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Albatross Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Albatross 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.

$87k
Granted FY2025still arriving
79
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$570kHealth$157kHuman Services$123kHousing & Shelter$111kPhilanthropy$54kRecreation & Sports$50kFood & Nutrition$50kYouth Development$48kOther$0
02FY2025 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k78 grants · $77k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$420k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FO$10,000
GRATEFUL AMERICANS CHARITY$5,000
CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC$3,000
UNITED HEALING CENTER$2,500
CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC$2,500
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$2,500
CITY OF HOPE$2,000
FOOD BANK CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO$2,000
GIVEDIRECTLY INC$2,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$2,000
MARGUERITE KIEFER EDUCATION CENTER INC$2,000
SHARIAS CLOSET$2,000
VOICES FOR CHILDREN$2,000
BRIDGE OF HOPE GREATER DENVER$1,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ORANGE COUNTY$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $167k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LOS CABOS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $33k → 6%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF FRESNO: $1k → 19%GRATEFUL AMERICANS CHARITY: $5k → 9%OPERATION HOME INC: $8k → 12%GRANT CARDONE FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 15%BRIDGE OF HOPE GREATER DENVER: $2k → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $1k → 13%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST VENT: $1k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF FRESNO: $1k → 19%OPERATION HOME INC: $3k → 12%GRANT CARDONE FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF FRESNO: $1k → 19%OPERATION HOME INC: $3k → 12%THE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH: $1k → 14%GRANT CARDONE FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 15%HOPE HOSPICE INC: $3k → 10%OPERATION HOME INC: $1k → 12%THE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH: $1k → 14%OPERATION HOME INC: $1k → 12%THE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH: $1k → 14%OPERATION HOME INC: $1k → 12%DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER: $2k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $1k → 14%CENTER FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT: $2k → 14%IRANIAN AMERICAN WOMEN FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $2k → 14%CAMP KESEM NATIONAL: $1k → 14%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $11k → 11%CAMP KESEM NATIONAL: $1k → 14%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $10k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $6k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $5k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $5k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $3k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $3k → 11%PARA LOS NINOS: $2k → 14%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $2k → 11%PARA LOS NINOS: $1k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $1k → 14%THE ARC LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $3k → 14%THE ARC LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $1k → 14%SHARIAS CLOSET: $2k → 11%THE ARC LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $1k → 14%THE ARC LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $1k → 14%VISIONARY WOMEN: $5k → 14%NANCY PAINTER HOME FOR MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN INC: $5k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDRENS HEALTH CENTER ASSOCIATION INC: $4k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDRENS HEALTH CENTER ASSOCIATION INC: $2k → 14%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

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CA
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CO
NE
VA
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NC
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DC
HI
OK
GA
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 98 repeat orgs$164k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

98 repeat relationships: 56 still active in FY2025, 42 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

98
71

Total granted

$1.1M
$133k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+15%

Still filing today

86%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR
    5× · 2020–2024 · $515k · revenue +8%
  • CC
    CHRYSALIS CENTER
    7× · 2019–2025 · $39k · revenue +84%
  • PF
    PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    5× · 2019–2025 · $30k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • LC
    Los Cabos Children's Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $33k · revenue 0%
  • VW
    VISIONARY WOMENgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +196%
  • TN
    THE NANCY PAINTER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +76%
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.

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The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
3
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
4
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
5
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
6
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
7
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
8
California Healthcare Foundation

Chcf is dedicated to advancing meaningful, measurable improvements in the way the health care delivery system provides care to the people of california, particularly those with low incomes and those whose needs are not well served by the…

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South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
10
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
11
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
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Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of North Texas; the most unlike its peers is Muny Conservancy. 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

175 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 175 of the 194 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
171/175
Grantees still filing
114/175
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR: $514,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR+12 more: $55,253 · Education+12 moreCHRYSALIS CENTER: $38,792 · OtherCHRYSALIS CENTERCITY OF HOPE: $22,750 · OtherCITY OF HOPEHOUSING INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $14,500 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $15,500 · OtherLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $13,000 · Other+99 more: $262,284 · Other+99 moreCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $43,500 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATH…Los Cabos Children's Foundation: $33,000 · Human ServicesLos Cabos Chil…OPERATION HOME INC: $16,500 · Human ServicesOPERATION HOME…GRANT CARDONE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesTHE ARC LOS ANGELES & ORANGE COUNTIES: $7,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH BAY CHILDRENS HEALTH CENTER: $6,000 · Human Services+26 more: $58,250 · Human Services+26 moreSUNFLOWER HILL: $11,000 · HealthBELLAS HOUSE OF HOPE: $11,000 · HealthBEACON OF LIGHT: $6,000 · HealthSTANDING STONE MINISTRIES INC: $6,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATION: $5,500 · HealthALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,500 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,500 · Health+14 more: $14,700 · HealthENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $30,995 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $10,500 · PhilanthropyI HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION - LOS ANGELES: $5,500 · PhilanthropySAN FRANCISCO FIRST TEE: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCAMERON KIECKE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $4,500 · PhilanthropyRotary Club of SC Sunrise Foundation: $2,500 · Philanthropy+6 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $30,350 · Public BenefitCHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING IV FOUNDATION: $18,875 · Public BenefitFIGHTER COUNTRY FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 · Public Benefit+1 more: $250 · Public BenefitCELEBRATE LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 · ReligionApartment Life Inc: $17,000 · ReligionDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $3,000 · ReligionCIRCLE OF HOPE INC: $2,500 · Religion+1 more: $1,000 · Religion
Education$569,753Other$366,826Human Services$171,750Health$73,700Philanthropy$63,995Public Benefit$57,975Religion$43,500

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR: $514,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $43,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHRYSALIS CENTER: $38,792 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLos Cabos Children's Foundation: $33,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $30,995 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $30,350 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCELEBRATE LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING IV FOUNDATION: $18,875 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetApartment Life Inc: $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION HOME INC: $16,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $15,753 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $15,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $14,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBAR ILAN UNIVERSITY IN ISRAEL INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSUNFLOWER HILL: $11,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBELLAS HOUSE OF HOPE: $11,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY HUMANITARIAN EXPERIENCE: $10,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $10,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL AT UCLA: $9,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFIGHTER COUNTRY FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetKENNY VACCARO FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetCARITAS COMMUNITIES INC: $7,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGRANT CARDONE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ARC LOS ANGELES & ORANGE COUNTIES: $7,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON OF LIGHT: $6,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetSOUTH BAY CHILDRENS HEALTH CENTER: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSTANDING STONE MINISTRIES INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetI HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION - LOS ANGELES: $5,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetVISIONARY WOMEN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE NANCY PAINTER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FIRST TEE: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFAIRMONT AG FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetEastern Washington University Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAMERON KIECKE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetBWINDI UGANDA CHILDREN CHARITIES INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNurtured by Nature: $4,000 over 3y, 0.5% 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.

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.

Jewish Community Foun…California Community …Conrad N Hilton Found…Marin Community Found…Kennedy Wilson Charit…The Ralph M Parsons F…Banc of California Ch…The Rose Hills Founda…Sempra FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…The Michael and Lori …United Way Worldwide
Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA20.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Kennedy Wilson Charitable Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Banc of California Charitable Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Michael and Lori Milken Family Foundation · United Way Worldwide

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 Albatross Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Albatross Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Hope and Comfort Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
43report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Albatross Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Albatross 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.

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 194 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home