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Bridgewood Fieldwater 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.

$231k
Granted FY2025still arriving
99
Grants FY2025still arriving
19
States reached
$49k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$255kInternational$186kEnvironment$175kHuman Services$163kArts & Culture$155kHealth$149kRecreation & Sports$73kFood & Nutrition$70kOther$0
02FY2025 · 99 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k94 grants · $112k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $119k
$500
Median grant
19
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREENWAY INSTITUTE (GREENWAY COLLEGE)$49,000
RICHARD R GREEN HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS ASSOCIATION$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION (IGPA)$20,000
VTDIGGER (VT JOURNALISM TRUST LTD)$20,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$10,000
UNICEF$9,000
USA FOR UNHCR UN REFUGEE AGENCY$8,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$8,000
TREES NY INC$7,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$5,000
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NYU$5,000
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE$5,000
REGIONAL HOSPICE (DANBURY CT)$5,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE$4,000
RVNA HEALTH$3,000
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 (FY17–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KAREN ANN QUINLAM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $50 → 6%RESOURCE: $5k → 10%RESOURCE: $5k → 10%RESOURCE: $2k → 10%RESOURCE: $2k → 10%RESOURCE: $2k → 10%RESOURCE: $2k → 10%LOAVES AND FISHES HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $100 → 9%LOAVES AND FISHES HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $100 → 9%LOAVES AND FISHES HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $100 → 9%LOAVES AND FISHES HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $100 → 9%LOAVES AND FISHES HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $100 → 9%LOAVES AND FISHES HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $100 → 9%LOAVES AND FISHES HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $100 → 9%SHE'S THE FIRST: $500 → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $1k → 17%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

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NJ
CT
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CO
NE
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NC
DC
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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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 191 repeat orgs$138k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

191 repeat relationships: 87 still active in FY2025, 104 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

191
44

Total granted

$1.5M
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
0%

Still filing today

50%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k 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
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • UV
    UPPER VALLEY HAVEN
    8× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +107%
  • TF
    THE FAMILY PLACE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $50k · revenue +29%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +36%
  • LI
    LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +49%
  • Journalism Funding Partners
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
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
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
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
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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6
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
7
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
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
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
10
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
11
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is Kent Singers 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

134 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. 134 of the 251 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
129/134
Grantees still filing
88/134
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $91,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUPPER VALLEY HAVEN: $59,500 · OtherUPPER VALLEY HAVENPS 234 PTA: $54,750 · OtherTHE FAMILY PLACE INC: $49,700 · OtherGREENWAY INSTITUTE (GREENWAY COLLEGE): $49,000 · OtherUSA FOR UNHCR UN REFUGEE AGENCY: $45,500 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE: $42,000 · OtherGREENWAY INSTITUTE: $40,000 · Other+128 more: $674,740 · Other+128 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $37,000 · InternationalInternatio…CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $33,500 · InternationalCHURCH WOR…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $28,000 · InternationalUNITED STA…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $21,000 · InternationalWORLD CENT…THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC: $13,000 · InternationalTHE POPULA…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,500 · International+3 more: $8,800 · International+3 moreUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $38,000 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES: $15,000 · EducationCornell University: $11,400 · EducationP S I S 276 PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationChris Borton Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc: $9,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $7,200 · EducationUniversity of Chicago: $5,700 · EducationUPPER VALLEY TRAILS ALLIANCE: $5,000 · Education+7 more: $11,750 · EducationAmerican Museum of Natural History: $14,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $11,950 · Arts & CultureLIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER: $9,800 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $9,000 · Arts & CultureNew York Historical Society: $6,500 · Arts & CultureCHURCH STREET SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART: $2,850 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $15,525 · Arts & CulturePLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $45,000 · HealthNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL INSURANCE: $5,700 · HealthYALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL: $2,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $2,000 · Health+3 more: $2,900 · HealthNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $16,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC: $8,500 · EnvironmentNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $5,250 · EnvironmentBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $4,650 · EnvironmentENERGY ACTION NETWORK INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentUPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC: $3,750 · EnvironmentCONNECTICUT AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $2,250 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY INC: $2,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,400 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF OAKHILL: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsGRASSROOT SOCCER INC: $2,250 · Recreation & SportsCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $1,950 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $1,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,106,690International$148,800Education$123,050Arts & Culture$72,125Health$57,600Environment$47,800Recreation & Sports$45,700

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 budgetUPPER VALLEY HAVEN: $59,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FAMILY PLACE INC: $49,700 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF OAKHILL: $40,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $38,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $37,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $33,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $28,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $22,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK: $19,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE INC: $18,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $16,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON VALLEY POLONAISE SOCIETY INC: $15,750 over 9y, 100% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES: $15,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $14,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $13,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POPULATION COUNCIL INC: $13,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRVNAHEALTH INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $11,950 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $11,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetP S I S 276 PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER: $9,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJAG PRODUCTIONS COMPANY: $9,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetChris Borton Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetNATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC: $8,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $8,400 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $7,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Public Radio: $6,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $6,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYINC: $6,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $5,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL INSURANCE: $5,700 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $5,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPPER VALLEY TRAILS ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJournalism Funding Partners: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $4,650 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OPPORTUNITY FUND: $4,500 over 3y, 11% 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 UPPER VALLEY HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF OAKHILL ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds HUDSON VALLEY POLONAISE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds RVNAHEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT19.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · The Vermont Community Foundation · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · The Ellen Knowles Harcourt Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · The Ford Foundation · Global Impact · Flora R and Isidor M Stettenheim Foundation Inc · The Kestrel 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 Bridgewood Fieldwater Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bridgewood Fieldwater Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge: 100% of income from government
  • The Family Place Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Upper Valley Haven: 38% of income from government
  • The Petey Greene Program Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Connecticut Science Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Liberty Science Center: 14% of income from government
  • Kent Singers Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
  • Center for an Agricultural Economy Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: 5% of income from government
  • The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Upper Valley Trails Alliance: 3% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Resource a Nonprofit Community Enterprise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Rvnahealth Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Addison County Home Health Hospice Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 1% of income from government
  • Connecticut Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Danbury Hospital: 1% of income from government
  • Yale New Haven Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Energy Action Network Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to Bridgewood Fieldwater Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bridgewood Fieldwater 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 251 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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