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Chuck Lorre Family Foundation at a glance

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Chuck Lorre Family 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.

$37M
Granted FY2024still arriving
68
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$12M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$46MEducation$24MFood & Nutrition$5.3MHuman Services$3.7MEnvironment$2.6MHousing & Shelter$2.0MArts & Culture$1.4MPhilanthropy$1.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $539k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+16 grants · $36M
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$243M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CEDARS SINAI$11,597,200
UCLA DEVELOPMENT$6,300,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES$3,353,750
VENICE FAMILY CLINIC$2,698,863
DONORSCHOOSEORG$2,500,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$2,000,000
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$2,000,000
UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN$1,000,000
YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS$793,606
9 DOTS$763,750
THE MIDNIGHT MISSION$753,000
READY TO SUCCEED$600,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$500,000
JUST KEEP LIVING FOUNDATION$388,000
BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$345,000
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 (FY17–24, $7.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $10k → 7%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $5k → 7%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $5k → 7%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $25k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $15k → 14%GILS WHO CODE INC: $150k → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE INC: $75k → 17%GILS WHO CODE INC: $75k → 17%GILS WHO CODE INC: $50k → 17%ALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $25k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $50k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $20k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $20k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $10k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $10k → 14%PATH: $25k → 14%PATH: $15k → 14%ELEVEATE HOPE: $25k → 14%ELEVEATE HOPE: $20k → 14%THORN DIGITAL DEFENDERS OF CHILDREN: $25k → 14%VISIONARY WOMEN: $5k → 14%ONE VOICE: $150k → 14%ONE VOICE: $150k → 14%ONE VOICE: $100k → 14%ONE VOICE: $100k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $1.0M → 14%ONE VOICE: $75k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $300k → 14%ONE VOICE: $75k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $794k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $300k → 14%ONE VOICE: $75k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $753k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $750k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $275k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $753k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $200k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $275k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $150k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $200k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $250k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $125k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $110k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $75k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $50k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $3k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $25k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $50k → 14%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

WA
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
DE
DC
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$77M · 62 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

62 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
53

Total granted

$77M
$730k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+41%

Still filing today

65%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $972k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentYouth 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

  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    7× · 2017–2024 · $17M · revenue +63%
  • VENICE FAMILY CLINIC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $14M · revenue +110%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    7× · 2017–2024 · $7.5M · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • OC
    ORE CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2023 · $105k
  • CI
    CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +0%
  • THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +27%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
3
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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4
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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5
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
6
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
7
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
8
Arts for La

Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.

Arts & Culture
9
The Archer School for Girls Inc

The archer school for girls is an educational community that supports and challenges young women to discover their passions and realize their true potential by a) providing a rigorous, integrated college preparatory curriculum that fosters…

Education
10
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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11
Los Angeles Education Partnership

To advance educational equity. together with families, schools and the community, facilitate access to and opportunities for quality educational and wellness practices so that children thrive from diapers to diplomas.

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12
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Good Deed Corps. 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

89 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. 89 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
88/89
Grantees still filing
61/89
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $17,197,200 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTERVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $14,446,328 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINICChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $7,519,750 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los AngelesPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $5,161,000 · HealthPROJECT ANGEL FOOD+7 more: $709,000 · HealthUCLA FOUNDATION: $9,078,073 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONDONORSCHOOSEORG: $3,735,583 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORGREADY TO SUCCEED: $1,335,000 · EducationREADY TO SUCCEEDLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $780,000 · Education+12 more: $1,131,200 · Education+12 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD: $6,170,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD9 DOTS: $2,493,750 · Other9 DOTSBURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $1,505,098 · OtherBURBANK UNIFIED SC…TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $797,266 · OtherTOMBALL INDEPENDEN…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $550,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND: $500,000 · Other+71 more: $2,259,372 · Other+71 moreUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $2,400,000 · Human ServicesUNITED FRI…Young Eisner Scholars: $2,153,606 · Human ServicesYoung Eisn…THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $1,881,000 · Human ServicesTHE MIDNIG…One Voice: $725,000 · Human ServicesOne VoiceGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $350,000 · Human Services+13 more: $323,966 · Human ServicesTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $2,550,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $100,000 · Environment+4 more: $85,000 · EnvironmentGRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $748,968 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $250,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $67,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $525,000 · PhilanthropyJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION: $388,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $66,400 · Philanthropy
Health$45,033,278Education$16,059,856Other$14,275,486Human Services$7,833,572Environment$2,735,000Arts & Culture$1,415,968Philanthropy$979,400

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 budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $17,197,200 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $14,446,328 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $9,078,073 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $7,519,750 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $5,161,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $3,735,583 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $2,550,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $2,400,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetYoung Eisner Scholars: $2,153,606 over 7y, 89% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $1,881,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetREADY TO SUCCEED: $1,335,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $780,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $748,968 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetOne Voice: $725,000 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $525,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $520,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND: $500,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION: $388,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $350,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHEALING CALIFORNIA: $350,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetCLAREMATRIX: $320,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $250,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetMOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $110,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of GALA: $60,500 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetELEVATE HOPE INC D/B/A RED EYE: $45,466 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN MENDING HEARTS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPATH: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEARNING LAB VENTURES INC: $36,240 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetCAMINO NUEVO CHARTER ACADEMY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTREEPEOPLE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $29,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INC OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $27,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMINDS MATTER OF LOS ANGELES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% 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 CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ANGEL FOOD ↗
  • Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Young Eisner Scholars ↗
  • Who funds THE MIDNIGHT MISSION ↗
  • Who funds READY TO SUCCEED ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds One Voice ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND ↗
  • Who funds JUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS WHO CODE INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALING CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds CLAREMATRIX ↗
  • Who funds THE POSSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL 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.

California Community …The Ralph M Parsons F…Jewish Community Foun…Joseph Drown Foundati…The Annenberg Foundat…Liberty Hill Foundati…Johnny Carson Foundat…Weingart FoundationThe Rose Hills Founda…The Ahmanson Foundati…Silicon Valley Commun…Gary E Milgard Family…
California Community FoundationCA39× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Joseph Drown Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Johnny Carson Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation-Lori

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 Chuck Lorre Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chuck Lorre Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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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How do I get to Chuck Lorre Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Chuck Lorre Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home