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Beane Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$212k
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$271kArts & Culture$203kHuman Services$141kInternational$128kHealth$106kFood & Nutrition$88kAnimals$86kHousing & Shelter$85kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $135k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $78k
$5,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM SUPPORTERS$37,500
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE$20,000
IRC - INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$10,000
REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE (ReWA)$10,000
CASCADIA ART MUSEUM$5,300
DIRECT RELIEF$5,000
LYNNWOOD FOOD BANK$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$5,000
ACTION AGAINST HUNGER$5,000
INNOCENCE PROJECT INC$5,000
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND$5,000
WEBSTER HOUSE$5,000
BOYS TOWN$5,000
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET$5,000
TIGER SANCTUARIES INC$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $144k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 37% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CASCADIA ART MUSEUM: $5k → 9%WEBSTER HOUSE: $5k → 7%WEBSTER HOUSE: $5k → 7%WEBSTER HOUSE: $5k → 7%WEBSTER HOUSE: $5k → 7%WEBSTER HOUSE: $5k → 7%WEBSTER HOUSE: $5k → 7%Webster House: $5k → 7%Webster House: $3k → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5k → 17%Jewish Family Service: $1k → 9%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $4k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SEATTLE: $1k → 9%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $4k → 17%STOLENYOUTH: $1k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE (ReWA): $10k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE (ReWA): $10k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $8k → 9%ReWA - REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $5k → 9%ReWA - REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $5k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE (ReWA): $5k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $3k → 9%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

ME
VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
NV
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
TN
NC
DC
AL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 50 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
12

Total granted

$1.3M
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
0%

Still filing today

78%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsArts & CultureRecreation & 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

  • WC
    Wellesley College
    6× · 2018–2024 · $103k · revenue +81%
  • TS
    THE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES
    4× · 2018–2022 · $52k · revenue +128%
  • LC
    LAFAYETTE COLLEGE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $47k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • IT
    ISLAND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • EARTHJUSTICEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue +36%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
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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2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
5
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.

—
6
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
7
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
8
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

—
9
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
10
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Cascadia Art Museum. 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

60 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. 60 of the 76 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/60
Grantees still filing
39/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Wellesley College: $103,000 · EducationWellesley CollegeTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $52,000 · EducationTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ART…LAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $47,000 · EducationLAFAYETTE COLLEGEBOSTON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS INC: $40,000 · EducationBOSTON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF …AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $40,000 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FU…SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC: $22,740 · EducationSNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND…ELEVATED THOUGHT INC: $18,624 · EducationELEVATED THOUGHT INC+2 more: $5,500 · EducationSEATTLE ART MUSEUM SUPPORTERS: $102,324 · OtherSEATTLE ART MUSEUM SUPPORTERSIRC - INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $40,000 · OtherIRC - INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEEGATHER (SEACOAST FAMILY FOOD PANTRY): $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherALSAC - ST JUDE'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $20,000 · OtherSTREETSQUASH INC: $40,026 · OtherSTREETSQUASH INCHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $30,000 · OtherNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $30,000 · OtherWOMENAID OF GREATER PORTSMOUTH: $35,000 · OtherWOMENAID OF GREATER PORTSMOUTHARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF: $30,000 · Other+28 more: $196,078 · Other+28 moreRefugee Womens Alliance: $45,000 · Human ServicesRefugee Wome…WEBSTER HOUSE: $38,070 · Human ServicesWEBSTER HOUS…THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $28,077 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENC…COVENANT HOUSE: $25,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOU…COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY: $10,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY AC…MARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $7,372 · Human Services+3 more: $8,300 · Human ServicesPOLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $40,000 · AnimalsBLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION: $32,325 · AnimalsNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESCUED ANIMALS DBA TIGER CREEK ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $23,624 · AnimalsTIGER SANCTUARIES INC: $5,000 · AnimalsORCA CONSERVANCY: $4,000 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $3,682 · AnimalsDIRECT RELIEF: $45,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $25,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $13,070 · InternationalGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $5,000 · InternationalNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $40,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $29,077 · Civil RightsTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC: $7,479 · Civil RightsPACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET ASSOCIATION: $33,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $14,000 · Arts & CultureTown Hall Association: $11,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND: $2,500 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE OPERA: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Education$328,864Other$578,428Human Services$161,819Animals$108,631International$98,070Civil Rights$76,556Arts & Culture$63,000

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 budgetWellesley College: $103,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $52,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $47,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $45,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee Womens Alliance: $45,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSTREETSQUASH INC: $40,026 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBOSTON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPOLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $40,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWEBSTER HOUSE: $38,070 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWOMENAID OF GREATER PORTSMOUTH: $35,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetPACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET ASSOCIATION: $33,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION: $32,325 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetNORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $30,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $29,077 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $28,077 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESCUED ANIMALS DBA TIGER CREEK ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $23,624 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC: $22,740 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetELEVATED THOUGHT INC: $18,624 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetPLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $13,070 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTown Hall Association: $11,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLYNNWOOD FOOD BANK: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC: $7,479 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $7,372 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $6,060 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADIA ART MUSEUM: $5,300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MOUNTAINEERS: $5,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge Pocock Rowing Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORCA CONSERVANCY: $4,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTHE ALOHA FOUNDATION INC: $3,618 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE OPERA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Wellesley College ↗
  • Who funds THE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds LAFAYETTE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds Refugee Womens Alliance ↗
  • Who funds STREETSQUASH INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS INC ↗
  • Who funds POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds WEBSTER HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds WOMENAID OF GREATER PORTSMOUTH ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BLUE OCEAN SOCIETY FOR MARINE CONSERVATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds ARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESCUED ANIMALS DBA TIGER CREEK ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds ELEVATED THOUGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Town Hall Association ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY ↗

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.

Seattle FoundationNew Hampshire Charita…Wyman Youth TrustRaikes FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Lucky Seven FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…United Way Of Massach…ArtsfundMightycause Charitabl…M J Murdock Charitabl…
Seattle FoundationWA22.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Wyman Youth Trust · Raikes Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Artsfund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust

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 Beane Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Beane Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Snow Farm- the New England Craft Program Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
18report 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 76 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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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