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Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
56
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$898k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$18MPhilanthropy$15MEducation$11MYouth Development$8.9MHousing & Shelter$8.0MCivil Rights$3.5MCommunity Improvement$2.9MHealth$2.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $96k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $229k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+7 grants · $3.2M
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$130M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AVENUE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$898,001
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$550,000
COMPLETELY KIDS$508,100
SOUTHWEST IOWA TECHNICAL CAREER HUB$386,922
SOUTHWEST IOWA NONPROFIT FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT$333,333
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$277,732
GLENWOOD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$250,000
TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA$208,800
AFRICAN AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT NETWORK INC$206,000
NEW VISIONS HOMELESS SERVICES$164,100
OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC$162,000
WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION$116,460
THE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IOWA$100,000
FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND$100,000
APPLIED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE$100,000
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, $9.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $116k → 9%NISHNA PRODUCATIONS INC: $10k → 13%WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $116k → 9%EAST MILLS CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS: $1.0M → 9%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $154k → 6%FAITH'S FRIENDS: $10k → 14%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $27k → 6%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $25k → 6%THE STANTON CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC: $500k → 11%THE STANTON CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC: $344k → 11%CONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTER: $250k → 12%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $11k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $7k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $7k → 12%IMPACT HILL: $300k → 12%IMPACT HILL: $121k → 12%METRO CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $75k → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $14k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $265k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $259k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $18k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $13k → 12%THE COLLECTIVE FOR HOPE: $10k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $1.3M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $1.2M → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $108k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $104k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $102k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $100k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $91k → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $29k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $209k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $200k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $200k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $200k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $200k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $162k → 12%OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $50k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $209k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $161k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $150k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $150k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $6k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $118k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $116k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $116k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $116k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $116k → 12%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.
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$58M · 92 repeat orgs$6.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

92 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2025, 49 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

92
47

Total granted

$58M
$6.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
0%

Still filing today

72%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $795k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • AS
    AVENUE SCHOLARS
    7× · 2019–2025 · $10.0M · revenue +36% · 43% of their budget
  • CK
    COMPLETELY KIDS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.6M · revenue +64%
  • SC
    STEPHEN CENTER INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +28% · 49% of their budget

Funded once

  • CT
    CROSS TRAINING CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $1.7M
  • EM
    EAST MILLS CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · 45% of their budget
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue -52%
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
One Omaha

One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.

Community Improvement
2
Food Bank of Iowa

The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.

Food & Nutrition
3
Northeast Iowa Community Action Corp

Through dynamic partnerships, quality family services, advocacy and education, neicac advances community development and improves social and economic conditions for individuals and families with limited resources.

Human Services
4
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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5
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
6
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce

Our mission is to inspire the iowa city area to be greater by: 1) elevating business, 2) investing in strategic initiatives, and 3) advocating for the economic resiliency of the greater community.

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7
Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

To increase business, employment, and investment in the greater omaha area.

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8
Omaha Economic Development Corporation

The mission of oedc is to implement economic development projects, housing, and community revitalization programs that create jobs, business ownership opportunities and other economic benefits for area residents.

—
9
Community Justice Center

A restorative justice agency committed to habilitating justice in nebraska.

Crime & Legal
10
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
11
Omaha Community Foundation

To serve the community by cultivating generosity and strengthening nonprofits.

Philanthropy
12
Mid-Iowa Workshops Inc

To provide employment for the disabled.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty Inc; the most unlike its peers is Learning for All. 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

101 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. 101 of the 152 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.

16
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
96/101
Grantees still filing
55/101
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHARLES E LAKIN HUMAN SERVICE CAMPUS FOUNDATION: $6,784,765 · OtherCHARLES E LAKIN HUMAN SERVICE CAMPUS FO…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $3,235,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBIndividual grant recipient: $2,113,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM: $2,000,000 · OtherTEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAMCROSS TRAINING CENTER: $1,716,322 · OtherCROSS TRAINING CENTERSOUTHWEST IOWA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,090,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $1,000,000 · Other+84 more: $9,716,829 · Other+84 moreAVENUE SCHOLARS: $9,965,337 · EducationAVENUE SCHOLARSAFRICAN AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT NETWORK IN: $3,669,597 · EducationAFRICAN AMERICAN EMPOW…100 BLACK MEN OF OMAHA INC: $525,000 · Education+9 more: $1,398,677 · Education+9 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN IOWA: $14,549,026 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION …+3 more: $610,500 · PhilanthropyHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $2,960,405 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND FAM…OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $1,221,000 · Human ServicesOMAHA BRIDGES…EAST MILLS CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesEAST MILLS CH…THE STANTON CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC: $844,000 · Human ServicesTHE STANTON C…TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $676,800 · Human ServicesTOGETHER INC …WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $589,300 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTE…YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $562,500 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREAT…IMPACT HILL: $421,491 · Human Services+20 more: $936,120 · Human Services+20 moreMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION: $2,785,000 · Housing & ShelterSTEPHEN CENTER INC: $2,521,867 · Housing & ShelterNEOLA BETTERMENT CORPORATION: $500,000 · Housing & ShelterCOMPLETELY KIDS: $3,601,976 · Youth DevelopmentPartnership 4 Kids Inc: $324,100 · Youth Development+1 more: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTHWEST IOWA NONPROFIT FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT: $1,074,999 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $804,580 · HealthOLLIE WEBB CENTER INC: $75,000 · Health+8 more: $109,620 · Health
Other$27,655,916Education$15,558,611Philanthropy$15,159,526Human Services$9,211,616Housing & Shelter$5,806,867Youth Development$3,932,076Health$2,064,199

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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN IOWA: $14,549,026 over 7y, 26% of budgetAVENUE SCHOLARS: $9,965,337 over 7y, 43% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT NETWORK IN: $3,669,597 over 7y, 40% of budgetCOMPLETELY KIDS: $3,601,976 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $2,960,405 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION: $2,785,000 over 7y, 38% of budgetSTEPHEN CENTER INC: $2,521,867 over 8y, 49% of budgetOMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC: $1,221,000 over 7y, 34% of budgetSOUTHWEST IOWA NONPROFIT FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT: $1,074,999 over 4y, 48% of budgetEAST MILLS CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS: $1,000,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetTHE STANTON CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC: $844,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $804,580 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetBETHESDA URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $799,770 over 3y, 84% of budgetTOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $676,800 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetBETHLEHEM HOUSE: $635,000 over 7y, 17% of budgetTHE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IOWA: $600,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $589,300 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER OMAHA: $562,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF OMAHA INC: $525,000 over 6y, 24% of budgetAPPLIED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE: $520,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetNOBLE INITIATIVE FOUNDATION: $511,755 over 2y, 33% of budgetNEOLA BETTERMENT CORPORATION: $500,000 over 1y, 80% of budgetIMPACT HILL: $421,491 over 2y, 61% of budgetPolice Athletics for Community Engagement: $401,067 over 3y, 26% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS: $345,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetVISION TREYNOR GROUP INC: $336,000 over 2y, 71% of budgetPartnership 4 Kids Inc: $324,100 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetOMAHA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $315,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetBLUFFS ARTS COUNCIL: $311,282 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $306,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOMNI BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $300,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetNEBRASKA ENTERPRISE FUND: $300,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetTHE JET AWARD FOUNDATION & TRUST: $254,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetCONNECTED ROOTS CARE CENTER: $250,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetWEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $234,920 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY INC: $220,565 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetWHISPERING ROOTS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTHRESHOLD COC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOLLIE WEBB CENTER INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF OMAHA: $68,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetLEARNING FOR ALL: $55,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetDIBS for Kids: $50,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetIOWA WEST FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPost Traumatic Growth Institute: $39,120 over 7y, 12% of budgetLILY HAVEN: $35,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetSUBURBAN ROTARY CLUB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $28,500 over 8y, 3.2% 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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN IOWA ↗
  • Who funds AVENUE SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT NETWORK IN ↗
  • Who funds COMPLETELY KIDS ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds MICAH HOUSE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST IOWA NONPROFIT FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT ↗
  • Who funds EAST MILLS CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE STANTON CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BETHESDA URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TABOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA ↗
  • Who funds BETHLEHEM HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IOWA ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF GREATER OMAHA ↗
  • Who funds 100 BLACK MEN OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds APPLIED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NOBLE INITIATIVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEOLA BETTERMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT HILL ↗
  • Who funds Police Athletics for Community Engagement ↗
  • Who funds Southwest Iowa Technical Career Hub ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds VISION TREYNOR GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds Partnership 4 Kids Inc ↗

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 Lozier FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…Robert B Daugherty Fo…Peter Kiewit Foundati…Mutual of Omaha Found…The Hawks FoundationImmanuel Community Vi…Iowa West FoundationSuzanne & Walter Scot…United Way of the Mid…The Charles and Mary …Weitz Family Foundati…
The Lozier FoundationNE79× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Iowa West Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Weitz Family 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 Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    35report 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 Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc 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 152 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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