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Dubuque Racing Association Ltd

Operation of a casino gaming facility with profits distributed to the city of dubuque and local nonprofit organizations to lessen the burden of government and promote social welfare.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$13MPublic Benefit$11MEducation$1.9MCommunity Improvement$1.5MArts & Culture$1.4MPhilanthropy$1.1MYouth Development$859kHealth$745kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k45 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $225k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.9M
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$94M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHMITT ISLAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$1,594,594
CITY OF DUBUQUE$1,289,002
DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT$125,000
DBQ AIR$100,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED INC$45,000
DUBUQUE SOCCER ALLIANCE$45,000
OAS FOUNDATION$45,000
HERITAGE WORKS INC$40,000
PROSPERITY EASTERN IOWA INC$40,000
PRESENTATION LANTERN CENTER$40,000
DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$35,000
FRIENDS OF ST MARYS DBA STEEPLE SQUARE$35,000
CITY OF MAQUOKETA$30,000
CONVIVIUM URBAN FARMSTEAD$30,000
DUBUQUE MAIN STREET LTD$30,000
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, $749k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 14%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $10k → 9%SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $25k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 14%SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $5k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $5k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%UNITED CHURCHES OF GALENA FOOD PANTRY: $11k → 9%UNITED CHURCHES OF GALENA FOOD PANTRY: $6k → 9%UNITED CHURCHES OF GALENA FOOD PANTRY: $5k → 9%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $25k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $25k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $25k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $20k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $15k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $15k → 11%AREA RESIDENTIAL CARE: $25k → 11%AREA RESIDENTIAL CARE: $20k → 11%TRI STATE INDEPENDENT BLIND SOCIETY: $18k → 11%AREA RESIDENTIAL CARE: $13k → 11%AREA RESIDENTIAL CARE: $10k → 11%TRI STATE INDEPENDENT BLIND SOCIETY: $5k → 11%TRI STATE INDEPENDENT BLIND SOCIETY: $5k → 11%INSPIRATION STABLES INC: $10k → 11%INSPIRATION STABLES INC: $8k → 11%DUBUQUE COMMUNITY YMCA: $160k → 11%DUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $40k → 11%HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 11%DUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $25k → 11%MARITA THEISEN CHILCARE CENTER: $25k → 11%HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 11%DUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $20k → 11%DUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $10k → 11%STONEHILL FRANCISCAN SERVICES: $10k → 11%RED BASKET PROJECT: $10k → 11%FOUR OAKS OF DUBUQUE: $10k → 11%DURIDE: $9k → 11%RED BASKET PROJECT: $6k → 11%FOUR OAKS OF DUBUQUE: $6k → 11%DURIDE: $5k → 11%STONEHILL FRANCISCAN SERVICES: $4k → 11%STONEHILL FRANCISCAN SERVICES: $4k → 11%DURIDE: $3k → 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

IL
WI
IA
IN
CO
VA
TN
DC
OK
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$32M · 159 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

159 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2024, 118 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

159
93

Total granted

$32M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+24%

Still filing today

66%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $302k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPublic Safety & DisasterRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SI
    SCHMITT ISLAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $12M · revenue +91%
  • DD
    DUBUQUE DREAM CENTER INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $730k · revenue +57% · 49% of their budget
  • DA
    Dubuque Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
    8× · 2017–2024 · $352k · revenue +120%

Funded once

  • DE
    Dyersville Events Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue ×41 · 40% of their budget
  • GD
    GREATER DUBUQUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2020 · $175k · revenue -18%
  • GW
    GRANT WOOD MISSISSIPPI RIVER REGION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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 Fine Arts Society

To provide fine arts to dubuque county

Arts & Culture
2
Medical Associates Foundation of Dubuque
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3
Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools

Support student achievement by promoting investment in the Dubuque Public Schools.

Philanthropy
4
Iowa Lutheran Hospital Auxiliary

To promote and advance activities beneficial to iowa lutheran hospital.

Health
5
Sidney Volunteer Fire & Rescue

Fire protection and resuce service

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6
Western Iowa Development Assoc

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

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7
Iowa Newspaper Association

To improve member newspapers

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8
Jefferson-Monroe Fire Department Inc

The jefferson-monroe fire department is a volunteer fire department providing service to two townships in rurual iowa. the majority of the revenue is paid by townships and cities inside of these townships.

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Des Moines Golf and Country Club Educational Foundation
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10
Douglas County Farm Bureau

Work to improve the economic well-being of agriculture and enrich the quality of farm family

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11
Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Provide volunteer fire protection to the cummunity of dunkirk, indiana.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Iowa City Downtown Self Supported Municipal Improvement District

Our mission is to champion the iowa city downtown district as a progressive, healthy, and culturally-vibrant urban center of the region.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque; the most unlike its peers is Heritage Works 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

161 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. 161 of the 265 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.

11
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
57
Early backer (in before they grew)
153/161
Grantees still filing
110/161
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF DUBUQUE: $10,631,641 · OtherCITY OF DUBUQUEDUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $919,000 · OtherDUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT+139 more: $5,377,379 · Other+139 moreSCHMITT ISLAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $11,919,190 · Public BenefitSCHMITT ISLAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION+3 more: $60,138 · Public BenefitCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $798,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF DUBUQUE AREA TRI-STATES: $269,900 · Philanthropy+5 more: $94,547 · PhilanthropyDubuque County Historical Society: $220,000 · Arts & CultureDUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART: $127,278 · Arts & CultureFOUR MOUNDS FOUNDATION: $99,378 · Arts & CultureHERITAGE WORKS INC: $84,000 · Arts & CultureVOICES PRODUCTIONS: $66,500 · Arts & CultureDUBUQUE AREA LABOR-MANAGEMENT COUNCIL: $65,252 · Arts & CultureCreative Adventure Lab Inc: $62,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GRAND OPERA HOUSE: $60,762 · Arts & CultureBELL TOWER PRODUCTIONS: $48,124 · Arts & CultureLEGION-AIRES DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS: $48,000 · Arts & CultureRISING STAR THEATRE COMPANY: $42,000 · Arts & CultureDUBUQUE CHORALE INC: $37,987 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $137,382 · Arts & CultureDUBUQUE DREAM CENTER INC: $730,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $135,604 · Youth DevelopmentMULTICULTURAL FAMILY CENTER: $40,000 · Youth Development+4 more: $82,528 · Youth DevelopmentDubuque Area Convention and Visitors Bureau: $352,066 · Community ImprovementDyersville Events Inc: $250,000 · Community ImprovementDBQ AIR: $100,000 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF ST MARY'S: $100,000 · Community ImprovementDUBUQUE MAIN STREET LTD: $67,500 · Community ImprovementGRANT WOOD MISSISSIPPI RIVER REGION INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementEAST CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT CORP: $50,000 · Community ImprovementDUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $255,000 · Human ServicesCAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $125,000 · Human ServicesArea Residential Care Inc: $67,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $55,000 · Human ServicesHillcrest Family Services Inc: $45,258 · Human ServicesSOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $34,750 · Human ServicesTRI-STATE INDEPENDENT BLIND SOCIETY INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesMARITA THEISEN CHILDCARE CENTER: $25,000 · Human Services+7 more: $113,881 · Human Services
Other$16,928,020Public Benefit$11,979,328Philanthropy$1,162,447Arts & Culture$1,098,663Youth Development$988,132Community Improvement$969,566Human Services$749,389

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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $798,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetDUBUQUE DREAM CENTER INC: $730,000 over 4y, 49% of budgetDubuque Area Convention and Visitors Bureau: $352,066 over 8y, 9.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DUBUQUE AREA TRI-STATES: $269,900 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetDUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $255,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetDyersville Events Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetDubuque County Historical Society: $220,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetDUBUQUE AND JACKSON COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $203,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetHILLS AND DALES CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $194,900 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSt Mark Youth Enrichment: $183,785 over 5y, 15% of budgetGREATER DUBUQUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $175,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetCrescent Community Health Center: $164,900 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS IOWA INC: $150,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $135,604 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetDUBUQUE JAYCEES: $130,000 over 6y, 45% of budgetDUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART: $127,278 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetCAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $125,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetDUBUQUE ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION INC: $115,000 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $113,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLORAS COLLEGE: $111,418 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDBQ AIR: $100,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetFRIENDS OF ST MARY'S: $100,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetFOUR MOUNDS FOUNDATION: $99,378 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetCONVIVIUM URBAN FARMSTEAD: $95,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $91,535 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDUBUQUE AREAS LABOR HARVEST: $89,500 over 7y, 15% of budgetDUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $88,044 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetFINLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $86,100 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetHERITAGE WORKS INC: $84,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetTHE UW-PLATTEVILLE FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $82,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNortheast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc: $80,753 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetThe Fountain of Youth Program: $80,442 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetCAMP ALBRECHT ACRES OF THE MIDWEST: $78,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetSAINT 4 LIFE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 52% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF DUBUQUE: $74,367 over 5y, 34% of budgetDUBUQUE ARTS COUNCIL: $68,043 over 7y, 12% of budgetDUBUQUE MAIN STREET LTD: $67,500 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetArea Residential Care Inc: $67,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetVOICES PRODUCTIONS: $66,500 over 4y, 12% of budgetDUBUQUE AREA LABOR-MANAGEMENT COUNCIL: $65,252 over 5y, 13% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC: $65,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOPENING DOORS: $63,507 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetCreative Adventure Lab Inc: $62,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetTHE GRAND OPERA HOUSE: $60,762 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetDUBUQUE SOCCER ALLIANCE: $59,870 over 4y, 16% of budgetPRESENTATION LANTERN: $58,652 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S RIVER CORPORATION: $55,000 over 3y, 3.6% 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 SCHMITT ISLAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE DREAM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Dubuque Area Convention and Visitors Bureau ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF DUBUQUE AREA TRI-STATES ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y ↗
  • Who funds Dyersville Events Inc ↗
  • Who funds Dubuque County Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE AND JACKSON COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds HILLS AND DALES CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds St Mark Youth Enrichment ↗
  • Who funds GREATER DUBUQUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Crescent Community Health Center ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS IOWA INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE JAYCEES ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa ↗
  • Who funds LORAS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DBQ AIR ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S ↗
  • Who funds FOUR MOUNDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONVIVIUM URBAN FARMSTEAD ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE AREAS LABOR HARVEST ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds FINLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UW-PLATTEVILLE FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Fountain of Youth Program ↗
  • Who funds CAMP ALBRECHT ACRES OF THE MIDWEST ↗
  • Who funds SAINT 4 LIFE FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Community Foundation …James B & Melita a Mc…Heartland Charitable …Alliant Energy Founda…Ay McDonald Charitabl…Spahn & Rose Lumber C…The Butler Family Fou…Falb Family Charitabl…United Way of Dubuque…Dupaco RW Hoefer Foun…Sirk Family FoundationSchoen Family Charita…
Community Foundation of Greater DubuqueIA153.6× affinity83 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Heartland Charitable Trust · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation · Spahn & Rose Lumber Co Charitable Fdtn · The Butler Family Foundation · Falb Family Charitable Foundation · United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States · Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation · Sirk Family Foundation · Schoen Family Charitable Trust

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 Dubuque Racing Association Ltd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dubuque Racing Association Ltd. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    50report 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 265 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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