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Community Foundations Inc

This foundation assists others in improving the community for the benefit of all its citizens.

$3.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
106
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Philanthropy$7.8MEducation$6.6MReligion$5.7MHealth$3.1MCommunity Improvement$2.5MArts & Culture$2.3MHuman Services$2.3MInternational$785kOther$0
02FY2024 · 106 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 106 grants below total $2,571,104, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,660,972 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,089,868 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 $10k20 grants · $141k
  • $10k–50k73 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $989k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$78M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VISTA VILLAGE INC$250,000
ARC OF APPALACHIA PRESERVE SYSTEM$143,456
COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT COUNTY INC$120,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL OHIO$100,000
OHIO PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROGRAM$93,000
WORLD PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION$90,000
THE SOCIETY OF ST PIUS X OF ST MARY'S INC$75,000
ST THOMAS AQUINAS SEMINARY ASSOC$75,000
SOCIETY OF SAINT PIUS X SOUTH-WEST DISTRICT INC$75,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OF OHIO$61,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS GREATER COLUMBUSCENTRAL-SOUTHERN OHIO REGION$56,000
MID-OHIO FOODBANK DBA MID-OHIO FOOD COLLECTIVE$50,000
ATM EDUCATION DBA RELATIONSHIPS UNDER CONSTRUCTION$50,000
OHIOHEALTH FOUNDATION INC$45,465
ROSS COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION$40,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RIP MEDICAL DEPT: $10k → 13%HER SONG JACKSONVILLE INC: $15k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT: $130k → 17%FAMILY KEYS: $10k → 16%HER SONG JACKSONVILLE INC: $10k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT: $130k → 17%FAMILY KEYS: $10k → 16%COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT COUNTY INC: $120k → 17%COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT: $120k → 17%COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT: $112k → 17%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROSS COUNTY: $30k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT: $100k → 17%COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT: $95k → 17%COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT: $80k → 17%COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT: $37k → 17%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF: $18k → 14%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF: $10k → 18%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $60k → 17%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROSS: $13k → 14%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF: $10k → 14%FOSTERING HOPE: $12k → 17%FOSTERING HOPE: $10k → 17%FOSTERING HOPE: $10k → 17%FOSTERING HOPE: $10k → 17%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF: $10k → 14%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF: $10k → 14%DOWNTOWN CHILLICOTHE: $10k → 14%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PICK: $10k → 10%BBLESS2 OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS GREATER COLUMBUSCENTRAL-SOUTHERN OHIO REGION: $56k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS OHIO BUCKEYE REGION: $50k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN: $45k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN: $45k → 15%EASTERSEALS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST: $14k → 15%EASTERSEALS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO INC: $12k → 15%EASTERSEALS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST: $12k → 15%EASTERSEALS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST: $12k → 15%PATCHES OF LIGHT: $11k → 15%EASTER SEALS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST: $10k → 15%CRACK HOUSE MINISTRIES: $35k → 15%CRACK HOUSE MINISTRIES: $30k → 15%CRACK HOUSE MINISTRIES: $20k → 15%CRACK HOUSE MINISTRIES: $15k → 15%WESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MINISTRY: $50k → 15%WESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MINISTRY: $50k → 15%THE BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $50k → 15%BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $50k → 15%THE BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $50k → 15%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

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CA
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VA
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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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 167 repeat orgs$5.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

167 repeat relationships: 78 still active in FY2024, 89 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

167
133

Total granted

$18M
$5.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+16%

Still filing today

66%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $612k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalYouth 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

  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT COUNTY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $924k · revenue +6%
  • JA
    Junior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $700k · revenue +159%
  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $648k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • SF
    SAINT FRANCIS DESALES HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $1.3M
  • PC
    PICKAWAY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
    one grant, 2019 · $900k
  • SO
    STUARTS OPERA HOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +19% · 28% of their budget
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
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
2
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
3
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
4
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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5
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

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6
The Five Colleges of Ohio

The purpose for which the corporation is formed shall be: - to promote the broad educational and cultural objectives of the members of the corporation by fostering closer cooperation and understanding. - to operate as an alliance for the…

Education
7
Ohio Chamber of Commerce

As the state's leading business advocate and resource, the ohio chamber of commerce aggressively champions free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all ohioans.

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8
Ohio State Bar Association

The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.

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9
Ohio Bankers League

Provide comprehensive services that benefit the financial institution industry in ohio.

Community Improvement
10
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
11
Jobsohio

To promote economic development, job creation, job retention, job training, workforce development, and the retention of current and recruitment of new business to ohio.

Employment
12
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A Call to College; the most unlike its peers is Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance Inc. 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

239 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. 239 of the 336 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.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
51
Early backer (in before they grew)
232/239
Grantees still filing
164/239
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT FRANCIS DESALES HIGH SCHOOL: $1,250,000 · OtherSAINT FRANCIS DESALES HIGH SCHOOLATHENS COUNTY FOUNDATION: $1,105,874 · OtherATHENS COUNTY FOUNDATIONPICKAWAY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: $900,000 · OtherPICKAWAY COUNTY COMMISSIONERSOhio University: $563,900 · OtherSTUARTS OPERA HOUSE: $500,000 · OtherATHENS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $500,000 · Other+117 more: $8,942,897 · Other+117 morePICKAWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,296,223 · PhilanthropyPICKAWAY COUNTY COMMUN…BRIAN MUHA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 · PhilanthropyBRIAN MUHA MEMORIAL FO…SANDUSKY COUNTY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INC: $326,332 · Philanthropy+6 more: $415,652 · Philanthropy+6 moreTHE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS: $3,000,000 · ReligionTHE FOUNDATI…WELL-BEING FOUNDATION OF PICKAWAY COUNTY: $528,593 · ReligionWELL-BEING F…+3 more: $145,000 · ReligionOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $647,635 · EducationOHIO STAT…THE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC: $473,662 · EducationTHE TANDA…ATHENS ROTARY FOUNDATION: $275,000 · EducationATHENS RO…CAPITAL UNIVERSITY: $259,689 · EducationCAPITAL U…The University of Findlay: $185,000 · EducationThe Unive…+23 more: $917,134 · Education+23 moreCOMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT COUNTY: $924,200 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $233,500 · Human ServicesTHE BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesCRACK House Ministries: $145,000 · Human ServicesYoung Mens Christian Association of Ross County: $106,775 · Human ServicesWESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MINISTRY: $100,000 · Human ServicesEASTERSEALS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO INC: $88,640 · Human Services+11 more: $342,000 · Human ServicesJunior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc: $700,000 · InternationalFRANCISCAN FOUNDATION FOR THE HOLY LAND: $500,000 · InternationalWORLD PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $470,000 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $152,066 · International+2 more: $46,579 · InternationalOHIO PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROGRAM: $563,000 · HealthAMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER: $477,000 · HealthATM Education aka Relationships Under Construction: $425,000 · HealthLOWER LIGHTS CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER: $175,000 · HealthBELLEFAIRE JEWISH CHILDREN'S BUREAU: $65,000 · Health+6 more: $129,500 · Health
Other$13,762,671Philanthropy$6,388,207Religion$3,673,593Education$2,758,120Human Services$2,090,115International$1,868,645Health$1,834,500

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 budgetPICKAWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,296,223 over 8y, 74% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS: $3,000,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetATHENS COUNTY FOUNDATION: $1,105,874 over 4y, 34% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT COUNTY: $924,200 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc: $700,000 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $647,635 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROGRAM: $563,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetWELL-BEING FOUNDATION OF PICKAWAY COUNTY: $528,593 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetSTUARTS OPERA HOUSE: $500,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetFRANCISCAN FOUNDATION FOR THE HOLY LAND: $500,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetATHENS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $500,000 over 2y, 51% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER: $477,000 over 8y, 74% of budgetTHE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC: $473,662 over 4y, 38% of budgetWORLD PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $470,000 over 8y, 81% of budgetATM Education aka Relationships Under Construction: $425,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetBRIAN MUHA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SE OHIO: $300,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetOHIO VALLEY MUSEUM OF DISCOVERYINC: $300,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetATHENS ROTARY FOUNDATION: $275,000 over 4y, 80% of budgetCAPITAL UNIVERSITY: $259,689 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVISTA VILLAGE INC: $250,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $233,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDESIGN OUTREACH INC: $215,400 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc: $211,250 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetMAJESTIC THEATRE INC: $197,046 over 2y, 84% of budgetPickaway County Historical Society: $187,774 over 8y, 22% of budgetThe University of Findlay: $185,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLOWER LIGHTS CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER: $175,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO: $171,695 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $152,066 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCRACK House Ministries: $145,000 over 7y, 23% of budgetARC OF APPALACHIA: $143,456 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY RECREATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHILLICOTHE OHIO: $140,100 over 8y, 17% of budgetTHE ASSISTANCE HOUSE OF ROSS COUNTY INC: $140,000 over 8y, 45% of budgetTIFFIN SENECA UNITED WAY INC: $125,712 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetSERENITY FAIR WAY FOUNDATION: $112,500 over 7y, 17% of budgetDAMASCUS INC: $110,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Ross County: $106,775 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetOHIO HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $103,483 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetWESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MINISTRY: $100,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetBASIC TRAINING BIBLE MINISTRIES: $100,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetHAVEN HOUSE OF PICKAWAY COUNTY INC: $95,678 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC: $90,344 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetROSS COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $90,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEASTERSEALS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO INC: $88,640 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCHILLICOTHE-ROSS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 over 5y, 2.7% 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 PICKAWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS ↗
  • Who funds ATHENS COUNTY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF BELMONT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Junior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OHIO PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds WELL-BEING FOUNDATION OF PICKAWAY COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds STUARTS OPERA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds FRANCISCAN FOUNDATION FOR THE HOLY LAND ↗
  • Who funds ATHENS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OHIO CHAPTER ↗
  • Who funds THE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ATM Education aka Relationships Under Construction ↗
  • Who funds BRIAN MUHA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SANDUSKY COUNTY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SE OHIO ↗
  • Who funds OHIO VALLEY MUSEUM OF DISCOVERYINC ↗
  • Who funds ATHENS ROTARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds VISTA VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds DESIGN OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAJESTIC THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds Pickaway County Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds The University of Findlay ↗

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.

Columbus FoundationUnited Way of Central…Ingram-White Castle F…Harry C Moores Founda…L Brands FoundationDavid Meade Massie Tr…United Way of Ross Co…Foundation for Appala…American Electric Pow…Encova Foundation of …Peoples Bank Foundati…Chillicothe-Ross Comm…
Columbus FoundationOH75.5× affinity100 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · L Brands Foundation · David Meade Massie Trust · United Way of Ross County Inc · Foundation for Appalachian Ohio · American Electric Power Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Peoples Bank Foundation · Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation Inc

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 Foundations Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundations Inc. 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 35%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% 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 336 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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