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Founders Pledge Inc

Founders pledge, inc.

$30M
Granted FY2024still arriving
102
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$8.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Science & Tech$27MEnvironment$20MPhilanthropy$13MEducation$11MInternational$8.0MSocial Science$7.5MHealth$7.4MCommunity Improvement$3.8MOther$0
02FY2024 · 102 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 102 grants below total $26,259,981, the rows itemized in this filing. The $30,147,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,887,519 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $852k
  • $50k–250k33 grants · $3.8M
  • $250k+25 grants · $22M
$81,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$118M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEPLOYUS$8,925,000
CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SAFETY INC$1,096,000
THE RAND CORPORATION$1,000,000
PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND$804,000
SANGRO INC (DBA ASHGRO)$741,500
PALISADE RESEARCH$726,000
MATS RESEARCH INC$584,000
LONGVIEW PHILANTHROPY USA$562,000
SAFE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FORUM INSTITUTE$540,000
JOHNS HOPKINS - CENTER FOR HEALTH SECURITY (CHS)$539,757
AI OBJECTIVES INSTITUTE$538,000
RESTORINGVISION$531,000
RETHINK PRIORITIES$520,000
EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA$510,000
THE FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN INNOVATION (LINCOLN NETWORK)$493,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PROXIMITY 2 HUMANITY: $40k → 13%DMT QUEST: $100 → 7%RETHINK PRIORITIES: $520k → 10%RETHINK PRIORITIES: $276k → 10%CLOSEGAP: $50k → 14%TRANSPARENTEM: $100k → 17%MANIFOLD FOR CHARITY: $30k → 10%RETHINK PRIORITIES: $150k → 10%RETHINK PRIORITIES: $57k → 10%INDIAN MUSLIM RELIEF AND CHARITIES: $10k → 8%A BEAUTIFUL HEART MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 20%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $500k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $86k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%CHARITY WATER: $3k → 17%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

ME
VT
NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
AL
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $3.8M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 3 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$3.7M · 97% · 7 grants

Stated purpose: FUND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

North America (Canada and Mexico)$117k · 3% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: FUND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

South Asia$11k · 0% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: FUND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Founders Pledge Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Founders Pledge Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 12% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$69M · 71 repeat orgs$36M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

71 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2024, 39 since wound down; 63 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

71
147

Total granted

$69M
$27M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
0%

Still filing today

79%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationScience & TechHealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • DI
    DEPLOYUS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $9.8M · revenue +282% · 55% of their budget
  • CF
    CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $4.3M · revenue +172% · 59% of their budget
  • AR
    ALIGNMENT RESEARCH CENTER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $4.2M · revenue +17% · 49% of their budget

Funded once

  • TE
    TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2.5M · revenue -86%
  • UT
    UKRAINE TRUSTCHAIN
    one grant, 2023 · $2.3M · revenue -46% · 36% of their budget
  • CF
    CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY
    one grant, 2023 · $1.9M
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
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
Partnership On Ai to Benefit People and Society

Bringing diverse voices together across global sectors, disciplines, and demographics so developments in ai advance positive outcomes for people and society.

Science & Tech
3
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
4
Clarity Ai Research Inc

Transluce is an independent research lab that builds open, scalable technology for understanding ai systems and steering them in the public interest.

Science & Tech
5
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
6
Future Tech Insights Inc

The organization provides public education on artificial intelligence.

Public Benefit
7
Sentinel Research

We help the public by foreseeing and reacting to globally impactful and existential catastrophes. We forecast near-term risks, detect black swans earlier, and deploy our emergency response team to take mitigating action.

Public Safety & Disaster
8
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
9
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
10
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
11
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
12
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action; the most unlike its peers is Radicalxchange Foundation Ltd. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

220 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. 220 of the 294 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.

32
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
41
Early backer (in before they grew)
219/220
Grantees still filing
110/220
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE (CATF): $6,050,000 · OtherCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE (CATF)FOUNDERS PLEDGE LTD: $3,379,029 · OtherFOUNDERS PLEDGE LTDIndividual grant recipient: $3,202,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCENTRE FOR EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM USA INC (CEA): $3,088,000 · OtherCENTRE FOR EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM USA INC (CEA)CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY (CFAR): $1,922,000 · OtherCENTER FOR HUMAN-COMPATIBLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (CHAI): $1,817,000 · OtherBERKELEY EXISTENTIAL RISK INITIATIVE: $3,186,000 · OtherBERKELEY EXISTENTIAL RISK INITIATIVEALLFED INSTITUTE: $1,689,000 · Other+88 more: $23,959,137 · Other+88 moreALIGNMENT RESEARCH CENTER: $4,172,000 · Science & TechALIGNMENT RESEARCH …FAR AI INC: $2,038,304 · Science & TechFAR AI INCCenter for AI Safety Inc: $2,005,000 · Science & TechCenter for AI Safet…MACHINE INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,802,500 · Science & TechMACHINE INTELLIGENC…Polaris Research Institute Inc: $1,218,000 · Science & TechPolaris Research In…SECUREBIO INC: $890,159 · Science & TechPalisade Research: $726,000 · Science & Tech+20 more: $6,653,131 · Science & Tech+20 moreDEPLOYUS INC: $9,800,000 · EnvironmentDEPLOYUS IN…THE ENERGY FOR GROWTH HUB INC: $1,000,000 · EnvironmentTHE ENERGY …SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $462,000 · Environment+4 more: $490,323 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $2,811,297 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL …PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $2,474,000 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS P…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $879,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY…ASHGRO INC: $741,500 · PhilanthropyASHGRO IN…THE CLEAR FUND: $690,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEAR…OPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $565,000 · PhilanthropyOPENCOLLE…LONGVIEW PHILANTHROPY USA INC: $562,000 · PhilanthropyLONGVIEW …GENERATION PLEDGE INC: $361,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $594,758 · Philanthropy+5 moreEFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC: $1,727,970 · EducationEFFECTIVE…TOPOS INSTITUTE: $1,694,000 · EducationTOPOS INS…Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $1,100,100 · EducationMassachus…CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS: $701,000 · EducationCONVERGEN…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $685,367 · EducationJOHNS HOP…NEW SCIENCE RESEARCH INC: $647,000 · EducationNEW SCIEN…SHINING HOPE FOR COMMUNITIES INC: $500,000 · EducationSHINING H…PRAGMATIST FOUNDATION: $432,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $309,000 · Education+14 more: $1,428,856 · Education+14 moreTSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC: $2,540,000 · InternationalUKRAINE TRUSTCHAIN: $2,307,956 · InternationalLEADEXPOSUREELIMINATIONPROJECTINC: $460,000 · InternationalFAMILY EMPOWERMENT MEDIA INC: $421,779 · InternationalTHE TAIMAKA PROJECT: $306,250 · International+18 more: $2,205,893 · InternationalCENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY: $4,292,000 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN INNOVATION: $682,000 · HealthRESTORINGVISION: $531,000 · HealthINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES INC: $304,000 · HealthThe Against Malaria Foundation: $262,000 · Health+6 more: $509,000 · Health
Other$48,292,166Science & Tech$19,505,094Environment$11,752,323Philanthropy$9,678,555Education$9,225,293International$8,241,878Health$6,580,000

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 budgetDEPLOYUS INC: $9,800,000 over 2y, 55% of budgetCENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY: $4,292,000 over 3y, 59% of budgetALIGNMENT RESEARCH CENTER: $4,172,000 over 3y, 49% of budgetBERKELEY EXISTENTIAL RISK INITIATIVE: $3,186,000 over 5y, 57% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $2,811,297 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC: $2,540,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $2,474,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetUKRAINE TRUSTCHAIN: $2,307,956 over 1y, 36% of budgetFAR AI INC: $2,038,304 over 3y, 35% of budgetCenter for AI Safety Inc: $2,005,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMACHINE INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,802,500 over 5y, 29% of budgetEFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC: $1,727,970 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetTOPOS INSTITUTE: $1,694,000 over 3y, 69% of budgetALLFED INSTITUTE: $1,689,000 over 2y, 63% of budgetPolaris Research Institute Inc: $1,218,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetTERRAPRAXIS INC: $1,107,115 over 3y, 21% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $1,100,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRethink Priorities: $1,003,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ENERGY FOR GROWTH HUB INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRETHINK CHARITY: $944,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetSECUREBIO INC: $890,159 over 2y, 13% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $879,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCenter for Innovative Governance Research: $862,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetASHGRO INC: $741,500 over 1y, 17% of budgetPalisade Research: $726,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetCONVERGENCE ANALYSIS: $701,000 over 5y, 100% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $690,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $685,367 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN INNOVATION: $682,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetNEW SCIENCE RESEARCH INC: $647,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetFUTURE OF LIFE INSTITUTE: $612,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $599,970 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetMATS RESEARCH INC: $584,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $566,293 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $565,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLONGVIEW PHILANTHROPY USA INC: $562,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetOUGHT INC: $542,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetSAFE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FORUM INSTITUTE: $540,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetAi Objectives Institute: $538,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetRESTORINGVISION: $531,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetThe Foresight Institute: $526,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetQuantified Uncertainty Research Inst: $521,000 over 2y, 68% of budgetSHINING HOPE FOR COMMUNITIES INC: $500,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCENTER FOR ELECTION SCIENCE: $483,000 over 2y, 13% of budget1DAY SOONER INC: $475,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $462,000 over 2y, 0.5% 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 DEPLOYUS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY ↗
  • Who funds ALIGNMENT RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BERKELEY EXISTENTIAL RISK INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC ↗
  • Who funds PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds UKRAINE TRUSTCHAIN ↗
  • Who funds FAR AI INC ↗
  • Who funds Center for AI Safety Inc ↗
  • Who funds MACHINE INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC ↗
  • Who funds TOPOS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ALLFED INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Polaris Research Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds TERRAPRAXIS INC ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds Rethink Priorities ↗
  • Who funds Carnegie Mellon University ↗
  • Who funds THE ENERGY FOR GROWTH HUB INC ↗
  • Who funds The Rand Corporation ↗
  • Who funds RETHINK CHARITY ↗
  • Who funds SECUREBIO INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Center for Innovative Governance Research ↗
  • Who funds ASHGRO INC ↗
  • Who funds Palisade Research ↗
  • Who funds CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS ↗

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.

Effective Ventures Fo…Good Ventures Foundat…Silicon Valley Commun…Every OrgRethink CharityManifold for Charity …Berkeley Existential …Daffy Charitable FundLaidir FoundationMarin Community Found…Jewish Community Fede…Mercatus Center Inc
Effective Ventures Foundation USA IncCA76.3× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc · Good Ventures Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Every Org · Rethink Charity · Manifold for Charity Inc · Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative · Daffy Charitable Fund · Laidir Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Mercatus Center Inc

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 Founders Pledge Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Founders Pledge Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 220%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%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Third Sector Capital Partners Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Digital Harbor Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
22get no government money at all
21report 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 Founders Pledge Inc?

Find your warmest path to Founders Pledge Inc 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 294 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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