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Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust at a glance

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Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
109
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$205k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$6.1MEducation$4.0MHuman Services$2.5MReligion$1.2MYouth Development$724kRecreation & Sports$386kInternational$305kHousing & Shelter$265kOther$0
02FY2024 · 109 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k30 grants · $158k
  • $10k–50k65 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.3M
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$58M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DICKINSON CENTER INC$205,000
ELK REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER INC$150,000
PENN HIGHLANDS HEALTHCARE$150,000
ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM$132,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
DUBOIS AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOL INC$98,000
FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF DUBOIS$70,000
BUHL PARK CORPORATION$65,000
SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE$60,000
ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK$57,200
Individual grant recipient$50,000
URBAN IMPACT$50,000
MHY FAMILY SERVICES$50,000
THE LUTHERAN HOME AT KANE$50,000
COMMUNITY EDUCATION COUNCIL$48,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY OPTIONS INC: $30k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $50k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $50k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $25k → 11%MHY FAMILY SERVICES: $102k → 9%MHY FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 9%MHY FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 9%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $20k → 11%MHY FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 9%BUILDING BLOCKS CHILDCARE CENTER: $35k → 13%MHY FAMILY SERVICES: $41k → 9%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $15k → 11%BUILDING BLOCKS CHILDCARE CENTER: $30k → 13%BUILDING BLOCKS CHILDCARE CENTER: $30k → 13%GLADE RUN LUTHERAN SERVICES: $15k → 9%BUILDING BLOCKS CHILDCARE CENTER: $20k → 13%BUILDING BLOCKS CHILDCARE CENTER: $20k → 13%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $25k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $25k → 11%GUARDIAN ANGEL CENTER INC: $60k → 10%GUARDIAN ANGEL CENTER INC: $35k → 10%GUARDIAN ANGEL CENTER INC: $25k → 10%CEN CLEAR CHILD SERVICES INC: $25k → 12%BLIND & VISION REHABILITATION: $20k → 11%BLIND & VISION REHABILITATION: $20k → 11%WARD HOME INC: $15k → 11%ALLE-KISKI AREA HOPE CENTER: $30k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE NETWORK: $15k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FORNDATION: $20k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FORNDATION: $20k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FORNDATION: $20k → 11%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF MOON TOWNSHIP: $20k → 11%BRADLEY CENTER: $55k → 11%BRADLEY CENTER: $50k → 11%BRADLEY CENTER: $50k → 11%BRADLEY CENTER: $30k → 11%BRADLEY CENTER: $30k → 11%BRADLEY CENTER: $30k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER: $20k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER: $20k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER: $20k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER: $20k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER: $20k → 11%AUBERLE: $23k → 11%HOLY FAMILY INSTITUTE: $30k → 11%CRISIS CENTER NORTH: $20k → 11%CRISIS CENTER NORTH: $15k → 11%CRISIS CENTER NORTH INC: $25k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
AZ
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 128 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

128 repeat relationships: 71 still active in FY2024, 57 since wound down; 38 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

128
56

Total granted

$15M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+9%

Still filing today

66%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $837k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DC
    DICKINSON CENTER INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +94%
  • ER
    Elk Regional Health Center
    5× · 2018–2024 · $950k · revenue +8%
  • SV
    SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE
    5× · 2018–2024 · $455k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARYS AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -8%
  • CN
    Community Nurses Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $98k · revenue -271%
  • BC
    BOYS CLUB HOLDING CORPORATION
    one grant, 2023 · $85k · 77% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
2
Wrc Pennsylvania Memorial Home

Wrc pennsylvania memorial home's mission is to provide choices for generations. built on a not-for-profit foundation of caring, the organization offers residential and personal care, home and community-based services, skilled and…

Health
3
Mercy Life Center Corporation

We, pittsburgh mercy health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy life center is a member of pittsburgh mercy health system…

Health
4
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.

Health
5
Highlands Hospital

Highlands hospital is committed to providing health care to the community in a competent, nurturing and healing environment. our staff will provide support in times of crisis and furnish the resources necessary to promote a healthy…

Health
6
The Baptist Home of Philadelphia

The mission of the baptist home of philadelphia is dedicated to providing quality continuing care living facilities and support services in a christian environment respecting the dignity and sanctity of all individuals regardless of their…

Human Services
7
Key Human Services Inc

Provides supports to people with intellectual/developmental disability across the lifespan that encourages growth and meaningful life choices while assisting persons in finding home, health, friends, work, and presence in their…

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8
Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh

To provide a continuum of care for homeless individuals that leads toward self-sufficiency.

Human Services
9
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

The mission of penn state health holy spirit medical center is to nurture the healing ministry of the church, supported by education and research. fidelity to the gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we create…

Health
10
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Penn state health hampden medical center's mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in pennsylvania. the organization provides patients with excellent, compassionate and culturally responsive and equitable…

Health
11
Family Health Council of Central Pa Inc

The mission of the family health council of central pennsylvania, inc. (fhccp) is to build and support community-based health networks through partnerships, education, advocacy, and effective resource allocation.

Health
12
Life St Mary

We, trinity health pace and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.life st. mary is a member of trinity health pace and trinity health.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dickinson Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Little Sisters of the Poor. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

147 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 147 of the 222 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
145/147
Grantees still filing
96/147
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM: $889,950 · OtherELK COUNTY CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMDUBOIS AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: $540,300 · OtherDUBOIS AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOLSIndividual grant recipient: $300,000 · Other+109 more: $6,644,658 · Other+109 moreDICKINSON CENTER INC: $1,063,381 · HealthDICKINSON CENTER INCElk Regional Health Center: $950,000 · HealthElk Regional Health CenterFREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF DUBOIS INC: $593,750 · HealthFREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF DUBOIS I…COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $300,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INCCHRIST THE KING MANOR INC: $275,000 · HealthCHRIST THE KING MANOR INCST MARYS AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $250,000 · Health+21 more: $1,337,495 · Health+21 moreMHY FAMILY SERVICES: $292,814 · Human ServicesMHY FAMILY …THE BRADLEY CENTER INC: $245,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRADLEY…LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $180,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LI…BUILDING BLOCKS CHILD CENTER INC: $135,000 · Human ServicesBUILDING BL…GUARDIAN ANGEL CENTER INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesGUARDIAN AN…WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $100,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CEN…URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Human ServicesCRISIS CENTER NORTH INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesEAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $60,000 · Human Services+21 more: $464,680 · Human Services+21 moreSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE: $455,000 · EducationSAINT VINCE…THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $240,000 · EducationTHE NEIGHBO…SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $215,000 · EducationSAINT FRANC…CARLOW UNIVERSITY: $165,000 · EducationCARLOW UNIV…COMMUNITY EDUCATION COUNCIL OF ELK AND CAMERON COUNTIES INC: $117,050 · EducationCOMMUNITY E…GANNON UNIVERSITY: $104,442 · EducationGANNON UNIV…MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · EducationEXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationTHE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $60,000 · Education+7 more: $200,000 · Education+7 moreUNITED WAY OF MERCER COUNTY: $127,000 · PhilanthropyJAMIE'S DREAM TEAM: $85,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH HILLS AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyMCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CHILDRENS INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyHOPE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $180,000 · Arts & CultureVILLAGE THEATER COMPANY: $85,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureAREA COMMUNITY THEATRE OF SHARPSVILLE: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTICKETS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentFLYING DOVE RANCH INC: $57,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ST MARYS INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentPITTSBURGH YOUTH LEADERSHIP: $12,000 · Youth Development
Other$8,374,908Health$4,769,626Human Services$1,717,494Education$1,691,492Philanthropy$367,000Arts & Culture$345,000Youth Development$149,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDICKINSON CENTER INC: $1,063,381 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetElk Regional Health Center: $950,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF DUBOIS INC: $593,750 over 7y, 65% of budgetSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE: $455,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $300,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetMHY FAMILY SERVICES: $292,814 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCHRIST THE KING MANOR INC: $275,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION: $260,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetST MARYS AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $250,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE BRADLEY CENTER INC: $245,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBUHL PARK CORPORATION: $243,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $240,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $215,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $180,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $180,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetCARLOW UNIVERSITY: $165,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKEYSTONE BLIND ASSOCIATION: $160,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPenn Highlands Healthcare Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDuBois Regional Medical Center: $145,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING BLOCKS CHILD CENTER INC: $135,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MERCER COUNTY: $127,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetGUARDIAN ANGEL CENTER INC: $120,000 over 3y, 49% of budgetCOMMUNITY EDUCATION COUNCIL OF ELK AND CAMERON COUNTIES INC: $117,050 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetELIZABETH SETON CENTER INC: $115,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $115,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH: $105,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $105,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIVING AND SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $105,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGANNON UNIVERSITY: $104,442 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $100,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Nurses Inc: $98,395 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetFAMILY HOUSE INC: $95,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS CLUB HOLDING CORPORATION: $85,080 over 1y, 77% of budgetVILLAGE THEATER COMPANY: $85,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetJAMIE'S DREAM TEAM: $85,000 over 6y, 9.9% of budgetSARAH HEINZ HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $80,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBUHL COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER: $80,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetPRINCE OF PEACE CENTER: $80,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetVINCENTIAN DE MARILLAC: $79,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Health Clinic of Butler County Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetNORTH HILLS AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC: $75,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDSVOICE: $70,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCRAY YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $65,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTICKETS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetEXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DICKINSON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Elk Regional Health Center ↗
  • Who funds FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF DUBOIS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds MHY FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CHRIST THE KING MANOR INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST MARYS AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BRADLEY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BUHL PARK CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds CARLOW UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KEYSTONE BLIND ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc ↗
  • Who funds DuBois Regional Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING BLOCKS CHILD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF MERCER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds GUARDIAN ANGEL CENTER INC ↗

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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…The United Way of Sou…The Jack Buncher Foun…Hillman Family Founda…James Frances McCandl…Eqt FoundationSnee-Reinhardt Charit…Richard King Mellon F…Centimark FoundationThe Grable FoundationMassey Charitable Tru…Upmc Group
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA106.7× affinity83 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · James Frances McCandless Trust · Eqt Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Centimark Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Massey Charitable Trust · Upmc Group

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Community Options Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
52report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 222 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2.9M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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