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Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee at a glance

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Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee

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.

$263k
Granted FY2025still arriving
66
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Health$324kHuman Services$293kReligion$280kEducation$239kArts & Culture$209kInternational$161kRecreation & Sports$92kYouth Development$89kOther$0
02FY2025 · 66 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k64 grants · $130k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $23k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $110k
$2,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -HIGHLANDS$110,250
VISION CASHIERS INC$22,500
ACADEMY PREP FOUNDATION$5,000
REACH OF MACON COUNTY$5,000
HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER$5,000
HEARTS AND HOPE FOR HAITI$5,000
VILLAGE GREEN$5,000
HIGHLANDS CASHIERS HEALTH FOUND$5,000
BROOKE'S PLACE$5,000
ST PETERSBURG FREE CLINIC$5,000
PROJECT ROUJ (ZANMI FONDWA)$5,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PLATEAU$5,000
GREAT EXPLORATIONS CHILDREN'S MUSUEM$4,000
BLUMENTHAL ARTS$3,500
FISHES AND LOAVES$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $226k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MEMORY MATTERS: $1k → 7%BALLANTYNE FAMILIES-NEIGHBORS IN NEED: $2k → 10%ADOPTIONS OF INDIANA: $2k → 5%INDIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 5%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 12%ADOPTIONS OF INDIANA: $1k → 5%INDIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 5%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES INC: $3k → 12%ADOPTIONS OF INDIANA: $1k → 5%INDIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 5%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES INC: $3k → 12%INDIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 5%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES INC: $3k → 12%INDIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 5%SUNCOAST HOSPICE: $1k → 12%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES INC: $2k → 12%INDIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 5%INDIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 5%INDIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 5%ZANMI FONDWA: $5k → 5%DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER: $2k → 12%HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $5k → 12%ZANMI FONDWA: $4k → 5%ZANMI FONDWA: $4k → 5%ZANMI FONDWA: $3k → 5%VISION CASHIERS INC: $50k → 18%ZANMI FONDWA: $3k → 5%VISION CASHIERS INC: $23k → 18%ZANMI FONDWA: $3k → 5%VISION CASHIERS INC: $21k → 18%ZANMI FONDWA: $1k → 5%VISION CASHIERS INC: $20k → 18%HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2k → 12%VISION CASHIERS INC: $9k → 18%FAMILY RESOURCES: $1k → 12%VISION CASHIERS INC: $8k → 18%HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2k → 12%HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2k → 12%HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2k → 12%SAFE ALLIANCE: $2k → 17%HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2k → 12%HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2k → 12%VISION CASHIERS INC: $3k → 18%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA: $5k → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA: $3k → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA: $3k → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA: $2k → 16%EARLY LEARNING INDIANA: $2k → 16%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

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
NJ
CT
WV
TN
NC
SC
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 92 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

92 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2025, 46 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

92
47

Total granted

$1.8M
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+40%

Still filing today

66%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • VC
    VISION CASHIERS INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $132k · revenue +257%
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $69k · revenue +547%
  • BP
    Brooke's Place for Grieving Young People
    9× · 2017–2025 · $58k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $35k
  • CT
    CLOTHES TO KIDS ST PETERSBURG
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF FREE AND CHARITABLE CLINICS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -2%
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
Center Stage Associates Inc

See schedule o.inspired by our home city, baltimore center stage acts as a cultural catalyst for all communities to access theater in every form and engage in compelling conversations. programming: capture the collective imagination and…

Arts & Culture
2
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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3
Carolina Ballet Inc

Carolina ballet's mission is to perform world-class professional ballet, entertaining and enlightening audiences in raleigh, the triangle region, the state of north carolina, and beyond. carolina ballet works to accomplish this mission by…

Arts & Culture
4
North Carolina Performing Arts Center At Charlotte Foundation

To present the best in the performing arts and, in partnership with others, share and employ the arts as a major catalyst to strengthen education, build community cohesiveness, and advance economic growth.

Arts & Culture
5
The Little Theatre of Charlotte Inc dba Theatre Charlotte

To produce volunteer-based theatrical events in the Charlotte, NC region.

Arts & Culture
6
Florida Health Sciences Center Inc

As the region's leading safety net hospital, tampa general hospital is committed to providing area residents with excellent and compassionate health care ranging from the simplest to the most complex medical services. our shared purpose:…

Health
7
The Foundation of Firsthealth Inc

Provide philanthropic support to firsthealth of the carolinas, inc., a healthcare system exempt from income tax under irs section 501c(3) and 170(b)(1)(a)(iii).

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8
Chicago Theatre Group Inc

The chicago theatre group is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. by dedicating itself to three guiding principles - quality, equity, and community - the…

Arts & Culture
9
Charlotte Center City Partners

Charlotte center city partners (cccp) boldly envisions and activates strategies and actions that will assure charlotte center city is a welcoming and equitable, economically vibrant, culturally rich and beloved place for all.

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10
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
11
The Medical Center Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

Health
12
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Actors' Fund of America; the most unlike its peers is Walther Cancer Foundation 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

92 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. 92 of the 162 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
92/92
Grantees still filing
65/92
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -HIGHLANDS: $273,600 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -HIGHLANDSST PETERSBURG FREE CLINIC: $107,000 · OtherST PETERSBURG FREE CLINICACADEMY PREP: $75,000 · OtherACADEMY PREPSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherOAKSTONE ACADEMY: $33,000 · Other+90 more: $372,150 · Other+90 moreHEARTS AND HOPE FOR HAITI INC: $143,000 · EducationHEARTS AND HOPE F…Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc: $69,000 · EducationBoys & Girls Club…BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $21,500 · EducationBLUE RIDGE SCHOOL…ACADEMY PREP FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationACADEMY PREP FOUN…COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS INC: $16,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY CARE CL…CASHIERS VALLEY PRESCHOOLINC: $14,000 · EducationLiteracy Council of Highlands Inc: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $2,500 · EducationVISION CASHIERS INC: $131,500 · Human ServicesVISION CASHIER…PROJECT ROUJ CORPORATION: $23,300 · Human ServicesPROJECT ROUJ C…EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $17,000 · Human ServicesEARLY LEARNING…Highlands Community Child Development Center: $17,000 · Human ServicesHighlands Comm…MEMORY MATTERS: $15,000 · Human ServicesMEMORY MATTERSBLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesBLACK MOUNTAIN…INDIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $8,000 · Human Services+9 more: $13,750 · Human Services+9 moreBrooke's Place for Grieving Young People: $57,500 · HealthBrooke's P…Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc: $33,000 · HealthHighlands …BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS HEALTH PROJECT INC: $23,000 · HealthBLUE RIDGE…RESOURCES EDUCATION ASST COUNSELING AND HOUSING OF MACON COUNTY INC: $15,500 · HealthRESOURCES …VECINOS INC: $12,000 · HealthVECINOS IN…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $9,000 · HealthPULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $8,000 · HealthWalther Cancer Foundation Inc: $8,000 · Health+8 more: $13,050 · Health+8 moreGREAT EXPLORATIONS INC: $40,000 · Arts & CulturePerforming Arts Center Inc: $21,500 · Arts & CultureTHE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HIGHLANDS: $14,250 · Arts & CultureThe Bascom Corporation: $14,000 · Arts & CultureMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $8,550 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $8,150 · Arts & CultureCASHIERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $6,250 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $15,400 · Arts & CultureThe Village Green of Cashiers Inc: $53,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern University: $18,000 · Recreation & SportsCASHIERS HIGHLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY: $18,100 · AnimalsSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC: $1,000 · Animals+1 more: $500 · Animals
Other$935,750Education$296,000Human Services$239,550Health$179,050Arts & Culture$136,100Recreation & Sports$71,000Animals$19,600

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 budgetHEARTS AND HOPE FOR HAITI INC: $143,000 over 8y, 33% of budgetVISION CASHIERS INC: $131,500 over 7y, 13% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc: $69,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetBrooke's Place for Grieving Young People: $57,500 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetThe Village Green of Cashiers Inc: $53,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetGREAT EXPLORATIONS INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHighlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc: $33,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT ROUJ CORPORATION: $23,300 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetBLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS HEALTH PROJECT INC: $23,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetPerforming Arts Center Inc: $21,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBLUE RIDGE SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $21,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetACADEMY PREP FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGLENVILLE-CASHIERS RESCUE SQUAD INC: $18,700 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCASHIERS HIGHLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY: $18,100 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwestern University: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAssistance League of Indianapolis Inc: $18,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetEARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC: $17,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHighlands Community Child Development Center: $17,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS INC: $16,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetRESOURCES EDUCATION ASST COUNSELING AND HOUSING OF MACON COUNTY INC: $15,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMEMORY MATTERS: $15,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HIGHLANDS: $14,250 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetThe Bascom Corporation: $14,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCASHIERS VALLEY PRESCHOOLINC: $14,000 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetBLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVECINOS INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC: $11,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHUMB INDUSTRIES INC: $11,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy Council of Highlands Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $8,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $8,150 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBig BrothersBig Sisters of WNC Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCASHIERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWalther Cancer Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $6,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Community Table Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe American Stage Company Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Northern Nevada: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetAD-IN INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds HEARTS AND HOPE FOR HAITI INC ↗
  • Who funds VISION CASHIERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc ↗
  • Who funds Brooke's Place for Grieving Young People ↗
  • Who funds The Village Green of Cashiers Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREAT EXPLORATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds St Petersburg Free Clinic Inc ↗
  • Who funds Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ROUJ CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS HEALTH PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Performing Arts Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds ACADEMY PREP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GLENVILLE-CASHIERS RESCUE SQUAD INC ↗
  • Who funds CASHIERS HIGHLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc ↗
  • Who funds EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Highlands Community Child Development Center ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS INC ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCES EDUCATION ASST COUNSELING AND HOUSING OF MACON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMORY MATTERS ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HIGHLANDS ↗
  • Who funds The Bascom Corporation ↗
  • Who funds CASHIERS VALLEY PRESCHOOLINC ↗
  • Who funds BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds VECINOS INC ↗
  • Who funds PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds THE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Highlands Cashiers He…Pinellas Community Fo…Al Williams Jr Family…Florence Mauboules Ch…Dogwood Health TrustThe Double Eagle Foun…Wnc Bridge FoundationMountain Findings IncSarracenia Foundation…The Simpson FoundationThe H Foundation
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC48.2× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc · Pinellas Community Foundation · Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc · Florence Mauboules Charitable Trust · Dogwood Health Trust · The Double Eagle Foundation 4191-06-43 · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Mountain Findings Inc · Sarracenia Foundation Inc · The Simpson Foundation · The H 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 Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Boley Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Family Resources Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Brookwood Florida Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Great Explorations Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 162 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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