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Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc

Community shares of wisconsin (csw), together with its donors and approximately 70 member nonprofits, addresses social, economic, and environmental problems through grassroots activities, advocacy, research and public education.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
61
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$89k
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.

Environment$1.3MCivil Rights$1.1MEducation$855kHealth$827kHousing & Shelter$666kCrime & Legal$614kPublic Benefit$504kHuman Services$488kOther$0
02FY2024 · 61 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 61 grants below total $1,010,151, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,054,506 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $44,355 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 $10k17 grants · $128k
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $793k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $89k
$15,104
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE SCHOOLS INCORPORATED$89,364
WI LITERACY$33,051
FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN STATE PARKS$32,427
ACLU OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$29,161
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WI$29,030
RAPE CRISIS CENTER$27,554
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BIRD ALLIANCE$26,293
RIVER ALLIANCE OF WISCONSIN$24,535
OUTREACH$24,103
FREEDOM INC$23,768
TENANT RESOURCE CENTER$23,117
WI WETLANDS ASSOCIATION$22,933
CLEAN WISCONSIN$22,478
MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES$20,655
BAYVIEW FOUNDATION$20,094
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, $663k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%REBALANCED-LIFE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION: $6k → 7%REBALANCED LIFE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION INC: $5k → 7%VOCES DE LA FRONTERA: $18k → 17%VOCES DE LA FRONTERA: $15k → 17%VOCES DE LA FRONTERA: $11k → 17%VOCES DE LA FRONTERA: $10k → 17%VOCES DE LA FRONTERA: $8k → 17%VOCES DE LA FRONTERA: $6k → 17%Freedom Inc: $20k → 10%MENTORING POSITIVES: $18k → 10%MENTORING POSITIVES: $12k → 10%MENTORING POSITIVES: $10k → 10%MENTORING POSITIVES: $9k → 10%MENTORING POSITIVES: $8k → 10%MENTORING POSITIVES: $6k → 10%FREEDOM INC: $58k → 10%FREEDOM INC: $35k → 10%FREEDOM INC: $31k → 10%Freedom Inc: $30k → 10%FREEDOM INC: $30k → 10%FREEDOM INC: $25k → 10%FREEDOM INC: $24k → 10%PADRES E HIJOS EN ACCION: $5k → 10%Kids Forward: $37k → 10%Kids Forward: $36k → 10%KIDS FORWARD: $35k → 10%KIDS FORWARD: $29k → 10%CHRYSALIS: $22k → 10%CHRYSALIS: $19k → 10%CHRYSALIS: $16k → 10%CHRYSALIS: $16k → 10%CHRYSALIS: $12k → 10%Chrysalis: $11k → 10%CHRYSALIS: $11k → 10%Chrysalis: $9k → 10%Center for Family Policy & Practice: $7k → 10%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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.9M · 73 repeat orgs$86k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

73 repeat relationships: 60 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
8

Total granted

$7.9M
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
0%

Still filing today

88%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • GS
    GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE SCHOOLS INCORPORATED
    8× · 2017–2024 · $489k · revenue +230%
  • RC
    RAPE CRISIS CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $280k · revenue +71%
  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $280k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • HI
    HMONG INSTITUTE INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $34k · revenue +43%
  • NW
    NAACP WISCONSIN STATE CONFERENCE
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
  • RAZOM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue -60%
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
One Wisconsin Now Inc

To advance progressive values, ideas and policies through research, policy, networking, advocacy and public education.

—
2
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
3
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Inc

Citizen action of wisconsin - an issue-focused coalition of individuals and organizations committed to achieving racial, social, economic, and environmental justice

—
4
Milwaukee Women Inc

Milwaukee women inc is an organization of executives determined to change the quality and composition of corporate boards to maximize the performance of public and private companies with a focus on women and women of color.

Education
5
Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association Inc

To protect, conserve, and enhance wisconsin's natural resources by advocating for and supporting county conservation efforts, for current and future generations.

Environment
6
Wisconsin Progress Institute Inc

Wisconsin progress institute exists to empower wisconsin's locally elected leaders with the tools, training, and support they need to be effective, values-driven public servants.

Education
7
Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Inc

The purpose of the association shall be to restore and conserve wisconsin's waterfowl and wetland resources; to educate state waterfowlers during their progression from natural resource consumer to steward; and to promote governmental…

Environment
8
Groundwork Milwaukee Inc

Bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement, and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses, and organizations to promote environmental, economic, and social…

Environment
9
Renew Wisconsin Inc

Renew wisconsin leads and accelerates the transformation to wisconsin's renewable energy future through advocacy, education, and collaboration.

Environment
10
Working for Wisconsin Inc

To promote social welfare including but not limited to informing the public and policymakers on the importance of wisconsin's construction work to the state's economy, the vitality of its communities, and the lives of its citizens.

Employment
11
Wisconsin Principles Inc

Wisconsin principles (wp) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization dedicated to preserving conservative values in the state of wisconsin. committed to fiscal conservatism, educational choice, and individual liberty, we strive to empower…

Civil Rights
12
Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing & Productivity

The wcmp will grow and nurture the mep's impact in the state of wisconsin by engaging and aligning the best possible resources to help small and medium-sized manufacturers reach their potential.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fair Wisconsin Education Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hmong Institute Incorporated. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 74 of the 82 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/74
Grantees still filing
53/74
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

END DOMESTIC ABUSE WISCONSIN THE WI COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $195,028 · OtherEND DOMESTIC ABUSE WISCONSIN THE WI COALITION …Back Porch Radio Broadcasting Inc: $166,849 · OtherWISCONSIN LITERACY INC: $159,673 · OtherBAYVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $154,062 · OtherTENANT RESOURCE CENTER INC: $124,450 · OtherDISABILITY RIGHTS WISCONSIN INC: $117,034 · OtherPROJECT HOME INC: $182,046 · OtherPROJECT HOME INCFRIENDS OF WISCONSIN STATE PARKS INC: $251,236 · OtherFRIENDS OF WISCONSIN STATE PARKS INCREAP FOOD GROUP INC: $125,544 · OtherCOMMON WEALTH DEVELOPMENT INC: $120,545 · OtherHOUSING INITIATIVES INC: $119,541 · Other+32 more: $1,589,792 · Other+32 moreCLEAN WISCONSIN INC: $203,027 · EnvironmentCLEAN WISCONSIN I…WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC: $156,444 · EnvironmentWISCONSIN WETLAND…WISCONSIN CONSERVATION VOICES INC: $151,346 · EnvironmentWISCONSIN CONSERV…THE RIVER ALLIANCE OF WISCONSIN INC: $135,343 · EnvironmentTHE RIVER ALLIANC…SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BIRD ALLIANCE INC: $132,402 · EnvironmentSOUTHERN WISCONSI…SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $119,513 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUND…GATHERING WATERS INC: $91,168 · EnvironmentGATHERING WATERS …SUSTAIN DANE INC: $86,768 · EnvironmentSUSTAIN DANE INC1000 FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN: $66,428 · Environment1000 FRIENDS OF W…CITIZENS FOR SAFE WATER AROUND BADGER INC: $44,942 · Environment+2 more: $41,758 · EnvironmentRAPE CRISIS CENTER INC: $280,419 · HealthRAPE CRISIS C…WISCONSIN DEMOCRACY CAMPAIGN INC: $178,412 · HealthWISCONSIN DEM…EMBOLDEN WI INC: $152,130 · HealthEMBOLDEN WI I…WISCONSIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND AND VISUA: $111,220 · HealthWISCONSIN COU…WOMEN IN TRANSITION INC: $109,178 · HealthWOMEN IN TRAN…ABC FOR HEALTH INC: $87,681 · HealthABC FOR HEALT…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $279,956 · Civil RightsAMERICAN C…LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN INC: $226,213 · Civil RightsLEAGUE OF …OUTREACH INC: $148,915 · Civil RightsOUTREACH I…FAIR WISCONSIN EDUCATION FUND INC: $95,179 · Civil RightsFAIR WISCO…+2 more: $24,611 · Civil RightsFREEDOM INC: $253,254 · Human ServicesFREEDOM IN…KIDS FORWARD INC: $233,994 · Human ServicesKIDS FORWA…CHRYSALIS INC: $117,499 · Human ServicesCHRYSALIS …VOCES DE LA FRONTERA INC: $69,474 · Human ServicesVOCES DE L…Mentoring Positives Inc: $63,256 · Human ServicesMentoring …+3 more: $22,776 · Human ServicesGAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE SCHOOLS INCORPORATED: $489,467 · EducationNUESTRO MUNDO INC: $84,191 · EducationWISCONSIN FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION: $20,205 · EducationMIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES INC: $149,802 · Crime & LegalLEGAL ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC: $99,970 · Crime & LegalUNIDOS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $76,781 · Crime & LegalWISCONSIN COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT INC: $74,605 · Crime & Legal
Other$3,305,800Environment$1,229,139Health$919,040Civil Rights$774,874Human Services$760,253Education$593,863Crime & Legal$401,158

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 budgetGAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE SCHOOLS INCORPORATED: $489,467 over 8y, 20% of budgetRAPE CRISIS CENTER INC: $280,419 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $279,956 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetFREEDOM INC: $253,254 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF WISCONSIN STATE PARKS INC: $251,236 over 8y, 13% of budgetKIDS FORWARD INC: $233,994 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN INC: $226,213 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetCLEAN WISCONSIN INC: $203,027 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetEND DOMESTIC ABUSE WISCONSIN THE WI COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $195,028 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetPROJECT HOME INC: $182,046 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetWISCONSIN DEMOCRACY CAMPAIGN INC: $178,412 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetBack Porch Radio Broadcasting Inc: $166,849 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetWISCONSIN LITERACY INC: $159,673 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetWISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC: $156,444 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetBAYVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $154,062 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetEMBOLDEN WI INC: $152,130 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetWISCONSIN CONSERVATION VOICES INC: $151,346 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetMIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES INC: $149,802 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetOUTREACH INC: $148,915 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetTHE RIVER ALLIANCE OF WISCONSIN INC: $135,343 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetSOUTHERN WISCONSIN BIRD ALLIANCE INC: $132,402 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetREAP FOOD GROUP INC: $125,544 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetTENANT RESOURCE CENTER INC: $124,450 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMON WEALTH DEVELOPMENT INC: $120,545 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHOUSING INITIATIVES INC: $119,541 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $119,513 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHRYSALIS INC: $117,499 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetDISABILITY RIGHTS WISCONSIN INC: $117,034 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWISCONSIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND AND VISUA: $111,220 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetWOMEN IN TRANSITION INC: $109,178 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetWISCONSIN EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATION INC: $105,020 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PROGRESSIVE INC: $102,056 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetLEGAL ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC: $99,970 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY INC: $99,507 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetFAIRSHARE CSA COALITION: $98,177 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetWISCONSIN WOMEN'S NETWORK: $96,245 over 8y, 32% of budgetFAIR WISCONSIN EDUCATION FUND INC: $95,179 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetGATHERING WATERS INC: $91,168 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY GROUNDWORKS INC: $90,519 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetABC FOR HEALTH INC: $87,681 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetSUSTAIN DANE INC: $86,768 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetNUESTRO MUNDO INC: $84,191 over 8y, 36% of budgetUNIDOS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $76,781 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetMOSES - WISDOM OF MADISON INC: $76,432 over 6y, 16% of budgetWISCONSIN COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT INC: $74,605 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetWHEELS FOR WINNERS INC: $71,942 over 6y, 31% of budgetVOCES DE LA FRONTERA INC: $69,474 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetURBAN TRIAGE INCORPORATED: $66,545 over 4y, 0.4% 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 GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE SCHOOLS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds RAPE CRISIS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN STATE PARKS INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS FORWARD INC ↗
  • Who funds LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds END DOMESTIC ABUSE WISCONSIN THE WI COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN DEMOCRACY CAMPAIGN INC ↗
  • Who funds Back Porch Radio Broadcasting Inc ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN LITERACY INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BAYVIEW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EMBOLDEN WI INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN CONSERVATION VOICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RIVER ALLIANCE OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BIRD ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds REAP FOOD GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds TENANT RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMON WEALTH DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING INITIATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHRYSALIS INC ↗
  • Who funds DISABILITY RIGHTS WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND AND VISUA ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN IN TRANSITION INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PROGRESSIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY INC ↗
  • Who funds FAIRSHARE CSA COALITION ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN WOMEN'S NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds FAIR WISCONSIN EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds GATHERING WATERS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY GROUNDWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds ABC FOR HEALTH 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.

Madison Gas and Elect…Madison Community Fou…The Evjue Foundation …Alliant Energy Founda…Trustage Foundation I…The Roots and Wings F…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Endres Manufacturing …United Way of Dane Co…Green Bay Packers Fou…Ascendium Education S…
Madison Gas and Electric Foundation IncWI77.2× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Ascendium Education Solutions 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 Shares of Wisconsin Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    26report 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 82 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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