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Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc at a glance

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Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$425k
Granted FY2025still arriving
73
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$671kYouth Development$458kHealth$334kHuman Services$314kEducation$305kRecreation & Sports$229kHousing & Shelter$76kInternational$58kOther$0
02FY2025 · 73 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k67 grants · $333k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $92k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTMINSTER ECONOMIC DEVP INIT$19,000
HISPANIC HERITAGE COUNCIL OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC$17,500
BUFFALO CENTER FOR ART & TECHNOLOGY$15,500
BUFFALO PREP$15,500
JERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES$12,500
HASEK'S HEROES$12,000
WILLIE HUTCH JONES SPORTS CLINIC$9,500
EPIC$9,000
SALVATION ARMY$7,500
RURAL OUTREACH CENTER$7,500
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO$7,500
MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES OF WNY$7,500
Individual grant recipient$7,500
BUFFALO STRING WORKS$7,500
FIRST SHILOH YOUTH FOUNDATION$7,000
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, $211k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE: $6k → 13%BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE: $6k → 13%BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE: $5k → 13%BIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAF: $5k → 13%FANTASTIC FRIENDS OF WNY INC: $5k → 13%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO: $8k → 13%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO: $8k → 13%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO: $6k → 13%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO: $6k → 13%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO: $5k → 13%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO: $5k → 13%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO: $5k → 13%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO: $5k → 13%OLMSTED CENTER FOR SIGHT: $3k → 13%WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%OLMSTED CENTER FOR SIGHT: $2k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $10k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $8k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $8k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $8k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $8k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $8k → 13%LOTHLORIAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5k → 13%LOTHLORIAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $5k → 13%LOTHLORIAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING CTR: $5k → 13%LOTHLORIAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5k → 13%LOTHLORIAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING CTR: $5k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $5k → 13%LOTHLORIAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING CTR: $4k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $1k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $1k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $5k → 13%COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR EVERY1: $6k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $5k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $5k → 13%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $5k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $4k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $4k → 13%YWCA OF WNY: $1k → 13%YWCA OF WNY: $1k → 13%YWCA OF WNY: $1k → 13%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 107 repeat orgs$131k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

107 repeat relationships: 68 still active in FY2025, 39 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

107
32

Total granted

$2.6M
$111k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+6%

Still filing today

56%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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

  • BA
    BUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $96k · revenue +43%
  • BUFFALO PREP INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $82k · revenue +49%
  • JERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $78k · revenue +206%

Funded once

  • CS
    COMMUNITY SERV FOR EVERY1
    one grant, 2018 · $9k
  • UD
    UPward Design for Life Corporation
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue +6%
  • BC
    BELLE CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art

The Buffalo Institiute for Contemporary Art (Bica) is a art and educational project for Buffalo, NY. Through Innovative exhibitions, cross-discipplinary skills-based programming, and arts ecology development, bica mission is to break down…

Arts & Culture
2
Hispanos Unidos De Buffalo

Respond to economic, social, educational, and cultural needs of hispanic/latinos in western new york through bilingual, bicultural services that promote self-sufficiency and improve quality of life.

Human Services
3
Open Buffalo Inc

Open Buffalo's mission is to advance racial, economic, and ecological justice through skill building, network connecting, and activating leadership opportunities with the ultimate goal for all communities in Western New York to thrive free…

Human Services
4
State University College At Buffalo Child Day Care Development Facility Inc

To provide quality, affordable child care for the families of students, faculty and staff of the college, as well as families of other new york state employees and community members.

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5
The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo

The legal aid bureau of buffalo, inc., a not-for-profit organization, provides legal representation to financially needy men, women and children in western new york. through its skilled staff, the legal aid bureau seeks equal justice for…

Crime & Legal
6
East Buffalo Development Corporation

East Buffalo Development Corporation is a community-based real estate development corporation committed to our mission of leveraging private and public funds to drive equitable and inclusive eastside planning, construction, land use, and…

Community Improvement
7
Better Parks Buffalo Inc

Create new public golf and recreation amenities in the city of buffalo; assist in the restoration of frederick law olmsted's south park arboretum; and construct a new education center for underserved, minority youth.

—
8
Buffalo Media Resources Inc

We envision a community that uses film & digital media to celebrate freedom of expression and to continue a legacy of innovation in media arts through education, exhibitions, and equipment access programs.

Arts & Culture
9
University At Buffalo Child Care Center Inc

University at Buffalo Child Care Center offers care for infants, toddlers, and preschool children throughout the year.

Human Services
10
Invest Buffalo Niagara Foundation Inc

Invest buffalo niagara foundation, inc. is a vehicle to solicit charitable contributions to develop programs, collaborate with, and provide funding to organizations that advance and encourage economic development in western new york.

Community Improvement
11
Boys and Girls Club of Syracuse

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

—
12
Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust Inc

To acquire, remediate, and steward lands along wny's waterfronts prioritizing public access.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Buffalo String Works Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boys On the Right Track Incorporate D. 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

78 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. 78 of the 145 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
78/78
Grantees still filing
51/78
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC: $95,500 · OtherBUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INCBUFFALO PREP INC: $81,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $73,500 · OtherWESTMINSTER ECONOMIC DEVP INIT: $73,000 · OtherEPIC: $63,500 · Other+87 more: $1,176,320 · Other+87 moreBUFFALO STRING WORKS INC: $56,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO STRING …BUFFALO INNER CITY BALLET INC: $43,500 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO INNER C…Community Music School: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCommunity Music…PAPPY MARTIN LEGACY JAZZ COLLECTIVE INC: $28,500 · Arts & CulturePAPPY MARTIN LE…JUST BUFFALO LITERARY CENTER INC: $24,000 · Arts & CultureJUST BUFFALO LI…BUFFALO ARTS STUDIO: $24,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO ARTS ST…DANCEABILITY INC: $23,500 · Arts & CultureDANCEABILITY IN…HISPANIC HERITAGE COUNCIL OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $20,500 · Arts & CultureHISPANIC HERITA…STITCH BUFFALO INC: $19,500 · Arts & CultureASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC: $19,000 · Arts & CultureCenter for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Inc: $18,500 · Arts & CultureWESTERN NY BOOK ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC: $16,000 · Arts & CultureEXPLORE & MORE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $39,500 · Arts & Culture+7 moreThe Rural Outreach Center Inc: $59,500 · Human ServicesTHE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO: $47,500 · Human ServicesLOTHLORIEN THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $29,000 · Human ServicesBIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED: $22,000 · Human ServicesCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $22,000 · Human Services+7 more: $31,250 · Human ServicesTre & Associates Inc: $60,000 · Recreation & SportsSKATING ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & HAND: $37,500 · Recreation & SportsBUFFALO THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $32,000 · Recreation & SportsCRADLE BEACH INC: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsDOMINIK HASEK YOUTH HOCKEY LEAGUE INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsBUFFALO MARITIME CENTER INC: $15,500 · Recreation & SportsThe Boys & Girls Club Of The Northtowns Inc: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentFIRST SHILOH YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BUFFALO INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN OF BUFFALO INC: $22,500 · Youth DevelopmentBE-A-FRIEND PROGRAM INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS ON THE RIGHT TRACK INCORPORATE D: $14,500 · Youth DevelopmentResource Council of WNY Inc: $14,000 · Youth DevelopmentUPward Design for Life Corporation: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentJERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES INC: $77,500 · ReligionURBAN CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $35,000 · ReligionGERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC: $45,000 · Housing & ShelterHOMESPACE CORPORATION: $43,500 · Housing & ShelterSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES MADE EQUAL INC: $4,500 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,563,320Arts & Culture$377,500Human Services$211,250Recreation & Sports$195,000Youth Development$177,500Religion$112,500Housing & Shelter$99,000

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 budgetBUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC: $95,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetBUFFALO PREP INC: $81,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetJERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES INC: $77,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTre & Associates Inc: $60,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetThe Rural Outreach Center Inc: $59,500 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetBUFFALO STRING WORKS INC: $56,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO: $47,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC: $45,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBUFFALO INNER CITY BALLET INC: $43,500 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetHOMESPACE CORPORATION: $43,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Boys & Girls Club Of The Northtowns Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSKATING ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & HAND: $37,500 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetURBAN CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $35,000 over 6y, 6.8% of budgetFIRST SHILOH YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 over 6y, 9.6% of budgetBUFFALO THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $32,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budget716 Squash Inc: $31,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BUFFALO INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCRADLE BEACH INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Music School: $30,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetLOTHLORIEN THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $29,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetPAPPY MARTIN LEGACY JAZZ COLLECTIVE INC: $28,500 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetBUFFALO NIAGARA WATERKEEPER INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRAHAMA: $25,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetJUST BUFFALO LITERARY CENTER INC: $24,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBUFFALO ARTS STUDIO: $24,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetDANCEABILITY INC: $23,500 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF BUFFALO INC: $22,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBIG BIG TABLE COMMUNITY CAFE INCORPORATED: $22,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $22,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHISPANIC HERITAGE COUNCIL OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $20,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDOMINIK HASEK YOUTH HOCKEY LEAGUE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetKING URBAN LIFE CENTER INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSTITCH BUFFALO INC: $19,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC: $19,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCenter for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Inc: $18,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetWESTERN NY BOOK ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC: $16,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBUFFALO MARITIME CENTER INC: $15,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetEXPLORE & MORE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBE-A-FRIEND PROGRAM INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS ON THE RIGHT TRACK INCORPORATE D: $14,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetResource Council of WNY Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $13,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWEST SIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES INC: $11,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetKaren Society of Buffalo Inc: $11,500 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetSENECA STREET COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGrassroots Gardens of Western New York Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 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 BUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO PREP INC ↗
  • Who funds JERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Tre & Associates Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Rural Outreach Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO STRING WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO ↗
  • Who funds GERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO INNER CITY BALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMESPACE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds The Boys & Girls Club Of The Northtowns Inc ↗
  • Who funds SKATING ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & HAND ↗
  • Who funds URBAN CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST SHILOH YOUTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds 716 Squash Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BUFFALO INC ↗
  • Who funds CRADLE BEACH INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Music School ↗
  • Who funds LOTHLORIEN THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PAPPY MARTIN LEGACY JAZZ COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO NIAGARA WATERKEEPER INC ↗
  • Who funds RAHAMA ↗
  • Who funds JUST BUFFALO LITERARY CENTER 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 …The John R Oishei Fou…The Western New York …Cullen FoundationFirst Niagara Foundat…The Frank G Raichle F…The Margaret L Wendt …United Way of Buffalo…James H Cummings Foun…The Peter and Elizabe…The Baird FoundationBuffalo Bills Foundat…
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY127.3× affinity68 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The John R Oishei Foundation · The Western New York Foundation · Cullen Foundation · First Niagara Foundation · The Frank G Raichle Foundation · The Margaret L Wendt Foundation · United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · The Baird Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc

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 Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
38report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Children's Foundation of Erie County 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 145 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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