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Dryden Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$231k
Granted FY2025still arriving
104
Grants FY2025still arriving
23
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$353kHuman Services$236kReligion$218kAnimals$102kEnvironment$65kFood & Nutrition$61kHousing & Shelter$44kInternational$37kOther$0
02FY2025 · 104 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k103 grants · $210k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $21k
$2,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE COMMUNITY CHURCH$20,500
HALE METHODIST CHURCH$7,000
PENRICKTON CTR FOR BLIND$6,000
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL$5,000
LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$5,000
AMERICARES$5,000
METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY$5,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$5,000
AICR$5,000
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSP$5,000
SALVATION ARMY$4,500
MERCY SHIPS$4,000
THE SMILE TRAIN$4,000
N MICH CHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER$4,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$4,000
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 (FY17–25, $113k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $2k → 12%SHELTER BOX: $1k → 9%SHELTER BOX: $1k → 10%LOVE INC OF OSCODA COUNTY: $2k → 18%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%SHELTER BOX: $1k → 9%LOVE INC OF OSCODA COUNTY: $2k → 18%LOVE INC OF OSCODA COUNTY: $2k → 18%LOVE INC OF OSCODA COUNTY: $2k → 18%LOVE INC OF OSCODA COUNTY: $2k → 18%LOVE INC OF OSCODA COUNTY: $1k → 18%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $3k → 21%HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA: $3k → 13%HALE AREA FISH: $2k → 18%HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA: $2k → 13%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $3k → 21%HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA: $2k → 13%HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA: $2k → 13%HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA: $2k → 13%HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA: $2k → 13%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $3k → 21%HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA: $2k → 13%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $2k → 21%SAMARITAN HOUSE: $2k → 10%SAMARITAN HOUSE: $2k → 10%TROY POLICE & FIRE BENEVOLENT ASSN: $2k → 8%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $1k → 21%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $1k → 21%TROY POLICE & FIRE BENEVOLENT ASSN: $1k → 8%TROY POLICE & FIRE BENEVOLENT ASSN: $1k → 8%TROY POLICE & FIRE BENEVOLENT ASSN: $1k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $5k → 21%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $5k → 21%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $4k → 21%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $4k → 21%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $2k → 21%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $2k → 21%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $2k → 21%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $2k → 21%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

NH
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
SC
DC
OK
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 138 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

138 repeat relationships: 97 still active in FY2025, 41 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

138
15

Total granted

$1.3M
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+33%

Still filing today

50%
7%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • LF
    LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $32k · revenue +10%
  • HC
    HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +43%
  • MC
    Methodist Children's Home Society
    9× · 2017–2025 · $28k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • MN
    MCLAREN NORTHERN MI HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • HA
    HALE AREA FISHgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +33%
  • NC
    NORTH CENTRAL MI FNDTN
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
2
Organ Procurement Agency of Michigan

We honor life through donation.

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3
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
4
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
Trinity Health - Michigan

We, trinity health-michigan and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. trinity health-michigan is a member of trinity health.

Health
7
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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8
Miracle Flights

Miracle flights is a national charity that provides free commercial airline tickets for u.s. residents in need of distant medical care not available in their own communities.

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9
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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10
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
11
Global Partners in Care

The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.

International
12
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Bottomless Toy Chest 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

76 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. 76 of the 160 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/76
Grantees still filing
53/76
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $128,100 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY CHURCHPENRICKTON CTR FOR BLIND: $34,000 · Other+103 more: $688,556 · Other+103 moreCOVENANT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthCOVENANT HEALT…LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $32,000 · HealthLUPUS FOUNDATI…HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC: $30,000 · HealthHOLY CROSS HOS…Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $19,500 · HealthDetroit Rescue…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $19,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DI…ON MY OWN OF MICHIGAN: $13,000 · HealthON MY OWN OF M…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDR…+11 more: $16,033 · Health+11 moreMethodist Children's Home Society: $27,500 · Human ServicesMethodist C…HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $18,500 · Human ServicesHOPE SOUTH …LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $18,000 · Human ServicesLEADER DOGS…SHELTERBOX USA INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesSHELTERBOX …LOVE INC OF OSCODA COUNTY: $11,750 · Human ServicesLOVE INC OF…COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $10,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HO…ROMAN JAMES FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Human ServicesROMAN JAMES…TURNING POINT INC: $7,750 · Human ServicesTURNING POI…TROY POLICE AND FIRE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION: $6,400 · Human Services+7 more: $20,550 · Human Services+7 moreDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $20,200 · AnimalsCOASTAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $12,000 · AnimalsK-9 STRAY RESCUE LEAGUE: $11,000 · AnimalsBITTY KITTY BRIGADE: $10,000 · AnimalsBig Paws Canine Foundation Inc: $7,500 · AnimalsSalty Dogs Senior Animal Rescue: $5,000 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $3,700 · Animals+2 more: $1,100 · AnimalsMercy Ships International: $17,800 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $14,500 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · InternationalHOPE 4 KIDS INTERNATIONAL: $5,250 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $5,250 · International+1 more: $400 · InternationalWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $15,500 · EnvironmentCLEAN WATER FUND: $13,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $8,500 · EnvironmentFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $20,500 · Food & NutritionFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $8,500 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $2,800 · Food & Nutrition
Other$850,656Health$174,533Human Services$140,450Animals$70,500International$49,200Environment$37,000Food & Nutrition$31,800

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 budgetCOVENANT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $32,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMethodist Children's Home Society: $27,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $24,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA MARIA: $23,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $20,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $20,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $19,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $19,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $18,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $17,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWar Vets Motorcycle Club: $17,500 over 9y, 17% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $17,300 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $15,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $14,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN WATER FUND: $13,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC: $13,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetON MY OWN OF MICHIGAN: $13,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCOASTAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $12,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $12,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE INC OF OSCODA COUNTY: $11,750 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetEversight: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetK-9 STRAY RESCUE LEAGUE: $11,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetBITTY KITTY BRIGADE: $10,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $8,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetROMAN JAMES FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetTURNING POINT INC: $7,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBig Paws Canine Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetTROY POLICE AND FIRE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION: $6,400 over 4y, 16% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE 4 KIDS INTERNATIONAL: $5,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $5,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCAREHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSalty Dogs Senior Animal Rescue: $5,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetHospice of Michigan Inc: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $4,350 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $4,120 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLYDIAS GATE: $4,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE BOTTOMLESS TOY CHEST INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,950 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $3,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $3,700 over 6y, 0.0% 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 COVENANT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Methodist Children's Home Society ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds VISTA MARIA ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of Eastern Michigan ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds War Vets Motorcycle Club ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN WATER FUND ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds ON MY OWN OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERBOX USA INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVE INC OF OSCODA COUNTY ↗

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.

United Way for Southe…Eagles for ChildrenCanton Community Foun…Community Foundation …Strunk FoundationWendell & Doris Roger…Helen L Kay Charitabl…Four County Community…Phillip and Elizabeth…The Barton Malow Foun…DTE Energy FoundationThe Kresge Foundation
United Way for Southeastern MichiganMI18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Eagles for Children · Canton Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Strunk Foundation · Wendell & Doris Rogers Charitable Foundation · Helen L Kay Charitable Trust · Four County Community Foundation · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · The Barton Malow Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · The Kresge 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 Dryden Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dryden Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Holy Cross Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
11report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Dryden Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Dryden Family Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 160 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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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