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Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Private foundation

Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$403M
Granted FY2024still arriving
920
Grants FY2024still arriving
40
States reached
$20M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Environment$914MScience & Tech$639MEducation$493MHealth$247MPhilanthropy$162MAnimals$85MArts & Culture$48MCommunity Improvement$29MOther$0
02FY2024 · 920 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k231 grants · $358k
  • $10k–50k125 grants · $2.7M
  • $50k–250k160 grants · $24M
  • $250k+404 grants · $376M
$200,000
Median grant
40
States reached
$11.5B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROAD INSTITUTE INC$20,000,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC$10,000,000
MAKEWAY FOUNDATION$10,000,000
NEW VENTURE FUND$8,250,000
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$8,000,000
RESOURCES LEGACY FUND$6,500,000
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$5,000,000
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$5,000,000
PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST$4,250,000
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS FOUNDATION$3,990,000
THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION$3,500,000
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$3,400,000
CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC$3,322,613
UNIVERSITAET WIEN$3,222,267
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$3,191,160
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.

US giving: 83% of grant dollars ($2.2B). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 17% that went abroad ($460M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $750k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SDSN ASSOCIATION INC: $750k → 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

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NC
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HI
OK
LA
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GA
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Beyond the US: 17% of all-years giving ($460M)

36 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$141M · 255 grants
Brazil$70M · 135 grants
Switzerland$52M · 60 grants
United Kingdom$50M · 126 grants
Germany$34M · 51 grants
Peru$27M · 69 grants
Colombia$12M · 26 grants
Spain$10M · 26 grants
Netherlands$8.7M · 25 grants
Sweden$7.9M · 14 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 21% of Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 32% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 30%.

Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 24% 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1B · 1018 repeat orgs$134M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

1018 repeat relationships: 435 still active in FY2024, 583 since wound down; 144 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1018
785

Total granted

$2.1B
$99M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+23%

Still filing today

68%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34M 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
EducationEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureScience & TechOther
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

  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $95M · revenue +62%
  • CI
    CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $70M · revenue +14%
  • WC
    Wildlife Conservation Society
    8× · 2017–2024 · $41M · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • CC
    COAST CONSERVATION ENDOWMENT FUND FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10M
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10M
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $5.0M
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 States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
3
The California Medical Innovations Institute Inc

The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…

Education
4
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
5
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
6
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
7
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
10
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
Orcid Inc

Orcid provides an identifier for individuals to use with their name as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. we provide open tools that enable transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action; the most unlike its peers is The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Inc. 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

1420 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. 1420 of the 2,000 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)
290
Early backer (in before they grew)
1401/1420
Grantees still filing
993/1420
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Regents of the University of California: $254,779,414 · OtherRegents of the University of CaliforniaTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $54,168,212 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYTRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $38,980,513 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $37,158,330 · Other+97 more: $593,919,763 · Other+97 moreNEW VENTURE FUND: $121,216,209 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUNDWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $95,064,155 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $33,602,956 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERNATION…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $33,449,801 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCYWINDWARD FUND: $26,681,492 · EnvironmentWINDWARD FUNDRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $25,500,000 · EnvironmentMULTIPLIER: $19,161,166 · Environment+27 more: $136,095,580 · Environment+27 moreTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $112,739,495 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTE…CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $69,600,024 · EducationCALIFORNIA INSTITUT…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $41,851,183 · EducationPresident and Fello…Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $26,478,962 · EducationMassachusetts Insti…University of Chicago: $17,927,019 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $17,587,870 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $15,478,526 · Education+20 more: $90,910,051 · Education+20 moreTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $47,738,582 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $25,371,884 · Arts & CultureTHE TECH INTERACTIVE: $13,507,731 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $11,837,877 · Arts & CultureCOMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM: $5,249,914 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,666,667 · Arts & CultureASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY CENTERS INC: $4,464,246 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,598,948 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $24,095,207 · Science & TechCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION: $16,890,000 · Science & TechCHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,436,877 · Science & TechWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $9,395,011 · Science & TechCalifornia Council on Science and Techno logy: $8,344,904 · Science & TechAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: $7,765,131 · Science & TechLAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GTN INC: $6,097,063 · Science & TechSCIENCE COMMUNICATION LAB INC: $5,655,034 · Science & TechMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $5,491,598 · Science & TechANNUAL REVIEWS: $5,200,000 · Science & TechWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $3,870,029 · Science & TechSPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE: $3,797,650 · Science & Tech+2 more: $6,356,016 · Science & TechWildlife Conservation Society: $40,840,832 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $17,124,810 · AnimalsCONSERVATION X LABS INC: $13,829,482 · AnimalsGULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2,994,072 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD SUSTAINABILITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,584,000 · AnimalsThe Broad Institute Inc: $25,078,330 · HealthKAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS: $8,087,430 · HealthMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $7,131,301 · HealthNATIONAL QUALITY FORUM: $5,926,625 · HealthNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE: $5,644,407 · HealthEMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $5,632,758 · HealthAMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY: $5,218,861 · HealthTHE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $3,736,651 · HealthACADEMYHEALTH: $3,237,288 · HealthWHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: $2,869,510 · HealthTHE LEAPFROG GROUP: $2,675,317 · Health
Other$979,006,232Environment$490,771,359Education$392,573,130Arts & Culture$115,435,849Science & Tech$113,394,520Animals$77,373,196Health$75,238,478

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%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $121,216,209 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $112,739,495 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $95,064,155 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $69,600,024 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $54,168,212 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $47,738,582 over 8y, 55% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $41,851,183 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $40,840,832 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $33,602,956 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $33,449,801 over 8y, 19% of budgetWINDWARD FUND: $26,681,492 over 7y, 12% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $26,478,962 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $25,500,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $25,371,884 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $25,078,330 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $24,095,207 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $22,376,805 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetMULTIPLIER: $19,161,166 over 7y, 8.2% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $17,927,019 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $17,587,870 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $17,124,810 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION: $16,890,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $15,478,526 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST: $15,430,200 over 7y, 17% of budgetCONSERVATION X LABS INC: $13,829,482 over 7y, 59% of budgetTHE TECH INTERACTIVE: $13,507,731 over 8y, 20% of budgetSOCIETY TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS IN MEDICINE INC: $13,293,556 over 7y, 67% of budgetNAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST: $12,350,988 over 7y, 43% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $11,837,877 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $11,241,595 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,436,877 over 7y, 49% of budgetThe Pew Charitable Trusts: $9,846,170 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $9,395,011 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetNorthwestern University: $9,319,565 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University: $8,754,356 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Council on Science and Techno logy: $8,344,904 over 7y, 65% of budgetKAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS: $8,087,430 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSONOMA LAND TRUST: $8,031,500 over 7y, 37% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $7,937,536 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: $7,765,131 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCornell University: $7,489,977 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRARE: $7,248,677 over 7y, 12% of budgetMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $7,131,301 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $7,082,719 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $7,081,048 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetX PRIZE FOUNDATION INC: $6,901,250 over 2y, 20% of budgetCERES INC: $6,756,046 over 4y, 18% of budgetINATURALIST: $6,701,038 over 2y, 76% 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 NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE EXPLORATORIUM ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds WINDWARD FUND ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCES LEGACY FUND ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds The Broad Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLIER ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION X LABS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TECH INTERACTIVE ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS IN MEDICINE INC ↗
  • Who funds NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗

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.

Atkinson FoundationSand Hill FoundationThe Sobrato Family Fo…The David and Lucile …The Palo Alto Communi…Los Altos Mountain Vi…Resources Legacy FundBothin FoundationPhilanthropic Venture…The Heising-Simons Fo…John and Marcia Goldm…San Jose Mercury News…
Atkinson FoundationCA94.7× affinity67 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Atkinson Foundation · Sand Hill Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The Palo Alto Community Fund · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · Bothin Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · The Heising-Simons Foundation · John and Marcia Goldman Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund 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 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Community Care Cooperative Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Education Development Center Inc: 65% of income from government
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Marine Biological Laboratory: 20% of income from government
  • The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Western Fire Chiefs Association Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Center for Health Care Strategies Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The American Society for Cell Biology: 4% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Code for Science & Society Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
  • American Physical Society: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Monmouth University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement: 0% of income from government
  • Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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 2000 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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