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Brightfocus Foundation

BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases.

$17M
Granted FY2025still arriving
57
Grants FY2025still arriving
23
States reached
$410k
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 2025.

Health$123MScience & Tech$325kEducation$14k
02FY2025 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 57 grants below total $13,267,808, the rows itemized in this filing. The $16,943,701 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,675,893 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

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $5.5M
  • $250k+24 grants · $7.7M
$200,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$65M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$409,500
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER$409,500
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY$409,500
LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$409,500
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE NIH$408,701
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$300,000
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$300,000
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER$300,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$300,000
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION$300,000
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY$300,000
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY$300,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - CHICAGO CAMPUS$300,000
THE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES$300,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$300,000
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 (FY21–21, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ACCESS CIRCLES INC: $100k → 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
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $3.7M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 4 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$2.1M · 58% · 10 grants

Stated purpose: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY WILLEM ANNAERT, PHD ENTITLED: A2024033S · ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY FRANCES WISEMAN, PHD ENTITLED: A2024040S · ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY NADER SAFFARI, PHD ENTITLED: A2025022S

East Asia and the Pacific$819k · 22% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY DAISY YAO SHU, PHD ENTITLED: M2025005N · MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY MASAYUKI HATA, PHD ENTITLED: M2025006N

North America (Canada and Mexico)$432k · 12% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ISABELLE AUBERT, PHD ENTITLED: A2025018S · ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MALLAR CHAKRAVARTY, PHD ENTITLED: CA2025002 · MIND AND SIGHT DISEASES RESEARCH FUNDING, ENTITLED: CA2023003

South America$300k · 8% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CAROLINA OCHOA-ROSALES, PHD ENTITLED: A2025027S

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of Brightfocus Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Brightfocus Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.7% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$97M · 79 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

79 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 44 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

79
56

Total granted

$97M
$13M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+30%

Still filing today

53%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $314k 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
EducationHealthScience & TechRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $6.4M · revenue +76%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $4.0M · revenue +64%
  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    7× · 2017–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • CD
    C2N Diagnostics
    one grant, 2017 · $750k
  • DT
    DRUSOLV THERAPUTICS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • AI
    ANTHROTRONIX INC
    one grant, 2017 · $450k
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
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
2
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
3
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
4
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
5
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
6
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
7
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
8
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
9
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

The graduate school of the stowers institute for medical research ("gssimr") exempt purpose is to provide graduate education that will prepare scholars for scientific research in the biological sciences.

Education
10
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford

The principal objects of the University are the advancement of learning by teaching and research, and its dissemination by every means. We work as one Oxford bringing together our staff, students and alumni, our colleges, faculties,…

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11
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgetown University; the most unlike its peers is International Society for Eye Research. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

79 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. 79 of the 147 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/79
Grantees still filing
65/79
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $5,366,350 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCOMAYO CLINIC: $3,877,797 · OtherMAYO CLINICMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $3,499,600 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE: $3,071,396 · OtherIndiana University School of Medicine: $2,855,222 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $2,559,558 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO: $2,084,000 · Other+66 more: $35,203,224 · Other+66 moreWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $6,421,163 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $3,997,591 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,100,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $3,043,526 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAITHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,908,073 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFO…Emory University: $2,645,888 · EducationEmory UniversityUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,621,141 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIABaylor College of Medicine: $2,048,508 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,944,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,845,634 · Education+30 more: $16,179,243 · Education+30 moreTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $1,875,000 · HealthTHE JACKSON…BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $1,184,838 · HealthBETH ISRAEL…Children's Hospital Corporation: $1,059,656 · HealthChildren's …GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $949,993 · HealthGEORGIA TEC…Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc: $942,000 · HealthSchepens Ey…MASSACHUSETTS EYE & EAR INFIRMARY: $919,715 · HealthMASSACHUSET…THE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $600,000 · HealthHebrew Rehabilitation Center: $597,336 · HealthGOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION: $581,790 · HealthHelen Keller Foundation for Research & E Research & Education Inc: $575,000 · HealthVanderbilt University Medical Center: $496,512 · HealthINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MOLECULAR NEURODEGENERATION INC: $469,000 · Health+14 more: $2,570,698 · Health+14 moreNorthwestern University: $2,600,000 · Recreation & SportsHUMAN COMPUTATION INSTITUTE INC: $655,910 · Science & TechMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE CONSORTIUM: $600,000 · Science & TechThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $550,000 · Science & TechUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $300,000 · Science & TechHUDSON-ALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY: $199,896 · Science & TechBROWN UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · Community ImprovementACCESSCIRCLES INC: $100,000 · Human Services
Other$58,517,147Education$46,754,767Health$12,821,538Recreation & Sports$2,600,000Science & Tech$2,305,806Community Improvement$200,000Human Services$100,000

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 budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $6,421,163 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $3,997,591 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,100,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $3,043,526 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,908,073 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $2,645,888 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,621,141 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $2,600,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $2,048,508 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,944,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $1,900,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $1,875,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,845,634 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $1,395,818 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $1,220,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $1,184,838 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation: $1,160,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $1,059,656 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $1,029,310 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $997,818 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $949,993 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS EYE & EAR INFIRMARY: $919,715 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $905,544 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $860,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $850,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $709,443 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYale University: $668,917 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN COMPUTATION INSTITUTE INC: $655,910 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $650,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $600,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE CONSORTIUM: $600,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVanderbilt University: $600,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $600,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Rehabilitation Center: $597,336 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION: $581,790 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetHelen Keller Foundation for Research & E Research & Education Inc: $575,000 over 5y, 52% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $550,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $500,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $496,512 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MOLECULAR NEURODEGENERATION INC: $469,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $449,985 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $435,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $380,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $320,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $310,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFoundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $300,000 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 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds Baylor College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE JACKSON LABORATORY ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Research Foundation for The State University of New York ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Kentucky Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS EYE & EAR INFIRMARY ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗

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.

Alzheimer's Disease &…The Trustees of Colum…American Heart Associ…Vanderbilt University…Washington UniversityUniversity of Pittsbu…Knights Templar Eye F…Cystic Fibrosis Found…University of Souther…The Michael J Fox Fou…Trustees of Boston Un…Mayo Clinic
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association IncIL38.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · American Heart Association Inc · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Washington University · University of Pittsburgh · Knights Templar Eye Foundation · Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · University of Southern California · The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research · Trustees of Boston University · Mayo Clinic

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Hebrew Rehabilitation Center: 53% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% 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
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Dean Mcgee Eye Institute: 1% of income from government
  • Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report 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.

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 147 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