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Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Alisann and Terry Collins 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.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
55
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$275k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.6MHealth$2.7MPhilanthropy$2.1MReligion$1.2MHuman Services$1.1MEnvironment$660kCommunity Improvement$539kYouth Development$500kOther$0
02FY2025 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $455k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $836k
  • $250k+2 grants · $525k
$10,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST PATRICK'S EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL$275,000
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$250,000
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$110,500
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$100,000
FAIR CHANCE$100,000
ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION$100,000
BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER AT THE ARC$75,000
CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND$75,000
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$65,000
RARE HOPE$60,000
CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$50,000
YOUTH FOR TOMORROW$50,000
ARC OF NORTHERN VA$50,000
CHARLESTON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$30,000
THE WASHINGTON BALLET$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $789k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHILD HELP: $5k → 11%YOUTH HOMES: $10k → 9%YOUTH HOMES: $10k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF OKLAHOMA: $10k → 15%CHILDREN OF THE VILLAGE NETWORK: $8k → 31%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $10k → 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $3k → 7%SECOND STORY: $10k → 6%YOUTH HOMES: $21k → 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $3k → 7%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $10k → 11%SECOND STORY: $10k → 6%COMFORT CASES: $10k → 8%ELLA'S KIDS: $10k → 11%YOUTH HOMES: $10k → 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $3k → 7%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $10k → 11%ELLA'S KIDS: $10k → 11%YOUTH HOMES: $10k → 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $3k → 7%COMFORT CASES: $10k → 8%ELLA'S KIDS: $10k → 11%COMFORT CASES: $10k → 8%CHARITY WATER: $10k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $10k → 17%INCREASING HOPE: $5k → 12%CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $8k → 8%CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 8%ECHO INC: $10k → 6%ECHO: $5k → 6%ECHO INC: $5k → 6%FAIR CHANCE: $150k → 8%FAIR CHANCE: $76k → 8%FAIR CHANCE: $70k → 8%FAIR CHANCE: $30k → 8%FAIR CHANCE: $30k → 8%FAIR CHANCE: $10k → 14%DC SAFE: $20k → 14%DC SAFE: $10k → 14%DC SAFE: $10k → 14%DC SAFE: $10k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE WASHINGTON: $10k → 14%FAIR CHANCE: $100k → 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

ME
NH
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 100 repeat orgs$717k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

100 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2025, 61 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

100
54

Total granted

$12M
$576k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+12%

Still filing today

76%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $141k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • TG
    The George Washington University
    3× · 2017–2025 · $710k · revenue +30%
  • YF
    YOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $315k · revenue +130%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $300k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • SP
    ST PETER'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +12%
  • WS
    WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • BJ
    BISHOP JOHN T WALKER SCHOOL FOR BOYS
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
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
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
2
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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3
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
7
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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10
Children's Hospital

Organization's mission to improve health outcomes for children; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in care, advocacy, research. as the nation's children's hospital, the mission of…

Health
11
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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12
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Knock Out Abuse. 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

129 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. 129 of the 175 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/129
Grantees still filing
84/129
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST PATRICKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $2,267,900 · OtherST PATRICKS EPISCOPAL CHURCHCHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,390,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONBUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER AT THE ARC: $294,340 · Other+98 more: $3,936,388 · Other+98 moreNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,835,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANT…Washington Winter Show Inc: $95,000 · Philanthropy+9 more: $191,500 · Philanthropy+9 moreThe George Washington University: $710,000 · EducationThe Georg…GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $125,000 · EducationGEORGETOW…Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $100,000 · EducationMassachus…UNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $80,500 · EducationUNIVERSIT…INTOWN PLAYGROUP INC: $80,000 · EducationINTOWN PL…WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $50,000 · Education+4 more: $75,250 · Education+4 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $300,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $180,000 · HealthRARE Hope Inc: $175,000 · HealthTRISOMY 18 SUPPORT INC DBA TRISOMY 18 FOUNDATION: $60,471 · HealthST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC: $45,000 · HealthUpstream USA Inc: $45,000 · HealthTHE ZACHARY & ELIZABETH M FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Health+9 more: $102,500 · HealthFAIR CHANCE: $466,000 · Human ServicesSURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC: $60,225 · Human ServicesYouth Homes Inc: $50,770 · Human ServicesHELO INCORPORATED: $45,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesCOMFORT CASES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesELLAS KIDS INC: $30,000 · Human Services+13 more: $154,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $315,000 · Youth DevelopmentHORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $248,000 · Youth DevelopmentBest Kids Inc: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentCity Kids to Wilderness Project Inc: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentGOOD SPORTS INC: $30,300 · Youth Development+3 more: $60,300 · Youth DevelopmentThe Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc: $274,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $55,000 · EnvironmentEO WILSON BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION INC: $30,385 · EnvironmentLITTLE FALLS WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARK TRUST INC: $30,000 · Environment+3 more: $30,000 · Environment
Other$7,889,128Philanthropy$2,121,500Education$1,220,750Health$947,971Human Services$875,995Youth Development$758,600Environment$494,385

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 budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,835,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $710,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAIR CHANCE: $466,000 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $315,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $300,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc: $274,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetHORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $248,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC: $175,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetRARE Hope Inc: $175,000 over 4y, 42% of budgetCharleston Habitat for Humanity Inc: $160,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIELD SCHOOL INC: $110,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN MINISTRY CENTER: $95,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetWashington Winter Show Inc: $95,000 over 7y, 10.0% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $80,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $80,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTOWN PLAYGROUP INC: $80,000 over 7y, 21% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON BALLET: $80,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $65,325 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRISOMY 18 SUPPORT INC DBA TRISOMY 18 FOUNDATION: $60,471 over 5y, 15% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $60,390 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC: $60,225 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBest Kids Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetMY SISTER'S PLACE INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE FOLKS SCHOOL INC: $55,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetOCEANA INC: $55,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Homes Inc: $50,770 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetST PETER'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELO INCORPORATED: $45,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetEO WILSON BIODIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCity Kids to Wilderness Project Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUpstream USA Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe MusicianShip DC: $40,300 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTHE ZACHARY & ELIZABETH M FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBIG CREEK PEOPLE IN ACTION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% 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 NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds The George Washington University ↗
  • Who funds FAIR CHANCE ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds HORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds RARE Hope Inc ↗
  • Who funds Charleston Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE FIELD SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN MINISTRY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Washington Winter Show Inc ↗
  • Who funds LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds INTOWN PLAYGROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WASHINGTON BALLET ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds TRISOMY 18 SUPPORT INC DBA TRISOMY 18 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds Best Kids 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.

Greater Washington Co…The Morris and Gwendo…Dimick Foundation Joh…United Way of the Nat…Philip L Graham Fund …Clark-Winchcole Found…John Edward Fowler Me…World Bank Community …Sidgmore Family Found…Corina Higginson Trus…Clark Charitable Foun…The Rockefeller Found…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC43.8× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · United Way of the National Capital Area · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · World Bank Community Connections Fund · Sidgmore Family Foundation · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · The Rockefeller 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 Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • National Park Trust Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Upstream Usa Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Comfort Cases Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 175 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 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