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Alfa Foundation at a glance

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Alfa Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
93
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$945k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$3.2MEducation$1.3MPhilanthropy$952kArts & Culture$756kHealth$632kRecreation & Sports$592kHuman Services$364kYouth Development$260kOther$0
02FY2025 · 93 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k66 grants · $178k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $389k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
  • $250k+1 grant · $945k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALABAMA FARMERS AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION$944,500
KALEIDOSCOPE$100,000
ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
RIVER REGION UNITED WAY$25,000
RIVER REGION UNITED WAY$25,000
AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
RIVER REGION UNITED WAY$25,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA$25,000
ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC$25,000
BARON CRITICAL WEATHER INSTITUTE$25,000
AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
NORTH ALABAMA AGRIPLEX FOUNDATION$25,000
AUTAUGA COUNTY HERITAGE ASSOCIATION$20,000
KALEIDOSCOPE$18,241
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 (FY20–25, $271k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KID'S TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%ARC-BALWIN COUNTY: $3k → 12%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $8k → 16%BIG OAK RANCH INC: $3k → 18%RAINBOW OMEGA INC: $5k → 18%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MOBILE: $5k → 19%CJ3 FOUNDATION: $3k → 4%KID'S TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $7k → 16%RAINBOW OMEGA INC: $3k → 18%CJ3 FOUNDATION: $3k → 4%KID'S TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%RAINBOW OMEGA INC: $3k → 18%JIMMY RANE FUNDATION: $5k → 16%RAINBOW OMEGA INC: $1k → 18%JIMMY RANE FUNDATION: $5k → 16%JIMMY RANE FUNDATION: $5k → 16%BUTERFLY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $8k → 16%BUTTERFLY BRIDGE: $8k → 16%BUTTERFLY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $8k → 16%BUTERFLY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $5k → 16%ALABAMA SHERIFF'S YOUTH RANCHES: $15k → 18%BUTTERFLY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $3k → 16%ALABAMA SHERIFFS YOUTH RANCHES: $2k → 18%MONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING (MACOA): $10k → 18%MONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING (MACOA): $8k → 18%CHILDREN'S HOPE: $5k → 18%MONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING (MACOA): $3k → 18%MONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING (MACOA): $3k → 18%MONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING (MACOA): $3k → 18%MONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING (MACOA): $2k → 18%MONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING (MACOA): $2k → 18%MONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING (MACOA): $2k → 18%MONTGOMERY AREA COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $2k → 18%BIRMINHAM HOST COMMITTEE 2025 WORLD FIRE & POLICE GAMES: $5k → 16%FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER: $3k → 18%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER INC: $3k → 18%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER INC: $3k → 18%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER INC: $3k → 18%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER INC: $3k → 18%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER INC: $3k → 18%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER INC: $2k → 18%MERCY HOUSE INC: $20k → 18%MERCY HOUSE INC: $15k → 18%MERCY HOUSE INC: $10k → 18%MERCY HOUSE INC: $5k → 18%MERCY HOUSE INC: $5k → 18%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

MN
MI
MA
IN
VA
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.2M · 113 repeat orgs$886k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

113 repeat relationships: 66 still active in FY2025, 47 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

113
98

Total granted

$8.2M
$827k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+4%

Still filing today

68%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • AF
    ALABAMA FARMERS AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +26% · 50% of their budget
  • AS
    ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $353k · revenue +73%
  • TL
    THE LIBERTY LEARNING FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $140k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • TW
    THE WORLD GAMES 2022
    one grant, 2022 · $166k
  • SA
    SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $123k
  • AU
    AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION - COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
    one grant, 2022 · $36k
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
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame
Arts & Culture
2
The Medical Foundation of Alabama

To further the image of medicine through financial support for health education programs and projects

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3
The University Foundation

The university foundation is organized to assist and aid the board of trustees of the university of alabama in fulfilling its educational, research, and public service programs and activities.

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4
Alabama Partnership for Children

To work in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.

Education
5
Alabama a&M University Foundation

The Alabama A&M University Foundation was established to receive, hold, invest, manage, use, and administer property of all kinds, whether given absolutely or in trust, for the benefit of Alabama A&M University and its educational,…

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6
Nami Alabama Inc

Encourage and enhance advocacy and family support services on behalf of individuals suffering from mental illness.

Health
7
Wings Across Alabama

To educate, empower, and improve services for mental health consumers in the state of alabama.

Education
8
Alabama Restaurant & Hospitality Association Foundation
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9
Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils

Coordinate rc&d activity in alabama

Environment
10
Alabama Higher Education Association D/B/a Higher Education Partnership

To advocate the importance of higher education in bettering the lives of people in alabama.

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11
Alabama Regional Medical Services

To provide quality healthcare and related services to all communities, including the underserved and homeless persons, regardless of language, culture, or financial barriers

Health
12
Alabama Sports Foundation Inc

Alabama sports foundation exists to optimize the athlete experience through performance, education, innovation, and implementation. alabama sports foundation does this with each individual by partnering with teams, clubs, and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Alabama; the most unlike its peers is Jeep Sullivan's Outdoor Adventures Inc. 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

142 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. 142 of the 228 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
138/142
Grantees still filing
92/142
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KALEIDOSCOPE: $347,401 · OtherKALEIDOSCOPETWG 2021 BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATION: $334,000 · OtherTWG 2021 BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATIONSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA: $243,500 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICAIndividual grant recipient: $227,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientALABAMA 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $201,000 · OtherALABAMA 4-H FOUNDATION INCBUSINESS EDUCATION ALLIANCE: $168,750 · OtherTHE WORLD GAMES 2022: $166,000 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $122,500 · Other+107 more: $1,453,572 · Other+107 moreALABAMA FARMERS AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION: $2,964,500 · Youth DevelopmentALABAMA FARMERS AGRICULTURE FOUNDATIO…+4 more: $13,500 · Youth DevelopmentRIVER REGION UNITED WAY: $875,000 · PhilanthropyRIVER REGIO…+9 more: $60,500 · Philanthropy+9 moreTHE LIBERTY LEARNING FOUNDATION: $140,000 · EducationAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $135,000 · EducationSamford University: $109,000 · EducationFAULKNER UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $40,000 · EducationTROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $29,250 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationTHE JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Education+9 more: $49,500 · EducationALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $352,500 · Arts & CultureNORTH ALABAMA AGRIPLEX FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $25,000 · Arts & CultureAlabama Autism Assistance Program: $95,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HARBOR INC: $65,000 · HealthCOACHSAFELY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $30,000 · HealthThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $26,000 · HealthST MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $25,000 · HealthJOY TO LIFE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthMONTGOMERY CANCER WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Health+15 more: $110,000 · HealthMERCY HOUSE INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesKIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Human ServicesThe Hope Institute: $35,000 · Human ServicesJIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $34,500 · Human ServicesMONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $31,300 · Human ServicesBUTTERFLY BRIDGE CHILD ADVOCACY CEN: $30,000 · Human ServicesLIFE ON WHEELS: $30,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $26,000 · Human ServicesALABAMA SHERIFFS' YOUTH RANCHES INC: $19,000 · Human ServicesAGAPE OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesTHE SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER IN: $14,500 · Human Services+12 more: $53,300 · Human Services
Other$3,264,223Youth Development$2,978,000Philanthropy$935,500Education$652,750Arts & Culture$427,500Health$421,000Human Services$386,600

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 budgetALABAMA FARMERS AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION: $2,964,500 over 6y, 50% of budgetRIVER REGION UNITED WAY: $875,000 over 6y, 6.8% of budgetALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $352,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTWG 2021 BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATION: $334,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTHE LIBERTY LEARNING FOUNDATION: $140,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSamford University: $109,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFAULKNER UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlabama Autism Assistance Program: $95,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HARBOR INC: $65,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetALABAMA PALS: $60,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetMERCY HOUSE INC: $55,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBARON CRITICAL WEATHER INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetNORTH ALABAMA AGRIPLEX FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetKIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAIN STREET ALABAMA: $37,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBAPTIST HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION OF MONTGOMERY: $37,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetThe Hope Institute: $35,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetCOACHSAFELY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetJIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $34,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $31,300 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetBUTTERFLY BRIDGE CHILD ADVOCACY CEN: $30,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLIFE ON WHEELS: $30,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $29,250 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetDOTHAN HOUSTON COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCUMMINGS-FEOLA FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetJOY TO LIFE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetALABAMA SHERIFFS' YOUTH RANCHES INC: $19,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLEADERSHIP ALABAMA INC: $18,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetAGAPE OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $18,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetEAGLE FORUM OF ALABAMA EDUCATION FUND: $17,500 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetMONTGOMERY CANCER WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCREATE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRUCE PEARL FAMILY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL ALUMNI & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIA: $15,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetALABAMA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER IN: $14,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE COURT INC: $14,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 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.

  • Who funds ALABAMA FARMERS AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RIVER REGION UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds TWG 2021 BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBERTY LEARNING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Samford University ↗
  • Who funds FAULKNER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Alabama Autism Assistance Program ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HARBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA PALS ↗
  • Who funds MERCY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds BARON CRITICAL WEATHER INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NORTH ALABAMA AGRIPLEX FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAIN STREET ALABAMA ↗
  • Who funds BAPTIST HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION OF MONTGOMERY ↗
  • Who funds The Hope Institute ↗
  • Who funds COACHSAFELY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds BUTTERFLY BRIDGE CHILD ADVOCACY CEN ↗
  • Who funds LIFE ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association 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.

Alabama Power Foundat…The Daniel Foundation…The J K Lowder Family…Protective Life Found…Central Alabama Commu…Arthur M Britton Foun…The S Adam Schloss Fo…Kiwanis Club of Montg…The Long Lewis Founda…Gordy-Mead-Britton Fo…Hill Crest Foundation…Goodwyn Mills & Cawoo…
Alabama Power Foundation IncAL96.8× affinity61 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The J K Lowder Family Foundation · Protective Life Foundation · Central Alabama Community Foundation Inc · Arthur M Britton Foundation Inc · The S Adam Schloss Foundation Inc · Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation Inc · The Long Lewis Foundation · Gordy-Mead-Britton Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Goodwyn Mills & Cawood Charitable Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    41report 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.

    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 228 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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