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Community Foundation for San Benito County

The COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SAN BENITO COUNTY is dedicated to building a stronger community and enhancing the quality of life in san benito county through the support of philanthropic activities.

$6.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
116
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$28MFood & Nutrition$8.2MEnvironment$5.2MEducation$2.2MHuman Services$1.7MCommunity Improvement$1.5MScience & Tech$929kArts & Culture$891kOther$0
02FY2024 · 116 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 116 grants below total $6,233,888, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,727,189 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $493,301 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k27 grants · $194k
  • $10k–50k47 grants · $956k
  • $50k–250k40 grants · $3.4M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.6M
$25,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN BENITO COUNTY HERITAGE FOUNDATION$1,392,651
ECDYSIS FOUNDATION$250,000
CARBON CYCLE INSTITUTE$205,000
PAICINES RANCH LEARNING CENTER$200,000
EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE$175,000
WOMEN'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NETWORK$175,000
PIE RANCH$150,000
POSSIBILITY LABS$119,000
UNITED FOR SAN BENITO$111,500
HIGHER PURPOSE CO$100,000
INTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL$100,000
INFACT DBA CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY$100,000
ESPERANZA COMMUNITY FARMS$100,000
COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS$100,000
PET FRIENDS AND RESCUE$97,300
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, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOMEN IN RANCHING INC: $100k → 15%CRUCES CREATIVES: $165k → 23%EKVNV YEFOLECVLKE: $12k → 18%CRUCES CREATIVES: $75k → 23%CRUCES CREATIVES: $25k → 23%COOPERS CALLING: $30k → 7%POSSIBILITY LABS: $119k → 10%COOPERS CALLING: $22k → 7%POSSIBILITY LABS: $109k → 10%COOPERS CALLING: $17k → 7%VALLEY VERDE: $35k → 8%VALLEY VERDE: $20k → 8%VALLEY VERDE: $10k → 8%DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC: $33k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION: $10k → 12%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF THE CENTRAL COAST: $10k → 13%SUN STREET CENTERS: $56k → 12%TIDES CENTER: $25k → 10%SUN STREET CENTERS: $25k → 12%MARTHA'S KITCHEN: $15k → 8%TIDES CENTER: $25k → 10%MARTHA'S KITCHEN: $10k → 8%TIDES CENTER: $15k → 10%SUN STREET CENTERS: $20k → 12%MARTHA'S KITCHEN: $10k → 8%PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $17k → 12%MARTHA'S KITCHEN: $9k → 8%SUN STREET CENTERS: $16k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%SUN STREET CENTERS: $10k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%SENIORS COUNCIL: $10k → 13%SUN STREET CENTERS: $10k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%SENIORS COUNCIL: $10k → 13%EMMAUS HOUSE: $73k → 7%EMMAUS HOUSE: $63k → 7%EMMAUS HOUSE: $39k → 7%EMMAUS HOUSE: $36k → 7%JOVENES DE ANTANO: $31k → 7%SUN STREET CENTERS: $21k → 7%EMMAUS HOUSE: $21k → 7%EMMAUS HOUSE: $17k → 7%EMMAUS HOUSE: $15k → 7%EMMAUS HOUSE: $14k → 7%EMMAUS HOUSE: $13k → 7%JOVENES DE ANTANO: $10k → 7%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

ME
VT
NH
WA
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
NC
SC
DC
HI
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22M · 140 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

140 repeat relationships: 84 still active in FY2024, 56 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

140
95

Total granted

$22M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+28%

Still filing today

85%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $734k 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
Food & NutritionEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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

  • EF
    ECDYSIS FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $966k · revenue +623%
  • PR
    PAICINES RANCH LEARNING CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $750k · revenue +207% · 83% of their budget
  • CF
    CALIFORNIA FARMLINK
    7× · 2017–2024 · $608k · revenue +200%

Funded once

  • CF
    COMMON FUTUREgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $200k · revenue +46%
  • CS
    Chico State Enterprisesgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +55%
  • TP
    The Peoples Land Fund
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -64%
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
California Farmland Trust

The mission of the California Farmland Trust is to help farmers protect the best farmland in the world.

Environment
2
Center for the study of the Americas

Within the Americas promoting dialogue and research, producing studies and reports, conducting courses and conferences particularly in the areas of agroecology and food security

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3
Santa Cruz Community Farmers Market

To serve our community by providing direct access to sustainable sources of fresh produce and other unique foods, and provide education about food issues, both local and beyond.

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4
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
5
Ecology Action of Santa Cruz

The primary and specific purpose for which the said corporation is formed is to empower individuals, businesses and communities to take actions today that achieve environmental and economic sustainability. The activities of the corporation…

Environment
6
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
7
Sequoia Riverlands Trust

We conserve the lands and waters of California's heartland.

Environment
8
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

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9
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
10
Sustainable Systems Research Foundation

The Sustainable Systems Research Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit green think tank and project incubator based in Santa Cruz, California. SSRF seeks to: Address complex and wicked environmental and sustainability problems that confound…

Human Services
11
Fresh Approach

The mission of fresh approach is to create long-term change in local food systems by connecting california communities with healthy food from california farmers and expanding knowledge about food and nutrition.

Food & Nutrition
12
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County

Land trust of santa cruz county (the organization) was incorporated in california as a not-for-profit corporation in 1978. the mission of the organization is to protect, care for, and connect all people to the vibrant natural and working…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Holistic Manangement International. 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

215 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. 215 of the 274 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.

19
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
70
Early backer (in before they grew)
207/215
Grantees still filing
158/215
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IMPACTASSETSINC: $26,450,000 · PhilanthropyIMPACTASSETSINC+9 more: $1,756,163 · Philanthropy+9 moreSan Benito County Heritage Foundation: $1,517,651 · EnvironmentSan Benito…Earth Island Institute Inc: $472,500 · EnvironmentEarth Isla…SAVANNA INSTITUTE: $410,000 · EnvironmentSAVANNA IN…QUIVIRA COALITION INC: $320,000 · EnvironmentQUIVIRA CO…SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $279,500 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABL…Occidental Arts and Ecology Center: $264,286 · EnvironmentOccidental…MULTIPLIER: $235,000 · EnvironmentFIBERSHED: $200,000 · EnvironmentCROATAN INSTITUTE: $170,000 · EnvironmentLAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT: $165,000 · Environment+12 more: $908,818 · Environment+12 morePAICINES RANCH LEARNING CENTER: $750,000 · Food & NutritionWOMEN FOOD & AGRICULTURE NETWORK: $385,000 · Food & NutritionREGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION: $340,000 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL YOUNG FARMERS COALITION INC: $305,713 · Food & NutritionBIONUTRIENT FOOD ASSOCIATION INC: $265,000 · Food & NutritionGOOD MEAT PROJECT: $240,000 · Food & NutritionJUBILEE JUSTICE INC: $200,000 · Food & NutritionCivil Eats: $155,000 · Food & NutritionTHE NEW MEXICO FARMERS MARKETING ASSOCIATION: $150,000 · Food & NutritionESPERANZA COMMUNITY FARMS INC: $150,000 · Food & NutritionSan Diego Food System Alliance: $135,000 · Food & Nutrition+12 more: $777,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS: $468,572 · OtherBenitoLink Inc: $485,514 · OtherRSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $725,000 · OtherRSF SOCIAL FINANCE I…CARBON CYCLE INSTITUTE: $520,001 · OtherCARBON CYCLE INSTITU…Pet Friends and Rescue: $326,439 · OtherTHRESHOLD FOUNDATION: $353,000 · Other+97 more: $6,459,478 · Other+97 moreCALIFORNIA FARMLINK: $607,500 · EducationSustainable Economies Law Center: $345,000 · EducationOregon State University Foundation: $232,440 · EducationThe University Foundation California State University Chico: $230,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SAN BENITO COUNTY: $223,982 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $200,000 · EducationNew Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc: $150,000 · EducationHAWAII INVESTMENT READY: $125,000 · EducationChico State Enterprises: $100,000 · Education+10 more: $414,345 · EducationEmmaus House: $299,249 · Human ServicesCRUCES CREATIVES: $265,000 · Human ServicesPOSSIBILITY LABS: $228,000 · Human ServicesSUN STREET CENTERS: $162,484 · Human ServicesJovenes de Antano del Condado de San Benito: $107,443 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN RANCHING INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesVENTURES: $88,000 · Human ServicesPartnership for Children: $71,267 · Human ServicesCoopers Calling: $68,175 · Human ServicesValley Verde: $65,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $65,000 · Human Services+5 more: $146,370 · Human ServicesECDYSIS FOUNDATION: $966,250 · HealthHazel Hawkins Hospital Foundation: $127,314 · HealthCENTRAL COAST VNA & HOSPICE INC: $95,475 · HealthJACOBS HEART CHILDRENS CANCER SUPPORT SERVICES: $50,000 · Health+3 more: $54,812 · Health
Philanthropy$28,206,163Environment$4,942,755Food & Nutrition$3,852,713Other$9,338,004Education$2,628,267Human Services$1,665,988Health$1,293,851

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $26,450,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetSan Benito County Heritage Foundation: $1,517,651 over 4y, 81% of budgetECDYSIS FOUNDATION: $966,250 over 7y, 21% of budgetPAICINES RANCH LEARNING CENTER: $750,000 over 5y, 83% of budgetRSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $725,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA FARMLINK: $607,500 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetCARBON CYCLE INSTITUTE: $520,001 over 5y, 19% of budgetBenitoLink Inc: $485,514 over 8y, 32% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $472,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS: $468,572 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetSAVANNA INSTITUTE: $410,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SAN BENITO COUNTY: $407,042 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetWolfe's Neck Farm Foundation: $400,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetWOMEN FOOD & AGRICULTURE NETWORK: $385,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetHOLISTIC MANANGEMENT INTERNATIONAL: $355,000 over 7y, 6.0% of budgetTHRESHOLD FOUNDATION: $353,000 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetSustainable Economies Law Center: $345,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetREGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION: $340,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetPet Friends and Rescue: $326,439 over 7y, 30% of budgetQUIVIRA COALITION INC: $320,000 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetHigher Purpose Hub: $310,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetNATIONAL YOUNG FARMERS COALITION INC: $305,713 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCENTRAL COAST YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $302,237 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetMeridian Institute: $300,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetEmmaus House: $299,249 over 8y, 28% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $279,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCRUCES CREATIVES: $265,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetBIONUTRIENT FOOD ASSOCIATION INC: $265,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetOccidental Arts and Ecology Center: $264,286 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES UNLIMITED INC: $255,700 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetPIE RANCH: $250,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetGOOD MEAT PROJECT: $240,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetMULTIPLIER: $235,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $232,440 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe University Foundation California State University Chico: $230,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPOSSIBILITY LABS: $228,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SAN BENITO COUNTY: $223,982 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc: $221,151 over 8y, 32% of budgetFIBERSHED: $200,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetJUBILEE JUSTICE INC: $200,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLEADERSHIP COUNSEL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY: $192,856 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCROATAN INSTITUTE: $170,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetChamberlain's Youth Services: $167,325 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetLAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT: $165,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetSUN STREET CENTERS: $162,484 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCivil Eats: $155,000 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetINTERTRIBAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: $150,000 over 3y, 0.6% 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 IMPACTASSETSINC ↗
  • Who funds San Benito County Heritage Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ECDYSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PAICINES RANCH LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA FARMLINK ↗
  • Who funds CARBON CYCLE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds BenitoLink Inc ↗
  • Who funds Earth Island Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS ↗
  • Who funds SAVANNA INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SAN BENITO COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN FOOD & AGRICULTURE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds HOLISTIC MANANGEMENT INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THRESHOLD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Sustainable Economies Law Center ↗
  • Who funds REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Pet Friends and Rescue ↗
  • Who funds QUIVIRA COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds Higher Purpose Hub ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL YOUNG FARMERS COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL COAST YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Meridian Institute ↗
  • Who funds Emmaus House ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CRUCES CREATIVES ↗
  • Who funds BIONUTRIENT FOOD ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Occidental Arts and Ecology Center ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICES UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds PIE RANCH ↗
  • Who funds GOOD MEAT PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLIER ↗
  • Who funds Oregon State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The University Foundation California State University Chico ↗
  • Who funds POSSIBILITY LABS ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SAN BENITO COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc ↗
  • Who funds FIBERSHED ↗

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.

Monterey Peninsula Fo…The Schmidt Family Fo…Globetrotter Foundati…Tomkat Ranch Educatio…Community Foundation …Rsf Social Finance IncPatagoniaorgClif Family FoundationThe Keith Campbell Fo…The L G Anderson Fami…UNFI FoundationMarin Community Found…
Monterey Peninsula FoundationCA74.1× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Globetrotter Foundation · Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Patagoniaorg · Clif Family Foundation · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · The L G Anderson Family Foundation Inc · UNFI Foundation · Marin Community 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 Community Foundation for San Benito County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation for San Benito County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Ecotrust: 14% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
50report 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.

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 274 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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