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First Niagara Foundation at a glance

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First Niagara Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7.4M
Granted FY2022
81
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$1.5M
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, FY2020 to 2022.

Health$5.3MEducation$4.5MCommunity Improvement$3.2MHuman Services$2.3MArts & Culture$2.0MYouth Development$2.0MPhilanthropy$1.7MEmployment$1.3MOther$0
02FY2022 · 81 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k5 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $971k
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $2.8M
  • $250k+7 grants · $3.6M
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE WOMEN AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION$1,500,000
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$625,000
MOUNT ST MARYS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$500,000
BUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC$250,000
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP$250,000
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUFFALO NIAGARA$250,000
GERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC$250,000
HISPANIC HERITAGE COUNCIL OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC$200,000
PROVIDENCE FARM COLLECTIVE CORP$200,000
FEEDMORE FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC$200,000
CITY YEAR INC$200,000
BUFFALO NIAGARA MEDICAL CAMPUS INC$200,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO$150,000
BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INC$150,000
HEART LOVE & SOUL INC$150,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $2.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE: $150k → 16%UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM INC: $18k → 9%HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $25k → 14%HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $25k → 14%THE RESOURCE CENTER: $150k → 18%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $25k → 11%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $45k → 14%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT: $25k → 14%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $45k → 14%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT: $25k → 14%THE RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 18%WNY HEROES INC: $20k → 13%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN: $10k → 18%CHAUTAUQUA HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: $25k → 18%FANTASTIC FRIENDS OF WNY INC: $25k → 13%HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NIAGARA COUNTY INC: $30k → 14%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUFFALO NIAGARA: $250k → 13%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUFFALO NIAGARA: $10k → 13%THE ARC ERIE COUNTY NEW YORK: $50k → 13%FANTASTIC FRIENDS OF WNY INC: $15k → 13%DRESS FOR SUCCESS BUFFALO: $10k → 13%THE TEACHER'S DESK INC: $25k → 13%THE TEACHER'S DESK: $25k → 13%THE TEACHER'S DESK: $25k → 13%VIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $10k → 13%VIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $10k → 13%POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC: $100k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $35k → 13%VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $30k → 13%MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE PROJECT INC: $20k → 13%MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE PROJECT INC: $20k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $500k → 13%CITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $50k → 13%THE FOUNDRY: $100k → 13%THE FOUNDRY: $100k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER INC: $350k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $100k → 13%FEEDMORE FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $200k → 13%THE FOUNDRY: $25k → 13%GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF WESTERN NY: $150k → 13%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER INC: $28k → 13%OPEN BUFFALO INC: $15k → 13%OPEN BUFFALO INC: $15k → 13%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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 91 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

91 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2022, 48 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

91
88

Total granted

$13M
$8.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+5%

Still filing today

82%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2022 · $1.5M · revenue +180%
  • BA
    BUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +28% · 43% of their budget
  • BUFFALO PREP INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $860k · revenue +15% · 31% of their budget

Funded once

  • WE
    WESTMINSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1.5M · revenue -55% · 31% of their budget
  • DU
    D'YOUVILLE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $750k · revenue +15%
  • PI
    PEOPLE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $600k
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
United Way of Central New York Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.

Philanthropy
2
The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo

The legal aid bureau of buffalo, inc., a not-for-profit organization, provides legal representation to financially needy men, women and children in western new york. through its skilled staff, the legal aid bureau seeks equal justice for…

Crime & Legal
3
Invest Buffalo Niagara Inc

To attract new employers to the buffalo niagara region through outreach to growing companies around the world. to support business attraction, expansion and entrepreneurship, invest buffalo niagara collaborates with local businesses,…

Community Improvement
4
Community Health Center of Buffalo Inc

The community health center of buffalo, inc operates four freestanding federally qualified health centers licensed as a diagnostic and treatment center under article 28 of the ny state health law. the center provides a broad range of…

Health
5
Wayne County Action Program Inc

The specific mission of the organization is to coordinate resources to inspire and empower people to acheive their full potential.

Human Services
6
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
7
Cny Works Inc

To bring businesses, job seekers and training providers together to provide skilled workers for every business and employment for every job seeker.

—
8
United Way of New York State

To strengthen the capacity of local united ways through their charitable human service activities to be leaders in achieving results that improve the lives of all new yorkers.

Philanthropy
9
Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc

Lawny increases access to justice through excellent legal representation, advocacy and service.

Crime & Legal
10
Western New York Technology Development Center Inc

To transform our region by stimulating the growth and creation of dynamic companies in order to provide a superior standard of living for residents.

Science & Tech
11
United Way of Greater Rochester Inc

United way of greater rochester's mission is to unite the good will and resources of the greater rochester community so that everyone can thrive. united way supports a broad network of human service organizations, community initiatives and…

—
12
Food Bank of Central New York

Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Ulster County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dress for Success Buffalo. 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

181 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 181 of the 217 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
41
Early backer (in before they grew)
178/181
Grantees still filing
114/181
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC: $1,050,026 · OtherBUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INCBUFFALO PREP INC: $860,000 · OtherBUFFALO PREP INCPEOPLE INC: $600,000 · OtherPEOPLE INCMENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES OF WNY: $565,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BUFFALO INC: $500,000 · OtherTHE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC: $750,000 · OtherTHE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP INCGERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC: $500,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE FARM COLLECTIVE CORP: $400,000 · OtherHEART LOVE & SOUL INC: $375,000 · Other+90 more: $5,136,875 · Other+90 moreTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION: $1,517,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S H…MOUNT ST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · HealthMOUNT ST MARY'S …COMPEER WEST INC: $375,000 · HealthCOMPEER WEST INCBUFFALO NIAGARA MEDICAL CAMPUS INC: $300,000 · HealthBUFFALO NIAGARA …EHS INC: $250,000 · HealthEHS INCKEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC: $150,000 · Health+11 more: $661,200 · Health+11 moreCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $550,000 · Human ServicesCITY MISSION…The Rural Outreach Center Inc: $477,500 · Human ServicesThe Rural Ou…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUFFALO NIAGARA: $260,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S …Net Positive Inc: $225,000 · Human ServicesNet Positive…FEEDMORE WNY FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesFEEDMORE WNY…CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY CHAPTER OF NYSARC INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesCHAUTAUQUA C…INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $150,000 · Human ServicesPOLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC: $100,000 · Human Services+17 more: $647,500 · Human Services+17 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $1,266,250 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY …ROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $490,850 · PhilanthropyROSWELL PA…THE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BISON …THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $200,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED…+10 more: $242,500 · Philanthropy+10 moreD'YOUVILLE UNIVERSITY: $750,000 · EducationD'YOUVILLE…The Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $625,000 · EducationThe Resear…SAY YES BUFFALO SCHOLARSHIP INC: $267,675 · EducationSAY YES BU…Teach for America Inc: $250,000 · EducationTeach for …CANISIUS UNIVERSITY: $136,100 · EducationCANISIUS U…+13 more: $295,000 · Education+13 moreWESTMINSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC: $1,500,000 · Community ImprovementTHE MASS MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC: $80,000 · Community Improvement+8 more: $270,000 · Community ImprovementBURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER: $250,000 · Arts & CultureEXPLORE & MORE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $250,000 · Arts & CultureHISPANIC HERITAGE COUNCIL OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES: $125,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO STRING WORKS INC: $120,000 · Arts & CultureFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MARTIN HOUSE CORPORATION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN NEW YORK PUBLIC BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION: $75,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO MEDIA RESOURCES INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC: $55,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $226,700 · Arts & Culture
Other$10,736,901Health$3,753,200Human Services$2,935,000Philanthropy$2,449,600Education$2,323,775Community Improvement$1,850,000Arts & Culture$1,621,700

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 budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION: $1,517,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetWESTMINSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE INC: $1,500,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $1,266,250 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetBUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC: $1,050,026 over 2y, 43% of budgetBUFFALO PREP INC: $860,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetD'YOUVILLE UNIVERSITY: $750,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC: $750,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $625,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $550,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetGERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC: $500,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BUFFALO INC: $500,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetMOUNT ST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 60% of budgetThe Rural Outreach Center Inc: $477,500 over 2y, 10% of budgetPROVIDENCE FARM COLLECTIVE CORP: $400,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetHEART LOVE & SOUL INC: $375,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetCOMPEER WEST INC: $375,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetBUFFALO NIAGARA MEDICAL CAMPUS INC: $300,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSAY YES BUFFALO SCHOLARSHIP INC: $267,675 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUFFALO NIAGARA: $260,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNIAGARA AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetEHS INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $250,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetEXPLORE & MORE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $250,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetVETERANS ONE-STOP CENTER OF WNY INC: $250,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetPEACE OF THE CITY MINISTRIES INC: $250,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetNet Positive Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHISPANIC HERITAGE COUNCIL OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $200,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetFEEDMORE WNY FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAUTAUQUA COUNTY CHAPTER OF NYSARC INC: $175,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC: $150,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetBUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $150,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $150,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEIGHT DAYS OF HOPE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGOVERNOR'S PARTNERSHIP TO PROTECT CONNECTICUT'S WORKFORCE INC: $140,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetCANISIUS UNIVERSITY: $136,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $125,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES: $125,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBUFFALO STRING WORKS INC: $120,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetINDEPENDENT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetBUFFALO PRENATAL-PERINATAL NETWORK INC: $106,200 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MARTIN HOUSE CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPOLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 20% 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.

Community Foundation …The John R Oishei Fou…The Peter and Elizabe…Cullen FoundationThe Western New York …Buffalo Bills Foundat…The Ralph C Wilson Jr…United Way of Buffalo…Rich Family FoundationThe Baird FoundationJames H Cummings Foun…The Margaret L Wendt …
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY162.4× affinity103 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The John R Oishei Foundation · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Cullen Foundation · The Western New York Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · Rich Family Foundation · The Baird Foundation · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · The Margaret L Wendt 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 First Niagara Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Niagara Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • The Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Governor's Partnership to Protect Connecticut's Workforce Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Leadership Education and Athletics in Partnership Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc: 15% of income from government
  • New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc: 13% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Ywca Hartford Region Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
81report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to First Niagara Foundation?

Find your warmest path to First Niagara 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 217 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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