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Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque

The COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE grows philanthropy to improve life in northeast iowa by serving donors, strengthening nonprofits and leading collaborative initiatives to address community needs.

$9.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
211
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$1.3M
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 2024.

Education$11MHealth$6.2MHuman Services$4.4MReligion$3.9MArts & Culture$3.8MCommunity Improvement$3.1MPublic Benefit$2.5MYouth Development$2.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 211 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 211 grants below total $8,001,866, the rows itemized in this filing. The $9,312,046 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,310,180 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 $10k64 grants · $457k
  • $10k–50k118 grants · $2.6M
  • $50k–250k27 grants · $2.7M
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.3M
$13,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$165M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRESCENT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$1,292,499
CITY OF CASCADE$975,000
DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT$208,754
HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS$202,165
ST MARK YOUTH ENRICHMENT$175,566
UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE$171,339
ST COLUMBKILLE CATHOLIC CHURCH$165,127
NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM & AQUARIUM$138,119
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE$137,562
DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$123,744
DUBUQUE RESCUE MISSION$122,570
LORAS COLLEGE$116,788
CITY OF WAUKON$89,781
GUTTENBERG ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE$87,084
MAQUOKETA VALLEY DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS$84,755
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YWCA OF CLINTON IOWA: $26k → 13%SALT AND LIGHT: $20k → 19%NORTHEAST IOWA AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $26k → 17%NORTHEAST IOWA AREA AGENCY ON AGING - WATERLOO: $21k → 17%YMCA OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: $40k → 12%YMCA OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: $23k → 12%JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $27k → 11%INSPIRATION STABLES INC: $60k → 11%INSPIRATION STABLES INC: $40k → 11%INSPIRATION STABLES INC: $30k → 11%ALBRECHT ACRES FOUNDATION: $61k → 11%CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC: $51k → 10%ALBRECHT ACRES FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $40k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $39k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $32k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $32k → 11%Camp Courageous of Iowa: $32k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $27k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $23k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $21k → 11%RESOURCESUNITE: $81k → 11%RESOURCESUNITE: $37k → 11%RESOURCES UNITE: $37k → 11%RESOURCES UNITE: $28k → 11%RESOURCESUNITE: $26k → 11%RESOURCESUNITE: $24k → 11%DUBUQUE COMMUNITY YMCAYWCA: $206k → 11%HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES: $97k → 11%STONEHILL COMMUNITIES: $84k → 11%Dubuque Community YMCA: $70k → 11%STONEHILL COMMUNITIES: $70k → 11%DUBUQUE COMMUNITY YMCA: $68k → 11%STONEHILL COMMUNITIES: $61k → 11%HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES: $60k → 11%HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES: $53k → 11%Hillcrest Family Services: $53k → 11%STONEHILL FRANCISCAN SERVICES: $43k → 11%Stonehill Benevolent Foundation: $43k → 11%STONEHILL FRANCISCAN SERVICES: $40k → 11%HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES: $40k → 11%DUBUQUE COMMUNITY YMCAYWCA: $34k → 11%STONEHILL FRANCISCAN SERVICES: $34k → 11%DUBUQUE COMMUNITY YMCA YWCA: $29k → 11%HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES: $26k → 11%HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 11%STONEHILL FRANCISCAN SERVICES: $22k → 11%DURIDE: $19k → 11%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

ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
MS
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40M · 286 repeat orgs$4.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

286 repeat relationships: 167 still active in FY2024, 119 since wound down; 38 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

286
158

Total granted

$40M
$3.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+23%

Still filing today

60%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $690k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CC
    Crescent Community Health Center
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.1M · revenue +230%
  • DC
    Dubuque County Historical Society
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +50%
  • LC
    LORAS COLLEGE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • DI
    DUBUQUE INITIATIVES
    one grant, 2023 · $1.4M · revenue -42% · 51% of their budget
  • LD
    LAKE DELHI RECREATIONAL FACILITY AND WATER DISTRICT - DELAWARE COUNTY
    one grant, 2019 · $139k
  • MU
    MONONA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $38k
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
Dubuque County Historical Society

To inspire stewardship by creating educational experiences where history and rivers come alive.

Arts & Culture
2
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
3
Iowa Lutheran Hospital Auxiliary

To promote and advance activities beneficial to iowa lutheran hospital.

Health
4
Dubuque Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

The Dubuque Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) will lead tourism destination promotion and development to enhance and expand the Dubuque Area experience.

Community Improvement
5
Iowa College Foundation

The foundation is organized to further the growth and development of private colleges and universities of higher education in iowa.

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6
Iowa Newspaper Association

To improve member newspapers

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7
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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8
Iowa River Hospice Inc

Provide hospice care and bereavement support services.

Human Services
9
Western Iowa Development Assoc

Facilitate economic opportunity, business success, community engagement, prosperity, and quality of life for rural western iowa

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10
Iowa City Hospice Inc

To provide high-quality and compassionate care to community members approaching the end of life.

Human Services
11
Iowa Farm Bureau Foundation

Building iowa's values by recognizing and responding to significantchanges in iowa - those that fundamentally affect families and communities.

Housing & Shelter
12
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Helping Services for Youth and Families Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mcgregor Community Hospital. 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

281 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. 281 of the 491 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
85
Early backer (in before they grew)
273/281
Grantees still filing
198/281
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: $1,731,954 · OtherHOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC SCHOOLSDUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $1,556,113 · OtherDUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICTCITY OF CASCADE: $1,433,464 · OtherCITY OF CASCADELORAS COLLEGE: $1,073,670 · OtherDUBUQUE RESCUE MISSION: $914,153 · OtherDUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $908,820 · Other+130 more: $18,126,364 · Other+130 moreCrescent Community Health Center: $3,066,250 · HealthCrescent Comm…HILLS AND DALES CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $409,401 · HealthHILLS AND DAL…VISION TO LEARN: $194,182 · HealthDUBUQUE MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $183,594 · Health+12 more: $1,122,898 · Health+12 moreDUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $461,461 · Human ServicesHillcrest Family Services Inc: $366,338 · Human ServicesStonehill Franciscan Services: $360,980 · Human ServicesCAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $246,772 · Human ServicesResources Unite: $233,723 · Human ServicesCAMP ALBRECHT ACRES FOUNDATION: $145,513 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: $140,022 · Human ServicesINSPIRATION STABLES INC: $129,885 · Human ServicesStonehill Benevolent Foundation: $119,934 · Human Services+10 more: $673,483 · Human ServicesDubuque County Historical Society: $1,113,642 · Arts & CultureDUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART: $316,556 · Arts & CultureJULIEN DUBUQUE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: $204,990 · Arts & CultureNORTHEAST IOWA SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $172,635 · Arts & CultureBELL TOWER PRODUCTIONS: $146,545 · Arts & CultureFOUR MOUNDS FOUNDATION: $121,315 · Arts & CultureTHE GRAND OPERA HOUSE: $76,351 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $122,193 · Arts & CultureDUBUQUE INITIATIVES: $1,383,333 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF ST MARY'S: $544,310 · Community ImprovementGuttenberg Economic & Industrial Development Commi: $87,084 · Community Improvement+4 more: $170,358 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $1,349,631 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF DUBUQUE AREA TRI-STATES: $250,244 · PhilanthropyDYERSVILLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $152,771 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $115,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $92,105 · PhilanthropyQUAD CITIES GOLF CLASSIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $75,750 · Philanthropy+1 more: $41,403 · PhilanthropyBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $941,941 · Youth DevelopmentDUBUQUE DREAM CENTER INC: $559,404 · Youth DevelopmentMULTICULTURAL FAMILY CENTER: $147,889 · Youth DevelopmentCENTRALLY ROOTED MISSION INC: $97,680 · Youth DevelopmentTwo By Two Character Development: $67,299 · Youth Development
Other$25,744,538Health$4,976,325Human Services$2,878,111Arts & Culture$2,274,227Community Improvement$2,185,085Philanthropy$2,176,904Youth Development$1,814,213

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 budgetCrescent Community Health Center: $3,066,250 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetDUBUQUE INITIATIVES: $1,383,333 over 1y, 51% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $1,349,631 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDubuque County Historical Society: $1,113,642 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetLORAS COLLEGE: $1,073,670 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $941,941 over 8y, 13% of budgetDUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $908,820 over 8y, 13% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $729,997 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSt Mark Youth Enrichment: $628,252 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetDUBUQUE DREAM CENTER INC: $559,404 over 8y, 16% of budgetFRIENDS OF ST MARY'S: $544,310 over 8y, 18% of budgetJO DAVIESS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $487,715 over 2y, 25% of budgetDUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $461,461 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetNortheast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc: $453,572 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetOPENING DOORS: $437,095 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetHILLS AND DALES CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $409,401 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $389,002 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHillcrest Family Services Inc: $366,338 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetStonehill Franciscan Services: $360,980 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque: $348,829 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetDUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART: $316,556 over 8y, 15% of budgetDUBUQUE ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION INC: $275,638 over 8y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DUBUQUE AREA TRI-STATES: $250,244 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetCAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $246,772 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetResources Unite: $233,723 over 6y, 13% of budgetDUBUQUE REGIONAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $231,098 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF DUBUQUE: $222,168 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetRIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR: $214,455 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetDUBUQUE FOOD PANTRY: $205,325 over 8y, 26% of budgetJULIEN DUBUQUE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: $204,990 over 7y, 28% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $194,182 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetDUBUQUE MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $183,594 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetDUBUQUE COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE INC: $182,897 over 8y, 14% of budgetPRESENTATION LANTERN: $177,793 over 8y, 16% of budgetThe Fountain of Youth Program: $173,800 over 6y, 14% of budgetNORTHEAST IOWA SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $172,635 over 8y, 10% of budgetFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $156,852 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetDYERSVILLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $152,771 over 7y, 21% of budgetMARYS INN: $149,541 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetRiverview Center Inc: $147,913 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMULTICULTURAL FAMILY CENTER: $147,889 over 8y, 35% of budgetBELL TOWER PRODUCTIONS: $146,545 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetCAMP ALBRECHT ACRES FOUNDATION: $145,513 over 8y, 34% of budgetNAMI DUBUQUE: $140,039 over 4y, 39% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: $140,022 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFroelich Foundation: $132,841 over 8y, 49% of budgetCOMPASS TO CARE: $132,560 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC: $131,028 over 7y, 0.7% 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 Crescent Community Health Center ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE INITIATIVES ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Dubuque County Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds LORAS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE ↗
  • Who funds St Mark Youth Enrichment ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE DREAM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S ↗
  • Who funds JO DAVIESS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y ↗
  • Who funds Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPENING DOORS ↗
  • Who funds HILLS AND DALES CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa ↗
  • Who funds Hillcrest Family Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds Stonehill Franciscan Services ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF DUBUQUE AREA TRI-STATES ↗
  • Who funds CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA ↗

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.

Dubuque Racing Association LtdIA153.6× affinity83 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dubuque Racing Association Ltd · James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Heartland Charitable Trust · Spahn & Rose Lumber Co Charitable Fdtn · United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation · The Butler Family Foundation · Falb Family Charitable Foundation · Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation · Schoen Family Charitable Trust · Sirk Family 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 of Greater Dubuque funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Hope for Haiti Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
43report 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 491 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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