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Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$931k
Granted FY2024still arriving
97
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.3MHuman Services$1.1MArts & Culture$949kHealth$896kYouth Development$515kFood & Nutrition$486kHousing & Shelter$304kCommunity Improvement$299kOther$0
02FY2024 · 97 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k58 grants · $367k
  • $10k–50k38 grants · $484k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
$7,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UC FOUNDATION$80,000
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDA$43,000
GUIDING LIGHT MENTORING$26,000
MAY WE HELP$20,000
MAGNIFIED GIVING$20,000
MASTER PROVISIONS$17,000
SHELTERHOUSE VOLUNTEER GROUP INC$15,000
CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE$15,000
CITYLINK CENTER$15,000
FAITH COMMUNITY PHARMACY INC$15,000
GORMAN HERITAGE FARM FOUNDATION$13,000
FOREVER KINGS INC$12,500
EMERGENCY SHELTER OF NKY$12,235
OH RIVER FOUNDATION$10,000
WELCOME HOUSE$10,000
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, $862k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CIRCLE TAIL: $28k → 6%CIRCLE TAIL INC: $24k → 6%CIRCLE TAIL: $10k → 6%LIFE LEARNING CENTER: $25k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCK: $20k → 11%BE CONCERNED: $20k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $8k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCK: $10k → 11%THE ION CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENT: $10k → 11%BE CONCERNED: $10k → 11%FIRST STEP HOME: $13k → 16%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS: $10k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $10k → 16%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS: $9k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $11k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $10k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $10k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10k → 16%FOREVER KINGS INC: $13k → 16%INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $10k → 16%INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $10k → 16%FOREVER KINGS INC: $10k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE: $21k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE: $15k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $12k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE INC: $11k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE INC: $10k → 16%NORTH FAIRMONT COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 16%A KID AGAIN INC: $10k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL - CINCINNATI: $10k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL - CINCINNATI: $10k → 16%CHANGINGGEARS INC: $10k → 16%CHANGINGGEARS INC: $10k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE CINCIN: $10k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $18k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $15k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $15k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $15k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $11k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $10k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $10k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $10k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $10k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $10k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $10k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $10k → 16%HOPE'S CLOSET: $10k → 16%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

IL
NY
OH
CA
KY
VA
TN
DC
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.
$6.1M · 181 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

181 repeat relationships: 65 still active in FY2024, 116 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

181
113

Total granted

$6.1M
$906k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+20%

Still filing today

69%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $251k 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 & CultureHealthEducationHousing & ShelterYouth 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

  • OV
    OHIO VALLEY VOICES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $210k · revenue +68%
  • XU
    XAVIER UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2021 · $170k · revenue +24%
  • MG
    Magnified Giving
    8× · 2017–2024 · $111k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • UM
    USAF MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $55k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $31k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI-COLLEGE OF
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
2
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati

To resolve serious legal problems of low income people, to promote economic and family stability, and reduce poverty through effective legal assistance.

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3
Cincinnati Arts and Technology Center

Unlocking the self-worth and potential of at-risk teens through the transformative power of art, a first-class environment and a character-building culture. Equipping at-risk teens with skills, credentials and pathways to employment.…

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4
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
5
World Affairs Council - Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

The World Affairs Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the bridge that connects the world to one of America's most vibrant regions. Through Global education, International exchange, and cultural awareness initiatives, the council strengthens…

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6
Cincinnati Center for Autism

We support individuals with autism and their families through programming in the areas of academics, adaptive behavior, communication, and social participation.

Education
7
Cincinnati's Optimum Residential Environments Inc

Residential & Habilitative Svs. Provide residential and habilitative services to adults with developmental disabilities

Health
8
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

The mission of The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) is to educate, entertain and engage audiences of all ages through professional theatrical productions and arts education programming. Our vision is to awaken a lifelong love of…

Arts & Culture
9
Cincinnati Public Radio Inc

Cincinnati Public Radio is the trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.

Arts & Culture
10
Wordplay Cincy

WordPlay Cincy sparks storytelling through creative expression and arts in healing with Cincinnatis young people to cultivate belonging, celebrate our strengths, and empower the community in its pursuit of social justice.

Education
11
Clermont Counseling Center

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
12
Coalition of Care Greater Cincinnati

Coalition of Care of Greater Cincinnati exists to mobilize churches and to inspire volunteers to care for vulnerable children and fragile families.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Citylink Center; the most unlike its peers is Queen City Chamber Opera Dba Queen City Opera. 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

217 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. 217 of the 327 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
72
Early backer (in before they grew)
209/217
Grantees still filing
150/217
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC FOUNDATION: $235,000 · OtherUC FOUNDATION+128 more: $3,775,870 · Other+128 moreCIRCLE TAIL INC: $80,525 · Human ServicesCIRCLE TAIL I…COVERD GREATER CINCINNATI: $73,500 · Human ServicesCOVERD GREATE…NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $71,850 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE FURN…Cincinnati Union Bethel: $40,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES INC: $37,800 · Human ServicesKAREN CARNS FOUNDATION: $37,500 · Human ServicesINNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $35,735 · Human ServicesCommunity Resource Center Inc: $30,685 · Human ServicesForever Kings Inc: $30,500 · Human ServicesChildren's Home of Northern Kentucky Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesBE CONCERNED INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE FIRST STEP HOME INC: $29,500 · Human Services+12 more: $243,510 · Human Services+12 morePROJECT CAMP INC: $67,500 · HealthPROJECT C…MAY WE HELP INC: $65,000 · HealthMAY WE HE…Cancer Family Care Inc: $52,000 · HealthCancer Fa…THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION: $48,301 · HealthTHE DRAGO…INTERACT FOR CHANGE: $44,040 · HealthINTERACT …CENTER FOR RESPITE CARE INC: $42,500 · HealthCENTER FO…FAITH COMMUNITY PHARMACY INC: $37,500 · HealthFAITH COM…PINK RIBBON GOOD INC: $30,000 · HealthPINK RIBB…MILESTONES INC: $25,000 · HealthMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 · HealthRedwood School & Rehabilitation Inc: $21,000 · HealthONECITY FOR RECOVERY INC: $20,000 · Health+4 more: $47,500 · Health+4 moreOHIO VALLEY VOICES: $209,750 · EducationXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $170,000 · EducationActivities Beyond the Classroom: $31,500 · EducationDOHN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL: $28,300 · EducationMindPeace Cincinnati: $27,500 · Education+1 more: $15,000 · EducationART OPPORTUNITIES INC: $57,500 · Arts & CultureQUEEN CITY CHAMBER OPERA DBA Queen City Opera: $50,200 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $35,500 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI LANDMARK PRODUCTIONS: $32,500 · Arts & CultureISPACE INC: $28,250 · Arts & CulturePONES INC: $23,500 · Arts & CultureThe Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education: $22,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House: $20,370 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMy Nose Turns Red Theatre Company: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SONG INITIATIVE: $11,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC: $53,600 · Housing & ShelterWELCOME HOUSE INC: $47,350 · Housing & ShelterBethany House Services Inc: $27,500 · Housing & ShelterLydia's House Inc: $24,500 · Housing & ShelterCARACOLE INC: $17,500 · Housing & ShelterPEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC: $17,000 · Housing & ShelterShelterhouse Volunteer Group Inc: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterPRICE HILL WILL: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterMagnified Giving: $111,100 · PhilanthropyIMPACT 100 INC: $48,000 · PhilanthropyCenter for Great Neighborhoods of Covington: $15,000 · PhilanthropyCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC: $14,000 · PhilanthropyBuilding Blocks Foundation: $10,500 · Philanthropy
Other$4,010,870Human Services$771,105Health$525,341Education$482,050Arts & Culture$320,820Housing & Shelter$217,450Philanthropy$198,600

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 budgetOHIO VALLEY VOICES: $209,750 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $170,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMagnified Giving: $111,100 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetMASTER PROVISIONS INC: $103,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCIRCLE TAIL INC: $80,525 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCOVERD GREATER CINCINNATI: $73,500 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $71,850 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetPROJECT CAMP INC: $67,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetKentucky Humanities Council Inc: $66,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMAY WE HELP INC: $65,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetInter Parish Ministry Inc: $63,020 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBrighton Center Inc: $61,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetART OPPORTUNITIES INC: $57,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetOhio River Foundation: $54,000 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC: $53,600 over 4y, 18% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc: $52,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetQUEEN CITY CHAMBER OPERA DBA Queen City Opera: $50,200 over 7y, 9.7% of budgetCINCINNATI COMMUNITY TOOLBANK: $50,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $49,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION: $48,301 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetIMPACT 100 INC: $48,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetWELCOME HOUSE INC: $47,350 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF GREATER CINCINN: $45,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetINTERACT FOR CHANGE: $44,040 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetFamily Nurturing Center of Kentucky: $42,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR RESPITE CARE INC: $42,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetOUR DAILY BREAD: $42,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARD: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCincinnati Union Bethel: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $37,800 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetKAREN CARNS FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetFAITH COMMUNITY PHARMACY INC: $37,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Cincinnati Tennis Foundation: $36,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetKeep Cincinnati Beautiful Inc: $36,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetGUIDING LIGHT MENTORING: $36,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetProKids: $36,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetINNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $35,735 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetCINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $35,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLEAD TRAINING: $35,000 over 4y, 36% of budgetCITYLINK CENTER: $35,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetREVIV FAMILY SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $34,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetBLOC MINISTRIES INC: $34,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Learning Tree Farm Inc: $33,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetCINCINNATI LANDMARK PRODUCTIONS: $32,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCAIN CINCY: $32,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNEW PERCEPTIONS INC: $32,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHERN KENTUCKY SYMPHONY: $31,500 over 4y, 2.5% 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 OHIO VALLEY VOICES ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Magnified Giving ↗
  • Who funds MASTER PROVISIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds CIRCLE TAIL INC ↗
  • Who funds COVERD GREATER CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds Kentucky Humanities Council Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAY WE HELP INC ↗
  • Who funds Inter Parish Ministry Inc ↗
  • Who funds Brighton Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds ART OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Ohio River Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds Cancer Family Care Inc ↗
  • Who funds QUEEN CITY CHAMBER OPERA DBA Queen City Opera ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI COMMUNITY TOOLBANK ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT 100 INC ↗
  • Who funds WELCOME HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS ON THE RUN OF GREATER CINCINN ↗
  • Who funds INTERACT FOR CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds Family Nurturing Center of Kentucky ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR RESPITE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR DAILY BREAD ↗

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.

John a Schroth Family Char TrPA182.8× affinity91 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Millstone Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Josephine S Russell Charitable · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica

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 Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    0get no government money at all
    66report 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 Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 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 327 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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