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Frey Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
195
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$9.2MPhilanthropy$4.9MArts & Culture$4.1MEnvironment$4.0MHousing & Shelter$3.9MCommunity Improvement$3.2MHealth$2.6MRecreation & Sports$2.4MOther$0
02FY2024 · 195 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k124 grants · $321k
  • $10k–50k49 grants · $785k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.0M
$5,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$162M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Grand Action Foundation 20$500,000
Grand Valley State University$500,000
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids$390,000
Mary Free Bed Hospital and Rehabilitation Center$300,000
Pine Rest Foundation$300,000
Grand Rapids Public Museum Foundation$200,000
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc$200,000
West Michigan Trails & Greenways Coalition$150,000
West Michigan Sports Commission$100,000
Mosaic Counseling$100,000
Housing North$100,000
The Michigan Women's Foundation$100,000
Children's Healing Center$100,000
Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation$90,500
North Central Michigan College Foundation$90,000
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, $2.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PRESBYTERIAN VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%Michigan League for Public Policy: $30k → 9%TRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $105k → 13%Presbyterian Villages of Michigan Foundation Public Charity: $5k → 8%Michigan League for Public Policy: $30k → 9%Northern Homes Community Development Corporation: $90k → 9%Northern Homes Community Development Corporation: $30k → 9%Michigan League for Public Policy: $20k → 9%NORTHERN HOMES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $20k → 9%Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates: $30k → 10%Kiersten's Ride: $5k → 9%GRAND RAPIDS NEHEMIAH PROJECT: $113k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS NEHEMIAH PROJECT: $98k → 11%Realism Is Loyalty: $58k → 11%Treetops Collective: $15k → 11%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $10k → 11%South End Community Outreach Ministries: $7k → 11%THE CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF KENT COUNTY: $100k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $75k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $60k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $40k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $35k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5k → 11%Women's Resource Center of Northern Michigan: $19k → 9%THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $45k → 11%THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $45k → 11%THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $5k → 11%Women's Resource Center of Northern Michigan: $5k → 9%THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $5k → 11%ROCKFORD COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $126k → 11%ROCKFORD COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $24k → 11%Fashion Has Heart: $20k → 11%The Village Learning Center Inc: $55k → 11%Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids: $390k → 11%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GRAND RAPIDS: $10k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $9k → 11%Marvelous Lifestyles Outreach Corporation: $15k → 11%Degage Ministries: $125k → 11%Degage Ministries: $125k → 11%Degage Ministries: $100k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE: $65k → 11%ARTISTS CREATING TOGETHER INC: $50k → 11%Vibrant Futures: $47k → 11%Degage Ministries: $30k → 11%Grand Rapids Urban League Inc: $30k → 11%YWCA West Central Michigan: $30k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 11%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

VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
WY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
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 13% of Frey Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 93% of the giving stays in MI; by stated purpose, 88%.

Frey Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$31M · 260 repeat orgs$6.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

260 repeat relationships: 107 still active in FY2024, 153 since wound down; 46 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

260
186

Total granted

$31M
$5.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+34%

Still filing today

77%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $706k 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • GA
    GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20
    3× · 2021–2024 · $1.3M · revenue ×35
  • WM
    WEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS
    4× · 2018–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +72%
  • K
    K-CONNECT
    6× · 2018–2023 · $955k · revenue +203% · 33% of their budget

Funded once

  • MS
    MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $1.0M
  • GA
    GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $450k
  • DB
    DA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S
    one grant, 2019 · $350k · revenue -36%
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
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
2
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

—
3
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

—
4
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
5
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

The mission of great lakes community action partnership is to create partnerships and opportunites to help individuals, families and communities thrive.

Human Services
6
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

—
7
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
8
Michigan Legacy Art Park

Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.

Arts & Culture
9
The Little Forks Conservancy Inc

To permanently protect and improve natural environments in Mid-Michigan by leading and inspiring actions that conserve vital habitats and waterways for the benefit of our entire community.

Environment
10
Lake Superior Community Partnership Inc

To stimulate and sustain a vibrant regional economy by facilitating economic growth and prosperity.

—
11
The Right Place Inc

The right place is the economic development organization that drives current and long-term economic prosperity in west michigan.

—
12
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

To be a catalyst for economic and community progress within the great lakes bay region.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Michigan Humanities Council; the most unlike its peers is The Reid Family Foundation. 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

387 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. 387 of the 506 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
134
Early backer (in before they grew)
378/387
Grantees still filing
269/387
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,592,013 · OtherGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $710,000 · OtherCONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE: $640,000 · OtherNORTHWEST MI HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $615,000 · OtherICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $701,050 · Other+100 more: $11,986,937 · Other+100 morePETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,371,744 · PhilanthropyPETOSKEY-HARBOR SP…GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20: $1,280,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND ACTION FOUND…Charlevoix County Community Foundation: $1,145,334 · PhilanthropyCharlevoix County …HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $736,000 · PhilanthropyHEART OF WEST MICH…GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $572,550 · PhilanthropyGRAND RAPIDS COMMU…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY: $400,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATI…MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $650,000 · Philanthropy+6 moreK-CONNECT: $955,000 · EducationK-CONNECTGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $800,500 · EducationGRAND RAPIDS COM…NORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $528,500 · EducationNORTH CENTRAL MI…Aquinas College: $501,550 · EducationAquinas CollegeFIRST STEPS KENT: $490,000 · EducationFIRST STEPS KENTBLANDFORD NATURE CENTER: $404,370 · EducationBLANDFORD NATURE…DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY: $315,000 · EducationDAVENPORT UNIVER…GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $252,603 · EducationWEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $251,500 · EducationWEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY: $213,000 · EducationKENT SCHOOL SERVICES NETWORK: $200,000 · Education+11 more: $914,218 · Education+11 moreARTPRIZE GRAND RAPIDS: $668,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: $441,600 · Arts & CultureEcliptic At Rosa Parks Circle Conservancy: $400,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS CIVIC THEATRE INC: $315,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $208,500 · Arts & CultureCROOKED TREE ARTS COUNCIL INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureHARBOR SPRINGS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $150,000 · Arts & CultureINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $137,564 · Arts & CultureTHE DIATRIBE INC: $120,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $468,550 · Arts & CultureThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $416,475 · Human ServicesDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $380,000 · Human ServicesPINE REST FOUNDATION: $310,000 · Human ServicesBAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $225,625 · Human ServicesGRAND RAPIDS NEHEMIAH PROJECT: $210,000 · Human ServicesROCKFORD COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $150,000 · Human ServicesNORTHERN HOMES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $140,000 · Human ServicesGRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE: $121,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER: $111,500 · Human ServicesTHE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $107,500 · Human ServicesTRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $107,000 · Human Services+9 more: $434,852 · Human ServicesWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS: $1,002,000 · EnvironmentLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $430,500 · EnvironmentGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $400,000 · EnvironmentLEELANAU CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST: $90,000 · Environment+8 more: $289,500 · EnvironmentGRAND RAPIDS WHITEWATER INC: $1,523,667 · Recreation & SportsOTTAWA COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $390,000 · Recreation & SportsWEST MICHIGAN SPORTS COMMISSION: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsWest Michigan Community Tennis Inc: $75,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $53,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$17,245,000Philanthropy$6,405,628Education$5,826,241Arts & Culture$3,059,214Human Services$2,713,952Environment$2,312,000Recreation & Sports$2,142,167

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 budgetGRAND RAPIDS WHITEWATER INC: $1,523,667 over 6y, 7.7% of budgetPETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,371,744 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20: $1,280,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetCharlevoix County Community Foundation: $1,145,334 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS: $1,002,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetK-CONNECT: $955,000 over 6y, 33% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $800,500 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $736,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $710,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $701,050 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetARTPRIZE GRAND RAPIDS: $668,000 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetCONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE: $640,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetNORTHWEST MI HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $615,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $572,550 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $528,500 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetAquinas College: $501,550 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFIRST STEPS KENT: $490,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetJOHN BALL ZOO: $477,850 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $456,500 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: $441,600 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetODC NETWORK: $440,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $430,500 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $416,475 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetNorthwest Michigan Rural Housing Partnership: $415,000 over 4y, 33% of budgetBLANDFORD NATURE CENTER: $404,370 over 7y, 14% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKES INC: $401,000 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY: $400,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetEcliptic At Rosa Parks Circle Conservancy: $400,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $400,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetOTTAWA COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $390,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $380,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetDA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S: $350,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS CIVIC THEATRE INC: $315,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetDAVENPORT UNIVERSITY: $315,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL: $312,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPINE REST FOUNDATION: $310,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS: $308,500 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $265,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $252,603 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS: $252,200 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $251,500 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetMUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetBAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $225,625 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetROTARY CHARITIES OF TRAVERSE CITY: $225,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY: $213,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS NEHEMIAH PROJECT: $210,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $208,500 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetDWELLING PLACE OF GRAND RAPIDS NONPROFIT: $202,000 over 3y, 1.8% 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.

Grand Rapids Communit…The Wege FoundationDouglas & Maria Devos…The Meijer FoundationHeart of West Michiga…Cdv5 FoundationSteelcase FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…The Mercantile Bank F…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Dick and Betsy Devos …Daniel & Pamella Devo…
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI235.4× affinity164 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Cdv5 Foundation · Steelcase Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Daniel & Pamella Devos 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 Frey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • University of Hartford: 1% of income from government
  • United Way of Palm Beach County Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
69report 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Frey Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Frey 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 506 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home