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American Federation for Aging Research Inc

The american federation for aging research (afar) is a national organization whose mission is to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research.

$13M
Granted FY2024still arriving
57
Grants FY2024still arriving
23
States reached
$905k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 52% of AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH INC’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $253k
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $2.4M
  • $250k+21 grants · $10M
$150,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$48M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY$905,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$776,450
BOSTON UNIVERSITY$757,500
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$750,000
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$750,000
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$525,000
UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER$450,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE$428,978
YALE UNIVERSITY$414,453
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$380,000
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INC$375,000
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$375,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$375,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$375,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$375,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 81% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $375k → 15%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $758k → 7%BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INC: $375k → 16%MAYO CLINIC: $435k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $750k → 11%PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $1.1M → 16%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $360k → 8%BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $750k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: $375k → 10%Sanford-Burnham Presbyterian: $360k → 11%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $375k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $375k → 14%SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $375k → 14%Cornell: $300k → 16%ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: $675k → 28%UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER: $450k → 14%BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: $380k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $400k → 14%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $375k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $500k → 10%YALE UNIVERSITY: $1.2M → 12%CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR: $375k → 16%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $375k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $375k → 8%LOUISIANA STATE UNIV AND A&M COLLEGE: $375k → 19%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $710k → 19%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $525k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $750k → 16%Stanford University: $340k → 8%SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $300k → 11%University of Southern California: $320k → 14%ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE MEDICINE: $375k → 28%UNIVERSITY TEXAS HEALTH HOUSTON: $300k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $300k → 14%YALE UNIVERSITY: $414k → 12%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $300k → 8%REGENTS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES: $755k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $320k → 14%HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL: $975k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO: $776k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE: $429k → 19%Harvard Medical School: $470k → 16%ORENTREICH FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: $375k → 17%Harvard Medical School: $320k → 16%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $375k → 17%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $375k → 17%ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $905k → 17%ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $741k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$37M · 61 repeat orgs$6.8M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +49% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

61 repeat relationships — 36 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
37

Total granted

$37M
$4.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+17%

Still filing today

44%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthScience & TechSocial ScienceRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AE
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +293%
  • TR
    THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +33%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2018–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    one grant, 2023 · $741k · revenue +8%
  • N
    NIHNIA
    one grant, 2023 · $375k
  • UO
    University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $375k · revenue +11%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
2
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
3
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
4
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
5
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

The graduate school of the stowers institute for medical research ("gssimr") exempt purpose is to provide graduate education that will prepare scholars for scientific research in the biological sciences.

Education
6
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
7
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
8
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
9
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
10
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
11
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…

Health
12
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trustees of Boston University and the most unlike its peers is Orentreich Foundation for the Advancement of Science Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHealth Access Advocacy and …Community College Foundatio…Policy Research and AdvocacyCancer Support ServicesCommunity FoundationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 62 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr16%13%20–35yr13%12%35–55yr16%56%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%7%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr16%6%20–35yr13%9%35–55yr16%67%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/121
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,444

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 67 of the 121 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/67
Grantees still filing
51/67
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO — $2,102,734 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGOPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — $1,975,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO — $1,870,873 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCOREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA — $1,262,904 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — $1,175,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — $1,160,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $1,147,887 · OtherIndiana University School of Medicine — $1,101,482 · OtherUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center — $1,084,901 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTE — $1,036,118 · OtherUniversity of Wisconsin Madison — $1,024,184 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — $970,000 · Other+52 more — $12,242,710 · Other+52 moreYale University — $2,146,850 · EducationYale UniversityPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $1,840,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeAlbert Einstein College of Medicine — $1,449,593 · EducationAlbert Einstein College of MedicineTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $1,285,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFO…THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY — $1,265,000 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $1,194,212 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $1,065,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $1,064,514 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $985,249 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $862,930 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE — $762,500 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $748,750 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $740,751 · Education+18 more — $4,917,759 · Education+18 moreMAYO CLINIC — $1,093,639 · HealthOklahoma Medical Research Foundation — $575,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $375,000 · HealthSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE — $330,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $300,000 · HealthDartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic — $163,789 · HealthAcademy for Health & Lifespan Research Inc — $139,205 · HealthTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $124,999 · Health+10 more — $628,000 · HealthBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING — $810,000 · Social ScienceNorthwestern University — $790,000 · Recreation & SportsBROWN UNIVERSITY — $235,000 · Community ImprovementThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies — $60,000 · Science & TechMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY — $25,000 · Science & TechGORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES INC — $10,000 · Science & TechKEYSTONE SYMPOSIA ON MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY — $10,000 · Science & TechACADEMICS FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE INC — $6,500 · Science & Tech
Other$28,153,793Education$20,328,108Health$3,729,632Social Science$810,000Recreation & Sports$790,000Community Improvement$235,000Science & Tech$111,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetYale University — $2,146,850 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $1,840,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlbert Einstein College of Medicine — $1,449,593 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $1,285,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY — $1,265,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $1,194,212 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $1,147,887 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC — $1,093,639 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $1,065,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $1,064,514 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $985,249 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $862,930 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING — $810,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNorthwestern University — $790,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE — $762,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $748,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $740,751 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University — $624,997 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOklahoma Medical Research Foundation — $575,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES — $512,434 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine — $480,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University — $470,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation — $375,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $375,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — $375,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORENTREICH FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE INC — $375,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — $375,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University — $374,828 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $345,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE — $330,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York — $314,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $300,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY — $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY — $235,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic — $163,789 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAcademy for Health & Lifespan Research Inc — $139,205 over 1y, 31% of budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $124,999 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation — $120,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — $120,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute For Cancer Research — $108,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY — $107,934 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC — $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION — $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY — $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies — $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER — $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds Albert Einstein College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds Baylor College of Medicine ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Trustees of Colum…Mayo ClinicWashington UniversityYale UniversityJohns Hopkins Univers…American Cancer Socie…Alzheimer's Disease &…Cystic Fibrosis Found…American Heart Associ…University of Pittsbu…Brightfocus FoundationHoward Hughes Medical…
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY25.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Mayo Clinic · Washington University · Yale University · Johns Hopkins University · American Cancer Society Inc · Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc · Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · American Heart Association Inc · University of Pittsburgh · Brightfocus Foundation · Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization American Federation for Aging Research Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Inc — 35% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology — 35% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation — 31% of income from government
  • Marine Biological Laboratory — 20% of income from government
  • Society for Muscle Biology Inc — 17% of income from government
  • Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology — 14% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College — 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
  • Yale University — 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation — 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University — 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College — 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 121 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines