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Cousins Properties Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$322k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$847kEducation$742kFood & Nutrition$301kArts & Culture$241kPhilanthropy$225kHealth$188kReligion$132kHuman Services$128kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $234k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$8,082
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION - FORWARD ATLANTA$50,000
CF FOUNDATION - TOM & ANN COUSINS FUND$35,000
CF FOUNDATION - TOM & ANN COUSINS FUND$30,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ATLANTA AREA COUNCIL$30,000
CITY OF REFUGE$28,806
AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - OPPORTUNITY AUSTIN 50 - CENTRAL TEXAS QUALIT$20,000
CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FOUNDATION$20,000
EAST LAKE FOUNDATION$20,000
CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FOUNDATION$20,000
WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER$10,000
WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER$10,000
GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
TIGER MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION$8,082
BREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA$6,000
CHASTAIN HORSE PARK THERAPEAUTIC PROGRAM$5,000
02The need
03

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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–23, $198k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Hospice Austin: $1k → 10%Behind Every Door Ministries Inc: $25k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER HOUSTON: $20k → 16%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $25k → 13%Community Partners of Dallas: $5k → 14%TAMPA BAY ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%Chris180: $5k → 14%CHRIS 180: $5k → 14%Chris180: $4k → 14%ATLANTA MISSION: $14k → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA INC: $13k → 13%Westside Future Fund: $10k → 13%Westside Future Fund: $10k → 13%Westside Future Fund: $10k → 13%Westside Future Fund: $10k → 13%Westside Future Fund: $10k → 13%Westside Future Fund: $8k → 13%Westside Future Fund: $8k → 13%YMCA OF METRO ATLANTA: $4k → 13%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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TN
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GA
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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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.2M · 35 repeat orgs$998k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +34% since the first grant, against +26% for the ones you funded once.

35 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
52

Total granted

$2.2M
$817k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+26%

Still filing today

89%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $181k 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 ServicesPhilanthropyEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • EL
    EAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $591k · revenue +15%
  • GA
    GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $200k · revenue +70%
  • RW
    ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • VO
    VALLEY OF THE SUN UW
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -55%
  • CF
    CMS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +26%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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.

1
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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2
Acfb Charitable Investments Inc

Acfb charitable investments, inc., is operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes and/or activities of atlanta community food bank, inc., a georgia nonprofit corporation.

Food & Nutrition
3
Acfb Support Organization Inc

Acfb support organization, inc., is operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes and/or activities of atlanta community food bank, inc., a georgia nonprofit corporation.

Food & Nutrition
4
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
5
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc

Atlanta is #1 for income inequality in the nation. as such, the needs in our community are pressing and we need to move with the urgency of now to address those needs. the community foundation has unequivocally embraced equity as our #1…

Philanthropy
6
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership Inc

To develop, finance, and advocate for affordable housing at scale that promotes racial equity and healthy communities where families thrive.

Housing & Shelter
7
Tulsa Regional Chamber (Fka Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce)

The tulsa regional chamber transforms the tulsa region by attracting and retaining employers, talent and tourism for long-term prosperity.

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8
Charlotte Regional Business Alliance

Collaborate to promote and advance the charlotte region, creating opportunity, economic growth and prosperity for all.

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9
Charlotte Center City Partners

Charlotte center city partners (cccp) boldly envisions and activates strategies and actions that will assure charlotte center city is a welcoming and equitable, economically vibrant, culturally rich and beloved place for all.

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10
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
11
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
12
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation and the most unlike its peers is Purpose Built Communities Foundationinc. 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 backsteadyCommunity FoundationsHealth Access Advocacy and …Environmental Conservation …Volunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Youth Development CentersElementary Literacy TutoringAnimal Rescue and ShelterAffordable Housing Developm…Policy Research and AdvocacyDomestic Violence ServicesUnited Way AffiliatesFood Banks and Pantries
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 35 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%0%<5yr17%6%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr14%30%20–35yr9%27%35–55yr13%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%0%<5yr17%2%5–10yr20%7%10–20yr14%40%20–35yr9%25%35–55yr13%27%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% 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 19% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/74
the rest of the field
19%
10,947/58,227

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.

04the grantee network

73 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 73 of the 98 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
72/73
Grantees still filing
51/73
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

EAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC — $591,000 · PhilanthropyEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINCGREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC — $200,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION …UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC — $55,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INCUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC — $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 · PhilanthropyC F FOUNDATION INC — $35,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $44,643 · PhilanthropyMETRO ATLANTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $150,000 · OtherMETRO ATLANTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INCOpportunity Austin — $120,000 · OtherOpportunity AustinNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK — $71,000 · OtherCF FOUNDATION - TOM & ANN COUSINS FUND — $65,000 · OtherChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation Inc — $60,000 · OtherCOUNCIL FOR QUALITY GROWTH INC — $55,000 · OtherVALLEY OF THE SUN UW — $50,000 · OtherCITY OF TAMPA (ONE TAMPA) — $50,000 · OtherGREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION - FORWARD ATLANTA — $50,000 · OtherBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc — $65,000 · OtherTempe Community Action Agency Inc — $55,000 · OtherATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC — $64,000 · Other+45 more — $506,727 · Other+45 moreROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC — $200,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC — $33,333 · Arts & Culture+4 more — $12,000 · Arts & CultureWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC — $66,666 · Human ServicesBEHIND EVERY DOOR MINISTRIES INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area — $20,000 · Human ServicesCHRIS 180 INC — $14,586 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION — $14,286 · Human ServicesMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc — $12,500 · Human ServicesTAMPA BAY ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Human Services+3 more — $9,571 · Human ServicesCentral Texas Food Bank Inc — $52,000 · Food & NutritionATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC — $50,000 · Food & NutritionMeals on Wheels of Tampa Inc — $25,000 · Food & NutritionOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC — $12,500 · Food & NutritionFEED THE FRONT LINE — $10,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $2,000 · Food & NutritionCMS FOUNDATION — $50,000 · EducationOGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC — $25,000 · EducationWESTMINSTER COLLEGE — $25,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA — $22,000 · EducationMIDTOWN HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC — $10,750 · EducationCENTENNIAL PLACE ACADEMY INC — $10,000 · Education+2 more — $2,200 · EducationCITY OF REFUGE — $81,571 · ReligionMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $46,000 · Religion
Philanthropy$1,015,643Other$1,361,727Arts & Culture$245,333Human Services$197,609Food & Nutrition$151,500Education$144,950Religion$127,571

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 budgetEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC — $591,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetGREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC — $200,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC — $200,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMETRO ATLANTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $150,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE — $81,571 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK — $71,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC — $66,666 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc — $65,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC — $64,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR QUALITY GROWTH INC — $55,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetTempe Community Action Agency Inc — $55,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC — $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc — $52,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCMS FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC — $46,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAgape Community Center — $39,643 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetC F FOUNDATION INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC — $33,333 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBoy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEHIND EVERY DOOR MINISTRIES INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetOGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPURPOSE BUILT COMMUNITIES FOUNDATIONINC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Tampa Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA — $22,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC — $21,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC — $19,643 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN ATLANTA INC — $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL ATLANTA PROGRESS INC — $16,667 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGeorgia Historical Society — $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetQUALITY GROWTH INSTITUTE INC — $15,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetCHRIS 180 INC — $14,586 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION — $14,286 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTigerMountain Foundation Inc — $13,990 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc — $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc — $10,714 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $10,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE FRONT LINE — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCENTENNIAL PLACE ACADEMY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 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.

Georgia Power Foundat…THDF II Inc DBA The H…The Coca-Cola Foundat…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainThe Community Foundat…The Kelin FoundationSouthern Company Char…The Winston-Salem Fou…Tw Marian W Ottley At…Tr Uw Charles I BrananThe Imlay Foundation …Publix Super Markets …
Georgia Power Foundation IncGA25.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Kelin Foundation · Southern Company Charitable Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc

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 Cousins Properties Foundation Inc 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc — 0% of income from government
  • The Florida Aquarium Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
24report 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

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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Cousins Properties Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Cousins Properties Foundation Inc 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 98 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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