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Ella Ann L and Frank B Holding Foundatio

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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
94
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$225k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.5MArts & Culture$1.0MReligion$697kHuman Services$693kPhilanthropy$424kEnvironment$393kHealth$296kYouth Development$285kOther$0
02FY2025 · 94 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k57 grants · $208k
  • $10k–50k32 grants · $617k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $471k
$5,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALEM ACADEMY & COLLEGE$225,000
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY$75,000
CENTENARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$70,000
THE ASHEVILLE SCHOOL$51,000
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY$50,000
YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC$49,500
UNC INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT$47,000
SAINT MARY'S SCHOOL$36,500
PULLEN MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH$35,000
GIRL SCOUTS NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PINES$35,000
TRIANGLE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$30,000
CAMP ALBEMARLE$28,000
CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION$25,000
SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND$25,000
JOHNSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDN$25,000
02The need
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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, $652k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ARIZONA BAPTIST CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $2k → 15%FIFTH STREET MINISTRIES: $3k → 9%FIFTH STREET MINISTRIES: $3k → 9%FIFTH STREET MINISTRIES: $3k → 9%FIFTH STREET MINISTRIES: $2k → 9%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $2k → 16%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $2k → 16%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 8%SEASONS VILLAGE: $5k → 8%SEASONS VILLAGE: $5k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 8%HARBOR INC: $6k → 10%SMITHFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 10%SMITHFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 10%SMITHFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 10%SMITHFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 10%SMITHFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 10%SMITHFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 10%SMITHFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 10%HARBOR INC: $3k → 10%HARBOR INC: $3k → 10%HARBOR INC: $3k → 10%HARBOR INC: $3k → 10%HARBOR INC: $3k → 10%HARBOR INC: $3k → 10%HARBOR INC: $3k → 10%SMITHFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 10%SMITHFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 10%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY: $5k → 8%SAINT SAVIOUR'S CENTER: $3k → 8%SAINT SAVIOUR'S CENTER: $2k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $19k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $10k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $5k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $5k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $4k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC: $105k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC: $55k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC: $50k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC: $47k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC: $47k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC: $42k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC: $37k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC: $20k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC: $20k → 8%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.0M · 154 repeat orgs$289k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

154 repeat relationships: 82 still active in FY2025, 72 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

154
41

Total granted

$8.0M
$174k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+22%

Still filing today

49%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k 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

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EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $428k · revenue +30%
  • TY
    The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598)
    9× · 2017–2025 · $421k · revenue +51%
  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $295k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • TN
    TCU NEELEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • KC
    KINSTON COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • OM
    OBERLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +22%
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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Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
2
Unc Health Foundation Inc

At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.

Education
3
North Carolina Symphony Foundation

To receive and hold the endowment of the north carolina symphony society, inc. (the "society"), solicit additions to the endowment, safeguard assets, and expend funds for the exclusive use and benefit of the society.

Arts & Culture
4
North Carolina Chamber

The organization is a proactive, nonpartisan business advocacy organization. the organization works in the legislative, regulatory and political arenas to proactively drive positive change to ensure that north carolina is a leading place…

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5
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
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North Carolina State University Foundation Inc

Supports, by financial assistance and otherwise, the various colleges within the university, the libraries, and other university-connected functions.

Education
7
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
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North Carolina Medical Society

To organize members of the medical profession to advance medical science.

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North Carolina State University College of Sciences Foundation Inc

Provide financial support for all types of education and research within the college of sciences at north carolina state university.

Philanthropy
12
Brevard College Corporation

Brevard college is committed to an experiential liberal arts education that encourages personal growth and inspires artistic, intellectual, and social action.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Free Will Baptist Children's Home Inc; the most unlike its peers is State Employees Credit Union 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

107 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. 107 of the 207 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)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/107
Grantees still filing
82/107
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $350,700 · OtherNC COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONUNC INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: $244,500 · OtherUNC INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTCENTENARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $195,000 · OtherCENTENARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCHTRIANGLE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $145,000 · OtherWOODBURY FOREST SCHOOL: $135,000 · OtherHAYES BARTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $129,000 · OtherWAKE FOREST PARENTS' COUNCIL: $110,000 · Other+121 more: $1,919,750 · Other+121 moreSALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE: $1,635,700 · EducationSALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGEWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $427,500 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYSAINT MARYS SCHOOL: $265,500 · EducationSAINT MARYS SCHOOLCAMPBELL UNIVERSITY: $222,000 · EducationCAMPBELL UNIVERSITYASHEVILLE SCHOOL INC: $136,900 · Education+16 more: $207,400 · Education+16 moreNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $295,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CARO…SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA INC: $140,000 · Arts & CultureSPOLETO FE…NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $132,100 · Arts & CultureNORTH CARO…CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC: $36,250 · Arts & CultureTRYON PALACE FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY FOUNDATION INC: $31,300 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $28,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $84,700 · Arts & Culture+9 moreThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $420,500 · Human ServicesSTEPUP MINISTRY: $50,000 · Human ServicesSmithfield Rescue Mission: $33,000 · Human ServicesTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $26,000 · Human ServicesHARBOR INC: $25,000 · Human Services+10 more: $98,350 · Human ServicesGIRL SCOUTS - NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PINES INC: $162,500 · Youth DevelopmentMY KIDS CLUB: $43,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $26,500 · Youth Development+2 more: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentHEALING TRANSITIONS INC: $90,000 · HealthALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $38,000 · HealthHopeWay Foundation: $30,000 · HealthTHE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $28,000 · HealthSENIOR PHARMASSIST INC: $22,500 · HealthSCOA Cares Inc: $20,000 · HealthVISION TO LEARN: $17,500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $8,500 · HealthSYLVAN HEIGHTS WATERFOWL PARK & ECO-CENTER INC: $59,050 · AnimalsSAVING GRACE ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION: $54,000 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCE PET ADOPTIONS INC: $19,000 · Animals+1 more: $2,500 · Animals
Other$3,228,950Education$2,895,000Arts & Culture$783,350Human Services$652,850Youth Development$276,000Health$264,500Animals$134,550

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 budgetSALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE: $1,635,700 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $427,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $420,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $295,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSAINT MARYS SCHOOL: $265,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCAMPBELL UNIVERSITY: $222,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS - NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PINES INC: $162,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSPOLETO FESTIVAL USA INC: $140,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetASHEVILLE SCHOOL INC: $136,900 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $132,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHEALING TRANSITIONS INC: $90,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetJOHNSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $77,500 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetSYLVAN HEIGHTS WATERFOWL PARK & ECO-CENTER INC: $59,050 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetSAVING GRACE ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION: $54,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCASA: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHI OMEGA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSTEPUP MINISTRY: $50,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetMY KIDS CLUB: $43,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $42,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $42,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $38,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetCONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC: $36,250 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTRYON PALACE FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetTRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $34,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSmithfield Rescue Mission: $33,000 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY FOUNDATION INC: $31,300 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetHopeWay Foundation: $30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetINTERACT INC: $29,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCAMP ALBEMARLE: $28,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $28,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $28,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $26,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $26,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR INC: $25,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetFRED A OLDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA: $25,000 over 9y, 8.7% of budgetSt Andrew's School: $24,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSENIOR PHARMASSIST INC: $22,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSCOA Cares Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetALLEGHANY CARES INC: $19,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSECOND CHANCE PET ADOPTIONS INC: $19,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHANY COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD INC: $17,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCONSERVATION TRUST FOR NORTH CAROLINA: $16,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetDIAKONOS INC: $15,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY: $15,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCHERRY LANE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $15,000 over 9y, 1.2% 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 SALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT MARYS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS - NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PINES INC ↗
  • Who funds SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA INC ↗
  • Who funds ASHEVILLE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEALING TRANSITIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SYLVAN HEIGHTS WATERFOWL PARK & ECO-CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVING GRACE ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION ↗
  • Who funds CASA ↗
  • Who funds CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STEPUP MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds MY KIDS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗

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.

North Carolina Community FoundationNC79.3× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · John William Pope Foundation · The Robert P Holding Foundation Inc · Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · Aj Fletcher Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · North State Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · A E Finley Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas

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 Ella Ann L and Frank B Holding Foundatio funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ella Ann L and Frank B Holding Foundatio. Bigger dots raise more.

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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 →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    39report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to Ella Ann L and Frank B Holding Foundatio 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 207 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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