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Frankel Family Foundation

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.

$833k
Granted FY2025still arriving
51
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$150k
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 2025.

Environment$1.8MInternational$1.6MEducation$1.1MHuman Services$640kScience & Tech$555kCrime & Legal$520kYouth Development$494kCivil Rights$457kOther$0
02FY2025 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k32 grants · $127k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $177k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $530k
$5,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF CNTR FOR JEWISH-A$150,000
STAND$150,000
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC$100,000
KINO BORDER INITIATIVE$70,000
INDIGENOUS EDUCATIONAL NETWORK OF TURTLE ISLAND$60,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER PRESCOTT$21,000
GLOBAL HEALTH COMMITTEE INC$20,000
PRESCOTT ANIMAL PARK ASSOCIATION$20,000
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC$15,000
THE LAUNCH PAD TEEN CENTER$10,500
CONCERN WORLDWIDE U S INC$10,000
GRAND CANYON TRUST INC$10,000
NIJC NFP$10,000
UNITED STATES ASSOCIATION FOR UNHCR$10,000
CENTRAL ARIZONA LAND TRUST INC$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 (FY18–25, $327k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%NATURE RIGHTS COUNCIL: $500 → 18%REFUGEE CENTER ONLINE: $35k → 12%ADOPT-A-NATIVE-ELDER: $6k → 5%ADOPT-A-NATIVE ELDER: $250 → 8%ANGEL BASKETS: $2k → 7%STEPPING STONES FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 14%TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1k → 15%SKY'S THE LIMIT FUND: $3k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%NATURE RIGHTS COUNCIL: $500 → 18%USAHELLO: $20k → 12%ADOPT-A-NATIVE-ELDER: $1k → 5%TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1k → 15%SKY'S THE LIMIT FUND: $3k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $3k → 11%WOMENS REFUGEE COMMISSION INC: $10k → 17%ADOPT-A-NATIVE-ELDER: $1k → 5%TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $750 → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $3k → 11%ADOPT-A-NATIVE-ELDER: $250 → 5%TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $3k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $3k → 11%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION: $18k → 17%NATIONAL FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK: $2k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $1k → 11%WOMENS REFUGEE COMMISSION INC: $15k → 17%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION: $15k → 17%WOMENS REFUGEE COMMISSION INC: $15k → 17%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMISSION: $10k → 17%PRESCOTT MEALS ON WHEELS: $5k → 14%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION: $5k → 17%MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%MCGAW YMCA: $25k → 14%MCGAW YMCA: $20k → 14%MCGAW YMCA: $20k → 14%MCGAW YMCA: $20k → 14%GROWING SEASON-ILLINOIS INC: $10k → 14%THE GROWING SEASON: $8k → 14%GROWING SEASON-ILLINOIS INC: $8k → 14%CHICAGO REFUGEE COALITION: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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OR
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CO
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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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.6M · 116 repeat orgs$750k to everyone else

116 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2025, 76 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

116
51

Total granted

$7.6M
$707k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+27%

Still filing today

80%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationHealthOther
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

  • CF
    CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $755k · revenue +127%
  • MU
    Marquette University
    3× · 2021–2023 · $655k · revenue +16%
  • HI
    HAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA
    7× · 2017–2025 · $540k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • YO
    YOUTH OPPORTUNITY UNITED
    one grant, 2017 · $110k
  • HI
    HAND IN HANDCENTER FOR JEWISH ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRAEL
    one grant, 2021 · $70k
  • UM
    UUCTNO MORE DEATHSKEEP TUCSON TOGETHER
    one grant, 2021 · $51k
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
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
2
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
3
Guernica Centre for InternationalJustice

The Guernica Centre for International Justice represents the interests of victims in national and international legal proceedings, putting in place transnational accountability strategies that seek to maximize the protection of victims'…

International
4
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
5
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
6
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
7
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
8
Center for International Policy Inc

The center for international policy is a woman-led, progressive, independent nonprofit center for research, education, and advocacy working to advance a more peaceful, just, and sustainable u.s. approach to foreign policy. through…

International
9
Justice Action Center

Justice Action Center JAC pilots an innovative model that advances the rights of immigrant communities by connecting cutting-edge impact litigation and compelling narrative and communications content. The purpose of JAC is to advance the…

Civil Rights
10
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

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

International
11
Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice Northwest

The jewish coalition builds a jewish voice in the pacific northwest advancing immigrant justice and domestic policy, following the leadership of impacted community.

Human Services
12
Jews of Color Initiative

The Jews of Color Initiatives mission is to advance racial equity in the U.S. Jewish community by centering the leadership of Jews of Color and ensuring that our communities and institutions reflect the multiracial reality of the Jewish…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is The Goldin Institute. 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

135 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. 135 of the 183 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)
133/135
Grantees still filing
88/135
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUTH & OPPORTUNITY UNITED INC: $233,160 · OtherYOUTH & OPPORTUNITY UNITED INCKINO BORDER INITIATIVE INC: $205,000 · OtherKINO BORDER INITIATIVE INCJESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE USA: $180,000 · OtherMARQUETTE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR PEACEMAKING: $135,000 · OtherNatural History Institute: $232,000 · OtherNatural History Institute+111 more: $2,489,500 · Other+111 moreHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA: $540,000 · InternationalHAND IN HAND AMERICA…THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $480,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERN…HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $120,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH I…THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $53,500 · International+16 more: $348,250 · International+16 moreMarquette University: $655,400 · EducationMarquette Univ…INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK: $128,500 · EducationINDIGENOUS ENV…EVANSTON SCHOLARS: $104,000 · EducationEVANSTON SCHOL…Hyde School: $80,000 · EducationHyde SchoolBOOKS AND BREAKFAST: $50,000 · Education+5 more: $72,000 · Education+5 moreSTAND: $530,000 · EnvironmentSTANDOUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $250,000 · EnvironmentOUR CHILDRE…+8 more: $68,000 · Environment+8 moreCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $755,000 · AnimalsCENTER FOR …Prescott Animal Park Association: $40,000 · AnimalsTURTLE CONSERVANCY: $33,000 · Animals+1 more: $7,500 · AnimalsFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $300,000 · Crime & LegalKEEP TUCSON TOGETHER: $50,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $30,000 · Crime & LegalNIJC NFP: $20,025 · Crime & LegalJAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY: $15,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $250 · Crime & LegalUSAHELLO: $95,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION INC: $87,918 · Human ServicesYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $85,000 · Human ServicesTHE GROWING SEASON INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $21,000 · Human Services+12 more: $60,000 · Human Services
Other$3,474,660International$1,541,750Education$1,089,900Environment$848,000Animals$835,500Crime & Legal$415,275Human Services$373,918

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 budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $755,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMarquette University: $655,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA: $540,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetSTAND: $530,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $480,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $300,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetOUR CHILDREN'S TRUST: $250,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetYOUTH & OPPORTUNITY UNITED INC: $233,160 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetNatural History Institute: $232,000 over 7y, 30% of budgetKINO BORDER INITIATIVE INC: $205,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetINDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK: $128,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $120,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA: $113,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetHEARTLAND ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL INC: $106,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetEVANSTON SCHOLARS: $104,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ROBERT CROWN CENTER: $100,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetUSAHELLO: $95,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER PRESCOTT: $94,250 over 7y, 6.8% of budgetWOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION INC: $87,918 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $85,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHyde School: $80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL HEALTH COMMITTEE INC: $80,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetWESTERN STATES CENTER: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSunbird Initiative: $57,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $53,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOOKS AND BREAKFAST: $50,000 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONCERN WORLDWIDE (US) INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF GIVAT HAVIVA: $45,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $45,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $43,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPrescott Animal Park Association: $40,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetYWCA EvanstonNorth Shore: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBulletin of the Atomic Scientists: $40,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chicago Community Trust: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetErie Family Health Center Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $37,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHELONIAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetTURTLE CONSERVANCY: $33,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $31,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS PLAY SPORTS INC NFP: $30,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetFULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTING INC: $27,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GROWING SEASON INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFORGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR REFUGEES IN AMERICA INC NFP: $25,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetJUSTIN WYNN MEMORIAL FUND: $25,000 over 5y, 5.5% 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 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Marquette University ↗
  • Who funds HAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA ↗
  • Who funds STAND ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH & OPPORTUNITY UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Natural History Institute ↗
  • Who funds KINO BORDER INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds EVANSTON SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ROBERT CROWN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds USAHELLO ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER PRESCOTT ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds Young Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hyde School ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL HEALTH COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN STATES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE GOLDIN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Sunbird Initiative ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS ↗
  • Who funds BOOKS AND BREAKFAST ↗
  • Who funds Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights ↗
  • Who funds KEEP TUCSON TOGETHER ↗
  • Who funds CONCERN WORLDWIDE (US) INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF GIVAT HAVIVA ↗

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.

Evanston Community FoundationIL35.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Evanston Community Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Northwestern University · The Kellcie Fund · Margaret T Morris Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Francis Beidler Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · Rsf Social Finance 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 Frankel Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frankel Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Chelonian Research Foundation: 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
22report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Frankel Family 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 183 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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