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Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation at a glance

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Edgar and Elsa Prince 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.

$496k
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$8.8MEducation$5.0MHealth$2.0MHuman Services$1.8MCivil Rights$1.3MArts & Culture$1.3MHousing & Shelter$1.3MAnimals$1.0MOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $440k
$15,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$551k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YWAM MONTANA$30,000
PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES$25,000
SPIRITUAL CARE CONSULTANTS OF WEST MI$25,000
MISSION EURASIA$25,000
PROTECT LIFE MICHIGAN$25,000
WORDS OF HOPE$25,000
KID'S FOOD BASKET$20,000
RESTHAVEN$20,000
COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES$20,000
70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY$20,000
SUMMIT MINISTRIES$20,000
WOMEN'S RIGHTS WITHOUT FRONTIERS$15,000
STARLIGHT MINISTRIES$15,000
WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS$15,000
DOOR INTERNATIONAL$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%FRONTLINES INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%MOMS FOR AMERICA: $5k → 14%MOMS FOR AMERICA: $5k → 14%ESCAPE MINISTRIES: $15k → 6%FRONTLINES INTERNATIONAL: $15k → 13%MOMS FOR AMERICA: $5k → 14%MOMS FOR AMERICA: $5k → 14%ESCAPE MINISTRIES: $15k → 6%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $135k → 14%Family Research Council: $100k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $50k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $25k → 14%Evergreen Commons: $100k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $75k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $75k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $50k → 10%BENJAMIN'S HOPE: $15k → 8%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $50k → 10%PINE REST FOUNDATION: $250k → 11%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $32k → 10%HOLLAND HOME: $10k → 11%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $30k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $30k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $30k → 10%BENJAMINS HOPE: $500 → 8%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $25k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $25k → 10%HOSPICE OF HOLLAND: $25k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $25k → 10%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $25k → 10%COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $20k → 8%COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $15k → 8%COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $15k → 8%COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $15k → 8%CRITTER BARN: $10k → 8%COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $10k → 8%JUBILEE MINISTRIES: $10k → 10%COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $10k → 8%CRITTER BARN: $10k → 8%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $10k → 10%COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $10k → 8%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $10k → 10%Compassionate Heart Ministries: $10k → 8%GEORGETOWN HARMONY HOMES: $50k → 8%GEORGETOWN HARMONY HOMES: $30k → 8%BUEN PASTOR MINISTRIES: $3k → 10%BUEN PASTOR MINISTRIES: $3k → 10%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

MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
WY
SD
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
GA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25M · 148 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

148 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2025, 110 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

148
92

Total granted

$25M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+8%

Still filing today

64%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureReligionInternationalOther
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

  • HC
    HOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +85%
  • WT
    WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +12%
  • PF
    PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES
    8× · 2017–2025 · $825k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • RP
    Resthaven Patrons Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $250k
  • CF
    Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
    one grant, 2018 · $200k · revenue -17%
  • CU
    CALVIN UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $52k · revenue +2%
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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Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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3
Global Scholars

Global scholars exists so that christian academics are adequately equipped to have a redemptive influence among their students, colleagues, universities and disciplines, at a reasonable cost.

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4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
Reformed University Inc

Provide education in theology, divinity, religious education, ministerial training, business and organizational leadership.

Education
6
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
7
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
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Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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Landmark Christian School

Landmark christian school partners with christian families by equipping college-bound students to embrace a christ-centered worldview, grow as servant leaders, and steward god's unique purpose for their lives.

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10
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
12
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ancicent Paths Study Tours. 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

148 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. 148 of the 244 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
144/148
Grantees still filing
106/148
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Haggai Institute: $2,700,000 · OtherHaggai InstituteHOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY: $2,236,750 · OtherHOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETYBethany Christian Services: $1,400,000 · OtherBethany Christian ServicesRIDGE POINT COMMUNITY CHURCH: $1,100,000 · OtherRIDGE POINT COMMUNITY CHURCHWESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $1,010,000 · OtherLAKESHORE RESCUE MISSIONS: $868,750 · Other+134 more: $9,713,350 · Other+134 morePINE REST FOUNDATION: $504,360 · Human ServicesPINE REST…Georgetown Harmony Homes: $480,000 · Human ServicesGeorgetow…EVERGREEN COMMONS: $370,000 · Human ServicesEVERGREEN…FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $310,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY RE…HOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC: $197,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE O…COMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $105,000 · Human Services+9 more: $200,500 · Human Services+9 moreThe Potters House: $405,000 · EducationCouncil for Christian Colleges and Universities: $200,000 · EducationALL BELONG: $150,000 · EducationKUYPER COLLEGE: $140,000 · EducationKids Hope USA: $127,500 · EducationINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $100,000 · EducationGrand Haven Christian School: $65,000 · EducationRehoboth Christian School Assoc: $54,000 · EducationCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $52,000 · Education+8 more: $162,500 · Education70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY: $262,500 · HealthLIFE INTERNATIONAL: $255,000 · HealthCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $237,500 · HealthSTARLIGHT MINISTRIES INC: $150,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $82,500 · HealthTHE RUTH INSTITUTE: $40,000 · Health+4 more: $63,000 · HealthALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $475,000 · Civil RightsPROTECT LIFE MICHIGAN: $258,400 · Civil RightsLIVE ACTION: $200,000 · Civil RightsActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $53,500 · Civil Rights+3 more: $41,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN VALUES: $220,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR URBAN RENEWAL & EDUCATION: $150,000 · Arts & CultureHOLLAND TULIP TIME FESTIVAL INC: $143,226 · Arts & CultureMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $140,000 · Arts & CultureARTPRIZE GRAND RAPIDS: $115,000 · Arts & CultureHOLLAND MUSEUM: $76,500 · Arts & CultureAfter Word Music Ministry: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $30,000 · Arts & CulturePRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $825,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $25,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$19,028,850Human Services$2,166,860Education$1,456,000Health$1,090,500Civil Rights$1,027,900Arts & Culture$934,726Crime & Legal$850,000

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 budgetHOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY: $2,236,750 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetWESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $1,010,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $825,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPINE REST FOUNDATION: $504,360 over 3y, 13% of budgetGeorgetown Harmony Homes: $480,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $475,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Potters House: $405,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetEVERGREEN COMMONS: $370,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetGATEWAYS TO BETTER EDUCATION: $345,000 over 9y, 21% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $310,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMISSION EURASIA: $295,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $285,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY: $262,500 over 9y, 4.7% of budgetPROTECT LIFE MICHIGAN: $258,400 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetLIFE INTERNATIONAL: $255,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $230,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLAKESHORE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $228,500 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetAMERICAN VALUES: $220,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetLIVE ACTION: $200,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCouncil for Christian Colleges and Universities: $200,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC: $197,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetODC NETWORK: $180,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetResthaven: $175,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMIT MINISTRIES INC: $175,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetZuni Christian Mission School: $150,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetALL BELONG: $150,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetCENTER FOR URBAN RENEWAL & EDUCATION: $150,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetSTARLIGHT MINISTRIES INC: $150,000 over 9y, 18% of budgetHOLLAND TULIP TIME FESTIVAL INC: $143,226 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetKUYPER COLLEGE: $140,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $140,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR NATIONAL POLICY: $128,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetKids Hope USA: $127,500 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetCENTER FOR MILITARY READINESS: $125,000 over 9y, 33% of budgetWOMEN'S RIGHTS WITHOUT FRONTIERS INTERNATIONAL: $125,000 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $120,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetARTPRIZE GRAND RAPIDS: $115,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetLeadership Institute: $115,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKeys for Kids Ministries Inc: $108,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE HEART MINISTRIES: $105,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $100,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SOCIETY FOR CHRISTIAN INSTRUCT ALLENDALE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $95,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetWorld Renew: $95,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE: $90,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL AID INC: $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $82,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHOLLAND MUSEUM: $76,500 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetCROSS ROAD CORRECTIONAL MINISTRIES: $76,000 over 7y, 0.5% 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 HOLLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds PINE REST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Georgetown Harmony Homes ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds The Potters House ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREEN COMMONS ↗
  • Who funds GATEWAYS TO BETTER EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds MISSION EURASIA ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds 70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY ↗
  • Who funds PROTECT LIFE MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds LIFE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds LAKESHORE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN VALUES ↗
  • Who funds LIVE ACTION ↗
  • Who funds Council for Christian Colleges and Universities ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF HOLLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds ODC NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Resthaven ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT MINISTRIES INC ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Barnabas FoundationJohn and Judy Spoelho…Grand Haven Area Comm…Douglas & Sandra Deko…Peter C & Emajean Coo…De Witt Families Cond…Dick and Betsy Devos …Grand Rapids Communit…Marvin G & Jerene L D…Jim and Ginger Jurrie…Stephen and Valerie S…
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area IncMI89× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Barnabas Foundation · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · De Witt Families Conduit Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Marvin G & Jerene L Dewitt Family Foundation · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Stephen and Valerie Spoelhof 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 Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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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Find your warmest path to Edgar and Elsa Prince 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 244 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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