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Argyros Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$34M
Granted FY2025still arriving
132
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$6.3M
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$47MEducation$35MArts & Culture$21MPhilanthropy$6.1MPublic Benefit$5.7MSocial Science$5.3MYouth Development$3.8MHuman Services$1.9MOther$0
02FY2025 · 132 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k23 grants · $85k
  • $10k–50k63 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k24 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+22 grants · $31M
$25,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$312M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF HOPE$6,266,371
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$4,015,451
CHILENO BAY FOUNDATION INC$3,005,278
MILKEN INSTITUTE$2,551,156
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER$2,009,594
SUN VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$1,752,009
HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,727,513
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY$1,050,227
GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL CENTER$1,048,596
LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION$1,000,000
UC IRVINE FOUNDATION$758,530
BLAIR HOUSE FOUNDATION$700,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER$570,148
AFTER SCHOOL ALL STARS$559,270
HORATIO ALGER ASSOC OF DISTING AMERICAN$539,660
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, $2.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ELEPHANT CLUB: $190k → 11%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 14%ONE HEART BULGARIA: $20k → 12%COMMUNITY CANCER FUND: $25k → 12%ELEPHANT CLUB: $185k → 11%ONE HEART BULGARIA: $20k → 12%COMMUNITY CANCER FUND: $10k → 12%ELEPHANT CLUB: $75k → 11%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 14%ONE HEART BULGARIA: $15k → 12%ELEPHANT CLUB: $70k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $105k → 14%ONE HEART BULGARIA: $13k → 12%ELEPHANT CLUB: $33k → 11%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $100k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100k → 14%ONE HEART BULGARIA: $12k → 12%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $20k → 14%ONE HEART BULGARIA: $10k → 12%SERVING PEOPLE IN NEED: $25k → 10%CELEBRITY ADVENTURES INC: $500k → 11%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $100k → 7%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $53k → 7%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $51k → 7%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $50k → 7%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $50k → 7%SHARE OUR SELVES: $60k → 10%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NEWPORT-MESA: $50k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES: $25k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES: $20k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES: $20k → 10%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NEWPORT-MESA: $13k → 10%LAURA'S HOUSE: $250k → 10%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%LAURA'S HOUSE: $75k → 10%LAURA'S HOUSE: $25k → 10%LAURA'S HOUSE: $25k → 10%LAURA'S HOUSE: $25k → 10%LAURA'S HOUSE: $25k → 10%COUNCIL ON AGING-ORANGE COUNTY: $10k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $50k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $25k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $25k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $25k → 10%MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $60k → 10%MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $50k → 10%MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $50k → 10%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

WA
ID
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
SC
DC
HI
LA
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$113M · 196 repeat orgs$6.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

196 repeat relationships: 99 still active in FY2025, 97 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

196
184

Total granted

$113M
$4.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+17%

Still filing today

68%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyRecreation & 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

  • HH
    HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $9.5M · revenue +300%
  • SC
    Segerstrom Center for the Arts
    9× · 2017–2025 · $6.6M · revenue +57%
  • CF
    CHOC FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6.1M · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • U(
    UCI (DEPT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY)
    one grant, 2024 · $696k
  • CA
    CELEBRITY ADVENTURES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $500k · revenue 0%
  • AI
    ARTSOK INC - KRISTIN CHENOWETH ARTS
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
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
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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2
The San Diego Foundation

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

Philanthropy
3
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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4
California Dental Association Foundation

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

Science & Tech
5
League of California Community Foundations

The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…

Philanthropy
6
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

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

Education
7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
California State University Long Beach Research Foundation

Serves the mission of the university by supporting and engaging in research, entrepreneurship, community service, sponsored programs and the acquisition of private resources.

Education
9
Altamed Health Services Corporation

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

Health
10
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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11
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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12
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orange County Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Matt Leinart Foundation. 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

280 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. 280 of the 421 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.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
64
Early backer (in before they grew)
267/280
Grantees still filing
191/280
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF HOPE: $16,904,171 · OtherCITY OF HOPETHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $5,266,372 · OtherTHE MILKEN INSTITUTEGEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY: $2,005,184 · Other+104 more: $20,572,000 · Other+104 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $13,389,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIF…CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $5,549,422 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITYORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION: $3,494,421 · EducationORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE …THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $3,219,260 · EducationTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATIONHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $2,057,320 · EducationHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTIN…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $1,691,875 · Education+19 more: $3,949,912 · Education+19 moreHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $9,510,232 · HealthHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDAT…CHOC FOUNDATION: $6,087,621 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATIONEisenhower Medical Center: $6,048,707 · HealthEisenhower Medical Ce…ALZHEIMER'S ORANGE COUNTY: $1,839,253 · HealthALZHEIMER'S ORANGE CO…+13 more: $1,408,002 · Health+13 moreSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $6,625,304 · Arts & CultureSegerstrom Cent…SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC: $4,247,305 · Arts & CultureSOUTH COAST REP…SUN VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS INC: $2,827,009 · Arts & CultureSUN VALLEY PERF…CROSWELL OPERA HOUSE & FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $1,530,000 · Arts & CultureCROSWELL OPERA …BALBOA ISLAND MUSEUM: $1,385,000 · Arts & CultureBALBOA ISLAND M…BLAIR HOUSE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $1,199,790 · Arts & Culture+9 moreCHILENO BAY FOUNDATION INC: $3,155,278 · PhilanthropyCELEBRITY FIGHT NIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $1,453,368 · PhilanthropyLENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Philanthropy+11 more: $764,500 · PhilanthropyELEPHANT COOPERATION: $1,029,521 · Human ServicesLAURA'S HOUSE: $534,611 · Human ServicesCELEBRITY ADVENTURES INC: $500,000 · Human ServicesWord of Honor Fund: $369,737 · Human ServicesDECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY: $263,000 · Human ServicesSTARS AND STRIPES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $234,200 · Human ServicesMUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $225,250 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $205,000 · Human Services+11 more: $807,500 · Human ServicesOPERATION SMILE INC: $1,448,193 · International+2 more: $50,000 · International
Other$44,747,727Education$33,351,210Health$24,893,815Arts & Culture$18,814,408Philanthropy$6,373,146Human Services$4,168,819International$1,498,193

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $13,389,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $9,510,232 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $6,625,304 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $6,087,621 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $6,048,707 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $5,549,422 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $5,266,372 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC: $4,247,305 over 6y, 18% of budgetORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION: $3,494,421 over 8y, 30% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $3,219,260 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCHILENO BAY FOUNDATION INC: $3,155,278 over 4y, 20% of budgetSUN VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS INC: $2,827,009 over 2y, 82% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $2,057,320 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetALZHEIMER'S ORANGE COUNTY: $1,839,253 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $1,691,875 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetCROSWELL OPERA HOUSE & FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $1,530,000 over 8y, 80% of budgetCELEBRITY FIGHT NIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $1,453,368 over 6y, 44% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $1,448,193 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBALBOA ISLAND MUSEUM: $1,385,000 over 7y, 37% of budgetSUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $1,186,129 over 6y, 13% of budgetELEPHANT COOPERATION: $1,029,521 over 8y, 26% of budgetBLAIR HOUSE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $764,270 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $749,832 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHarbor Day School: $746,889 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTHE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION: $686,245 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $601,289 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSun Valley Community School Inc: $600,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $540,700 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLAURA'S HOUSE: $534,611 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetTHE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS THEATRE COMPANY: $510,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetCELEBRITY ADVENTURES INC: $500,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetADRIAN SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $425,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: $375,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWord of Honor Fund: $369,737 over 8y, 21% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC OF OC: $330,141 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $275,850 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ORANGE COUNTY: $265,000 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetSAGE HILL SCHOOL: $263,634 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY: $263,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetProject Hope Alliance: $250,000 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetMARINERS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $249,697 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $248,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSTARS AND STRIPES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $234,200 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetMUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $225,250 over 6y, 14% of budgetTARBUT V'TORAH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL: $218,100 over 8y, 0.2% 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 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Segerstrom Center for the Arts ↗
  • Who funds CHOC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE MILKEN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILENO BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SUN VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CROSWELL OPERA HOUSE & FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CELEBRITY FIGHT NIGHT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds BALBOA ISLAND MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds SUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds ELEPHANT COOPERATION ↗
  • Who funds BLAIR HOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Harbor Day School ↗
  • Who funds THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Sun Valley Community School Inc ↗
  • 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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA88.6× affinity72 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Croul Family Foundation · Samueli Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Orange County's United Way · The Crean Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare 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 Argyros Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Argyros Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Icivics Inc: 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
53report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 421 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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