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Cme Group Community Foundation F/K/A Nymex Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2019
1,152
Grants FY2019
38
States reached
$217k
Largest
01What you fund
01FY2019 · 1152 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k1100 grants · $296k
  • $10k–50k51 grants · $654k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $217k
$100
Median grant
38
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOVEMBER FOUNDATION$216,800
CITY HARVEST INC$25,000
GREENWICH HOUSE INC$25,000
RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION$25,000
SEPTEMBER 11TH WIDOWS AND VICTIMS FAMILIES ASSOCIATION INC$20,000
ONE GOAL$20,000
WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS$20,000
CENTER ON HALSTEAD$15,000
JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION$15,000
ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC$15,000
CRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL$15,000
THE COMMUNITY FOODBANK OF NEW JERSEY$15,000
SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC$15,000
BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL$15,000
AMERICA NEEDS YOU INC$15,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY19–19, $176k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALL INDIA MOVEMENT AIM FOR SEVA INC: $500 → 12%GODS DOGS RESCUE: $400 → 16%HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT INC: $180 → 21%UNBOUND: $530 → 16%BETHESDA LUTHERAN COMMUNITIES: $400 → 8%GATHERING PLACE: $1k → 17%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $15k → 14%CHILDREN'S AID AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10k → 7%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $13k → 15%HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT INC: $120 → 21%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $250 → 15%LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER INC: $258 → 17%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $250 → 15%MIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS: $600 → 7%ASPIRITECH: $1k → 8%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $145 → 15%CENTER FOR HOPE AND SAFETY INC: $10k → 7%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%SWIFT OUTDOOR ACCESSIBLE RECREATION: $250 → 7%MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $500 → 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250 → 14%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $10k → 14%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $5k → 14%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $15k → 17%HUDSON GUILD: $10k → 17%OPEN HEART MAGIC: $1k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $10k → 17%ENCOURAGE KIDS FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%RESTORE NYC INC: $2k → 17%MISERICORDIA HOME: $2k → 14%GREENWOOD PROJECT: $500 → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS INC: $2k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTEAD: $15k → 14%HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $10k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTEAD: $300 → 14%UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY SEGUIN OF GREATER CHICAGO: $10k → 14%ASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $250 → 14%ASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $150 → 14%THE YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $1k → 14%THE YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $250 → 14%CAROLE ROBERTSON CENTER FOR LEARNING: $10k → 14%SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES ILLINOIS: $2k → 14%MCGAW YMCA: $1k → 14%SALUTE INC: $200 → 14%COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES: $2k → 14%CHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $500 → 14%OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: $250 → 14%OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: $250 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
2
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
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Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
4
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
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
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
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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
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Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.

Social Science
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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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Junior Achievement of Chicago

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

International
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University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
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Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc and the most unlike its peers is Its a Pittie Rescue. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Cancer Support OrganizationsDevelopmental Disabilities …Public University Foundatio…Animal Rescue and AdoptionGovernment Accountability R…South Asian Cultural and Sp…Education Equity LeadershipLand Conservation Organizat…Legal Aid & Immigration Ser…Independent K-8 SchoolsFood Pantries & AssistanceSchool Parent OrganizationsElementary Literacy TutoringChild and Family ServicesDomestic Violence Crisis Se…Lgbtq+ Community CentersAffordable Housing Developm…Professional Ballet Compani…Ymca Community CentersVeteran Support ServicesYouth Sports Booster Organi…Pregnancy Support ServicesHomeless Services & ShelterClassical Music EnsemblesEarly Childhood Education C…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Environmental Advocacy Orga…Senior Support ServicesJewish Community FederationsCommunity Health CentersRotary Club FoundationsChristian Missionary Organi…Youth Development CentersAsian American Advocacy & H…Wildlife Rehabilitation Cen…Community Arts OrganizationsUrban Agriculture & Food Ac…Fallen First Responder Supp…United Way Federations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%1%<5yr13%2%5–10yr18%18%10–20yr15%25%20–35yr14%23%35–55yr22%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%31%10–20yr15%22%20–35yr14%23%35–55yr22%24%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/393
the rest of the field
12%
8,891/71,966

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

364 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 364 of the 506 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
70
Early backer (in before they grew)
356/364
Grantees still filing
285/364
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MOVEMBER FOUNDATION — $235,780 · HealthMOVEMBER FOUNDATION+14 more — $16,805 · Health+14 moreGREENWICH HOUSE INC — $25,000 · OtherGREENWICH HOUSE INCCHILDREN'S RESEARCH TRIANGLE — $12,750 · OtherSEPTEMBER 11TH WIDOWS AND VICTIMS FAMILIES ASSOC INC — $20,000 · OtherSEPTEMBER 11TH WIDOWS AND VICTIMS F…Advocates for Children of New York — $15,000 · OtherCourt Appointed Special Advocates Inc — $15,000 · Other+102 more — $257,555 · Other+102 moreCenter on Halsted — $15,385 · Human ServicesCenter on HalstedInspiration Corporation — $15,150 · Human ServicesInspiration Corpor…SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesSANCTUARY FOR FAMI…HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT — $15,000 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTL…JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION — $15,000 · Human ServicesJUVENILE PROTECTIV…BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $13,645 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BAC…Carole Robertson Center for Learning — $10,000 · Human ServicesCarole Robertson C…UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY SEGUIN OF GREATER CHICAGO — $10,000 · Human ServicesUNITED CEREBRAL PA…THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S AID…CHILDREN'S AID AND FAMILY SERVICES INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S AID AND…ENCOURAGE KIDS FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Human ServicesENCOURAGE KIDS FOU…CENTER FOR HOPE AND SAFETY INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR HOPE AN…HUDSON GUILDINC — $10,000 · Human ServicesHUDSON GUILDINCHouse of the Good Shepherd — $10,000 · Human ServicesHouse of the Good …+14 more — $16,310 · Human Services+14 moreWORKING IN THE SCHOOLS INC — $20,000 · EducationWORKING IN THE …AMERICA NEEDS YOU — $15,000 · EducationAMERICA NEEDS Y…Austin Special Chicago — $15,000 · EducationAustin Special …CRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL — $15,000 · EducationCRISTO REY NEW …Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc — $10,795 · EducationCenter for Inde…Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers — $10,000 · EducationMidtown-Metro A…CHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL — $10,000 · EducationCHICAGO FREEDOM…THE GO PROJECT INC — $10,000 · EducationTHE GO PROJECT …LADDER UP (F/K/A CITY-WIDE TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM) — $10,000 · EducationLADDER UP (F/K/…+23 more — $31,634 · Education+23 moreRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION — $25,000 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA F…BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureBROOKLYN …READING IN MOTION — $15,000 · Arts & CultureREADING I…THE BATTERY CONSERVANCY INC — $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE BATTE…ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY — $10,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTIC …TUTORING CHICAGO — $10,000 · Arts & CultureTUTORING …+5 more — $5,508 · Arts & Culture+5 moreCITY HARVEST INC — $25,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc — $15,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $4,315 · Food & NutritionONEGOAL — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana — $7,500 · Youth Development+2 more — $2,000 · Youth Development
Health$252,585Other$345,305Human Services$185,490Education$147,429Arts & Culture$93,008Food & Nutrition$44,315Youth Development$39,500

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION — $235,780 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetONEGOAL — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENWICH HOUSE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORKING IN THE SCHOOLS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSEPTEMBER 11TH WIDOWS AND VICTIMS FAMILIES ASSOC INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCenter on Halsted — $15,385 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInspiration Corporation — $15,150 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICA NEEDS YOU — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAustin Special Chicago — $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAdvocates for Children of New York — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IN MOTION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $13,645 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S RESEARCH TRIANGLE — $12,750 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BATTERY CONSERVANCY INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Independence through Conductive Education Inc — $10,795 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSARAH'S CIRCLE — $10,300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCarole Robertson Center for Learning — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY SEGUIN OF GREATER CHICAGO — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEPHZIBAH CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S AID AND FAMILY SERVICES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUILD INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMULTIPLYING GOOD INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENCOURAGE KIDS FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTUTORING CHICAGO — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GO PROJECT INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHUDSON GUILDINC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouse of the Good Shepherd — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetALL SAINTS COMMUNITY SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS IN THE GAME NFP — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVAN CORTLANDT PARK ALLIANCE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $4,315 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $3,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac — $3,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO — $2,515 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

United Way of Metropolitan Chicago IncIL54.8× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Motorola Solutions Foundation · The Coleman Foundation Inc · Baxter International Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Cme Group Community Foundation F/K/A Nymex Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 30%
  • Center for Hope and Safety Inc69% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps47% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology35% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc30% of income from government
  • Children's Aid and Family Services Inc1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc0% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
45report 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, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Cme Group Community Foundation F/K/A Nymex Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cme Group Community Foundation F/K/A Nymex 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 506 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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