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Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation at a glance

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Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$595k
Granted FY2025still arriving
188
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$1.4MEducation$686kArts & Culture$631kHealth$467kHuman Services$275kHousing & Shelter$215kYouth Development$167kFood & Nutrition$139kOther$0
02FY2025 · 188 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k183 grants · $539k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $56k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP - LONG BEACH GIVES$15,500
CSULB 49ER FOUNDATION - JOHN HINRICHS CSULB SCHOLARSHIP$10,500
EASTSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF FULLERTON CALIFORNIA$10,000
CSULB 49ER FOUNDATION - LBCIP$10,000
THE BARNABAS GROUP ORANGE COUNTY$10,000
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - GIVING DAYS$7,000
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - GIVING DAYS$6,200
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INC$5,000
ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTION$5,000
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG BEACHDBA YMCA OF GREATER$5,000
ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF LOS ANGELES A CORPORATION SOLEDBA OUR SAVIOR$5,000
FOOD FINDERS$5,000
PRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC$5,000
SEEDS CHRISTIAN COUNSELING$5,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF ORANGE COUNTY$5,000
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 (FY21–25, $263k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $3k → 10%UNITY SHOPPE: $3k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $5k → 10%PROJECT KINSHIP: $5k → 10%MARYVALE: $3k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $5k → 14%SHAREFEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $3k → 14%DO GOOD DANIELS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%LONG BEACH CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $5k → 14%LONG BEACH CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $3k → 14%LONG BEACH COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $3k → 14%DELHI CENTER: $5k → 10%LONG BEACH CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $3k → 14%THE ARC OF LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $5k → 14%THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ANAHEIM: $5k → 10%LAURA'S HOUSE: $10k → 10%FAMILIES UNITING FAMILIES: $10k → 14%INTERVAL HOUSE: $3k → 10%FRISTERS: $3k → 10%KIDWORKS: $10k → 10%FAMILIES UNITING FAMILIES: $3k → 14%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5k → 10%FAMILIES UNITING FAMILIES: $3k → 14%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%FAMILIES UNITING FAMILIES: $3k → 14%INTERVAL HOUSE: $3k → 14%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%INTERVAL HOUSE: $3k → 14%INTERVAL HOUSE: $3k → 14%FISH FOR LIFE: $10k → 10%ABILITYFIRST: $3k → 14%KHERUT: $5k → 10%CENTRAL CITY NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS: $3k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER (DENTAL): $5k → 14%UNIDOS SOUTH OC: $10k → 10%CENTRAL CITY NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS: $3k → 14%THE RIVERBANK ORGANIZATION: $5k → 10%UNIDOS SOUTH OC: $5k → 10%PRECIOUS LIFE SHELTER: $3k → 10%UNIDOS SOUTH OC INC: $5k → 10%HAVEN SERVICES: $5k → 14%HAVEN SERVICES: $3k → 14%HAVEN SERVICES: $3k → 14%HAVEN SERVICES: $3k → 14%HAVEN SERVICES: $3k → 14%WATCHITGROW INC: $5k → 14%DISABLED RESOURCES CENTER: $5k → 14%DREAM STREET FOUNDATION: $5k → 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.
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 105 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

105 repeat relationships: 53 still active in FY2025, 52 since wound down; 131 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

105
216

Total granted

$3.1M
$962k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+11%

Still filing today

80%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $460k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • LB
    LONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2025 · $90k · revenue +135%
  • AO
    AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION
    4× · 2018–2022 · $85k · revenue +46%
  • AH
    AFFORDABLE HOUSING CLEARINGHOUSE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • OC
    ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $43k · revenue +52%
  • F
    FOSTERALLgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +37%
  • LB
    Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership Inc DBA The Nonprofit Partnership
    one grant, 2024 · $14k · revenue 0%
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
Laguna Beach Community Clinic

The mission of laguna beach community clinic (lbcc) is to provide excellent medical care regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
2
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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3
Family Promise of Los Angeles

Family promise of the south bay assists families experiencing housing insecurity with short-term shelter, case management, and navigation with the goal of creating a sustainable solution for their family.

Human Services
4
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center for Dev Disabled Persons Inc

South central los angeles regional center, (sclarc), believes special needs deserve special attention. we are committed to the provision of culturally sensitive services which enhance the inherent strengths of the family and enable…

Human Services
5
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
6
La Luz Center

Strengthen community through family services, economic advancement, and community engagement. our vision is: one sonoma valley community working together where all have equal opportunity to succeed.

Human Services
7
California State University Los Angeles Alumni Association Inc

To foster relationships among alumni, students and community by providing services and activities that build loyalty, support and a lifelong connection to the university.

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8
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
9
Long Beach Community Players Inc

To celebrate the human experience while encouraging the participation of artist and audience in theatre productions.

Arts & Culture
10
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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11
California Children's Academy

Cca is committed to preparing young children to be global citizens who are developmentally well-rounded, emotionally literate, and environmentally conscious.

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12
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest; the most unlike its peers is Pacific Dental Services 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

282 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. 282 of the 456 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
54
Early backer (in before they grew)
276/282
Grantees still filing
151/282
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ORANGE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · OtherORANGE CATHOLIC FOUNDATIONMARINERS CHURCH: $250,000 · OtherMARINERS CHURCHMATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF ORANGE: $200,000 · OtherMATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF ORANGELONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $105,000 · Other+112 more: $1,143,750 · Other+112 moreORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $275,000 · Arts & CultureORANGE COUNT…THE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WOODEN F…LONG BEACH UNITY FESTIVAL INC: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+18 more: $125,000 · Arts & Culture+18 moreIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $20,000 · Human ServicesUNIDOS South OC Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES UNITING FAMILIES: $17,500 · Human ServicesHAVEN SERVICES: $16,000 · Human ServicesKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $15,000 · Human ServicesL-ARCHE WAVECREST: $15,000 · Human ServicesLONG BEACH CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $10,711 · Human ServicesLAURA'S HOUSE: $10,000 · Human ServicesBEACH CITIES INTERFAITH SERVICES: $10,000 · Human ServicesINTERVAL HOUSE: $10,000 · Human ServicesFISH FOR LIFE INC: $10,000 · Human Services+13 more: $71,000 · Human ServicesLONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION: $89,500 · EducationORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $42,500 · EducationProject Hope Alliance: $16,000 · EducationGROUND EDUCATION: $12,000 · EducationLong Beach BLAST Better Learning for All Students Today: $7,500 · EducationLONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Education+8 more: $43,990 · EducationSADDLEBACK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $78,500 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation of Orange: $12,000 · PhilanthropyLONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $7,750 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DRAGON KIM FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyAFFORDABLE HOUSING CLEARINGHOUSE: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterCENTURY VILLAGES AT CABRILLO INC: $17,500 · Housing & ShelterORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY HOUSING CORP: $13,500 · Housing & ShelterCASA YOUTH SHELTER: $11,000 · Housing & ShelterOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterLINC HOUSING CORPORATION: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterLONG BEACH RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterSANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER: $15,000 · HealthJessie Rees Foundation: $11,581 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthOrange Coast Memorial Medical Center: $10,000 · HealthST MARY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthYOUNG LIVES REDEEMED: $10,000 · HealthWELLNESS AND PREVENTION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE OF OC: $7,500 · HealthTHE BEACON HOUSE ASSOCIATION OF SAN PEDRO: $5,500 · HealthST MARY MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 · HealthFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $5,000 · Health
Other$2,698,750Arts & Culture$445,000Human Services$225,211Education$218,990Philanthropy$108,250Housing & Shelter$102,000Health$99,581

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 budgetORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $275,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION: $89,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSADDLEBACK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $78,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFOOD FINDERS INC: $52,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $42,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Chance Orange County: $37,500 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetAFFORDABLE HOUSING CLEARINGHOUSE: $30,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY OUTREACH: $27,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFOSTERALL: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLONG BEACH UNITY FESTIVAL INC: $20,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetHIGHER GROUND YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetUNIDOS South OC Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetREDONDO BEACH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPOLO TRAINING CENTER SANTA BARBARA: $17,500 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetFAMILIES UNITING FAMILIES: $17,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCENTURY VILLAGES AT CABRILLO INC: $17,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHAVEN SERVICES: $16,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetProject Hope Alliance: $16,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetL-ARCHE WAVECREST: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetJF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLong Beach Nonprofit Partnership Inc DBA The Nonprofit Partnership: $13,550 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $13,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY HOUSING CORP: $13,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY SOUTH BAY: $12,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTICHENOR ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC FOR CHILDREN: $12,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LONG BEACH: $12,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGROUND EDUCATION: $12,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Orange: $12,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetJessie Rees Foundation: $11,581 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc: $11,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTER: $11,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCASA YOUTH SHELTER: $11,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLONG BEACH CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $10,711 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLAURA'S HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDANA POINT 5TH MARINE REGIMENT SUPPORT GROUP: $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetBEACH CITIES INTERFAITH SERVICES: $10,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetARTS & LEARNING CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPacific Symphony: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CORP FOR THE ARTS OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLong Beach Youth Chorus: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetINTERVAL HOUSE: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFISH FOR LIFE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% 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.

Orange County Communi…Earl B & Loraine H Mi…O L Halsell FoundationLong Beach Community …Edwards Lifesciences …The Rudolph J & Daphn…The Devto Support Fou…Sisters of St Joseph …The Josephine S Gumbi…The Ahmanson Foundati…Orange County's Unite…Weingart Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA102.9× affinity102 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Earl B & Loraine H Miller Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · Long Beach Community Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · The Rudolph J & Daphne a Munzer Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · The Josephine S Gumbiner Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Orange County's United Way · Weingart 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 Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    71report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Farmers & Merchants Bank 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 456 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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