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Hayden 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.

$142k
Granted FY2025still arriving
74
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$387kEducation$251kHuman Services$146kPublic Benefit$83kInternational$77kArts & Culture$68kReligion$59kYouth Development$37kOther$0
02FY2025 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k72 grants · $87k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $55k
$500
Median grant
21
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAND TRAVERSE PAVILLIONS FOUNDATION$40,000
MESSIAH COLLEGE$15,000
CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NW MICHIGAN$7,000
TRAVERSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$5,000
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF CUMBERLANDS$5,000
CLAREMONT INSTITUTE$5,000
NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE$4,000
MUSIC HOUSE MUSEUM$4,000
SHILOH YOUTH RANCH$3,000
MUNSON MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$2,500
JESSE HELMS CENTER FOUNDATION$2,500
JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE$2,500
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL$2,500
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND$2,000
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 (FY17–25, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $600 → 11%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $500 → 12%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $1k → 26%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $600 → 11%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $500 → 12%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $1k → 26%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $600 → 11%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $500 → 12%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $1k → 26%SAFE SPACE: $1k → 10%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $600 → 11%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $500 → 12%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $1k → 26%SAFE SPACE: $1k → 10%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $600 → 11%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $500 → 12%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $1k → 26%SAFE SPACE: $1k → 10%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $600 → 11%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $500 → 12%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $1k → 26%SAFE SPACE: $1k → 10%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $600 → 11%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $500 → 12%SAFE SPACE: $1k → 10%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $600 → 11%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $500 → 12%SAFE SPACE: $1k → 10%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $500 → 11%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $500 → 12%SAFE SPACE: $1k → 10%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $250 → 14%SAFE SPACE: $1k → 10%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $250 → 14%SAFE SPACE: $1k → 10%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $250 → 14%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $250 → 14%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $250 → 14%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%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

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
DE
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 107 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

107 repeat relationships: 73 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

107
19

Total granted

$1.3M
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
-2%

Still filing today

67%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesEducationInternationalArts & CulturePublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MU
    MESSIAH UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $135k · revenue +9%
  • CF
    CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $63k · revenue +41%
  • TS
    TRAVERSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A TRAVERSE CITY PHILHARMONIC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $46k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • HC
    HIBISCUS CHILDRENS CENTER GALA
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • MN
    MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $600 · revenue -28%
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
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
2
Open Markets Institute

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

Education
3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
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
5
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
6
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.

—
7
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
8
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

—
9
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
10
Center for American Progress

The center for american progress (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. our aim is…

Civil Rights
11
Pew Research Center

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

Social Science
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Museum of the Bible. 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

89 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. 89 of the 129 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/89
Grantees still filing
73/89
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN INC: $63,000 · OtherCHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN…Individual grant recipient: $54,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNIVERSITY OF CUMBERLANDS: $45,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CUMBERLANDSBILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION: $45,000 · OtherBILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATIONSHILOH YOUTH RANCH: $27,000 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE: $23,000 · OtherTHE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC: $22,500 · OtherHEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $22,500 · OtherHIBISCUS CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $21,000 · OtherTHE JESSE HELMS CENTER FOUNDATION: $22,500 · Other+74 more: $216,594 · Other+74 moreGrand Traverse Pavilions Foundation: $384,000 · PhilanthropyGrand Traverse Pavilions Foundati…+4 more: $1,750 · PhilanthropyMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $135,000 · EducationMESSIAH UNIVERS…ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $14,000 · EducationALICE LLOYD COL…AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $10,500 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN…GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Education+6 more: $11,150 · Education+6 moreTRAVERSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A TRAVERSE CITY PHILHARMONIC: $45,500 · Arts & CultureCLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: $9,250 · Arts & CultureMUSIC HOUSE MUSEUM: $4,450 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,750 · Arts & CultureWORLD VISION INC: $9,000 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $9,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $5,500 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,500 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $3,700 · InternationalFORWARD EDGE INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 · InternationalGRAMEEN FOUNDATION USA: $3,000 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $2,250 · International+2 more: $600 · InternationalSAFESPACE INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $6,425 · Human ServicesHospice of Michigan Inc: $5,300 · Human ServicesSIPES ORCHARD HOME: $4,500 · Human ServicesFATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Human ServicesSHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $4,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $1,325 · Human Services+5 more: $2,700 · Human ServicesMercatus Center Inc: $31,000 · Social ScienceAtlas Economic Research Foundation: $4,500 · Social Science
Other$562,094Philanthropy$385,750Education$176,650Arts & Culture$61,950International$46,050Human Services$37,750Social Science$35,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGrand Traverse Pavilions Foundation: $384,000 over 8y, 23% of budgetMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $135,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN INC: $63,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTRAVERSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A TRAVERSE CITY PHILHARMONIC: $45,500 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $31,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC: $22,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JESSE HELMS CENTER FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetHIBISCUS CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $21,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $15,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $14,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INC: $12,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INC: $10,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $10,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: $9,250 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSAFESPACE INC: $9,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $7,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $6,425 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $6,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $5,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Michigan Inc: $5,300 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMICHAEL'S PLACE: $5,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAtlas Economic Research Foundation: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSIPES ORCHARD HOME: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES-USA INC: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC HOUSE MUSEUM: $4,450 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION: $4,250 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTRAVERSE HEALTH CLINIC AND COALITION: $4,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST LUCIE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWARM BLANKETS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC DBA KINSHIP UNITED: $3,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $3,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFORWARD EDGE INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRAMEEN FOUNDATION USA: $3,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $2,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetALMA COLLEGE: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% 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 Grand Traverse Pavilions Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MESSIAH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds TRAVERSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A TRAVERSE CITY PHILHARMONIC ↗
  • Who funds Mercatus Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JESSE HELMS CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HIBISCUS CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC ↗
  • Who funds ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds APPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds CLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFESPACE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of Michigan Inc ↗
  • Who funds MICHAEL'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds Atlas Economic Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION 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 Art and Mary Schm…Oleson FoundationRotary Charities of T…Grand Traverse Region…Donors Trust IncThe Broad Family Foun…Les & Ann Biederman F…Canton Community Foun…William G Janis & Sus…Kegley Family Foundat…Baird Foundation IncMichigan Health Endow…
The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family FoundationMI22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Oleson Foundation · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · The Broad Family Foundation · Les & Ann Biederman Foundation Inc · Canton Community Foundation Inc · William G Janis & Susanne M Janis Family Foundation · Kegley Family Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Michigan Health Endowment Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Safespace Inc: 25% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Hibiscus Children's Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
14report 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 Hayden Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hayden 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 129 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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