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Edward Charles Foundation

We act as a fiscal sponsor of charitable projects, funds and charitable events to advance worthwhile causes and to assist solving some of the world's biggest problems.

$34M
Granted FY2025still arriving
204
Grants FY2025still arriving
30
States reached
$4.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Philanthropy$28MArts & Culture$16MEducation$10MHealth$10.0MEmployment$9.4MFood & Nutrition$7.4MHuman Services$6.7MAnimals$5.1MOther$0
02FY2025 · 204 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 204 grants below total $24,508,841, the rows itemized in this filing. The $34,303,397 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $9,794,556 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k23 grants · $165k
  • $10k–50k107 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k48 grants · $5.2M
  • $250k+26 grants · $17M
$20,000
Median grant
30
States reached
$63M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT (DBA WORKING NATION)$4,008,656
WHEN JUSTICE$2,843,000
ROOT CAUSE FDN$1,000,000
CRISIS TEXT LINE INC$620,533
ARTSDESIGN ALUMNI RESEARCH$617,400
COLLEGE TRACK$600,000
RENNERVATION FOUNDATION$597,405
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$505,000
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LELAND STANFORD JR UNIVERSITY (DBA STANFORD UNIVER$500,000
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS$485,000
THRIVE MARKET INC$455,012
NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME$425,000
HEAL PALESTINE INC$423,869
ROD DEDEAUX FOUNDATION$423,590
UNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC$398,536
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, $5.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GIVE FOUNDATION INC: $47k → 8%DREAM DAY FOUNDATION: $473k → 15%THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $25k → 21%THE ROOTS OF PROGRESS: $20k → 8%MOTIV8 FOUNDATION INC: $55k → 17%MSU FOUNDATION: $40k → 24%MERCY CHEFS INC: $25k → 20%DPA'S ASSIST THE OFFICER FDN: $150k → 14%GIRASSOL WELLNESS INC: $20k → 13%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (MISSION VALLEY YMCA): $70k → 11%TENDER FOUNDATION INC: $150k → 13%CASA FAMILIAR INC: $50k → 11%TENDER FOUNDATION INC: $37k → 13%PHOENIX SUNS CHARITIES: $81k → 11%CASA FAMILIAR INC: $50k → 11%BOYS & GIRLS AID SOCIETY OF OREGON: $50k → 12%CASA FAMILIAR INC: $50k → 11%CURE VIOLENCE ATLANTA INC (DBA HOPE HUSTLER): $20k → 13%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $21k → 17%METRO POLICE CHRISTMAS CHARITIES INC: $25k → 14%KARES 4 KIDS INC: $22k → 13%METRO POLICE CHRISTMAS CHARITIES INC: $20k → 14%THE YMCA OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA: $113k → 15%SHE'S THE FIRST: $102k → 17%PEACE4KIDS: $20k → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $25k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $25k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $20k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $22k → 14%LETO FUND: $1.2M → 14%ANGEL CITY SPORTS: $24k → 14%COLIN FARRELL FOUNDATION: $230k → 14%ANGEL CITY ALLIANCE: $116k → 14%STRIKE OUT SLAVERY: $560k → 14%CHRIS PAUL FAMILY FOUNDATION - HBCU: $250k → 14%HELPKITCHEN: $199k → 14%CHRIS PAUL FAMILY FOUNDATION - CLUB 61: $125k → 14%PAULBOOKER GOLF EVENT: $100k → 14%CLUSTER EDUCATION: $60k → 14%ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE FLORENCE: $50k → 14%OUTLIER SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP: $50k → 14%RAY'S AWARENESS FOUNDATION: $42k → 14%INBODY: $35k → 14%BEVERLY HILLS COMMUNITY FARM INC: $25k → 14%YOUR MOM CARES: $24k → 14%THE SOULPHYSIO FOUNDATION: $23k → 14%REHER DC: $21k → 14%THE CARMELO ANTHONY FOUNDATION: $215k → 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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Grants abroad, by region: $6.8M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 6 regions, $6.5M to organizations and $333k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

East Asia and the Pacific$3.3M · 48% · 7 grants

Stated purpose: TO SUPPORT SPORTS YOUTH TENNIS IN INDONESIA · DONATION IN SUPPORT OF CLIMATE CHANGE · DONATION TOWARDS ART EDUCATION

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$2.9M · 43% · 9 grants · 2 people

Stated purpose: TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH · TO SUPPORT VISUAL SNOW SYNDROME RESEARCH · TO SUPPORT MEDICAL AID

South Asia$250k · 4% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: TO SUPPORT YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING PROGRAMS

North America (Canada and Mexico)$166k · 2% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: DONATION TO SUPPORT ENTITY'S CANADIAN PROJECTS · TO SUPPORT ENTITY VOLUNTEERS AND TRANSPORTATION · TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY PROGRAM

Sub-Saharan Africa$143k · 2% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: TO SUPPORT EMPOWERMENT PROJECT · DONATION TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS · TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS

Central America and the Caribbean$60k · 1% · 1 person

Stated purpose: HARDSHIP GRANT

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$50M · 96 repeat orgs$59M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

96 repeat relationships: 54 still active in FY2025, 42 since wound down; 141 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

96
331

Total granted

$50M
$47M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
0%

Still filing today

80%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13M 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 ServicesHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureYouth 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

  • EC
    EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +354%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +6%
  • CT
    COLLEGE TRACK
    6× · 2018–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FELTHEIMER FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $20M · revenue -171%
  • GI
    GRADALIS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $2.6M
  • GI
    GENOSERA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $2.3M
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
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
3
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

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4
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation

The elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation (egpaf) is a proven leader in the fight against pediatric hiv/aids and has reached over 33 million pregnant women with services to prevent transmission of hiv to their babies. to date, egpaf…

Health
5
Effective Ventures Foundation Usa Inc

Effective alturism is a growing social movement founded in the desire to make the world as good a place as it can be, the use of evidence and reason to find out how to do so, and the audacity to actually try.

Education
6
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
7
PROMISE54

We partner with people and organizations to solve their toughest talent-related challenges. we believe organizations will best maximize their impact and truly thrive when their teams are diverse, their cultures are inclusive, and their…

Education
8
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
9
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
10
Activate Global Inc

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. activate partners with u.s. based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial…

Environment
11
Future 500

See attached statementprimary missionfuture 500 builds trust between corporations, advocates, investors, and philanthropists to advance business as a force for good. we are experts in stakeholder engagement with over 25 years of experience…

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12
Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds Inc

Philanthropic collaborative focused on improving lives through just & inclusive systems change.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Enchanted Backpack. 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

407 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. 407 of the 587 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)
67
Early backer (in before they grew)
390/407
Grantees still filing
191/407
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT (DBA WORKING NATION): $9,268,130 · OtherSTRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT (DBA WORKING NATION)STARLINK INITIATIVE LTD: $8,727,040 · OtherSTARLINK INITIATIVE LTDTHE ELLEN FUND: $3,875,882 · OtherTHE ELLEN FUNDTHRIVE MARKET INC: $3,139,904 · OtherTHRIVE MARKET INCGRADALIS INC: $2,612,387 · OtherGENOSERA INC: $2,309,623 · OtherKINDRED ONE FOUNDATION: $1,819,018 · OtherOPEN GATE INTERNATIONAL: $1,947,968 · Other+104 more: $18,779,869 · Other+104 moreTHE FELTHEIMER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $19,561,510 · PhilanthropyTHE FELTHEIMER FAMILY FOUNDAT…TRINITY OAKS ENTERPRISES: $2,000,000 · PhilanthropyTRINITY OAKS ENTERPRISESROOT CAUSE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $1,000,000 · Philanthropy+21 more: $4,946,839 · Philanthropy+21 moreSCHOOLHOUSEWORLD INC: $3,003,186 · EducationSCHOOLHOUS…Arts & Design Alumni Reserch: $1,499,400 · EducationArts & Des…COLLEGE TRACK: $1,200,000 · EducationCOLLEGE TR…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 · EducationTHE BOARD …JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $894,014 · EducationJOHNS HOPK…THE MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION: $560,600 · EducationTHE MR HOL…+15 more: $1,540,685 · Education+15 moreEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $2,081,952 · Human ServicesLETO FUND INC: $1,208,972 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $555,000 · Human ServicesDPAS ASSIST THE OFFICER FOUNDATION: $400,000 · Human ServicesTHE COLIN FARRELL FOUNDATION: $229,573 · Human ServicesTHE CARMELO ANTHONY FOUNDATION INC: $215,000 · Human Services+9 more: $987,974 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,761,500 · HealthCRISIS TEXT LINE INC: $620,533 · HealthCAMERON BOYCE FOUNDATION: $406,079 · HealthSINGLE PARENT IN NEED FOUNDATION: $350,000 · HealthCURE ADDICTION NOW CAN: $212,009 · HealthJessie Rees Foundation: $185,750 · HealthThat Man May See Inc DBA All May See Foundation: $174,411 · Health+10 more: $901,285 · HealthWHEN Justice: $2,843,000 · EnvironmentWILDFIRESORG INC: $738,272 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $125,964 · Environment+1 more: $70,000 · EnvironmentPLENTIFUL: $1,735,171 · Food & NutritionHEART OF DINNER INC: $1,077,316 · Food & NutritionFOODCORPS INC: $250,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $200,760 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $107,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$52,479,821Philanthropy$28,508,349Education$9,697,885Human Services$5,678,471Health$4,611,567Environment$3,777,236Food & Nutrition$3,370,247

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 budgetTHE ELLEN FUND: $3,875,882 over 3y, 46% of budgetSCHOOLHOUSEWORLD INC: $3,003,186 over 2y, 71% of budgetWHEN Justice: $2,843,000 over 1y, 86% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $2,081,952 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetTRINITY OAKS ENTERPRISES: $2,000,000 over 1y, 67% of budgetOPEN GATE INTERNATIONAL: $1,947,968 over 2y, 87% of budgetKINDRED ONE FOUNDATION: $1,819,018 over 1y, 96% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,761,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetPLENTIFUL: $1,735,171 over 1y, 16% of budgetArts & Design Alumni Reserch: $1,499,400 over 2y, 93% of budgetCOLLEGE TRACK: $1,200,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $990,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $894,014 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILDFIRESORG INC: $738,272 over 1y, 44% of budgetNAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME: $693,647 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetIMPACT PHILANTHROPY GROUP: $644,979 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetCRISIS TEXT LINE INC: $620,533 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $605,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $589,515 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION: $560,600 over 2y, 14% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $555,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER NASHVILLE: $500,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBABY2BABY: $423,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCAMERON BOYCE FOUNDATION: $406,079 over 1y, 91% of budgetDPAS ASSIST THE OFFICER FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $398,831 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFROM ONE HAND TO ANOTHER INC: $350,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $334,680 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLSU HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION IN SHREVEPORT: $331,877 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetThe Children's Health Fund: $282,138 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $253,279 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetJeremy Lin Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetFOODCORPS INC: $250,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $225,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $225,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LEBRON JAMES FAMILY FOUNDATION: $215,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE CARMELO ANTHONY FOUNDATION INC: $215,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetCURE ADDICTION NOW CAN: $212,009 over 1y, 56% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $210,185 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD LABS INCORPORATED: $207,600 over 2y, 14% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $205,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $200,760 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUT GOD MINISTRIES: $200,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetRENNIE CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH & POLICY INC: $200,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $198,875 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

National Basketball P…California Community …Gibson Gives Foundati…Pledgeling FoundationEntertainment Industr…The Ahmanson Foundati…The Los Angeles Dodge…Nfl Foundation IncTarsadia FoundationPlayers Philanthropy …Reissa FoundationThe Winston-Salem Fou…
National Basketball Players Association FoundationNY26.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Basketball Players Association Foundation · California Community Foundation · Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives · Pledgeling Foundation · Entertainment Industry Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation · Nfl Foundation Inc · Tarsadia Foundation · Players Philanthropy Fund Inc · Reissa Foundation · The Winston-Salem 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 Edward Charles Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward Charles Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Hias Economic Advancement Fund Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Foodcorps Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • The Boys & Girls Aid Society of Oregon: 3% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
31report 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.
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How do I get to Edward Charles Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Edward Charles 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 587 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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