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Head of the Lakes United Way

HEAD OF THE LAKES UNITED WAY's (hluw) mission is to unite caring people and mobilize resources to empower individuals and strenghten communities.

$604k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$48k
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 2025.

Youth Development$2.6MHuman Services$2.2MHealth$1.1MCrime & Legal$680kHousing & Shelter$562kEmployment$405kFood & Nutrition$281kEducation$275kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $564k
$15,687
Median grant
2
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER$47,928
FAMILY FREEDOM CENTER$38,553
FAMILY RISE TOGETHER$35,996
LIFE HOUSE$35,110
MENTOR NORTH$34,186
LEGAL AID SERVICE OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA$28,767
DULUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE$26,997
THE SALVATION ARMY$20,013
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE NORTHLAND$19,863
SOAR CAREER SOLUTIONS$19,768
WELCH CENTER INC DBA VALLEY YOUTH CENTER$18,932
CENTER AGAINST SEXUAL & DOMESTIC ABUSE (CASDA)$17,472
FIRST WITNESS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$16,719
CHUM$16,178
SECOND HARVEST NORTHERN LAKES FOOD BANK$16,050
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 (FY17–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SAFE HAVEN SHELTER AND RESOURCE CENTER: $36k → 15%SAFE HAVEN SHELTER AND RESOURCE CENTER: $35k → 15%SAFE HAVEN SHELTER AND RESOURCE CENTER: $33k → 15%Northwoods Women Inc dba New Day Advocacy Center: $14k → 14%SAFE HAVEN SHELTER AND RESOURCE CENTER: $30k → 15%SAFE HAVEN SHELTER AND RESOURCE CENTER: $26k → 15%SAFE HAVEN SHELTER AND RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 15%Safe Haven Shelter: $17k → 15%DIVINE CONNECTIONS: $13k → 15%SUPERIOR DOUGLAS COUNTY FAMILY YMCA: $14k → 11%DAMIANO OF DULUTH INC: $59k → 15%DAMIANO OF DULUTH INC: $57k → 15%DAMINAO OF DULUTH INC: $56k → 15%DAMINAO OF DULUTH INC: $54k → 15%Family Freedom Center: $54k → 15%DAMIANO OF DULUTH INC: $44k → 15%FAMILY FREEDOM CENTER: $39k → 15%Family Freedom Center: $35k → 15%DAMIANO OF DULUTH INC: $34k → 15%Damiano of Duluth: $22k → 15%Lincoln Park Children & Families Collaborative: $20k → 15%DAMIANO OF DULUTH: $16k → 15%Damiano of Duluth: $14k → 15%LINCOLN PARK CHILDREN & FAMILIES COLLABORATIVE: $14k → 15%Lincoln Park Children & Families Collaborative: $13k → 15%DULUTH AREA YMCA: $129k → 15%YWCA OF DULUTH: $49k → 15%YWCA OF DULUTH: $49k → 15%YWCA OF DULUTH: $47k → 15%YWCA OF DULUTH: $44k → 15%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $43k → 15%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $39k → 15%YWCA OF DULUTH: $37k → 15%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $36k → 15%YWCA OF DULUTH: $36k → 15%DULUTH AREA YMCA: $35k → 15%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $35k → 15%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $29k → 15%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $28k → 15%Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota: $22k → 15%DULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $18k → 15%YWCA Duluth: $18k → 15%DULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $17k → 15%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $16k → 15%Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota: $15k → 15%DULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 15%DULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $14k → 15%COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH: $13k → 15%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.
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.
$8.6M · 49 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

49 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
4

Total granted

$8.6M
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+8%

Still filing today

80%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalEmploymentEducationOther
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

  • LH
    LIFE HOUSE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $599k · revenue +71%
  • MN
    MENTOR NORTH
    8× · 2018–2025 · $435k · revenue +38% · 29% of their budget
  • BC
    BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH
    9× · 2017–2025 · $432k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • DA
    DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION CORPORATION
    one grant, 2023 · $18k · revenue +17%
  • CC
    CHALLENGE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +8%
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2018 · $6k
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
Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services Inc

Strengthen central mn communities through leadership in workforce excellence.

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2
Family Pathways

Family Pathways works alongside people to enhance lives through a continuum of essential services and, together with community, champions positive social change.

Human Services
3
Northern Pines Mental Health Center

Providing direct and indirect services in the areas of mental health, developmental disabilites, and substance use to residents of aitkin, cass, crow wing, morrison, todd, and wadena counties.

Health
4
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
5
Family and Children's Center Inc

To serve children, families, and individuals with a continuum of services designed to strengthen families and promote individual well-being.

Human Services
6
Lake County Developmental Achievement Center Inc

Lake county developmental achievement center, inc. (dac) is a licensed non-profit provider of employment and day support services for adults over 18 years of age and who are diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities. our…

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7
Care in Action Minnesota

Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of children who have experienced abuse or neglect, strengthen families and prevent childhood maltreatment, by providing timely crucial support that meets the basic needs of local families and…

Human Services
8
Innovative Services Inc

Innovative services, inc. (innovative care services) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities…

Human Services
9
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
10
Residential Services of Northeastern Minnesota Inc

Enhancing the lives of people with disabilities by providing innovative services that promote inclusion and self-determination.

Human Services
11
Nccs - Housing Families First Nonprofit Housing Corporation

Nccs housing families first non-profit housing corporation's mission is to provide safe, affordable housing for homeless families with children in newaygo and lake counties.

Housing & Shelter
12
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St Cloud

At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Life House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rise Together Inc. 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

46 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. 46 of the 54 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/46
Grantees still filing
37/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WELCH CENTER INC DBA VALLEY YOUTH CENTER: $494,714 · OtherWELCH CENTER INC DBA VALLEY YOUTH CENTERSALVATION ARMY: $365,793 · OtherSALVATION ARMYCHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY: $310,977 · OtherCHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRYSOAR CAREER SOLUTIONS: $285,579 · OtherSOAR CAREER SOLUTIONSCOMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC: $236,289 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INCTHE HILLS YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $229,802 · OtherTHE HILLS YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICESCENTER AGAINST SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC ABUSE: $184,486 · OtherCENTER AGAINST SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC ABUSECENTER CITY HOUSING CORP: $179,400 · OtherFAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $178,378 · OtherSecond Harvest Northland: $166,916 · OtherSCHOOL DISTRICT OF SUPERIOR: $119,648 · Other+15 more: $697,363 · Other+15 moreDAMIANO OF DULUTH INC: $356,162 · Human ServicesDAMIANO OF DULUTH INCYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF DULUTH: $291,297 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN …DULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $267,601 · Human ServicesDULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCALUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $262,938 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE …SAFE HAVEN SHELTER FOR BATTERED WOMEN: $224,653 · Human ServicesSAFE HAVEN SHELTER FOR B…Family Freedom Center: $127,521 · Human ServicesFamily Freedom CenterRise Together Inc: $119,076 · Human ServicesRise Together Inc+8 more: $211,423 · Human Services+8 moreLIFE HOUSE INC: $598,685 · Youth DevelopmentLIFE HOUSE INCMENTOR NORTH: $434,529 · Youth DevelopmentMENTOR NORTHBOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH: $432,466 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS' CLUB OF DULUT…POSITIVE ENERGY FOR YOUTH: $56,661 · Youth DevelopmentHUMAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $400,759 · HealthHUMAN DEVELO…LAKE SUPERIOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $347,698 · HealthLAKE SUPERIO…JUST KIDS DENTAL INC: $117,082 · HealthJUST KIDS DE…COMMUNITY PARTNERS-TWO HARBORS LIVING AT HOME BLOCK NURSE PROGRAM: $63,536 · HealthCOMMUNITY PA…CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC: $43,658 · HealthLEGAL AID SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA: $386,800 · Crime & LegalFIRST WITNESS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $55,332 · Crime & LegalDULUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOL COLLABORATIVE: $254,687 · EducationMEN AS PEACEMAKERS: $192,450 · Civil Rights
Other$3,449,345Human Services$1,860,671Youth Development$1,522,341Health$972,733Crime & Legal$442,132Education$254,687Civil Rights$192,450

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 budgetLIFE HOUSE INC: $598,685 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetMENTOR NORTH: $434,529 over 8y, 29% of budgetBOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH: $432,466 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetHUMAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $400,759 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetLEGAL AID SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA: $386,800 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetDAMIANO OF DULUTH INC: $356,162 over 9y, 5.6% of budgetLAKE SUPERIOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $347,698 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetCHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY: $310,977 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF DULUTH: $291,297 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetSOAR CAREER SOLUTIONS: $285,579 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetDULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $267,601 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $262,938 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDULUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOL COLLABORATIVE: $254,687 over 9y, 7.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC: $236,289 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetTHE HILLS YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $229,802 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetSAFE HAVEN SHELTER FOR BATTERED WOMEN: $224,653 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetMEN AS PEACEMAKERS: $192,450 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetCENTER AGAINST SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC ABUSE: $184,486 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetCENTER CITY HOUSING CORP: $179,400 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSecond Harvest Northland: $166,916 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Freedom Center: $127,521 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetRise Together Inc: $119,076 over 3y, 44% of budgetJUST KIDS DENTAL INC: $117,082 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetTHE BRICK MINISTRIES INC: $94,423 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetARC NORTHLAND: $81,920 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSUPERIOR VOCATIONS CENTER INC: $75,369 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS-TWO HARBORS LIVING AT HOME BLOCK NURSE PROGRAM: $63,536 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetPOSITIVE ENERGY FOR YOUTH: $56,661 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetFIRST WITNESS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $55,332 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSING ORGANIZATION: $48,213 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLINCOLN PARK CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COLLABORATIVE: $47,649 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetNORTH SHORE AREA PARTNERS: $46,124 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetCOURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION: $45,254 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTRUE NORTH GOODWILL NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN: $44,271 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC: $43,658 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWOODS WOMEN INC: $42,570 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTwo Harbors Area Food Shelf: $40,512 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetSUPERIOR-DOUGLAS COUNTY FAMILY YMCA: $34,929 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $26,493 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetDULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION CORPORATION: $18,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVOLUNTEER ATTORNEY PROGRAM: $16,829 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC: $13,097 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCare Partners of Cook County: $11,034 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetCHALLENGE CENTER INC: $10,825 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS: $5,310 over 1y, 0.3% 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 LIFE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTOR NORTH ↗
  • Who funds BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds DAMIANO OF DULUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE SUPERIOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF DULUTH ↗
  • Who funds SOAR CAREER SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds DULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds DULUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOL COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION DULUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HILLS YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HAVEN SHELTER FOR BATTERED WOMEN ↗
  • Who funds MEN AS PEACEMAKERS ↗
  • Who funds CENTER AGAINST SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC ABUSE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER CITY HOUSING CORP ↗
  • Who funds Second Harvest Northland ↗
  • Who funds Family Freedom Center ↗
  • Who funds Rise Together Inc ↗
  • Who funds JUST KIDS DENTAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BRICK MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ARC NORTHLAND ↗
  • Who funds SUPERIOR VOCATIONS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PARTNERS-TWO HARBORS LIVING AT HOME BLOCK NURSE PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds POSITIVE ENERGY FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds FIRST WITNESS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSING ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE AREA PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds COURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUE NORTH GOODWILL NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ↗

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.

Duluth-Superior Area …Northland FoundationSmdc Medical CenterOrdean FoundationLloyd K Johnson Found…Otto Bremer TrustMinnesota Power Found…Second Harvest Northl…Mardag FoundationMedica FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesot…Pachel Foundation
Duluth-Superior Area Community FoundationMN83.1× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation · Northland Foundation · Smdc Medical Center · Ordean Foundation · Lloyd K Johnson Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Minnesota Power Foundation · Second Harvest Northland · Mardag Foundation · Medica Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Pachel 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 Head of the Lakes United Way funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Head of the Lakes United Way. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 54 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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