides of Virginia$251n/a
Massachusetts Veterans Foundation Inc$2510%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$2510%
Dog Tag Brewing Foundation$2510%
Pat Tillman Foundation$2510%
The Leary Firefighters Foundation$2510%
Amos House$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 115 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aaf Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCharles River Community Health Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Housing Partnership Network Inc: $15,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorcester Art Museum: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater New Bedford Community Health Center Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jordan Porco Foundation: $9,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $6,083 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $5,808 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Day Care Center of Lawrence Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJust-A-Start Corporation: $5,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNurtury Inc: $5,045 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTiverton Land Trust: $4,900 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $4,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Rescue League of Boston: $3,790 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBaypath Humane Society of Hopkinton Inc: $3,625 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMass Insight Education and Research Institute Inc: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOld Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Somerville Community Corporation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMassachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $2,895 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGranite VNA Inc: $2,850 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWorcester State Foundation Inc: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCatie's Closet Inc: $2,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMetro West Collaborative Development Inc: $2,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBrookview House Inc: $2,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe New England Center for Children Inc: $2,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $2,519 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSweet Paws Rescue Inc: $2,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSouthwest Boston Community Development Corporation and Affiliates: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $2,376 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Francis House Inc: $2,125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $2,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTailored For Success Inc: $2,050 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMassachusetts Communities Action Network Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDetectogether Inc Formerly Known as the 15-40 Connection Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEliot Community Human Services Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Suffolk Community Services Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFenway Community Health Center Inc: $1,970 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBentley University: $1,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHeartfelt Dreams Foundation Ltd: $1,750 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCancer Research Institute Inc: $1,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Servings Inc: $1,575 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Neighborhood Developers Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeague School for Autism Inc: $1,483 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Lowell Family YMCA: $1,475 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWoonsocket Neighborhood Development Corporation: $1,440 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $1,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,325 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA102.4× affinity103 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Rockland Trust - East Boston Savings Bank Foundation Inc

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.

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Find your warmest path to Aaf Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Aaf Charitable Foundation

How much does Aaf Charitable Foundation give?
Aaf Charitable Foundation reported 120 grants totaling $45,790 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 81 and 110 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Aaf Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Human Services (13%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
Who are Aaf Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Charles River Community Health Inc ($16k), The Housing Partnership Network Inc ($15k), Worcester Art Museum ($11k).
Does Aaf Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Aaf Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Aaf Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc).
Where is Aaf Charitable Foundation based?
Aaf Charitable Foundation is based in MA.

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 439 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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