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American Farmland Trust at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

American Farmland Trust

Saves the land that sustains us by protecting farmland, promoting sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on the land.

$5.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
154
Grants FY2024still arriving
37
States reached
$158k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$3.8MEnvironment$1.8MCommunity Improvement$148kAnimals$122kEducation$103kYouth Development$50kHuman Services$48kHealth$34kOther$0
02FY2024 · 154 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 154 grants below total $2,975,447, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,576,867 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,601,420 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k63 grants · $466k
  • $10k–50k84 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $702k
$10,000
Median grant
37
States reached
$101M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE DRY FARMING INSTITUTE$157,760
THE FRESHWATER TRUST$121,600
BLACK FAMILY LAND TRUST INC$119,493
CCOF FOUNDATION$100,000
GROWSMART MAINE$80,000
THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND$65,456
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$57,601
WASHINGTON STATE DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS$47,500
MESA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY$35,000
TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY$35,000
PINES AND PRAIRIES LAND TRUST$35,000
ALASKA FARMLAND TRUST CORPORATION$35,000
TETON REGIONAL LAND TRUST$35,000
CONNECTICUT FARMLAND TRUST$34,000
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$33,836
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND: $65k → 16%TETON REGIONAL LAND TRUST: $35k → 7%SAGEBRUSH STEPPE LAND TRUST: $25k → 14%WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $31k → 11%SONOMA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION & OPEN SPACE DISTRICT: $25k → 9%EAST STANISLAUS RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT (ESRCD): $52k → 15%HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $25k → 9%CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION: $96k → 9%PACE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 9%LIVINGSTON COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $47k → 11%COLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $32k → 11%CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: $25k → 13%GENESEE LAND TRUST INC: $25k → 14%CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION: $119k → 16%GROWNYC: $25k → 17%PINES AND PRAIRIES LAND TRUST: $35k → 12%ALACHUA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: $25k → 19%WOMEN FOOD & AGRICULTURE NETWORK: $25k → 17%GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $110k → 7%KENT COUNTY: $110k → 11%THE FRESHWATER TRUST: $122k → 12%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: $58k → 18%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $34k → 8%CATAWBA LANDS CONSERVANCY: $31k → 10%SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY: $25k → 12%STATE OF RHODE ISLAND: $25k → 14%ATHENS LAND TRUST: $31k → 27%COLORADO CATTLEMEN'S AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST: $25k → 7%MESA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY: $35k → 11%ALASKA FARMLAND TRUST CORPORATION: $35k → 10%RAPP CENTER FOR EDUCATION: $40k → 10%EASTERN SHORE LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $31k → 10%REGROW AGRICULTURE INC: $48k → 9%PWM FARM PROPERTIES INC: $28k → 9%SPRINGHILL FAMILY FARM LLC: $28k → 16%GROWSMART MAINE: $80k → 12%CCOF FOUNDATION: $155k → 13%EAST STAINSLAUS RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $44k → 15%SIERRA RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $30k → 19%CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION: $66k → 9%COLUMBIA LAND CONSERVATION: $30k → 11%WYOMING COUTY SWCD: $31k → 12%CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION: $53k → 13%COLORADO OPEN LANDS: $31k → 7%CCOF FOUNDATION: $100k → 13%EAST STANISLAUS RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT (ESRCD): $32k → 15%CONNECTICUT FARMLAND TRUST: $34k → 11%FARMSTART LLP: $31k → 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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
DE
NM
TN
NC
SC
HI
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 63 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

63 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 107 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

63
71

Total granted

$3.4M
$907k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+23%

Still filing today

75%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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
EnvironmentFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementEducationYouth 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

  • GT
    GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY
    2× · 2018–2024 · $135k · revenue +93%
  • COLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $126k · revenue +56%
  • CO
    COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $98k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • CC
    CALIFORNIA CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARMERS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $155k · revenue +23%
  • RA
    REGROW AGRICULTURE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $48k
  • WS
    WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS
    one grant, 2022 · $48k
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
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
2
Palouse Land Trust Inc

Our mission is to work with landowners and communities to conserve the lands we love, now and forever, and to enrich connections to the natural world.

Environment
3
California Farmland Trust

The mission of the California Farmland Trust is to help farmers protect the best farmland in the world.

Environment
4
Wallowa Land Trust

Our mission is to protect the rural nature of Wallowa County by working cooperatively with private landowners,indigenous people, local communities and governmental entities to conserve land.

Environment
5
Northcoast Regional Land Trust

Northcoast regional land trust is dedicated to the protection of working landscapes, farms, forests and grazing lands, and to the preservation and protection of land for its natural, educational, scenic and historic values.

Food & Nutrition
6
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation

The conservation fund is in the business of conservation, creating innovative solutions that drive nature-based action for climate protection, sustainable economies and vibrant communities.

Environment
7
Whatcom Land Trust

The mission of the Whatcom Land Trust is to preserve and protect wildlife habitat, scenic, agricultural and open space lands in Whatcom County for future generations by securing interests in land and promoting land stewardship.

Environment
8
Placer Land Trust

Placer Land Trust works with willing landowners and conservation partners to permanently protect and care for natural and agricultural lands in Placer County for current and future generations.

Environment
9
Shasta Land Trust

Conserve the beauty, character, and diversity of significant lands in far northern california. currently shasta land trust holds conservation easements that permanently protect about 66,000 acres of land.

Environment
10
Vermont Land Trust Inc

Rooted in vermont since 1977, the vermont land trust unites land and lives for the enduring benefit of people and the place we share. we help people protect, care for, and connect to land. this includes the farms, forests, natural areas,…

Environment
11
Lakes Region Conservation Trust

The mission of the Organization is the conservation of the natural resources of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, the preservation of wildlife habitat, the stewardship of lands that define the character of the region and its quality of…

Environment
12
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County

Land trust of santa cruz county (the organization) was incorporated in california as a not-for-profit corporation in 1978. the mission of the organization is to protect, care for, and connect all people to the vibrant natural and working…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Rangeland Trust; the most unlike its peers is Monte Azul 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

125 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. 125 of the 241 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)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
123/125
Grantees still filing
73/125
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ASSOCIATION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: $162,013 · OtherCOOPERATIVE EXTENSION ASSOCIATION IN THE STATE OF N…CALIFORNIA CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARMERS INC: $155,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARMERS INCCOOPERATIVE EXTENSION ASSOC IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: $145,395 · OtherCOOPERATIVE EXTENSION ASSOC IN THE STATE OF NEW YOR…KENT COUNTY: $135,000 · OtherEAST STANISLOUS RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $128,356 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (MERCED): $97,282 · OtherWASHINGTON STATE DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS: $90,000 · Other+102 more: $1,766,037 · Other+102 moreGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $135,000 · EnvironmentGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSE…COLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $126,300 · EnvironmentCOLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY INCCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $97,500 · EnvironmentCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INCGROWSMART MAINE: $80,000 · EnvironmentAGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSN INC: $66,904 · Environment+50 more: $1,264,212 · Environment+50 moreTHE DRY FARMING INSTITUTE: $185,150 · Food & NutritionTHE DRY FAR…CCOF FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Food & NutritionCCOF FOUNDA…WOMEN FOOD & AGRICULTURE NETWORK: $41,666 · Food & NutritionWOMEN FOOD …NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION MA CHAPTER INC: $38,011 · Food & NutritionNORTHEAST O…Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc: $34,000 · Food & NutritionConnecticut…COLORADO CATTLEMEN'S AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST: $31,000 · Food & NutritionFEAST DOWN EAST INC: $20,500 · Food & NutritionKENTUCKY BLACK FARMERS ASSOCIATION CORP: $20,500 · Food & Nutrition+11 more: $133,234 · Food & Nutrition+11 moreBLACK FAMILY LAND TRUST INC: $184,492 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $65,456 · Community ImprovementHUDSON VALLEY AGRI-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORP: $60,750 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC: $52,500 · Community ImprovementASIAN BUSINESS INSTITUTE & RESOURCE CENTER: $25,656 · Community ImprovementPOTLIKKER CAPITAL: $20,500 · Community ImprovementCALIFORNIA CENTER FOR COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT: $20,500 · Community ImprovementRAPPU INC: $59,600 · EducationPACE UNIVERSITY: $45,000 · EducationCornell University: $36,014 · EducationCALIFORNIA FARMLINK: $15,448 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $11,612 · EducationBUFFALO GO GREEN INC: $8,584 · EducationMICHIGAN INTEGRATED FOOD AND FARMING SYSTEMS INC: $7,500 · EducationTHE FRESHWATER TRUST: $121,600 · AnimalsKHUBA INTERNATIONAL: $56,500 · Youth DevelopmentMonte Azul Inc: $20,500 · Youth Development
Other$2,679,083Environment$1,769,916Food & Nutrition$604,061Community Improvement$429,854Education$183,758Animals$121,600Youth Development$77,000

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 budgetTHE DRY FARMING INSTITUTE: $185,150 over 2y, 90% of budgetBLACK FAMILY LAND TRUST INC: $184,492 over 3y, 21% of budgetCALIFORNIA CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARMERS INC: $155,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $135,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $126,300 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTHE FRESHWATER TRUST: $121,600 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCCOF FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $97,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGROWSMART MAINE: $80,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetGLYNWOOD CENTER INC: $72,354 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSN INC: $66,904 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $65,456 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUDSON VALLEY AGRI-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORP: $60,750 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetRAPPU INC: $59,600 over 2y, 16% of budgetKHUBA INTERNATIONAL: $56,500 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetCENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC: $52,500 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAcadia Center: $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGenesee Land Trust Inc: $48,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPACE UNIVERSITY: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Land Trust Inc: $44,800 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWOMEN FOOD & AGRICULTURE NETWORK: $41,666 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetTETON REGIONAL LAND TRUST INC: $41,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAlaska Farmland Trust Corporation: $41,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetTRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $41,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPINES AND PRAIRIES LAND TRUST: $41,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetMESA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $41,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGroundswell Center for Local Food and Farming Inc: $39,465 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION MA CHAPTER INC: $38,011 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetATHENS LAND TRUST INC: $37,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCatawba Lands Conservancy: $37,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCornell University: $36,014 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Farmland Trust Inc: $34,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTECUMSEH LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION: $32,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetYOLO LAND TRUST: $31,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetEASTERN SHORE LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $31,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCOLORADO OPEN LANDS: $31,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $31,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTexas Land Conservancy: $31,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBEAUFORT COUNTY OPEN LAND TRUST: $31,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCOLORADO CATTLEMEN'S AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST: $31,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $31,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGROUNDSWELL CONSERVANCY INC: $31,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSARATOGA PLAN INC: $29,280 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPCC FARMLAND TRUST: $29,157 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetROGUE FARM CORPS: $28,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $27,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetASIAN BUSINESS INSTITUTE & RESOURCE CENTER: $25,656 over 2y, 0.7% 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 THE DRY FARMING INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds BLACK FAMILY LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARMERS INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRESHWATER TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CCOF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds GROWSMART MAINE ↗
  • Who funds GLYNWOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSN INC ↗
  • Who funds THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds HUDSON VALLEY AGRI-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds RAPPU INC ↗
  • Who funds KHUBA INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Acadia Center ↗
  • Who funds Genesee Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds PACE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Westchester Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN FOOD & AGRICULTURE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds TETON REGIONAL LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds Alaska Farmland Trust Corporation ↗
  • Who funds TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds PINES AND PRAIRIES LAND TRUST ↗

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.

Land Trust Alliance I…The Nature ConservancyNational Fish and Wil…PatagoniaorgFarm Aid IncUNFI FoundationThe Conservation Fund…Clif Family FoundationCommunity Foundation …Rsf Social Finance IncEarth Island Institut…Resources Legacy Fund
Land Trust Alliance IncDC73.7× affinity37 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Land Trust Alliance Inc · The Nature Conservancy · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Farm Aid Inc · UNFI Foundation · The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Clif Family Foundation · Community Foundation for San Benito County · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Earth Island Institute Inc · Resources Legacy Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 39%
  • Cecil Land Trust Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Rogue Farm Corps: 91% of income from government
  • Hunterdon Land Trust: 48% of income from government
  • World Farmers Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Massaro Community Farm Inc: 27% of income from government
  • The Freshwater Trust: 17% of income from government
  • Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
45report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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 241 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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