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Durfee Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
67
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$120k
Largest
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.

Community Improvement$3.8MEnvironment$2.6MHuman Services$1.8MArts & Culture$1.3MPhilanthropy$1.0MYouth Development$692kHealth$642kCivil Rights$504kOther$0
02FY2024 · 67 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k32 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $712k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $887k
$16,848
Median grant
9
States reached
$60M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY PARTNERS$120,000
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS$100,000
SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS$100,000
HEART OF LOS ANGELES$70,282
COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR$60,000
FOOD FORWARD$60,000
STRATEGIC ACTIONS FOR A JUST ECONOMY (SAJE)$60,000
THE LOS ANGELES TRUST FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH$60,000
COMUNIDADES INDIGENAS EN LIDERAZGO$56,160
MEZTLI PROJECTS$50,188
HAVEN HILLS INC$50,000
ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD$50,000
FULCRUM ARTS$50,000
COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY & TRAFFICKING$46,271
CONCERNED CITIZENS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT$45,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SOUTH ASIAN NETWORK: $30k → 12%EPIPTIDES CENTER: $3k → 10%URBAN VOICES PROJECT: $35k → 14%URBAN VOICES PROJECT: $35k → 14%URBAN VOICES PROJECT: $35k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 14%ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD: $50k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $5k → 14%ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD: $25k → 14%KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $55k → 14%KOREATOWN YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 14%THE SPECTRUM WORKS: $70k → 14%THE SPECTRUM WORKS: $35k → 14%STRATEGIC CONCEPTS IN ORGANIZING AND POLICY EDUCATION: $48k → 14%LOST ANGELS CHILDREN'S PROJECT: $240k → 14%STRATEGIC CONCEPTS IN ORGANIZING & POLICY EDUCATION (SCOPE): $5k → 14%LOST ANGELS CHILDREN'S PROJECT: $125k → 14%STRATEGIC CONCEPTS IN ORGANIZING AND POLICY EDUCATION: $3k → 14%LOST ANGELS CHILDREN'S PROJECT: $30k → 14%INNERCITY STRUGGLE: $55k → 14%PROYECTO PASTORAL: $48k → 14%INNERCITY STRUGGLE: $5k → 14%ALL PEOPLES COMMUNITY CENTER: $190k → 14%INNERCITY STRUGGLE: $5k → 14%ALL PEOPLES COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 14%FORGOTTEN CHILDREN INC: $30k → 14%PROYECTO PASTORAL: $5k → 14%ALL PEOPLES COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 14%TEN TOES IN: $35k → 14%UNITED CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY: $30k → 14%ALL PEOPLES COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 14%TEN TOES IN: $35k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $48k → 14%MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH ACCESS: $5k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $7k → 14%ENGAGE: $58k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $5k → 14%ENGAGE: $50k → 14%CENTRAL AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER: $50k → 14%ENGAGE: $10k → 14%CENTRAL AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $5k → 14%ENGAGE: $5k → 14%LOST ANGELS CHILDREN'S PROJECT: $50k → 14%LOST ANGELS CHILDREN'S PROJECT: $35k → 14%LOST ANGELS CHILDREN'S PROJECT: $35k → 14%THAI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $30k → 14%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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NY
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MO
MD
DC
HI
LA
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 80 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

80 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 50 since wound down; 36 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

80
95

Total granted

$11M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+45%

Still filing today

89%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $543k 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 ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHealthEducationYouth 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

  • SA
    SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $655k · revenue +156%
  • CP
    COMMUNITY PARTNERS
    6× · 2017–2024 · $564k · revenue +266%
  • LA
    Lost Angels Childrens Project Inc
    6× · 2017–2022 · $515k · revenue ×41 · 38% of their budget

Funded once

  • NP
    NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC
    one grant, 2023 · $110k · revenue -67%
  • BC
    BLACK COOPERATIVE IMPACT FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -52% · 26% of their budget
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue +18%
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.

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Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network

Community organizing, education, advocacy, leadership development, direct services and organizational development for communities faced with immense poverty.

Community Improvement
2
Instituto De Educacion Popular Del Sur De California

strengthening the leadership and workforce skills of Day Laborers and Domestic Workers. through 5 Day Labor Centers, Workers Health Program & Mujeres en Accion using Education & outreach empowerment tools

Unclassified
3
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
4
Los Angeles Black Worker Center

The mission of the Los Angeles Black Worker Center is to increase access to quality jobs, reduce employment discrimination, and improve industries that employ black workers through action and unionization.

Employment
5
Latino Media Collaborative

Latino Media Collaborative's mission is to leverage the power of Latino and community news media to impact policy, change narratives, and promote civic engagement, while also supporting advancement of the sector through capacity building,…

Arts & Culture
6
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
7
League of Women Voters of Los Angeles

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and…

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8
Active San Gabriel Valley

Active San Gabriel Valley (ActiveSGV) is a community-based environmental advocacy and public health non-profit organization. Our mission is to promote a more sustainable, equitable, and livable San Gabriel Valley.

Community Improvement
9
Water Education for Latino Leaders

Well educates and trains local latino elected officials about california water policy to promote timely and equitable actions that serve to develop a robust economy, healthy communities, and a resilient environment for all californians.

Human Services
10
California Donor Table

California Donor Table anchors a hub of donors, foundations, and community leaders. We pool together our resources to shape California into a truly democratic state that works for the people, not the powerful. Rooted in our commitment to…

Civil Rights
11
Public Counsel

Public counsel is a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to advancing civil rights and racial and economic justice, as well as to amplifying the power of our clients through comprehensive legal advocacy. (see sch o for…

Crime & Legal
12
La Forward Institute

Transform local communities into places that are fair and flourishing for everyone through education, community organization, and coalition-building.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca of Glendale and Pasadena; the most unlike its peers is Sierra Health Foundation. 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

182 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. 182 of the 217 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
43
Early backer (in before they grew)
179/182
Grantees still filing
126/182
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,912,375 · Science & TechEARTHWATCH INSTITUT…LA-MAS INC: $440,000 · Science & TechLA-MAS INCCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $563,843 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERSTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $284,600 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SECTOR NEW E…KOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $280,025 · Community ImprovementKOREAN IMMIGRANT W…PILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN: $255,000 · Community ImprovementPILIPINO WORKERS C…INCLUSIVE ACTION FOR THE CITY: $230,000 · Community ImprovementINCLUSIVE ACTION F…COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT: $195,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY COALITIO…SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT: $93,048 · Community ImprovementConcerned Citizens Community Involvement New Focus Children Cen: $80,000 · Community Improvement+9 more: $312,726 · Community Improvement+9 moreLA CLEANTECH INCUBATOR: $275,000 · OtherLA CLEANTECH INCUBATORLOS ANGELES COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $200,000 · OtherPROJECTQ: $289,025 · OtherPROJECTQHEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $175,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $340,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMYBARRIO ACTION YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $196,900 · OtherLA COMPOST: $301,400 · OtherLA COMPOST+112 more: $3,131,692 · Other+112 moreLost Angels Childrens Project Inc: $515,100 · Human ServicesLost Angels C…ALL PEOPLES COMMUNITY CENTER: $197,003 · Human ServicesALL PEOPLES C…ENGAGE INC: $122,500 · Human ServicesENGAGE INCNEUROTALENT WORKS INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesNEUROTALENT W…URBAN VOICES PROJECT: $105,000 · Human ServicesURBAN VOICES …Allies for Every Child Inc: $75,000 · Human ServicesTEN TOES IN: $70,000 · Human ServicesINNERCITY STRUGGLE: $65,000 · Human ServicesST JOSEPH CENTER: $65,000 · Human ServicesCENTRAL AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER: $60,125 · Human ServicesKOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $59,780 · Human Services+12 more: $244,777 · Human Services+12 moreCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $525,275 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INC: $110,000 · PhilanthropyLIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION: $105,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS: $100,000 · PhilanthropyLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFITS: $73,048 · Philanthropy+5 more: $80,000 · PhilanthropyCOMUNIDADES INDIGENAS EN LIDERAZGO CORP: $140,160 · Arts & CultureMEZTLI PROJECTS INC: $110,001 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC: $110,000 · Arts & CulturePrevention Institute: $105,000 · Arts & CultureCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $105,000 · Arts & CultureKALEIDOSCOPE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $70,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureJAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $51,704 · Arts & CultureGARDENA VALLEY JAPANESE CULTURAL INSTITUTE: $30,000 · Arts & CultureSELF HELP GRAPHICS & ART INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCooperation L A: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $31,225 · Arts & CultureSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $655,080 · EnvironmentCoalition for Clean Air: $80,000 · EnvironmentLeading from Within: $35,000 · EnvironmentPACOIMA BEAUTIFUL: $30,000 · Environment+3 more: $5,850 · Environment
Science & Tech$2,352,375Community Improvement$2,294,242Other$4,909,017Human Services$1,684,285Philanthropy$1,068,323Arts & Culture$873,090Environment$805,930

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEARTHWATCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,912,375 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $655,080 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $563,843 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $525,275 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLost Angels Childrens Project Inc: $515,100 over 6y, 38% of budgetLA-MAS INC: $440,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetLOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $340,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetLA COMPOST: $301,400 over 6y, 18% of budgetPROJECTQ: $289,025 over 5y, 17% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $284,600 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $280,025 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetPILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN: $255,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetINCLUSIVE ACTION FOR THE CITY: $230,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetALL PEOPLES COMMUNITY CENTER: $197,003 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetBARRIO ACTION YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $196,900 over 3y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT: $195,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $175,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCOMUNIDADES INDIGENAS EN LIDERAZGO CORP: $140,160 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetFOOD FORWARD INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFULCRUM ARTS: $122,800 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetENGAGE INC: $122,500 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetCOALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY & TRAFFICKING: $117,772 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetMEZTLI PROJECTS INC: $110,001 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetNATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC: $110,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCOALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $110,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $110,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEUROTALENT WORKS INC: $105,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $105,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPrevention Institute: $105,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetURBAN VOICES PROJECT: $105,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBLACK COOPERATIVE IMPACT FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT: $93,048 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetConcerned Citizens Community Involvement New Focus Children Cen: $80,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetWATTS OF POWER FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $80,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetTONGVA TARAXAT PAXAAVXA CONSERVANCY: $80,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCoalition for Clean Air: $80,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget1IN6 INC: $75,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAllies for Every Child Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHaven Hills Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSAJE: $75,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSTUDENT HEALTH SERVICES SUPPORT FUND INC dba The LA Trust: $75,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFITS: $73,048 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSouth La Community Foundation: $72,800 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetCULTIVALA INC: $70,000 over 2y, 21% 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.

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.

Weingart FoundationCA111.7× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Weingart Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · The California Endowment · The Ahmanson Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · United Way Inc · The Rose Hills Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Community Partners

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 Durfee Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Durfee Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • HomeWorks Trenton: 6% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
68report 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 Durfee Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Durfee 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 217 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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