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Eau Claire Community Foundation

To establish endowed funds that will benefit the eau claire community today and in the future.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
46
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$201k
Largest
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.

Arts & Culture$8.0MEducation$2.1MHuman Services$1.2MYouth Development$932kHealth$646kReligion$629kPhilanthropy$484kFood & Nutrition$444kOther$0
02FY2024 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 46 grants below total $1,296,558, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,930,642 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $634,084 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 $10k11 grants · $74k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $551k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $671k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$56M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA OF CHIPPEWA VALLEY$201,000
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LOYAL$115,556
BOBS HOUSE FOR DOGS$100,000
ST MARYS ASSUMPTION PARISH$90,000
WATDA FOUNDATION$60,000
FRIENDS OF BEAVER CREEK RESERVE$54,000
JR ACHIEVEMENT OF WI N AND W CENT R$50,744
EAU CLAIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION$43,090
SPRING FORWARD LEARNING CENTER$40,000
PARTNERS OF MARSHFIELD MEDICAL CENT$36,919
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE GREATER C$30,755
LE PHILLIPS MEORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY$30,740
CHIPPEWA VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANIT$30,120
CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE$27,000
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LADYSMITH$25,850
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, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CASA DE ESPERANZA: $9k → 14%COURAGEOUS WOMEN ASSOCIATION: $9k → 10%CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S MUSIC FESTIVAL: $10k → 15%HOUR CHILDREN INC: $12k → 13%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $22k → 17%SAVING GRACE IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT VIOLENCE: $9k → 10%HOPEWORKS OF HOWARD COUNTY: $8k → 6%THROUGH THESE DOORS: $7k → 7%SURVIVING IN NUMBERS: $10k → 14%LA CROSSE AREA VETERANS MENTOR PROG: $10k → 12%THE HUB HOMELESS SERVICES INC: $59k → 10%THE HUB HOMELESS SERVICES INC: $20k → 10%EMBRACE SERVICES INC: $10k → 13%EMBRACE SERVICES INC: $10k → 13%FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $10k → 10%YMCA OF CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $201k → 12%YMCA OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $168k → 12%YMCA OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $77k → 12%YMCA OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $59k → 12%YMCA OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $46k → 12%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $38k → 12%YMCA OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $38k → 12%YMCA - EAU CLAIRE: $35k → 12%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $24k → 12%YMCA - EAU CLAIRE: $21k → 12%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $18k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $18k → 12%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $16k → 12%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 12%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $14k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $13k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $13k → 12%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $13k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $12k → 12%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $9k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $8k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $7k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS-NORTHWEST WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $12k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS-NORTHWEST WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $12k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS-NORTHWEST WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $7k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS-NORTHWEST WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $7k → 12%THE COMMUNITY TABLE: $42k → 12%THE COMMUNITY TABLE: $31k → 12%ST FRANCIS FOOD PANTRY: $20k → 12%THE COMMUNITY TABLE: $19k → 12%BOLTON REFUGE HOUSE INC: $15k → 12%THE COMMUNITY TABLE: $15k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE: $10k → 12%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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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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 86 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

86 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2024, 48 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

86
83

Total granted

$15M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+19%

Still filing today

81%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $204k 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 ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • EC
    EAU CLAIRE CONFLUENCE ARTS INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $5.6M · revenue +31%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $644k · revenue +202%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE GREATER CHIPPEWA VALLEY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $425k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • HL
    HAYWARD LIBRARY FOUNDATION LTDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $181k · revenue +93%
  • CO
    CITY OF ALTOONA
    one grant, 2019 · $67k
  • AO
    ADRC OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · $40k
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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Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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2
Wisconsin School Counselor Association Inc

Our vision is for wisconsin to be the model for excellence in equitable school counseling practice, exemplified by the advocacy, leadership, and expertise of the members of the wsca.

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3
Wisconsin Rapids Family Center Inc

Our mission is to empower those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault and address the root causes of abuse in the community through education and advocacy.

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4
Cap Services Inc

Cap services, inc.'s mission is to transform people and communities to advance social and economic justice.

Human Services
5
Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce

The eau claire area chamber of commerce, a not-for-profit business membership organization with steady membership around 1,200 members, is the advocate of business striving to enhance and protect the business environment and quality of…

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6
Casa of East Central Wisconsin

The mission of casa of east central wisconsin is to advocate for the best interest of children who have experienced abuse or neglect, who are in need of court protection, to ensure they have a safe and permanent home and the opportunity to…

Crime & Legal
7
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
8
Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc

Legal action exists to provide creative, effective, and high-quality legal representation in order to achieve justice for low-income people and others to whom it would otherwise be denied. we advocate for empowerment and systemic change to…

Crime & Legal
9
Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc

Develop resources and opportunities which empower people and communities.

Community Improvement
10
Child Advocacy Centers of Wisconsin

Establish and maintain child advocacy centers and teams in wisconsin.

Human Services
11
Advocacy Center of Winona

The advocacy center of winona's mission is to end domestic and sexual violence in winona county.

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12
Oshkosh Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc

To promote oshkosh and winnebago county a premier destination for corporate, sports, and leisure groups and individual visitors.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Courageous Women Association. 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

143 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. 143 of the 178 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)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
139/143
Grantees still filing
97/143
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EAU CLAIRE CONFLUENCE ARTS INC: $5,626,238 · Arts & CultureEAU CLAIRE CONFLUENCE ARTS INCEAU CLAIRE CONFLUENCE FOUNDATION INC: $1,719,924 · Arts & CultureEAU CLAIRE CONFLUENCE FOUNDATION INC+10 more: $623,348 · Arts & Culture+10 moreSCHOOL DISTRICT OF LOYAL: $632,304 · OtherSCHOOL DISTRICT OF LOYALST MARYS ASSUMPTION PARISH: $448,500 · OtherST MARYS ASSUMPTION PARISHFEED MY PEOPLE INC: $252,269 · OtherFEED MY PEOPLE INCEAU CLAIRE CITY-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: $185,299 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $175,319 · Other+84 more: $2,729,109 · Other+84 moreTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $643,794 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG …THE COMMUNITY TABLE INC: $141,230 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUN…BOLTON REFUGE HOUSE INC: $111,506 · Human ServicesBOLTON REF…FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $87,610 · Human ServicesFAMILY RES…LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $81,296 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN S…HUB HOMELESS SERVICES INC: $79,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY INC: $70,097 · Human Services+26 more: $305,065 · Human Services+26 moreUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - EAU CLAIRE FOUNDATION INC: $299,605 · EducationHAYWARD LIBRARY FOUNDATION LTD: $181,226 · EducationEAU CLAIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $89,358 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION OF THE WISCONSIN AUTOMOBILE & TRUCK DEALERS ASSOCIATION: $80,000 · EducationLITERACY CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $75,714 · EducationCHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $68,895 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $46,500 · EducationSPRING FORWARD LEARNING CENTER: $40,000 · Education+6 more: $84,566 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE GREATER CHIPPEWA VALLEY INC: $424,891 · Youth DevelopmentBig Brothers Big Sisters of 7 Rivers Region Inc: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $82,092 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $52,711 · Youth Development+3 more: $28,106 · Youth DevelopmentCHIPPEWA VALLEY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $255,517 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $58,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $53,000 · HealthTHE WELLNESS SHACK INC: $40,920 · HealthHospital Sisters of St Francis Foundation Inc: $19,290 · Health+11 more: $90,431 · HealthHOPE GOSPEL MISSION INC: $304,578 · PhilanthropyBETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $115,630 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CHIPPEWA VALLEY INC: $29,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $28,862 · Philanthropy+3 more: $24,757 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$7,969,510Other$4,422,800Human Services$1,519,598Education$965,864Youth Development$687,800Health$517,658Philanthropy$502,827

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 budgetEAU CLAIRE CONFLUENCE ARTS INC: $5,626,238 over 7y, 20% of budgetEAU CLAIRE CONFLUENCE FOUNDATION INC: $1,719,924 over 2y, 17% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $643,794 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE GREATER CHIPPEWA VALLEY INC: $424,891 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetHOPE GOSPEL MISSION INC: $304,578 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - EAU CLAIRE FOUNDATION INC: $299,605 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCHIPPEWA VALLEY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $255,517 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetFEED MY PEOPLE INC: $252,269 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE INC: $241,714 over 8y, 19% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $175,319 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY TABLE INC: $141,230 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetLE PHILLIPS SENIOR CENTER INC: $138,580 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetCHIPPEWA VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $136,983 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetEAU CLAIRE ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS INC: $126,541 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetCOURTE OREILLES LAKES ASSOCIATION INC: $124,427 over 4y, 34% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN INC: $120,510 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF BEAVER CREEK RESERVE: $118,010 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetBETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $115,630 over 4y, 54% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $111,632 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBOLTON REFUGE HOUSE INC: $111,506 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetCONFLUENCE COUNCIL INC: $107,091 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetFALL CREEK AREA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 71% of budgetBobshouse 4Dogs Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of 7 Rivers Region Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetEAU CLAIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $89,358 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetREGIS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $89,210 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $87,610 over 6y, 8.6% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $82,092 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $81,296 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEAU CLAIRE COMMUNITY HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC: $80,160 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE WISCONSIN AUTOMOBILE & TRUCK DEALERS ASSOCIATION: $80,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetHUB HOMELESS SERVICES INC: $79,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetLITERACY CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $75,714 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetLANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC: $75,560 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetWESTERN DAIRYLAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $71,438 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY INC: $70,097 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetCHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $68,895 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC: $64,439 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $58,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEAU CLAIRE AREA HMONG MUTUAL ASSIST: $55,482 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetEAU CLAIRE CHILDRENS THEATRE INC: $54,865 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetCHIPPEWA VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $53,252 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $53,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $52,711 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REACH FOUNDATION INC: $47,151 over 6y, 59% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $46,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $43,035 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WELLNESS SHACK INC: $40,920 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.

Pablo Foundation IncWI79.8× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pablo Foundation Inc · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Xcel Energy Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Rcu Foundation Inc · Annmarie Foundation Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities 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 Eau Claire Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eau Claire Community 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 29%
  • Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Saving Grace: 48% of income from government
  • Hopeworks of Howard County Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Mass Insight Education and Research Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Womens Foundation of Oregon: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
46report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 178 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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