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Christian Community Foundation Inc

Honoring god through the transformational power of giving, serving givers at the intersection of faith and finance, and building the kingdom by transforming assets to living water.

$176M
Granted FY2025still arriving
1,651
Grants FY2025still arriving
49
States reached
$11M
Largest
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 2025.

Religion$321MPhilanthropy$198MEducation$88MInternational$74MHuman Services$39MHealth$26MPublic Benefit$19MCivil Rights$19MOther$0
02FY2025 · 1651 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1,651 grants below total $161,772,714, the rows itemized in this filing. The $176,413,707 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $14,640,993 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k314 grants · $2.2M
  • $10k–50k880 grants · $17M
  • $50k–250k341 grants · $34M
  • $250k+116 grants · $108M
$20,000
Median grant
49
States reached
$746M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ZOO MIDLAND INC$11,000,000
MARY HAYS INSTITUTE$5,009,800
SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND$4,871,646
THE WATERSTONE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TRUST 1$3,817,662
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$3,481,900
STRATEGIC RESOURCE GROUP$3,210,410
DISCOVERY INSTITUTE$3,101,500
WATERSTONE REAL ESTATE FOUNDATION$2,710,342
HARVESTERS MINISTRIES INC$2,395,500
TAYLOR UNIVERSITY$2,170,420
USA TRANSFORM$1,949,240
BIBLICA$1,855,600
G12 FOUNDATION$1,798,605
JOHN F MACARTHUR TRUST$1,776,220
REDEMPTION HILL CHURCH$1,708,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $20.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SECOND MILE MISSION CENTER: $278k → 8%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $239k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $529k → 8%LIFE ON BELAY: $458k → 5%AMOREM: $155k → 16%LIVING WATERS RETREAT MINISTRY: $130k → 3%DFREE GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $485k → 5%ORPHANETWORK: $202k → 10%BANGOR REGION YMCA: $418k → 15%SELAH LIFE CHOICES: $387k → 12%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $125k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $512k → 8%BANGOR REGION YMCA: $133k → 15%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $288k → 8%HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $116k → 13%COMMUNIO FOUNDATION: $1.3M → 6%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $243k → 8%HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $113k → 13%AVAIL NYC: $220k → 17%ONE ACCORD FOR KIDS: $322k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $230k → 8%AVAIL NYC: $210k → 17%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $228k → 8%UNBRIDLEDACTS: $1.5M → 12%ONE ACCORD FOR KIDS: $297k → 14%HORIZON EDUCATION NETWORK: $200k → 11%UNBRIDLEDACTS: $1.4M → 12%UNBRIDLEDACTS: $1.3M → 12%UNBRIDLEDACTS: $865k → 12%SPRING OF HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $120k → 16%UNBRIDLEDACTS: $615k → 12%TRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION: $384k → 14%UNBRIDLEDACTS: $523k → 12%TRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION: $254k → 14%UNBRIDLEDACTS: $486k → 12%TRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION: $216k → 14%UNBRIDLEDACTS: $484k → 12%UNBRIDLEDACTS: $349k → 12%TRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION: $134k → 5%ENRETURN CORP: $274k → 9%ENRETURN CORP: $268k → 9%ENRETURN CORP: $208k → 9%ENRETURN CORP: $149k → 9%ENRETURN CORP: $115k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF COLORADO SPRINGS: $121k → 9%SERVENOW: $290k → 9%SERVENOW: $250k → 9%SERVENOW: $142k → 9%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
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$769M · 1601 repeat orgs$42M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

1601 repeat relationships: 1037 still active in FY2025, 564 since wound down; 121 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1601
233

Total granted

$769M
$27M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+8%

Still filing today

62%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16M 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
ReligionEducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthYouth 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

  • WS
    WATERSTONE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TRUST 1
    9× · 2017–2025 · $36M · revenue +116%
  • WR
    WaterStone Real Estate Foundation
    5× · 2021–2025 · $23M · revenue +211% · 100% of their budget
  • SR
    STRATEGIC RESOURCE GROUP INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $22M · revenue +305%

Funded once

  • HG
    HIS GLORY ME
    one grant, 2023 · $2.5M · revenue -80%
  • UU
    UNION UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $2.0M · revenue +11%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue +128%
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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Christian Mission for the United Nations

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Christian Ministries International
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3
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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4
Timothy Two Project International

Reaching and teaching Pastors in the majority world

Religion
5
CrossTalk Global

CrossTalk Global is a Christian educational organization that empowers and trains global church leaders to effectively communicate the Scriptures and share the hope of Christ in their communities. These projects are carried out in the USA…

Religion
6
PrayerMentor

Empowering Christian leaders to pray for the harvest

Religion
7
Global Impact for Christ

To inspire, equip and facilitate the spreading of the gospel of jesus christ globally with education, cross-cultural training, and church planting.

Religion
8
Grace Global Ministries Inc

Grace Global Ministries exists to assist local churches in sending global workers to fulfill the Great Commission.

International
9
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evangelism, disciple-making, and church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities around the world, starting in North America.

Religion
10
Peacemaker Ministries

To equip and assist christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically.

International
11
Christian Harvest International Min

Christian Harvest International serves to train and teach the church to change their communities, cities, and nations through effective, strategic prayer and to see souls converted to the Christian life.

Religion
12
I58 Global

i58 Global is a Christian ministry dedicated to recruiting, sending and organizing relief workers to provide aid and share hope to refugees in various European countries.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is TRUTH78; the most unlike its peers is Sussex County Farm and Horse Show. 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

1318 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. 1318 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.

140
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
303
Early backer (in before they grew)
1256/1318
Grantees still filing
864/1318
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEXAGON FOUNDATION: $50,728,028 · ReligionHEXAGON FOUNDATIONSTRATEGIC RESOURCE GROUP INC: $21,910,789 · ReligionSTRATEGIC RESOURCE GROUP INCUSATransform: $10,330,380 · ReligionUSATransformSHELBY KENNEDY FOUNDATION INC: $10,255,186 · ReligionSHELBY KENNEDY FOUNDATION INCRough Acres Foundation: $7,977,550 · ReligionElam Ministries: $7,883,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $7,764,669 · ReligionMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $6,235,000 · Religion+31 more: $58,675,256 · Religion+31 moreJOHN MACARTHUR CHARITABLE TRUST: $15,909,220 · OtherJOHN MACARTHUR CHARITABLE TRUSTOPERATION MOBILIZATION: $7,688,194 · OtherUNBRIDLED ACTS: $7,520,922 · OtherZoo Midland Inc: $12,000,000 · OtherZoo Midland Inc+92 more: $153,629,298 · Other+92 moreWaterStone Real Estate Foundation: $23,173,077 · PhilanthropyWaterStone Real E…WATERSTONE SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC: $20,616,739 · PhilanthropyWATERSTONE SUPPOR…Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $12,809,789 · PhilanthropyRenaissance Chari…National Foundation Inc: $9,325,285 · PhilanthropyNational Foundati…DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $7,615,781 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHA…NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $4,790,824 · PhilanthropyTHE GLOBAL ORPHAN PROJECT INC: $4,561,850 · Philanthropy+8 more: $12,307,591 · Philanthropy+8 moreARMA DEI ACADEMY INC: $11,108,787 · EducationARMA DEI A…BIOLA UNIVERSITY INC: $5,359,700 · EducationBIOLA UNIV…San Diego Christian College: $4,465,000 · EducationSan Diego …Taylor University: $4,106,275 · EducationTaylor Uni…REDLANDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $3,995,942 · EducationREDLANDS C…THORNSTON EDUCATIONAL FUND: $2,490,000 · EducationUNION UNIVERSITY: $2,000,000 · EducationINDIA TRANSFORMED: $1,903,202 · EducationBJU INC: $1,890,000 · Education+16 more: $18,617,410 · Education+16 moreWATERSTONE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TRUST 1: $35,642,046 · Community ImprovementMARY HAYS INSTITUTE: $7,148,550 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $4,691,498 · Community ImprovementCITIZENS NEWS GUILD INC: $2,000,000 · Community ImprovementCIVIC LEADERSHIP USA CLUSA: $4,380,000 · InternationalOrphan Outreach: $4,080,000 · InternationalCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,990,000 · InternationalFLORESTA USA INCORPORATED: $2,711,883 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $2,424,690 · InternationalRADIUS INTERNATIONAL: $2,098,236 · InternationalLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $1,990,638 · InternationalLIFENET INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION: $1,936,000 · International4AFRICA: $1,750,000 · InternationalWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $1,344,600 · InternationalSEED EFFECT: $1,241,000 · InternationalRedeem International: $1,048,581 · International+3 more: $2,370,600 · InternationalALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $7,046,480 · Civil Rights1792 Exchange: $4,841,500 · Civil RightsFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $2,612,700 · Civil RightsSHAAR EDUCATION (FORMERLY UNITED IN PURPOSE EDUCATION): $2,256,743 · Civil RightsTRANSPARENCY TEXAS: $750,300 · Civil RightsFOUNDATIONS OF FREEDOM: $655,000 · Civil Rights
Religion$181,759,858Other$196,747,634Philanthropy$95,200,936Education$55,936,316Community Improvement$49,482,094International$31,366,228Civil Rights$18,162,723

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 budgetHEXAGON FOUNDATION: $50,728,028 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetWATERSTONE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TRUST 1: $35,642,046 over 9y, 21% of budgetWaterStone Real Estate Foundation: $23,173,077 over 5y, 100% of budgetSTRATEGIC RESOURCE GROUP INC: $21,910,789 over 9y, 22% of budgetWATERSTONE SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC: $20,616,739 over 9y, 32% of budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $12,809,789 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetZoo Midland Inc: $12,000,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetARMA DEI ACADEMY INC: $11,108,787 over 9y, 52% of budgetUSATransform: $10,330,380 over 7y, 22% of budgetSHELBY KENNEDY FOUNDATION INC: $10,255,186 over 5y, 64% of budgetNational Foundation Inc: $9,325,285 over 3y, 98% of budgetRough Acres Foundation: $7,977,550 over 9y, 64% of budgetElam Ministries: $7,883,000 over 9y, 20% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $7,764,669 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $7,615,781 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNBRIDLED ACTS: $7,520,922 over 9y, 86% of budgetMARY HAYS INSTITUTE: $7,148,550 over 2y, 51% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $7,046,480 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $6,235,000 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetG12 Foundation: $5,838,899 over 4y, 97% of budgetHARVESTERS MINISTRIES: $5,380,500 over 6y, 58% of budgetBIOLA UNIVERSITY INC: $5,359,700 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetAmerica First Legal Foundation: $4,844,729 over 2y, 49% of budget1792 Exchange: $4,841,500 over 3y, 29% of budgetNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $4,790,824 over 9y, 8.3% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $4,691,498 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR THE HEART: $4,655,918 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetTHE GLOBAL ORPHAN PROJECT INC: $4,561,850 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetSan Diego Christian College: $4,465,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetBIBLICA INC: $4,445,436 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetTaylor University: $4,106,275 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetOrphan Outreach: $4,080,000 over 6y, 49% of budgetREDLANDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $3,995,942 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,990,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetBIBLEPROJECT: $3,853,043 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetDISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $3,642,375 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetPROMISE KEEPERS: $3,437,202 over 8y, 75% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $3,115,904 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAlpha USA: $3,001,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $2,944,208 over 9y, 8.2% of budgetFLORESTA USA INCORPORATED: $2,711,883 over 4y, 19% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $2,637,490 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $2,612,700 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetVision New America Inc: $2,610,000 over 3y, 51% of budgetTHE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC: $2,573,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetTHORNSTON EDUCATIONAL FUND: $2,490,000 over 9y, 14% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $2,424,690 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR CITIZEN FOCUSED SERVICE: $2,345,000 over 2y, 14% 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 HEXAGON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WATERSTONE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TRUST 1 ↗
  • Who funds WaterStone Real Estate Foundation ↗
  • Who funds STRATEGIC RESOURCE GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds WATERSTONE SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Zoo Midland Inc ↗
  • Who funds ARMA DEI ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds USATransform ↗
  • Who funds SHELBY KENNEDY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds National Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Rough Acres Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Elam Ministries ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds UNBRIDLED ACTS ↗
  • Who funds MARY HAYS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds G12 Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HARVESTERS MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds BIOLA UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds America First Legal Foundation ↗
  • Who funds 1792 Exchange ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR THE HEART ↗
  • Who funds THE GLOBAL ORPHAN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds San Diego Christian College ↗
  • Who funds BIBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds CIVIC LEADERSHIP USA CLUSA ↗
  • Who funds Taylor University ↗
  • Who funds Orphan Outreach ↗

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.

Moriah FoundationCO65.3× affinity49 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Moriah Foundation · International Generosity Foundation Trust · The Bolick Foundation · G II Charities · Dallas Seminary Foundation · Gordon Christian Trust · First Fruit Inc · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Tyl Foundation · Tyndale House Ministries · Prairie Creek Partners Charitable Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust

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 Christian Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Christian Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 67%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 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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