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Gaston Community Foundation

Our mission is to inspire generosity, uplift nonprofits, and connect donors with community needs.

$10M
Granted FY2024still arriving
168
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$1.7M
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$9.9MReligion$9.8MEducation$6.3MHealth$3.8MYouth Development$2.9MArts & Culture$2.2MEnvironment$1.7MHousing & Shelter$1.6MOther$0
02FY2024 · 168 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k38 grants · $270k
  • $10k–50k92 grants · $2.0M
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $3.3M
  • $250k+7 grants · $4.8M
$17,307
Median grant
16
States reached
$145M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GASTON CO FAMILY YMCA$1,732,500
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY$679,624
NC PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION$677,124
CAROMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION$565,200
OTHER UNDER 5000$514,594
FIRST UNITED METHODIST OF GASTONIA$330,089
CATAWBA LANDS CONSERVANCY$317,417
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF GASTON$248,600
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GASTONIA$219,225
GASTON DAY SCHOOL$187,485
NCF SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION$175,000
DANIEL STOWE BOTANICAL GARDEN$153,020
PIEDMONT COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMER$143,800
GASTON AQUATICS INC$143,671
DREAM CENTER ACADEMY$137,088
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 (FY17–24, $2.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAROLINA FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION: $18k → 16%HOSPICE OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY: $18k → 16%KINGS DAUGHTERS MINISTRY: $18k → 12%HOSPICE OF THE CAROLINA FOOTHILLS: $17k → 16%HOSPICE OF THE CAROLINA FOOTHILLS: $17k → 16%HOSPICE OF THE CAROLINAS FOOTHILLS: $17k → 16%HOSPICE OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY: $17k → 16%HOSPICE OF THE CAROLINA FOOTHILLS: $17k → 16%GASTONIA POTTERS HOUSE INC: $66k → 12%GASTONIA POTTERS HOUSE INC: $50k → 12%GASTONIA POTTERS HOUSE INC: $41k → 12%GASTONIA POTTERS HOUSE INC: $39k → 12%GASTONIA POTTERS HOUSE INC: $34k → 12%GASTONIA POTTERS HOUSE INC: $31k → 12%CHERRYVILLE AREA MINISTIRES: $22k → 10%BIT OF HOPE RANCH: $24k → 12%BIT OF HOPE RANCH: $17k → 12%BIT OF HOPE RANCH: $17k → 12%SHINING HOPE FARMS: $25k → 12%SHINING HOPE FARMS: $21k → 12%SHINING HOPE FARMS: $19k → 12%SHINING HOPE FARMS: $18k → 12%SHINING HOPE FARMS: $18k → 12%SHINING HOPE FARMS: $16k → 12%DALLAS CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: $27k → 12%DALLAS CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: $24k → 12%COVENANT VILLAGE INC: $87k → 12%LEAST OF THESE CAROLINAS: $74k → 12%LEAST OF THESE CAROLINAS: $73k → 12%LEAST OF THESE CAROLINAS: $57k → 12%COVENANT VILLAGE INC: $46k → 12%LEAST OF THESE CAROLINAS: $42k → 12%LEAST OF THESE CAROLINAS: $41k → 12%WITH FRIENDS INC: $33k → 12%WITH FRIENDS INC: $29k → 12%WITH FRIENDS INC: $28k → 12%COVENANT VILLAGE INC: $27k → 12%LEAST OF THESE CAROLINAS: $24k → 12%LEAST OF THESE CAROLINAS: $19k → 12%DREAM CENTER ACADEMY: $137k → 12%DREAM CENTER ACADEMY: $101k → 12%DREAM CENTER ACADEMY INC: $90k → 12%DREAM CENTER ACADEMY: $82k → 12%DREAM CENTER OF GASTON COUNTY: $46k → 12%DREAM CENTER ACADEMY: $45k → 12%LORAY GIRLS' HOME INC: $40k → 12%DREAM CENTER OF GASTON COUNTY: $24k → 12%LORAY GIRLS' HOME INC: $17k → 12%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
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MN
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MA
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
DE
AZ
TN
NC
SC
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OK
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$42M · 219 repeat orgs$5.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

219 repeat relationships: 134 still active in FY2024, 85 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

219
114

Total granted

$42M
$3.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+6%

Still filing today

60%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthReligionArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER GAS
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +12%
  • GC
    GASTON COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $883k · revenue +184%
  • DJ
    Daniel Jonathan Stowe Conservancy Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $844k · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • FU
    FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $256k
  • BG
    BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $251k
  • PF
    Project Freedom Carolinas Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -95%
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
Gaston Memorial Hospital Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
2
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
3
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
4
For Charlotte Inc

To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.

Religion
5
Gordon College

Gordon college strives to graduate men & women distinguished by (continued on schedule o) (continuation) intellectual maturity and christian character, committed to lives of service and prepared for leadership worldwide.

Education
6
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
7
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
8
Crossnore Communities for Children

Crossnore communities for children champions the well being of children and families by fostering innovative change that weaves a fabric of resilience in homes, schools, and communities.

Health
9
Carolina Community Care Inc

The mission of hospice & community care is to give hope, comfort, and compassion to those that need it most. hospice & community care is a nonprofit healthcare organization providing hospice and palliative care to residents of york,…

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10
Grace Lifecare Inc

Grace lifecare is committed to improving the health of our communities by providing excellent and compassionate care.

Human Services
11
Greater Winston-Salem Development Corp

To recruit new businesses to winston-salem and forsyth county in order to facilitate growth and economic diversification in the area.

Community Improvement
12
Charlotte Christian School

Charlotte christian school is a christ-centered, college preparatory school, equipping and developing students to effectively integrate biblical truth and learning nto their daily lives and to impact the culture for christ.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Justfaith Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Interlaken Wildlife Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

218 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. 218 of the 366 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.

26
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
54
Early backer (in before they grew)
207/218
Grantees still filing
140/218
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Gaston County Family YMCA: $6,120,603 · OtherGaston County Family YMCAFIRST ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $1,902,229 · OtherFIRST ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHOTHER UNDER 5000: $1,827,190 · OtherOTHER UNDER 5000BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER GAS: $1,293,687 · Other+132 more: $22,320,361 · Other+132 moreGASTON COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $882,575 · EducationGASTON CO…NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $679,624 · EducationNATIONAL …GASTON DAY SCHOOL INC: $639,671 · EducationGASTON DA…BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC: $237,461 · EducationBELMONT A…Dogwood Classical Academy Inc: $217,000 · EducationDogwood C…Erskine College and Theological Seminary: $163,500 · EducationGARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY: $137,246 · EducationHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $137,000 · Education+11 more: $728,147 · Education+11 moreDREAM CENTER ACADEMY: $524,727 · Human ServicesLeast of These Carolinas: $328,959 · Human ServicesGASTONIA POTTERS HOUSE INC: $272,526 · Human ServicesOFF THE STREETS PROGRAM INC: $225,185 · Human ServicesCOVENANT VILLAGE INC: $199,939 · Human ServicesShining Hope Farms: $133,714 · Human ServicesCarolina Foothills Foundation: $120,500 · Human ServicesWITH FRIENDS INC: $107,730 · Human ServicesDALLAS-HIGH SHOALS CHRISTIAN SOCIAL MINISTRY INC: $100,507 · Human ServicesBit of Hope Ranch Inc: $98,120 · Human Services+8 more: $489,669 · Human ServicesGREATER ST LOUIS BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND: $963,171 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS CAROLINAS PEAKS TO PIEDMONT INC: $404,074 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $108,535 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $95,069 · Youth Development+3 more: $108,131 · Youth DevelopmentGASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $609,600 · HealthCRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF GASTON C: $286,474 · HealthSmile For A Lifetime Inc: $216,000 · HealthCANCER SERVICES OF GASTON CTY INC: $138,385 · HealthVICTORY FARM INC: $124,479 · HealthCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $84,250 · HealthTHE FLYNN FELLOWSHIP HOME OF GASTONIA INC: $77,482 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $58,400 · Health+1 more: $33,261 · HealthUNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC: $650,790 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $312,000 · PhilanthropyNCF SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION: $175,000 · PhilanthropyROTARY FOUNDATION OF GASTON COUNTY: $71,750 · PhilanthropyCharlotte Wine & Food Weekend Inc: $46,739 · Philanthropy+2 more: $67,079 · PhilanthropySCHIELE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND PLANETARIUM: $639,952 · Arts & CultureGASTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $223,678 · Arts & CultureGASTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART & HISTO RY: $63,778 · Arts & CultureAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF HISTORY & CULTURE AT LORAY MILL INC: $53,035 · Arts & Culture
Other$33,464,070Education$3,822,224Human Services$2,601,576Youth Development$1,678,980Health$1,628,331Philanthropy$1,323,358Arts & Culture$980,443

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 budgetGaston County Family YMCA: $6,120,603 over 7y, 14% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER GAS: $1,293,687 over 7y, 17% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Gaston County Inc: $1,049,534 over 7y, 62% of budgetGREATER ST LOUIS BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND: $963,171 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetGASTON COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $882,575 over 7y, 20% of budgetDaniel Jonathan Stowe Conservancy Inc: $843,816 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $679,624 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION INC: $677,124 over 1y, 27% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC: $650,790 over 7y, 13% of budgetSCHIELE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND PLANETARIUM: $639,952 over 7y, 22% of budgetGASTON DAY SCHOOL INC: $639,671 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetGASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $609,600 over 3y, 14% of budgetGASTON AQUATICS INC: $592,284 over 6y, 39% of budgetCatawba Lands Conservancy: $531,010 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetDREAM CENTER ACADEMY: $524,727 over 7y, 18% of budgetHOLY ANGELS INC: $508,031 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetGASTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $441,020 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetBACKPACK WEEKEND FOOD PROGRAM INC: $420,755 over 7y, 22% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS CAROLINAS PEAKS TO PIEDMONT INC: $404,074 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetGASTON LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $343,263 over 7y, 23% of budgetLeast of These Carolinas: $328,959 over 7y, 20% of budgetANIMAL LEAGUE OF GASTON COUNTY: $317,274 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $312,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF GASTON C: $286,474 over 7y, 7.5% of budgetGASTON TOGETHER COMMUNITIES OF EXCELLENCE INC: $273,108 over 7y, 33% of budgetGASTONIA POTTERS HOUSE INC: $272,526 over 7y, 33% of budgetProject Freedom Carolinas Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetBELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC: $237,461 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF GASTON COUNTY INC: $232,636 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHEART SOCIETY OF GASTON COUNTY: $227,710 over 7y, 25% of budgetOFF THE STREETS PROGRAM INC: $225,185 over 7y, 68% of budgetGASTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $223,678 over 7y, 17% of budgetALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY PENALTIES: $221,277 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetSmile For A Lifetime Inc: $216,000 over 7y, 21% of budgetBOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS FOOD PANTRY: $208,423 over 2y, 65% of budgetCOVENANT VILLAGE INC: $199,939 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHabitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region: $194,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCAROLINA THREAD TRAIL: $186,574 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetNCF SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION: $175,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetGASTON COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $171,229 over 7y, 34% of budgetGASTON FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES INC: $169,295 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCATAWBA RIVERKEEPER FOUNDATION INC: $165,088 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetErskine College and Theological Seminary: $163,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPUREHOPE COALITION: $139,500 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetCANCER SERVICES OF GASTON CTY INC: $138,385 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetGARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY: $137,246 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $137,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetShining Hope Farms: $133,714 over 7y, 2.4% 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 Gaston County Family YMCA ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER GAS ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Gaston County Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER ST LOUIS BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND ↗
  • Who funds GASTON COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Daniel Jonathan Stowe Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHIELE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND PLANETARIUM ↗
  • Who funds GASTON DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds GASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GASTON AQUATICS INC ↗
  • Who funds Catawba Lands Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds DREAM CENTER ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds HOLY ANGELS INC ↗
  • Who funds GASTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds BACKPACK WEEKEND FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS CAROLINAS PEAKS TO PIEDMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds GASTON LITERACY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Least of These Carolinas ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL LEAGUE OF GASTON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF GASTON C ↗
  • Who funds GASTON TOGETHER COMMUNITIES OF EXCELLENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds GASTONIA POTTERS HOUSE INC ↗

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.

The Carrie E and Lena V Glenn FoundNC87.3× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Carrie E and Lena V Glenn Found · The David Belk Cannon Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · United Way of Gaston County Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Stowe Foundation Inc · Gaston Memorial Hospital Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Associated Foundation Incorporated · The Howe Foundation Inc · Albemarle 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 Gaston Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gaston Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Hope for Haiti Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
34report 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.

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 366 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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