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C F Holdship Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$746k
Granted FY2025still arriving
48
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$2.0MEducation$474kHuman Services$464kEnvironment$361kArts & Culture$333kAnimals$293kRecreation & Sports$258kYouth Development$177kOther$0
02FY2025 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $546k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $149k
$15,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRONTIER NURSING SERVICE INC$74,571
WESTERN PA PLANNED PARENTHOOD$74,571
BLESSINGS OF HOPE$25,000
EDENS FARM$25,000
NEW LEASH ON LIFE USA$25,000
RIVERLIFE$25,000
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$20,000
ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY$20,000
DRUEDING CENTER$20,000
CARLOW UNIVERSITY$20,000
CASA FOR KIDS$20,000
TURNING POINTS FOR CHILDREN$15,500
Student Conservation Association Inc$15,000
Grow Pittsburgh$15,000
HUMANE ACTION PITTSBURGH$15,000
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 (FY18–25, $502k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHASING THE RAINBOWS INC: $8k → 9%OPERATION WARM INC: $5k → 10%The Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh Inc: $20k → 11%DRUEDING CENTER: $20k → 22%AMERICAS GROW A ROW INC: $15k → 4%Family Promise of Southwest NJ: $15k → 8%CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN INC: $15k → 12%FENWICK FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%CAMP POSSIBILITIES FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%CAMP POSSIBILITIES FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE PROJECT OF DELAWARE COUNT: $7k → 10%Washington City Mission Inc: $15k → 12%Drueding Center: $15k → 22%Adoption Network Cleveland: $5k → 17%LEGACY TREATMENT SERVICES: $5k → 7%FENNICK FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%CAMP POSSIBILITIES FOUNDATION: $8k → 8%THE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $20k → 12%H H H HEROES HELPING HEROES INC: $15k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $15k → 11%TURNING POINTS FOR CHILDREN: $16k → 22%FENWICK FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%THE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $20k → 12%Turning Points For Children: $10k → 22%American National Red Cross: $5k → 14%NEW LEASH ON LIFE USA: $25k → 7%OPTIONS IN AGING: $8k → 7%East End Cooperative Ministry: $10k → 11%East End Cooperative Ministry: $5k → 11%CASA OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY: $10k → 22%CENTER IN THE PARK INC: $5k → 22%SUPPORTIVE OLDER WOMENS: $15k → 22%NEW SUN RISING: $7k → 11%Broad Street Ministry: $25k → 22%PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5k → 11%Women's Center & Shelter of Greater: $18k → 11%Pittsburgh Conservation Corps: $13k → 11%PA CONNECTING COMMUNITIES: $15k → 11%EDENS FARM: $25k → 11%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
WA
MT
NY
MA
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
TN
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 41 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 36 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
161

Total granted

$2.5M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+14%

Still filing today

80%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $456k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • FN
    FRONTIER NURSING SERVICE INCORPORATED
    7× · 2018–2025 · $568k · revenue +76%
  • SM
    SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2022 · $145k · revenue +151%
  • TV
    The Virginia Hospital Center Foundation
    2× · 2021–2023 · $90k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $140k · revenue +49%
  • TG
    The George Washington Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $80k · revenue +30%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITIES AT SHADY GROVE
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
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
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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2
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
3
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
4
Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania

The housing alliance of pennsyvlania ("hap") has played a leading role in many significant housing policy advances. hap is an influential community of housing consumers, advocates, producers, providers, policy makers and government…

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5
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
6
Scenic Pittsburgh

To protect, preserve, and promote the scenic resources of southwestern pennsylvania.

Environment
7
Community Action Commission

Commmunity action commission's mission is to build on the strengths and resources available, provide solutions, for complex issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities to move out of poverty.

Human Services
8
University City District

University city district is a partnership of world-renowned anchor institutions, small businesses and residents that creates opportunity, improves economic vitality and quality of life in the university city area of west philadelphia. our…

Community Improvement
9
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
10
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
11
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
12
Center for Victims

Center for victims offers a public service in allegheny county by helping individuals, families, and communities heal from the trauma of sexual assault/abuse, intimate partner violence, community violence, and all forms of violence and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Thread Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Village Incorporated. 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

186 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. 186 of the 240 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
41
Early backer (in before they grew)
180/186
Grantees still filing
110/186
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTERN PA PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $510,924 · OtherWESTERN PA PLANNED PARENTHOODTHE UNIVERSITIES AT SHADY GROVE: $75,000 · OtherALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $94,497 · Other+93 more: $1,461,211 · Other+93 moreFRONTIER NURSING SERVICE INCORPORATED: $567,930 · HealthFRONTIER NURSING SERVICE INCOR…SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $145,000 · HealthSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUND…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC: $139,506 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN …The Virginia Hospital Center Foundation: $90,000 · HealthThe Virginia Hospital Center F…CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $60,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $55,000 · Health+18 more: $316,782 · Health+18 moreBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $47,000 · Human ServicesBROAD STREE…FENWICK FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Human ServicesFENWICK FOU…THE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE FOUNDAT…DRUEDING CENTER: $35,000 · Human ServicesDRUEDING CE…THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesTHE FRIENDS…CAMP POSSIBILITIES FOUNDATION: $27,500 · Human ServicesCAMP POSSIB…TURNING POINTS FOR CHILDREN: $25,500 · Human ServicesEDENS FARM: $25,000 · Human ServicesNEW LEASH ON LIFE USA: $25,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $17,500 · Human Services+14 more: $171,500 · Human Services+14 moreThe George Washington University: $80,000 · EducationWAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: $65,000 · EducationTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $25,000 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationCARLOW UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY: $20,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $17,500 · EducationTECH IMPACT: $15,000 · EducationWILSON COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationPITTSBURGH AREA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $15,000 · Education+4 more: $33,627 · EducationCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $47,500 · EnvironmentANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentDELAWARE HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY: $30,000 · EnvironmentNINE MILE RUN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · EnvironmentRIVERLIFE: $25,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST: $22,500 · EnvironmentALLEGHENY GOATSCAPE INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentRGISC INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentGREEN BUILDING ALLIANCE: $16,000 · EnvironmentPENNSYLVANIA PARKS AND FORESTS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentLOYALHANNA WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $13,500 · Environment+5 more: $41,500 · EnvironmentPITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $35,000 · Arts & CultureWHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS: $20,000 · Arts & CultureHIPPODROME FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WILMA THEATER: $15,270 · Arts & CultureTHE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSQUONK OPERA INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTALLER PUERTORRIQUENO INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureQUANTUM THEATRE INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureLANTERN THEATER COMPANY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ARTICULATE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureARDEN THEATRE COMPANY: $7,500 · Arts & CultureBALLETX: $7,500 · Arts & CultureHumane Action Pittsburgh: $30,000 · AnimalsHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $30,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $30,000 · AnimalsTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $15,000 · AnimalsTHE MARYLAND SPCA INC: $15,000 · AnimalsTHREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE: $15,000 · AnimalsORPHANS OF THE STORM INC: $10,000 · AnimalsFEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS AKA PETS OF THE HOMELESS: $10,000 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SERVICES INC: $10,000 · AnimalsWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 · AnimalsThe Street Dog Coalition: $10,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $10,000 · Animals
Other$2,141,632Health$1,374,218Human Services$494,000Education$326,127Environment$311,000Arts & Culture$207,770Animals$195,000

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 budgetFRONTIER NURSING SERVICE INCORPORATED: $567,930 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $145,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC: $139,506 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $94,497 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetThe Virginia Hospital Center Foundation: $90,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetThe George Washington University: $80,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $70,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $47,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $47,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFENWICK FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD KEYSTONE: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDRUEDING CENTER: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ARC OF BUTLER COUNTY: $31,192 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHumane Action Pittsburgh: $30,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetMobile Medical Care Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDELAWARE HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP POSSIBILITIES FOUNDATION: $27,500 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetTURNING POINTS FOR CHILDREN: $25,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNINE MILE RUN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetRIVERLIFE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAspinwall Riverfront Park Inc: $23,023 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST: $22,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALLEGHENY GOATSCAPE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetRGISC INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHENY RIVER TRAIL IN CLARION COUNTY: $20,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetCARLOW UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA For Kids Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTAG COMMUNITY VENTURES: $20,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetWHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHIPPODROME FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY LAW CENTER INC: $18,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAT JACOBS WELL INC: $18,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARTIES OF NORTHEASTERN PENSYLVANIA INC: $18,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VILLAGE INCORPORATED: $17,500 over 2y, 4.8% 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.

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.

Richard King Mellon FoundationPA59.4× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Wh & Althea F Remmel Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The William Penn Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · Eqt Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

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 C F Holdship Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from C F Holdship Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Parks and People Inc: 43% of income from government
  • The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Mobile Medical Care Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Anacostia Watershed Society Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Project Refit: 13% of income from government
  • Thread Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Center Stage Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Producers Club of Md Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Hippodrome Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Legacy Treatment Services Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Maryland Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Humanim Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
72report 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.

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 240 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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