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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

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.

$166M
Granted FY2024still arriving
834
Grants FY2024still arriving
52
States reached
$16M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Education$231MCommunity Improvement$170MPhilanthropy$164MArts & Culture$130MEnvironment$123MYouth Development$94MHealth$55MRecreation & Sports$41MOther$0
02FY2024 · 834 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k229 grants · $594k
  • $10k–50k149 grants · $3.4M
  • $50k–250k340 grants · $41M
  • $250k+116 grants · $121M
$55,000
Median grant
52
States reached
$3.8B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community Foundation of Greater Flint$15,541,792
Regents of the University of Michigan$10,000,000
Kettering University$8,000,000
Beecher Community School District$7,000,000
Foundation for the Uptown Reinvestment Corporation$6,000,000
Friends of Berston$5,000,000
Genesee Intermediate School District$5,000,000
Regents of the University of Michigan$3,652,544
Community Foundation of Greater Flint$3,340,000
Mott Community College$3,000,000
Mizzen Education Inc$2,500,000
Afterschool Alliance$2,400,000
Fund for Global Human Rights$2,000,000
American Online Giving Foundation Inc$1,542,417
Uptown Reinvestment Corporation Inc$1,300,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 89% of grant dollars ($1.1B). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 11% that went abroad ($133M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $18.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%Jannus Inc: $225k → 8%Rural Dynamics Inc: $175k → 14%Children's Forum Inc: $200k → 19%Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children: $175k → 8%United Ways of Tennessee: $200k → 9%Welcoming America Inc: $200k → 14%Alaska Children's Trust: $210k → 10%Alaska Children's Trust: $150k → 22%Operation Shoestring Inc: $175k → 23%New Jersey School-Age Care Coalition: $175k → 10%Jannus Inc: $175k → 8%Sdsn Association Inc: $300k → 17%Children's Forum Inc: $175k → 19%Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children: $175k → 8%United Ways of Tennessee: $175k → 9%Voices for Georgia's Children Inc: $175k → 13%Metropolitan Family Services: $175k → 14%Sdsn Association Inc: $250k → 17%Children's Forum Inc: $150k → 19%Voices for Georgia's Children Inc: $175k → 13%Voices for Georgia's Children Inc: $150k → 13%Indiana Youth Institute: $175k → 16%Metropolitan Family Services: $150k → 14%Sdsn Association Inc: $250k → 17%Indiana Youth Institute: $150k → 16%Sdsn Association Inc: $200k → 17%Metropolitan Family Services: $175k → 14%Focus HOPE: $750k → 21%Focus HOPE: $750k → 21%Focus HOPE: $500k → 21%Focus HOPE: $200k → 21%Focus- HOPE: $200k → 21%Focus HOPE: $200k → 21%National Urban League Inc: $200k → 17%Focus HOPE: $200k → 21%Focus HOPE: $200k → 21%Harlem Children's Zone Inc: $600k → 17%Harlem Children's Zone Inc: $200k → 17%Children's Aid Society: $200k → 17%Harlem Children's Zone Inc: $160k → 17%ExpandED Schools: $1.0M → 17%ExpandED Schools: $250k → 17%ExpandED Schools: $200k → 17%Accountability Lab Inc: $200k → 14%Friends of Berston: $5.0M → 16%North Flint Reinvestment Corporation: $1.5M → 16%North Flint Reinvestment Corporation: $500k → 16%Friends of Berston: $340k → 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

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HI
OK
LA
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Beyond the US: 11% of all-years giving ($133M)

51 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
South Africa$24M · 202 grants
Brazil$22M · 159 grants
Ukraine$8.1M · 79 grants
United Kingdom$7.8M · 83 grants
Belgium$5.3M · 48 grants
Germany$4.6M · 22 grants
Kenya$4.4M · 33 grants
Romania$4.2M · 33 grants
Czechia$4.1M · 16 grants
Netherlands$4.0M · 22 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Charles Stewart Mott Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 12% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1B · 1314 repeat orgs$24M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

1314 repeat relationships: 587 still active in FY2024, 727 since wound down; 65 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1314
536

Total granted

$1.1B
$18M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+17%

Still filing today

62%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.6M 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthInternationalOther
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

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR UPTOWN REINVESTMENT
    8× · 2017–2024 · $54M · revenue +559% · 100% of their budget
  • FC
    Flint Cultural Center Foundation
    6× · 2017–2022 · $52M · revenue +123%
  • KU
    Kettering University
    8× · 2017–2024 · $36M · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR FLINT
    one grant, 2017 · $2.0M · revenue -89% · 64% of their budget
  • SO
    State of Michigan
    one grant, 2019 · $1.0M
  • MC
    MCFARLAN CHARITABLE CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $750k · revenue -77% · 28% of their budget
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.

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Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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2
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
3
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
4
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
7
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
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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10
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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11
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grantmakers for Education; the most unlike its peers is Flint Public Art Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

1260 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. 1260 of the 2,000 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.

84
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
332
Early backer (in before they grew)
1225/1260
Grantees still filing
899/1260
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $46,484,876 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYGenesee Area Focus Fund: $42,373,645 · OtherGenesee Area Focus FundREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $37,336,816 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANMott Community College: $26,567,190 · OtherSchool District of the City of Flint: $22,842,154 · OtherTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC: $21,910,500 · OtherFoundation-Administered Projects-Direct Charitable Activities: $20,946,884 · OtherCity of Flint: $19,547,521 · Other+105 more: $279,991,868 · Other+105 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT: $60,544,667 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATIO…FOUNDATION FOR UPTOWN REINVESTMENT: $53,911,292 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR UPTO…UNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY: $10,880,647 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GENES…+18 more: $39,509,631 · Philanthropy+18 moreFlint Cultural Center Foundation: $52,281,500 · Arts & CultureFlint Cultura…FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER: $24,000,000 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FO…Flint Cultural Center Corporation: $15,114,754 · Arts & CultureFlint Cultura…Flint Institute of Arts: $11,547,619 · Arts & CultureFlint Institu…Flint Institute of Music: $8,107,505 · Arts & CultureFlint Institu…+2 more: $2,575,538 · Arts & CultureKettering University: $36,307,650 · EducationKettering…STEM NEXT OPPORTUNITY FUND: $6,225,125 · EducationSTEM NEXT…NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING ASSOCIATION INC: $4,110,000 · EducationMIZZEN EDUCATION INC: $3,542,962 · Education+20 more: $30,723,888 · Education+20 moreWATER FOUNDATION: $6,400,000 · EnvironmentGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $5,699,500 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,207,475 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $3,585,000 · EnvironmentGreat Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund Inc: $3,296,827 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR LAND REFORM INC DBA CENTER FOR COMMUNITY PROGRESS: $2,350,000 · EnvironmentMICHIGAN ENVIROMENTAL COUNCIL: $2,110,415 · EnvironmentRIVER NETWORK: $1,955,000 · EnvironmentTHE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $1,755,000 · EnvironmentUS WATER ALLIANCE: $1,520,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $1,500,000 · Environment+7 more: $8,475,000 · EnvironmentAFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE: $21,910,000 · Youth DevelopmentYouth Service America: $2,475,000 · Youth DevelopmentNATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $1,700,000 · Youth DevelopmentCIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: $1,415,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT: $1,334,325 · Youth DevelopmentNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $1,165,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000,000 · Youth DevelopmentFUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $9,875,000 · InternationalWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $3,085,000 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $2,375,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW INC: $1,820,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $1,472,250 · InternationalCARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: $1,200,000 · InternationalINSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC: $1,119,900 · InternationalCENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INC: $1,100,000 · InternationalAlianza Americas: $1,088,825 · InternationalHEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $1,017,350 · International
Other$518,001,454Philanthropy$164,846,237Arts & Culture$113,626,916Education$80,909,625Environment$42,854,217Youth Development$30,999,325International$24,153,325

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT: $60,544,667 over 8y, 59% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR UPTOWN REINVESTMENT: $53,911,292 over 8y, 100% of budgetFlint Cultural Center Foundation: $52,281,500 over 6y, 23% of budgetGenesee Area Focus Fund: $42,373,645 over 8y, 89% of budgetKettering University: $36,307,650 over 8y, 18% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER: $24,000,000 over 5y, 88% of budgetTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC: $21,910,500 over 8y, 64% of budgetAFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE: $21,910,000 over 8y, 56% of budgetFlint Cultural Center Corporation: $15,114,754 over 8y, 30% of budgetCommunities First Inc: $13,527,145 over 8y, 53% of budgetYMCA of Greater Flint: $13,015,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetFlint Institute of Arts: $11,547,619 over 8y, 49% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY: $10,880,647 over 8y, 32% of budgetFUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $9,875,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetFlint Institute of Music: $8,107,505 over 8y, 25% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $7,347,500 over 8y, 19% of budgetWATER FOUNDATION: $6,400,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,358,750 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSTEM NEXT OPPORTUNITY FUND: $6,225,125 over 8y, 42% of budgetFRIENDS OF BERSTON: $5,765,428 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $5,699,500 over 8y, 63% of budgetCANDID: $5,252,175 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetCouncil on Foundations Inc: $4,560,000 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $4,426,500 over 8y, 24% of budgetGREATER FLINT ARTS COUNCIL: $4,288,598 over 8y, 70% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,207,475 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING ASSOCIATION INC: $4,110,000 over 7y, 37% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR DETROIT'S FUTURE: $4,000,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetGenesee County Habitat for Humanity: $3,999,184 over 8y, 88% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $3,775,225 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $3,585,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetMIZZEN EDUCATION INC: $3,542,962 over 2y, 31% of budgetMichigan Association of United Ways Inc: $3,497,500 over 7y, 29% of budgetGreat Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund Inc: $3,296,827 over 8y, 55% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SHIAWASSEE AND GENESEE COUNTIES: $3,122,347 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $3,085,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFOCUSHOPE: $3,059,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetGREATER FLINT HEALTH COALITION INC: $2,933,125 over 8y, 15% of budgetBANK INFORMATION CENTER: $2,785,000 over 8y, 38% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc: $2,586,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetFlint Institute of Science & History: $2,580,517 over 4y, 14% of budgetFERRIS WHEEL INNOVATION CENTER: $2,560,000 over 7y, 51% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $2,495,115 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCFLEADS: $2,494,000 over 8y, 50% of budgetYouth Service America: $2,475,000 over 8y, 37% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES: $2,471,350 over 8y, 14% of budgetUNIVERSITY SCHOOL: $2,390,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $2,375,000 over 8y, 0.8% 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.

  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR UPTOWN REINVESTMENT ↗
  • Who funds Flint Cultural Center Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Genesee Area Focus Fund ↗
  • Who funds Kettering University ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE FLINT CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Flint Cultural Center Corporation ↗
  • Who funds Communities First Inc ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Greater Flint ↗
  • Who funds Flint Institute of Arts ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Flint Institute of Music ↗
  • Who funds AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS ↗
  • Who funds WATER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds STEM NEXT OPPORTUNITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BERSTON ↗
  • Who funds GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CANDID ↗
  • Who funds Council on Foundations Inc ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS ↗
  • Who funds GREATER FLINT ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND 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.

Community Foundation …Ruth Mott FoundationThe Fred & Barbara Er…Stella & Frederick Lo…Consumers Energy Foun…The Hagerman Foundati…Community Foundation …The Kresge FoundationAnna Paulina Foundati…Afterschool AllianceThe Carls FoundationDTE Energy Foundation
Community Foundation of Greater FlintMI109.7× affinity90 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Flint · Ruth Mott Foundation · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Hagerman Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Kresge Foundation · Anna Paulina Foundation · Afterschool Alliance · The Carls Foundation · DTE Energy 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 Stewart Mott Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Massachusetts Afterschool Partner- Ship Inc: 82% of income from government
  • Connecticut Network for Children and Youth Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Public School Resource Center: 67% of income from government
  • United Way of Delaware: 58% of income from government
  • Vermont Afterschool Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Oregon Association for the Education of Young Chil: 30% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Children's Forum Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Cfleads: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
56report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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 2000 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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