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Ascendium Education Solutions Inc

Ascendium education solutions, inc.

$147M
Granted FY2025still arriving
265
Grants FY2025still arriving
41
States reached
$6.9M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$513MEmployment$66MCrime & Legal$20MHuman Services$18MSocial Science$13MCommunity Improvement$10MPublic Safety & Disaster$9.8MPhilanthropy$5.9MOther$0
02FY2025 · 265 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $187k
  • $10k–50k65 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k68 grants · $7.2M
  • $250k+106 grants · $136M
$100,788
Median grant
41
States reached
$213M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC$6,854,650
TEACHERS COLLEGE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$5,850,576
MERIT AMERICA$5,660,000
MDRC$5,545,531
AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$5,279,342
WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES$5,000,000
ACHIEVING THE DREAM INC$3,701,781
UNIVERSITIES OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$3,400,000
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE$3,391,300
BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC$3,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON$2,575,300
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$2,557,000
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION$2,506,700
ONE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC$2,500,000
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY$2,200,000
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 (FY17–25, $41.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC: $3.0M → 17%Hope's Door Inc: $50k → 5%SUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 16%Southwestern WI Community Action Program Inc: $50k → 9%Women's League Child Dev Ctr Inc: $50k → 11%NONVIOLENCE INSTITUTE: $186k → 14%CAROL MATHEY'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $50k → 6%FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC: $174k → 10%NONVIOLENCE INSTITUTE: $30k → 14%REENTRY CAMPUS PROGRAM: $93k → 14%REENTRY CAMPUS PROGRAM: $30k → 14%REENTRY CAMPUS PROGRAM: $130k → 14%FUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $160k → 16%FUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $134k → 16%FUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $129k → 16%WORKINGNATION: $70k → 14%FUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $29k → 16%United Community Center: $146k → 17%GOODMAN CENTER: $100k → 10%United Community Center: $131k → 17%SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $2.5M → 16%SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $2.0M → 16%Vera Court Neighborood Center Inc: $62k → 10%Vera Court Neighborood Center Inc: $56k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 10%SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $180k → 16%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER: $37k → 10%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $34k → 10%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $34k → 10%SUNSHINE PLACE INC: $51k → 10%ECONOMIC MOBILITY CORPORATION: $328k → 17%BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC: $3.0M → 17%BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC: $3.0M → 17%ECONOMIC MOBILITY CORPORATION: $150k → 17%ECONOMIC MOBILITY CORPORATION: $120k → 17%DEERFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER: $33k → 10%YWCA MADISON INC: $50k → 10%THE VILLAGE DIAPER BANK INC: $52k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO INC: $2.5M → 10%ONE CITY SCHOOLS INC: $180k → 10%ONE CITY SCHOOLS INC: $100k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO INC: $100k → 10%FREEDOM INC: $50k → 10%MERIT AMERICA: $7.6M → 14%MERIT AMERICA: $5.7M → 14%Merit America: $5.0M → 14%MERIT AMERICA: $3.0M → 14%MERIT AMERICA: $837k → 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

AK
ME
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ID
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MN
IL
WI
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MA
OR
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IN
OH
PA
NJ
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CO
NE
MO
KY
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VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
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AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$762M · 394 repeat orgs$40M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

394 repeat relationships: 203 still active in FY2025, 191 since wound down; 50 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

394
167

Total granted

$762M
$20M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+3%

Still filing today

74%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20M 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 ServicesCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalPhilanthropyArts & 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

  • SE
    STRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $270M · revenue +29% · 56% of their budget
  • MDRC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $27M · revenue +36%
  • MA
    MERIT AMERICA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $22M · revenue +437%

Funded once

  • LB
    LOUISIANA BOARD OF REGENTS
    one grant, 2024 · $3.3M
  • WR
    WISCONSIN REGIONAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP
    one grant, 2024 · $2.5M · revenue 0% · 62% of their budget
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGESgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $785k · revenue +30%
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
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
2
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
3
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
4
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.

Education
5
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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8
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
9
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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12
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grantmakers for Education; the most unlike its peers is Vogel 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

465 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. 465 of the 626 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.

44
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
74
Early backer (in before they grew)
458/465
Grantees still filing
300/465
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $269,965,386 · Community ImprovementSTRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC+8 more: $12,227,945 · Community ImprovementTeachers College Columbia University: $17,171,271 · EducationTeachers College Columb…ACHIEVING THE DREAM INC: $16,217,698 · EducationACHIEVING THE DREAM INCEDUCATION COMMISSION OF THE STATES: $9,780,288 · EducationEDUCATION COMMISSION OF…EDUCATION DESIGN LAB: $8,492,425 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $6,181,698 · EducationAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $5,943,610 · Education+74 more: $99,448,685 · Education+74 moreUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $12,427,516 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINMadison Area Technical College: $10,238,351 · OtherMadison Area Technical Co…NEW VENTURE FUND: $7,630,125 · Other+77 more: $143,466,994 · Other+77 moreMDRC: $26,823,087 · EmploymentJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $18,443,090 · EmploymentPER SCHOLAS INC: $6,100,000 · EmploymentPROJECT QUEST INC: $3,150,000 · Employment+4 more: $3,986,495 · EmploymentMERIT AMERICA: $22,057,000 · Human ServicesBLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC: $9,000,000 · Human ServicesSocial Finance Inc: $4,725,100 · Human ServicesCENTRO HISPANO INC: $2,640,000 · Human Services+4 more: $2,700,350 · Human ServicesTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $16,632,410 · Social ScienceAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $10,396,767 · Social ScienceITHAKA HARBORS INC: $5,914,616 · Social ScienceTHE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY: $2,933,426 · Social ScienceTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $1,699,800 · Social Science+2 more: $1,860,400 · Social ScienceROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $4,351,000 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $3,084,745 · PhilanthropyWISCONSIN REGIONAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP: $2,500,000 · PhilanthropyRockwood Leadership Institute: $2,491,614 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $1,231,815 · PhilanthropyMADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000,392 · PhilanthropyPHILANTHROPY WEST VIRGINIA INC: $750,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500,000 · Philanthropy
Community Improvement$282,193,331Education$163,235,675Other$173,762,986Employment$58,502,672Human Services$41,122,450Social Science$39,437,419Philanthropy$15,909,566

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 budgetSTRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $269,965,386 over 6y, 56% of budgetMDRC: $26,823,087 over 9y, 8.2% of budgetMERIT AMERICA: $22,057,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $18,443,090 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $17,171,271 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $16,632,410 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetACHIEVING THE DREAM INC: $16,217,698 over 9y, 21% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $10,396,767 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetEDUCATION COMMISSION OF THE STATES: $9,780,288 over 9y, 17% of budgetBLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC: $9,000,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetEDUCATION DESIGN LAB: $8,492,425 over 5y, 28% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $7,630,125 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $6,181,698 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC: $6,100,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $5,943,610 over 7y, 14% of budgetITHAKA HARBORS INC: $5,914,616 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetWISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $5,000,000 over 1y, 60% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC: $4,989,198 over 7y, 26% of budgetSocial Finance Inc: $4,725,100 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $4,600,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY BUSINESS OFFICERS: $4,537,371 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $4,351,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $4,185,200 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetTEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $4,107,800 over 2y, 39% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CHANGE: $3,584,764 over 7y, 42% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $3,492,000 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetRESILIENCE EDUCATION: $3,223,700 over 3y, 62% of budgetJOHN N GARDNER INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,178,900 over 5y, 44% of budgetPROJECT QUEST INC: $3,150,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCENTER FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE AND CULTURE INC: $3,126,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $3,084,745 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $3,038,592 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY: $2,933,426 over 5y, 75% of budgetNATL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE RESEARCH CENTER: $2,894,181 over 6y, 16% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC: $2,782,850 over 3y, 51% of budgetTHE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC: $2,780,391 over 6y, 13% of budgetNEW AMERICA FOUNDATION: $2,780,200 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $2,758,783 over 4y, 10.0% of budgetTENNESSEE HIGHER EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC: $2,700,611 over 3y, 58% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $2,651,850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $2,651,432 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRO HISPANO INC: $2,640,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc: $2,560,550 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetNATIONAL COLLEGE ATTAINMENT NETWORK: $2,534,318 over 9y, 10.0% of budgetWISCONSIN REGIONAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP: $2,500,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetONE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetRockwood Leadership Institute: $2,491,614 over 3y, 16% of budgetNPOWER INC: $2,419,100 over 2y, 4.6% 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 STRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MDRC ↗
  • Who funds MERIT AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds Teachers College Columbia University ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVING THE DREAM INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION COMMISSION OF THE STATES ↗
  • Who funds BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION DESIGN LAB ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PER SCHOLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ↗
  • Who funds ITHAKA HARBORS INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Social Finance Inc ↗
  • Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY BUSINESS OFFICERS ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC ↗
  • Who funds RESILIENCE EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds JOHN N GARDNER INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT QUEST 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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Ecmc FoundationMadison Community Fou…Madison Gas and Elect…The Evjue Foundation …Lumina Foundation for…Trustage Foundation I…United Way of Dane Co…American Indian Highe…American Indian Colle…Strada Education Foun…Endres Manufacturing …Gates Foundation
Ecmc FoundationMN85.8× affinity64 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ecmc Foundation · Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · American Indian Higher Education Consortium Inc · American Indian College Fund · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Gates 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 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ascendium Education Solutions Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Center On Rural Innovation Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Goodwill Industries International Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • The Petey Greene Program Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Social Finance Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Jobs for the Future Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Achieving the Dream Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Emerson College: 0% of income from government
  • Portland State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 626 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

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 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