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Blue Mountain Community Foundation

The mission of BLUE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is to be the catalyst that transforms the blue mountain region by growing generosity and connecting people, charitable causes, and community needs.

$7.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
121
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$501k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$7.5MEducation$6.9MArts & Culture$4.8MHealth$3.8MReligion$2.1MEnvironment$1.6MAnimals$1.3MYouth Development$967kOther$0
02FY2025 · 121 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 121 grants below total $5,526,254, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,006,628 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,480,374 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 $10k32 grants · $216k
  • $10k–50k58 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k27 grants · $2.8M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.4M
$16,285
Median grant
5
States reached
$113M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRISTIAN AID CENTER$501,340
YWCA$301,944
BLUE MOUNTAIN LAND TRUST$279,903
PROVIDENCE ST MARY FOUNDATION$278,428
WALLA WALLA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS$226,894
WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$201,569
WALLA WALLA SYMPHONY$173,958
BLUE MOUNTAIN HUMANE SOCIETY$165,828
BLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCIL (BMAC)$156,765
VITAL WINES$152,148
FORT WALLA WALLA MUSEUM$137,297
VALLEY ADVENTIST SCHOOLS$129,616
DAYTON SCHOOL DISTRICT$120,680
YMCA$120,659
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$108,166
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 (FY19–25, $4.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PROJECT TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN AID CENTER: $30k → 12%PROJECT TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN AID CENTER: $27k → 12%PROJECT TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN AID CENTER: $26k → 12%PROJECT TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN AID CENTER: $22k → 12%YWCA: $572k → 13%YWCA: $461k → 13%YWCA: $364k → 13%YWCA: $302k → 13%YMCA: $237k → 13%YMCA: $198k → 13%YWCA: $149k → 13%YMCA: $146k → 13%YMCA: $121k → 13%YMCA: $121k → 13%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON - WALLA WALLA: $81k → 13%AKIN FAMILY - WALLA WALLA: $81k → 13%AKIN FAMILY - WALLA WALLA: $66k → 13%Hope Street: $61k → 13%Walla Walla Senior Citizens Center Inc dba Center at the Park: $50k → 13%WALLA WALLA VALLEY DISABILITY NETWORK: $49k → 13%Catholic Charities Eastern Washington: $44k → 13%WALLA WALLA SENIOR CENTER: $43k → 13%HOPE STREET: $43k → 13%Walla Walla Senior Center: $42k → 13%WALLA WALLA SENIOR CENTER: $41k → 13%Children's Home Society: $41k → 13%WALLA WALLA SENIOR CENTER: $40k → 13%WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY HOSPICE: $39k → 13%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON - WALLA WALLA: $38k → 13%WALLA WALLA VALLEY DISABILITY NETWORK: $38k → 13%YWCA: $38k → 13%WALLA WALLA VALLEY DISABILITY NETWORK: $37k → 13%Walla Walla Community Hospice: $36k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES EASTERN WASHINGTON: $31k → 13%HOPE STREET: $31k → 13%WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY HOSPICE: $30k → 13%HOPE STREET: $30k → 13%YWCA: $29k → 13%WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY HOSPICE: $28k → 13%WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY HOSPICE: $28k → 13%WALLA WALLA SENIOR CENTER: $27k → 13%YMCA: $27k → 13%HOPE STREET: $25k → 13%YMCA: $23k → 13%Walla Walla Valley Disability Network: $21k → 13%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $20k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES EASTERN WASHINGTON: $20k → 13%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $19k → 13%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
MN
IL
WI
NY
OR
CA
UT
CO
AZ
KS
AR
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$32M · 134 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

134 repeat relationships: 100 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

134
64

Total granted

$32M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+2%

Still filing today

63%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $128k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • YW
    YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WALLA WALLA
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +76%
  • BM
    BLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCIL
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +153%
  • WW
    WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +209%

Funded once

  • WW
    WALLA WALLA PICKLEBALL ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $113k · revenue -73% · 58% of their budget
  • CO
    CITY OF POMEROY
    one grant, 2021 · $101k
  • CP
    COLUMBIA-BURBANK PARENT TEACHER ORG PTO BOOSTERS-YOUTH ACTIVITIES
    one grant, 2021 · $98k
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
Wallowa Valley Arts Council

To promote the arts in wallowa county, oregon.

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2
The Wallace Medical Concern

We partner with our community to make good health possible for all. wallace serves individuals and families who face barriers to care throughout the east multnomah county in the portland metropolitan area.

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3
Washington Museum Association

The Washington Museum Association was established to represent and serve museums of all types and sizes throughout Washington State

Arts & Culture
4
Southwest Washington Center for the Arts
Philanthropy
5
Washington Health Care Association

Trade association dedicated to providing educational opportunities, legal and regulatory advice, quality compliance assistance, lobbying and discounted group member benefits for long-term care facilities.

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6
Willapa Bay AiR
Arts & Culture
7
Spirit of Wenatchee
Education
8
Wakulla Community Theater
Arts & Culture
9
Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce

The walla walla valley chamber of commerce is a member-focused organization and community partner that fosters a sustainable, healthy and vibrant economic environment through business promotion, advocacy, education and services.

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10
Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness Inc

Strength in every struggle and hope in every heart.

Health
11
Wallingford Community Senior Center

WCSC connects and empowers older adults to live happy, healthy, and engaged lives.

Philanthropy
12
Central Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

We increase access to economic opportunities for business owners, entrepreneurs, and individuals in Central Washington by connecting and providing them with resources, representation, and opportunities to build community.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Women's Christian Association of Walla Walla; the most unlike its peers is Doughty Home for Veteran Women. 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

123 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. 123 of the 217 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.

33
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
118/123
Grantees still filing
75/123
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRISTIAN AID CENTER: $1,759,539 · OtherCHRISTIAN AID CENTERWALLA WALLA VALLEY ACADEMY: $1,463,693 · OtherWALLA WALLA VALLEY ACADEMYUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: $1,333,160 · OtherUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCEFort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Society: $1,045,004 · OtherFort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Socie…Lillie Rice Center: $624,643 · OtherBLUE MOUNTAIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $999,909 · OtherBLUE MOUNTAIN HUMANE SOCIETY+131 more: $10,480,925 · Other+131 moreYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WALLA WALLA: $1,915,226 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S …WALLA WALLA YMCA: $872,846 · Human ServicesWALLA WALLA YM…CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $315,077 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS HOME…WALLA WALLA SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $255,802 · Human ServicesWALLA WALLA SE…HOPE STREET: $189,582 · Human ServicesWalla Walla Community Hospice: $176,811 · Human ServicesWALLA WALLA VALLEY DISABILITY NETWORK: $161,893 · Human Services+8 more: $453,774 · Human Services+8 moreWALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,236,049 · EducationWALLA WALLA…LIBERTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ELEMENTARY DAY SCHOOL: $765,831 · EducationLIBERTY CHR…PLUS DELTA AFTER SCHOOL STUDIOS: $430,719 · EducationPLUS DELTA …BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE: $301,225 · EducationBOARD OF TR…WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY: $201,089 · EducationWALLA WALLA…ATHENA CIVIC MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $122,525 · Education+10 more: $247,371 · Education+10 moreWalla Walla Symphony Society Inc: $767,697 · Arts & CultureWalla Wal…POWER HOUSE THEATRE WALLA WALLA: $421,287 · Arts & CulturePOWER HOU…VITAL WINES: $315,675 · Arts & CultureVITAL WIN…TOUCHET VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL: $300,178 · Arts & CultureTOUCHET V…Little Theatre of Walla Walla: $283,868 · Arts & CultureLittle Th…ATHENAS GEM INC: $233,616 · Arts & CultureATHENAS G…Carnegie Picture Lab: $212,919 · Arts & CultureCarnegie …Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival: $200,522 · Arts & CultureWalla Wal…DOWNTOWN WALLA WALLA FOUNDATION: $98,447 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $110,860 · Arts & CulturePROVIDENCE ST MARY FOUNDATION: $1,002,132 · HealthSTUDENT HEALTH OPTIONS: $471,563 · HealthTrilogy Recovery Community: $270,703 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO: $209,597 · HealthVALLEY RESIDENTIAL SERVICES: $131,619 · HealthRITECARE OF WASHINGTON: $96,886 · HealthBLUE MOUNTAIN HEALTH COOPERATIVE: $87,735 · Health+6 more: $164,421 · HealthBLUE MOUNTAIN LAND TRUST: $1,284,048 · EnvironmentTHE SUSTAINABLE LIVING CENTER: $173,561 · Environment+1 more: $6,339 · EnvironmentBLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCIL: $1,360,747 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $21,011 · Food & Nutrition
Other$17,706,873Human Services$4,341,011Education$3,304,809Arts & Culture$2,945,069Health$2,434,656Environment$1,463,948Food & Nutrition$1,381,758

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WALLA WALLA: $1,915,226 over 7y, 21% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCIL: $1,360,747 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN LAND TRUST: $1,284,048 over 6y, 44% of budgetWALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,236,049 over 7y, 13% of budgetFort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Society: $1,045,004 over 7y, 37% of budgetPROVIDENCE ST MARY FOUNDATION: $1,002,132 over 7y, 27% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $999,909 over 7y, 10% of budgetWALLA WALLA YMCA: $872,846 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetWalla Walla Symphony Society Inc: $767,697 over 7y, 27% of budgetLIBERTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ELEMENTARY DAY SCHOOL: $765,831 over 3y, 36% of budgetLillie Rice Center: $624,643 over 7y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: $512,950 over 7y, 11% of budgetSTUDENT HEALTH OPTIONS: $471,563 over 5y, 27% of budgetPLUS DELTA AFTER SCHOOL STUDIOS: $430,719 over 7y, 61% of budgetPOWER HOUSE THEATRE WALLA WALLA: $421,287 over 5y, 27% of budgetHelpline: $418,743 over 5y, 90% of budgetCOMMUNITY COUNCIL: $366,610 over 7y, 38% of budgetVITAL WINES: $315,675 over 4y, 20% of budgetCHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $315,077 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE: $301,225 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTOUCHET VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL: $300,178 over 7y, 46% of budgetLittle Theatre of Walla Walla: $283,868 over 7y, 22% of budgetTrilogy Recovery Community: $270,703 over 7y, 21% of budgetWALLA WALLA SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $255,802 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetWALLA WALLA ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS: $243,217 over 6y, 9.7% of budgetATHENAS GEM INC: $233,616 over 5y, 62% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION: $226,475 over 4y, 21% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE COLUMBIA INC: $213,019 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCarnegie Picture Lab: $212,919 over 7y, 55% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO: $209,597 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY: $201,089 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWalla Walla Chamber Music Festival: $200,522 over 5y, 14% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF WALLA WALLA: $199,371 over 7y, 37% of budgetThe Star Project: $196,429 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetHOPE STREET: $189,582 over 5y, 25% of budgetCAMP FIRE WALLA WALLA: $185,466 over 7y, 11% of budgetDAYTON HISTORIC DEPOT SOCIETY: $181,503 over 7y, 24% of budgetWalla Walla Community Hospice: $176,811 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SUSTAINABLE LIVING CENTER: $173,561 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetWALLA WALLA VALLEY DISABILITY NETWORK: $161,893 over 5y, 20% of budgetVALLEY RESIDENTIAL SERVICES: $131,619 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE: $129,717 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetATHENA CIVIC MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $122,525 over 7y, 99% of budgetBlue Mountain Wildlife: $114,226 over 6y, 11% of budgetBlue Mountain Heart to Heart: $114,084 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetWALLA WALLA PICKLEBALL ASSOCIATION: $112,822 over 1y, 58% of budgetLewa Wildlife Conservancy USA: $112,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDon Sherwood Endowment Charitable Trust: $106,497 over 7y, 100% 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 YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WALLA WALLA ↗
  • Who funds BLUE MOUNTAIN ACTION COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds BLUE MOUNTAIN LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Fort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE ST MARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLUE MOUNTAIN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WALLA WALLA YMCA ↗
  • Who funds Walla Walla Symphony Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ELEMENTARY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Lillie Rice Center ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS ↗
  • Who funds STUDENT HEALTH OPTIONS ↗
  • Who funds PLUS DELTA AFTER SCHOOL STUDIOS ↗
  • Who funds POWER HOUSE THEATRE WALLA WALLA ↗
  • Who funds Helpline ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds VITAL WINES ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds TOUCHET VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds Little Theatre of Walla Walla ↗
  • Who funds Trilogy Recovery Community ↗
  • Who funds WALLA WALLA SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WALLA WALLA ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS ↗
  • Who funds ATHENAS GEM INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE COLUMBIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Carnegie Picture Lab ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO ↗
  • Who funds WALLA WALLA 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.

Sherwood TrustClara and Art Bald Tr…George T Welch Testam…Mary Garner Esary Tru…Estate of Joseph L St…Yancey P Winans Testa…United Way of the Blu…The Sunny Day Charita…Bonnie & Clifford Bra…Greater Columbia Acco…Milton-Freewater Area…Providence Health & S…
Sherwood TrustWA114.4× affinity53 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sherwood Trust · Clara and Art Bald Trust · George T Welch Testamentary Trust · Mary Garner Esary Trust · Estate of Joseph L Stubblefield · Yancey P Winans Testamentary Trust · United Way of the Blue Mountains · The Sunny Day Charitable Foundation · Bonnie & Clifford Braden Foundation · Greater Columbia Accountable Community of Health · Milton-Freewater Area Foundation Baker Boyer Trust 5-015736 · Providence Health & Services - Washington

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Pendleton Childrens Center: 100% of income from government
  • Pioneer Relief Nursery Pioneer Relief Nursery: 87% of income from government
  • Horizon Project Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Umatilla-Morrow Headstart Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Milton Freewater Downtown Alliance: 13% of income from government
  • The Arts Council of Pendleton Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Walla Walla Basin Watershed Foundation: 4% of income from government
  • Blue Mountain Wildlife: 1% of income from government
  • In a Landscape: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Blue Mountain Community Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Blue Mountain Community Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 217 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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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