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$96k
Granted FY2020
9
Grants FY2020
8
States reached
$22k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2020.

Education$567kHealth$410kPublic Safety & Disaster$341kPhilanthropy$339kInternational$281kFood & Nutrition$206kHuman Services$183kArts & Culture$113kOther$0
02FY2020 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k6 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
$8,038
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA I$21,838
St Jude$18,063
ABLE WORKS$15,082
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIO$8,325
Big Brothers Big Sisters of F$8,038
CMC INITIATIVE INC$7,500
The Humane Society$6,290
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION DESERT$5,637
HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN AR$5,509
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 (FY17–19, $470k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS: $5k → 11%BAY CITY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $6k → 14%YOUTH IN NEED ST CHARLES CITY HEAD START AND EHS: $6k → 5%ST MARK CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $6k → 15%PAWS4PEOPLE INC: $8k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER: $13k → 13%FAIRBANKS YOUTH ADVOCATES: $7k → 21%CAROLYN STOKES DAY NURSERY: $6k → 11%EDGEWOOD EARLY HEAD START CENTER: $12k → 7%CENTRONIA - MARYLAND: $6k → 8%ROCHELLE STREET CENTER: $6k → 11%GREATER BAY AREA MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%ST MARK CHILD & FAMILY DEVEL: $6k → 15%PAWS4PEOPLE INC: $7k → 12%BETTER BEGINNINGS DAY CARE CENTER OF EAST WINDSOR HIGHTSTOWN INC: $6k → 11%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $5k → 6%ST JEROME'S HEAD START - HARLEM CENTER: $11k → 19%ROCHELLE STREET CENTER: $6k → 11%DEPELCHIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $12k → 16%OSSINING CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $5k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS GREATER LOS ANGELES: $114k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $162k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS DISASTER RELIEF FUND: $17k → 14%CAMP KESEM NATIONAL: $5k → 10%HAZELWOOD CENTER: $6k → 11%ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $10k → 17%ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $6k → 17%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $7k → 17%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
ME
VT
NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 33 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2020, 27 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
188

Total granted

$1.2M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+36%

Still filing today

97%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureFood & 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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2017–2018 · $292k · revenue +46%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $58k · revenue +98%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $54k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • EL
    ELYSE LAKRITZ WEINBAUM AND GAVEN LAKRITZ RESEARCH FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $69k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $53k · revenue +105%
  • VC
    Vail Christian School Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +57%
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
6
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
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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10
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
11
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
12
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Bay Area; the most unlike its peers is Forall Theater. 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

191 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. 191 of the 233 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)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
183/191
Grantees still filing
154/191
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE VIVINT GIVEBACK FOUNDATION: $226,453 · OtherTHE VIVINT GIVEBACK FOUNDATIONELYSE LAKRITZ WEINBAUM AND GAVEN LAKRITZ RESEARCH FUND: $69,220 · Other+97 more: $1,011,654 · Other+97 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $292,426 · Human ServicesAmerican National…ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION INC: $15,750 · Human ServicesPAWS4PEOPLE INC: $15,515 · Human Services+14 more: $108,921 · Human Services+14 moreUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $52,800 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …Vail Christian School Inc: $50,000 · EducationVail Christian…STOREHOUSE FOR TEACHERS D/B/A THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $33,000 · EducationSTOREHOUSE FOR…EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF DUVAL INC: $18,000 · EducationNew York University: $15,700 · EducationFairfield University: $15,200 · EducationVALOR GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $15,187 · EducationBARNARD COLLEGE: $13,900 · EducationFordham University: $13,430 · Education+20 more: $142,908 · Education+20 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $54,181 · HealthST JUDE CHI…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $29,797 · HealthPLANNED PAR…BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER: $23,339 · HealthBREM FOUNDA…CMC INITIATIVE INC: $20,500 · HealthCMC INITIAT…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $18,100 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $17,136 · HealthAMERICAN CA…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $16,256 · HealthBLOOD CANCE…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,417 · HealthINHERITANCE OF HOPE INC: $15,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $13,180 · HealthNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $11,200 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $10,100 · HealthCHAPEL HAVEN SCHLEIFER CENTER INC: $10,000 · Health+6 more: $41,990 · Health+6 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $57,805 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $37,362 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $34,060 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $20,233 · InternationalATMIYA CARE CHARITIES INC: $15,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $9,606 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $9,257 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $9,000 · International+6 more: $37,009 · InternationalUnited Way of Greater Houston: $36,325 · PhilanthropyFONDOS UNIDOS DE PUERTO RICO INC & UNITED WAY PUERTO RICO: $20,401 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEAR FUND: $15,864 · PhilanthropyVALLEY UNITED WAY INC: $12,350 · PhilanthropyFriends of the School of the Arts Fnd: $10,100 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $6,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NAPA VALLEY: $5,827 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $5,200 · PhilanthropyAlpha Iota Educational Foundation: $5,144 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,063 · PhilanthropyBOOK INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $5,016 · PhilanthropyGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $18,550 · Food & NutritionLOAVES AND FISHES: $17,090 · Food & NutritionGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $13,000 · Food & NutritionSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $12,813 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $11,695 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $10,780 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $8,896 · Food & NutritionLOAVES AND FISHES SOUTHWEST DETROIT: $8,217 · Food & NutritionFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $6,160 · Food & NutritionMID-SOUTH FOOD BANK: $5,105 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,307,327Human Services$455,112Education$370,125Health$296,196International$229,332Philanthropy$127,290Food & Nutrition$112,306

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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $292,426 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VIVINT GIVEBACK FOUNDATION: $226,453 over 2y, 11% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $57,805 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $54,181 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $52,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVail Christian School Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $37,362 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $36,325 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $34,060 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTOREHOUSE FOR TEACHERS D/B/A THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $33,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $31,002 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $29,797 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING TEXAS: $28,997 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $27,392 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetABLE WORKS: $26,978 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $24,217 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $22,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITY 4 ORPHANS: $21,100 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetCMC INITIATIVE INC: $20,500 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $20,233 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe John W Graham Emergency Shelter and Service Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetPROJECTHANDUP: $19,899 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $19,035 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $18,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $18,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEARLY LEARNING COALITION OF DUVAL INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MI: $18,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $17,136 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $16,256 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $15,864 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION INC: $15,750 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNew York University: $15,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRASH MOUNTAIN PROJECT INC: $15,687 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPAWS4PEOPLE INC: $15,515 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,417 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFairfield University: $15,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINHERITANCE OF HOPE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetATMIYA CARE CHARITIES INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetGLAAD INC: $14,164 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $13,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $13,715 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $13,430 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $13,180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $12,813 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY UNITED WAY INC: $12,350 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMONTCLAIR EARLY CHILDHOOD CORP MONTCLAIR COMMUNITY PRE-K: $12,000 over 2y, 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.

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.

America's CharitiesUnited Way WorldwideUnited Way of Greater…Bright Funds Foundati…The United Way of Sou…The Intuit FoundationThe Yelp FoundationGreater HorizonsIbm International Fou…Missouri Children's T…The Buhl FoundationArthur J Gallagher Fo…
America's CharitiesVA32.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: America's Charities · United Way Worldwide · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Bright Funds Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Intuit Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Greater Horizons · Ibm International Foundation · Missouri Children's Trust Fund · The Buhl Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher 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 Causecast Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Causecast Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Chapel Haven Schleifer Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Manna Food Bank Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Princeton Nursery School: 4% of income from government
  • Carolyn Stokes Day Nursery Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
  • The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/a Long Wharf Theatre: 1% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
41report 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 Causecast Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Causecast 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 233 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 2020, released 2020. 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