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Buttonwood Foundation Charitable Tr

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$38k
Granted FY2024still arriving
169
Grants FY2024still arriving
24
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$30kRecreation & Sports$21kHealth$20kEducation$18kHuman Services$14kPhilanthropy$12kAnimals$11kInternational$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 169 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50
Median grant
24
States reached
$57k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KANSAS CITY PARKS FOUNDATION$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
UNC FOUNDATION$2,000
AAEP FOUNDATION (DBA THE FOUNDATION$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,500
FOLLY THEATER$1,200
Individual grant recipient$1,000
KANSAS CITY BLUES RUGBY FOOTBALL CL$1,000
VINEYARD CHURCH$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$566
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 (FY18–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HAI GLOBAL: $50 → 9%GREATER HOPE FOUNDATION FOR CHILDRE: $50 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50 → 14%EMPORIA SENIOR CENTER: $200 → 16%OUR LADYS INN: $50 → 11%GREATER HOPE FOUNDATION FOR CHILDRE: $50 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50 → 14%THE SHARING SHED: $100 → 5%OUR LADY'S INN: $50 → 11%AAEP FOUNDATION (DBA THE FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INIATIVES: $50 → 21%SYNERGY SERVICES INC: $25 → 8%OUR LADYS INN: $50 → 11%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $25 → 12%OUR LADY'S INN: $50 → 11%AAEP FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%AAEP FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%WOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC: $25 → 11%AAEP FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $100 → 11%EMPORIA SENIOR CENTER: $100 → 16%INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $100 → 18%AAEP FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%KC HEALTHY KIDS: $100 → 16%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 7%IN AS MUCH MINISTRY: $50 → 8%CROSS LINES COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $100 → 16%AMERICAN STROKE FOUNDATION: $50 → 5%CROSS-LINES COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $100 → 16%IN AS MUCH MINISTRY: $50 → 8%AMERICAN STROKE FOUNDATION: $50 → 5%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50 → 14%FOSTER ADOPT CONNECT: $100 → 15%FOSTER ADOPT CONNECT: $100 → 15%HEARTSTRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50 → 5%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE: $100 → 15%UPLIFT ORGANIZATION INC: $50 → 15%UPLIFT ORGANIZATION: $50 → 15%LAZARUS MINISTRIES: $75 → 15%WHO IS CARTER FOUNDATION: $100 → 15%TRUE LIGHT FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $50 → 15%RECONCILIATION SERVICES: $50 → 15%RECONCILIATION SERVICES: $50 → 15%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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ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$127k · 150 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

150 repeat relationships: 60 still active in FY2024, 90 since wound down; 59 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

150
205

Total granted

$127k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+3%

Still filing today

59%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureEducationInternationalOther
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

  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $6k · revenue +145%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $4k · revenue +79%
  • AK
    ABILITY KC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $3k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NATIONAL WWI MUSEUM
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • KP
    KC PARKS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • M
    MRIGlobal
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +6%
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
Kansas Farm Bureau

Kansas farm bureau exists to strengthen agriculture and the lives of kansans through advocacy, education, and service.

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2
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
3
Bionexus Kc

We inspire thinkers from different disciplines to combine their efforts for a common purpose: healthcare innovation.(continued on schedule o)from bioinformatics to cancer research and beyond, we stimulate collaboration and help bring…

Science & Tech
4
Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansans

To assist the state of kansas in helping to improve the health of all kansans, particularly those unserved or underserved.

Health
5
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
6
Chain of Hope Kc

Outreach to help animals suffering in the urban core of kansas city.

Animals
7
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
8
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
9
Kansas Bioscience Organization Inc

Biokansas is the unified voice representing the biosciences in kansas. across the human, plant, animal and industrial biosciences, biokansas is focused on enhancing the business and research climate and working with leaders across the…

Education
10
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.

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11
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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12
Kansas Academy of Family Physicians

The mission of the kansas academy of family physicians is to empower and cultivate kansas family physicians to: serve as trusted and innovative leaders champion a diverse, sustainable and inclusive workforce advocate and collaborate for…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shelter Kc; the most unlike its peers is Cats At the Studios 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

220 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. 220 of the 416 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)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
216/220
Grantees still filing
135/220
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $23,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientKANSAS CITY PARKS FOUNDATION: $13,000 · OtherKANSAS CITY PARKS FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $5,566 · OtherTHE NATIONAL WWI MUSEUM: $5,000 · OtherKC PARKS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $4,100 · Other+130 more: $66,345 · Other+130 moreKANSAS CITY JAZZ ALIVE: $4,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CI…METROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $2,900 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLI…Arts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City: $2,200 · Arts & CultureArts Enga…PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY: $2,200 · Arts & CulturePERFORMIN…KANSAS CITY YOUNG AUDIENCES INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CI…AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM: $1,300 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN …KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $750 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $250 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationUMKC FOUNDATION: $2,750 · EducationOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $1,325 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · EducationARTSTECH: $1,000 · EducationGreen Works In Kansas City: $400 · Education+2 more: $350 · EducationHEAD FOR THE CURE FOUNDATION: $2,525 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $825 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $775 · HealthThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $650 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $625 · HealthNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $600 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $550 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $425 · HealthRAMPY MS RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $425 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $350 · Health+9 more: $1,350 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $350 · Human ServicesEmporia Senior Center Inc: $300 · Human Services+8 more: $1,150 · Human ServicesFix'em KC: $1,300 · AnimalsWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $925 · AnimalsCHEYENNE ANIMAL SHELTER: $675 · AnimalsHorse Power: $500 · AnimalsKANSAS CITY PET PROJECT: $425 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER OF ST JOSEPH INC: $400 · AnimalsSPAY & NEUTER KANSAS CITY D/B/A PET RESOURCE CENTER OF KANSAS CITY: $228 · AnimalsArizona Humane Society: $200 · Animals+7 more: $950 · AnimalsMRIGlobal: $5,000 · Science & Tech
Other$122,511Arts & Culture$15,100Education$10,825Health$9,100Human Services$8,300Animals$5,603Science & Tech$5,000

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 budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMRIGlobal: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS CITY JAZZ ALIVE: $4,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetABILITY KC: $3,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $2,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUMKC FOUNDATION: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEAD FOR THE CURE FOUNDATION: $2,525 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City: $2,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY: $2,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPilgrim Center Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetInternational Relations Council: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKANSAS CITY YOUNG AUDIENCES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $1,325 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFix'em KC: $1,300 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $1,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $925 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCity Union Mission: $875 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $825 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $775 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHEYENNE ANIMAL SHELTER: $675 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $625 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUMKC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $600 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $575 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHorse Power: $500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetKANSAS CITY PET PROJECT: $425 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $425 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRAMPY MS RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $425 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER OF ST JOSEPH INC: $400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Works In Kansas City: $400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO GOLF ASSOCIATION: $350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEmporia Senior Center Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSHELTER KC: $300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $275 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBURNETT MUSIC FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $250 over 2y, 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 THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MRIGlobal ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS CITY JAZZ ALIVE ↗
  • Who funds ABILITY KC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER KANSAS CITY ↗
  • Who funds UMKC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEAD FOR THE CURE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Arts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City ↗
  • Who funds PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY ↗
  • Who funds Pilgrim Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds International Relations Council ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS CITY YOUNG AUDIENCES INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Fix'em KC ↗
  • Who funds SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION OF KCMO INC ↗
  • Who funds HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ARTSTECH ↗

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.

Greater Kansas City C…United Way of Greater…The Francis Family Fo…The H & R Block Found…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Hallmark Corporate Fo…Oppenstein Brothers F…Marion and Henry Bloc…Jewish Community Foun…Commerce Bancshares F…Health Forward Founda…R a Long Foundation 6…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO76.7× affinity67 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The Francis Family Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Hallmark Corporate Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Buttonwood Foundation Charitable Tr 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 416 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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