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Cadence Bank Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
376
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$177k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.4MHuman Services$773kHousing & Shelter$503kCommunity Improvement$469kHealth$349kPhilanthropy$304kYouth Development$222kArts & Culture$207kOther$0
02FY2024 · 376 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 376 grants below total $1,747,804, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,006,036 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $258,232 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k347 grants · $816k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $380k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $552k
$2,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$43M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Little Rock Christian Academy$176,667
Gordon State College Foundation$100,000
The Woodruff Art Center$75,000
CREATE Foundation$50,000
University of Mississippi Foundation$50,000
Jackson State University Development Foundation$50,000
Regents School of Oxford, Inc.$50,000
Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville$40,000
Mississippi Aquarium Foundation$35,000
Boys and Girls Club of America$29,000
Mid-South Food Bank$25,000
Joy Development School$25,000
Texas A&M Foundation$20,000
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston$20,000
University of Houston Foundation$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 (FY17–22, $280k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $40k → 14%HUTTO HAS HEART: $1k → 6%FORT BEND COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 8%GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $1k → 14%CENTRAL TEXAS YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU: $3k → 14%TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION: $1k → 21%CREDIT COUNSELING OF ARKANSAS: $9k → 14%FOR THE SAKE OF ONE: $4k → 23%HARVEST HOUSE: $1k → 8%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER: $1k → 12%THE ARC OF CLARKE COUNTY INC: $6k → 24%FAYETTE CARES: $3k → 10%RISE: $1k → 15%PROGRAM BELIEVE: $3k → 19%FOUR RIVERS OUTREACH INC: $1k → 11%HISPANIC COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 17%CHRISTIAN SERVICES MISSION: $2k → 16%PETAL CHILDREN'S TASK FORCE: $2k → 22%M-POWER MINISTRIES: $2k → 16%VICKSBURG FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SERVICE: $1k → 20%ON THE ROAD LENDING: $3k → 14%LONGVIEW COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $2k → 16%THE ARC CADDO-BOSSIER: $4k → 22%MISSION TEXARKANA: $1k → 19%CASA OF MADISON COUNTY: $1k → 11%SPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISSION INC: $2k → 15%THE LIGHTHOUSE RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 22%THE DREAM CENTER: $2k → 15%PARK FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%HOUSE OF GRACE: $1k → 10%OPERATION SHOESTRING: $20k → 23%THE CARE CENTER: $1k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $50k → 16%FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $1k → 11%AREA RELIEF MINISTRIES: $3k → 15%VOICE OF CALVARY MINISTRIES: $5k → 23%WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST: $9k → 17%SPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISSION INC: $1k → 11%MARSHALL COUNTY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $10k → 17%FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTH ALABAMA: $1k → 17%OPERATION SHOESTRING: $20k → 23%BOYS & GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON: $1k → 16%BAKER RIPLEY: $22k → 16%VOICE OF CALVARY MINISTRIES: $3k → 23%SPRING WOODLANDS MINISTRIES: $1k → 16%GATEWAY: $1k → 16%JEFFERSON CO COMMITTEE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: $2k → 16%ALABAMA ASSET BULDING COALITION: $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

AK
ID
MN
NY
NJ
CA
MO
VA
NM
AR
TN
SC
LA
MS
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.

30%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 103 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

103 repeat relationships: 82 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 273 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

103
419

Total granted

$1.5M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+17%

Still filing today

91%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TS
    TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO
    2× · 2022–2024 · $177k · revenue +21%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $100k · revenue +11%
  • B
    BakerRipley
    2× · 2021–2022 · $72k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • MS
    MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue +97%
  • CH
    CHICKASAW HERITAGE CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $75k
  • TS
    TN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Habitat for Humanity of Baldwin County Inc

Habitat for humanity of baldwin county, inc. is an ecumenical, christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing by partnering with the community to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

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2
Housing Hub

Building homes working families can afford. We are dedicated to: providing new, affordable homes to residents in the South Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee; preparing future and current homeowners to both acquire and maintain a safe and…

Housing & Shelter
3
Mercy Housing & Human Development

Empowered by the belief that all people have basic rights to dignity and compassion, our mission at mercy housing and human development is to recognize the need for sustainable, affordable housing for low-wealth families of south…

Human Services
4
Habitat for Humanity of Faulkner County

To helpless less fortunate families to build homes

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5
Family Promise of Baldwin County

To provide temporary shelter, related services and nuturing support to housing insecure families with children in baldwin county.

Human Services
6
Holston Habitat for Humanity Inc

Seeking to put Gods love into action, Holston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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7
United Housing Connections

We connect people at-risk for or experiencing homlessness with safe, sustainable, and affordable homes. we work to promote and preserve the dignity and quality of life for all citizens in upstate south carolina.

Community Improvement
8
Habitat for Humanity of Simpson County Inc

To provide decent affordable housing for families to become homeowners to help them become positive contributors to the community

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9
Rebuilding Together Central Alabama

Bringing volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of low-income homeowners.

Community Improvement
10
Community Food Bank of Central Alabama

To feed people in need today and foster collaborative solutions to end hunger tomorrow.

Food & Nutrition
11
Habitat for Humanity of Okaloosa County Inc

Okaloosa habitat for humanity is a non-profit, christian organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in okaloosa county. we provide opportunites for the community to show god's love in action. through partnership with people…

Housing & Shelter
12
Tunica County Community Development Coalition Inc

Provide training and low income home building for potential first time home buyers. Also provide low income rental housing

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope for All Gulf Coast; the most unlike its peers is Community Bank Partners. 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

498 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 498 of the 802 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)
95
Early backer (in before they grew)
479/498
Grantees still filing
292/498
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Little Rock Christian Academy: $176,667 · OtherLittle Rock Christian AcademyHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHEAST MS: $122,500 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHEAST MSGordon State College Foundation: $100,000 · OtherCHICKASAW HERITAGE CENTER: $75,000 · OtherTN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $75,000 · OtherROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $75,000 · Other+112 more: $1,586,643 · Other+112 moreMISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationMISSOURI STATE UNIVERS…TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $177,000 · EducationTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERS…UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSI…Avondale House Inc: $50,000 · EducationAvondale House IncREGENTS SCHOOL OF OXFORD INC: $50,000 · EducationREGENTS SCHOOL OF OXFO…URBAN HOPE DEVELOPMENT: $50,000 · EducationURBAN HOPE DEVELOPMENT+12 more: $122,510 · Education+12 moreBakerRipley: $71,690 · Human ServicesBakerRipl…COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $50,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT …OPERATION SHOESTRING INC: $41,500 · Human ServicesOPERATION…CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'…+21 more: $138,300 · Human Services+21 moreTRUFUND FINANCIAL SERVICES INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementLIFTFUND INC: $40,750 · Community ImprovementCENTRAL DALLAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $24,000 · Community ImprovementHOPE ENTERPRISE CORPORATION: $20,000 · Community ImprovementACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS INC: $18,500 · Community ImprovementCommunity Care Development Network: $17,700 · Community ImprovementTHE CORNERSTONE INITIATIVE: $15,000 · Community ImprovementBLACK RIVER AREA DEVELOPMENT CORP: $10,500 · Community Improvement+6 more: $36,031 · Community ImprovementCREATE FOUNDATION: $95,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation of Greater Huntsville: $40,000 · PhilanthropyThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston: $20,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL AREA INC: $13,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Northeast Mississippi Inc: $9,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI: $8,000 · PhilanthropyFamily Foundation of Southwest Louisiana: $7,500 · Philanthropy+5 more: $30,058 · PhilanthropyAQUATIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $145,000 · AnimalsUNIVERSITY DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $32,000 · Housing & ShelterSOLOMON'S TEMPLE FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE INC: $16,000 · Housing & ShelterUSA CARES INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterCOLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS INC: $11,000 · Housing & ShelterGEORGIA ADVANCING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterSHILOH PLACE MCKINNEY: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterMt Pleasant Community Development Corporation Inc: $5,500 · Housing & ShelterDEPAUL USA INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterFort Cavazos Community Habitat for Humanity Inc: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterBACK BAY MISSION: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterFRANKLIN HOUSING COLLABORATIVE: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,210,810Education$799,510Human Services$341,490Community Improvement$232,481Philanthropy$223,058Animals$145,000Housing & Shelter$133,000

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 budgetMISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $177,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetAQUATIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $145,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCREATE FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBakerRipley: $71,690 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTRUFUND FINANCIAL SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAvondale House Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetREGENTS SCHOOL OF OXFORD INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetURBAN HOPE DEVELOPMENT: $50,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $44,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SHOESTRING INC: $41,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetLIFTFUND INC: $40,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S FUND INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Greater Huntsville: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $32,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJoy Development School: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL DALLAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $24,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetArea Development Partnership Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMERCY HEALTH SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE ENTERPRISE CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS INC: $18,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Care Development Network: $17,700 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSOLOMON'S TEMPLE FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetOUR HOUSE INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION OF NORTH MS: $15,600 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Houston Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUSA CARES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CORNERSTONE INITIATIVE: $15,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL AREA INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKIDSGYM USA INC: $12,500 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetRandy Sams Outreach Shelter: $12,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCOLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLACK RIVER AREA DEVELOPMENT CORP: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARSHALL COUNTY CHRISTIAN SERVICESINC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFORREST GENERAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S PREPARATORY NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

BBVA FoundationCommunity Foundation …Centerpoint Energy Fo…The Daniel Foundation…Regions FoundationMississippi Power Fou…Ergon Foundation IncUnited Way of the Mid…Navigate Affordable H…Arkansas Community Fo…Community Foundation …Entergy Charitable Fo…
BBVA FoundationAL44.7× affinity29 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: BBVA Foundation · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Regions Foundation · Mississippi Power Foundation Inc · Ergon Foundation Inc · United Way of the Mid South · Navigate Affordable Housing Partners Inc · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Louisiana · Entergy Charitable 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 Cadence Bank Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cadence Bank Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Tri-County Community Council Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Harvest House Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Bay Education Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
65report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Cadence Bank Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cadence Bank Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 802 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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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