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Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc

Aura provides innovative, open resources to enable discovery and excellence in research, to unify the astrophysics communities, and to promote public understanding of our universe and the benefits of scientific exploration.

$68M
Granted FY2025still arriving
166
Grants FY2025still arriving
44
States reached
$3.8M
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.

Science & Tech$307MEducation$197k
02FY2025 · 166 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 166 grants below total $64,708,139, the rows itemized in this filing. The $67,764,530 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,056,391 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k39 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k56 grants · $6.6M
  • $250k+63 grants · $57M
$132,305
Median grant
44
States reached
$147M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$3,824,351
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$2,937,782
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY$2,263,780
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$2,231,950
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$2,119,214
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER$1,858,680
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$1,825,549
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND$1,658,236
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY$1,599,046
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES$1,545,129
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$1,517,856
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - AMHERST$1,320,833
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$1,263,268
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON$1,202,662
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$1,191,562
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WIYN CONSORTIUM INC: $2.3M → 15%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SANTA CRUZ: $1.5M → 13%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $2.9M → 14%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $2.1M → 10%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $1.5M → 14%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER: $1.9M → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER: $1.5M → 12%WIYN CONSORTIUM INC: $2.2M → 15%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY: $2.7M → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SANTA CRUZ: $1.4M → 13%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $2.5M → 14%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $2.1M → 10%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER: $1.6M → 12%THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $2.2M → 19%WIYN CONSORTIUM INC: $2.2M → 15%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY: $2.3M → 10%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1.8M → 14%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $1.9M → 10%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER: $1.4M → 12%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $1.7M → 11%THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $2.2M → 19%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY: $2.2M → 10%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1.8M → 14%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $1.4M → 10%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER: $1.4M → 12%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1.8M → 8%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY: $2.1M → 10%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1.7M → 14%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1.6M → 14%GMTO CORPORATION INC: $5.4M → 14%GMTO CORPORATION INC: $5.1M → 14%GMTO CORPORATION INC: $3.1M → 14%GMTO CORPORATION INC: $2.5M → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $3.8M → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $3.2M → 15%GMTO CORPORATION INC: $1.5M → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $2.7M → 15%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES: $1.5M → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $2.4M → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $2.1M → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $2.1M → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $1.9M → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $1.8M → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $1.5M → 15%SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY: $1.6M → 8%WIYN CONSORTIUM INCE: $2.0M → 15%WIYN CONSORTIUM INC: $2.0M → 15%WIYN CONSORTIUM INC: $1.9M → 15%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
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$340M · 186 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

186 repeat relationships: 139 still active in FY2025, 47 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

186
33

Total granted

$340M
$2.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+80%

Still filing today

47%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $266k 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
EducationScience & TechArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • GC
    GMTO CORPORATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $18M · revenue ×11 · 74% of their budget
  • CI
    CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $16M · revenue +14%
  • WC
    WIYN CONSORTIUM INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $14M · revenue +28% · 65% of their budget

Funded once

  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
    one grant, 2017 · $1.5M
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $406k · revenue +196%
  • TA
    Texas A&M University-Commerce
    one grant, 2017 · $156k
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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
3
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
4
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
5
Trustees of Clark University

Clark university's mission is to educate undergraduate and graduate students to be imaginative and contributing citizens of the world, and to advance the frontiers of knowledge and understanding through rigorous scholarship and creative…

Education
6
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
7
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
8
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
9
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
10
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
The Central European University

Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of the Pacific; the most unlike its peers is Las Cumbres Observatory Gtn 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

124 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. 124 of the 243 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
124/124
Grantees still filing
98/124
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $21,615,960 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $11,382,114 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXASCOLORADO ENERGY OFFICE: $10,999,516 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $10,981,434 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $9,603,526 · OtherREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA: $8,998,518 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $7,426,252 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $7,067,751 · Other+100 more: $119,249,552 · Other+100 moreCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $15,506,295 · EducationCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHN…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $13,786,486 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $8,483,325 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Te…The Trustees of Princeton University: $8,097,793 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton Uni…University of Chicago: $7,364,771 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $5,724,517 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harv…University of Notre Dame du Lac: $3,759,720 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,689,182 · Education+65 more: $28,553,051 · Education+65 moreGMTO CORPORATION: $17,531,650 · Science & TechGMTO CORPORATIONWIYN CONSORTIUM INC: $14,312,010 · Science & TechWIYN CONSORTIUM …CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON: $7,692,832 · Science & TechCARNEGIE INSTITU…SOAR CONSORTIUM INC: $3,950,869 · Science & TechSOAR CONSORTIUM …Southwest Research Institute: $3,633,086 · Science & TechSouthwest Resear…INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $2,064,286 · Science & Tech+8 more: $5,974,618 · Science & Tech+8 moreSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $7,244,897 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,768,119 · Arts & CultureNorthwestern University: $3,945,664 · Recreation & SportsGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $326,590 · HealthBay Area Environmental Research Institute: $141,950 · Environment
Other$207,324,623Education$94,965,140Science & Tech$55,159,351Arts & Culture$9,013,016Recreation & Sports$3,945,664Health$326,590Environment$141,950

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%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGMTO CORPORATION: $17,531,650 over 5y, 74% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $15,506,295 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWIYN CONSORTIUM INC: $14,312,010 over 8y, 65% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $13,786,486 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $8,483,325 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $8,097,793 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON: $7,692,832 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $7,364,771 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $7,244,897 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $5,724,517 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSOAR CONSORTIUM INC: $3,950,869 over 4y, 32% of budgetNorthwestern University: $3,945,664 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $3,759,720 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,689,182 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSouthwest Research Institute: $3,633,086 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $3,260,980 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYale University: $3,050,734 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $2,064,286 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,788,109 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,768,119 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $1,676,578 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $1,546,458 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $1,541,665 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE: $1,439,748 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetSETI INSTITUTE: $1,345,765 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $1,315,910 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPlanetary Science Institute: $1,235,057 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $1,234,661 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $1,197,959 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $1,071,299 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLOWELL OBSERVATORY: $1,016,900 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetNew York University: $1,014,272 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $820,679 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $786,280 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $707,751 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC: $692,682 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $676,325 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $641,027 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $589,907 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $551,698 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $508,743 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBucknell University: $505,076 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $442,108 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $432,765 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $406,389 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $398,202 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $388,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $359,389 over 4y, 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 GMTO CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds WIYN CONSORTIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds SOAR CONSORTIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds Southwest Research Institute ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗

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.

American Chemical Soc…Johns Hopkins Univers…The Trustees of Colum…National Collegiate A…Folds of Honor Founda…Northeastern Universi…Tulsa Community Found…Vanderbilt UniversityNational Writing Proj…University of Souther…Trustees of Boston Un…Kpmg US Foundation Inc
American Chemical SocietyDC59.5× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Chemical Society · Johns Hopkins University · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Northeastern University · Tulsa Community Foundation · Vanderbilt University · National Writing Project Corporation · University of Southern California · Trustees of Boston University · Kpmg US Foundation Inc

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 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% 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
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Florida Institute of Technology Inc: 5% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Bridgewater State University Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Saint Michael's College: 0% of income from government
  • Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
  • The University of Tampa Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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 243 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