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Heartland Charitable Trust

Grants to charitable organizations - the trust gathers contributions from individual organizations, then holds these funds until disbursed to sec.

$1.9M
Granted FY2023
29
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$138k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182023.

Education$1.8MReligion$1.1MArts & Culture$832kHealth$364kHuman Services$273kPhilanthropy$175kCommunity Improvement$140kAnimals$126kOther$0
02FY2023 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 29 grants below total $791,214 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,850,182 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,058,968 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k10 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $313k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $411k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$138,353
DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART$135,200
FRIENDS OF THE COTTAGE GROVE$87,463
EAST DUBUQUE DISTRICT LIBRARY FOUNDATION$50,000
LORAS COLLEGE$43,000
FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S$34,340
NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER$34,000
RESOURCES UNITE$29,000
ST COLUMBKILLE'S CHURCH$26,000
DUBUQUE HUMANE SOCIETY$25,000
DUBUQUE MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION$22,500
DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$20,000
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH$17,146
TRIJANG BUDDHIST INSTITUTION$12,000
IOWA NEWSPAPER FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–23, $112k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION OF IOWA COUNTY: $2k → 9%CANNON MEMORIAL YMCA: $1k → 8%HOERNER YMCA: $31k → 14%HOERNER YMCA: $7k → 14%RESOURCES UNITE: $29k → 11%HOERNER YMCA: $7k → 14%HOERNER YMCA OF KEOKUK IOWA INC: $6k → 14%CAMP ALBRECHT ACRES: $500 → 11%STONEHILL BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES: $6k → 11%HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES: $6k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 11%STONEHILL BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 11%STONEHILL FRANCISCAN SERVICES: $1k → 11%DUBUQUE YMCAYWCA: $500 → 11%FOUR OAKS: $500 → 11%STONEHILL BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%HILLS & DALES FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES: $500 → 11%YWCA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM: $400 → 11%DUBUQUE YMCAYWCA: $400 → 11%DUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $100 → 11%DURIDE: $50 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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IL
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IA
IN
OH
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NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
AL
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.2M · 128 repeat orgs$722k to everyone else

128 repeat relationships — 20 still active in FY2023, 108 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

128
135

Total granted

$4.2M
$565k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+46%

Still filing today

74%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • DM
    DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART
    6× · 2018–2023 · $439k · revenue +19%
  • SJ
    ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK
    2× · 2018–2019 · $300k · revenue +8%
  • DC
    Dubuque County Historical Society
    6× · 2018–2023 · $266k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • SC
    ST CECILIAS CONGREGATION
    one grant, 2018 · $106k
  • CS
    COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -28%
  • CO
    Center on Business and Poverty Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +555%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

2
State University of Iowa Alumni Association

Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.

3
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

4
Grand View University

Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.

Education
5
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
6
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
7
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
8
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
9
Upper Iowa University

Upper iowa university provides quality educational opportunities accessible through varied delivery methods to inspire success and empower lives.

Education
10
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
11
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Iowa

The foundation works to defend and promote the constitution of the united states, focusing especially on the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and 14th amendments. the foundation also works to defend and promote the constitution of the…

Civil Rights
12
Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center

To improve lives in our global community by educating diverse groups of highly competent and compassionate health professionals.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and the most unlike its peers is Pleasantville Sports Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsLocal History MuseumsCommunity College Foundatio…Animal Rescue and ShelterYmca Youth DevelopmentHealth Access Advocacy and …Community FoundationsPregnancy Support ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsYouth Development CentersChristian Missionary Organi…Faith-Based Social ServicesChristian Youth CampsUnited Way AffiliatesImmigrant Worker SupportDomestic Violence ServicesCommunity Arts CentersChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Food Banks and PantriesDance Arts OrganizationsSenior Support ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Public Library OperationsCancer Support ServicesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Conservation …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 46 years old; the field is 38. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number13%1%<5yr9%4%5–10yr14%13%10–20yr12%19%20–35yr14%22%35–55yr39%41%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value13%0%<5yr9%9%5–10yr14%10%10–20yr12%5%20–35yr14%19%35–55yr39%57%55yr+

The field is 13% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 6% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/277
the rest of the field
6%
1,704/28,928

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

192 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 192 of the 277 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
62
Early backer (in before they grew)
185/192
Grantees still filing
151/192
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS — $337,110 · OtherHOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC SCHOOLSLORAS COLLEGE — $252,200 · OtherLORAS COLLEGEFIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — $182,746 · OtherFIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCHTRIJANG BUDDHIST INSTITUTE INC — $118,500 · OtherCHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION DUBUQUE IA — $116,323 · OtherST COLUMBKILLE CHURCH DUBUQUE IA — $110,000 · OtherST CECILIAS CONGREGATION — $105,890 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE COTTAGE GROVE COMMUNITY LIBRARY INC — $87,463 · Other+125 more — $1,222,687 · Other+125 moreTHE EAST DUBUQUE LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $401,000 · EducationTHE EAST DUBUQUE LIBRAR…ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK — $300,000 · EducationST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NE…COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $100,000 · EducationCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSI…Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa — $54,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $51,000 · EducationST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — $50,000 · Education+14 more — $123,800 · Education+14 moreDUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART — $438,900 · Arts & CultureDUBUQUE MUSEUM O…Dubuque County Historical Society — $266,240 · Arts & CultureDubuque County H…+14 more — $52,135 · Arts & Culture+14 moreDUBUQUE MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION — $126,000 · HealthFINLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $79,233 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $29,400 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC — $20,870 · HealthCrescent Community Health Center — $15,900 · HealthNEW HOPE PREGNANCY CENTER OF SHEBOYGAN INC — $15,000 · Health+7 more — $27,347 · HealthGreater Kansas City Community Foundation — $138,353 · PhilanthropyDYERSVILLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $23,234 · PhilanthropyKEOKUK AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $15,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE — $11,300 · PhilanthropyWARRENSBURG R-VI SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC — $6,800 · Philanthropy+3 more — $5,200 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF ST MARY'S — $120,892 · Community ImprovementHoerner Young Mens Christian Association of Keokuk Iowa Inc — $51,250 · Human ServicesResources Unite — $29,000 · Human ServicesHillcrest Family Services Inc — $12,000 · Human ServicesStonehill Benevolent Foundation — $10,000 · Human Services+5 more — $8,600 · Human Services
Other$2,532,919Education$1,079,800Arts & Culture$757,275Health$313,750Philanthropy$199,887Community Improvement$120,892Human Services$110,850

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART — $438,900 over 6y, 10% of budgetTHE EAST DUBUQUE LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $401,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK — $300,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDubuque County Historical Society — $266,240 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetLORAS COLLEGE — $252,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Kansas City Community Foundation — $138,353 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUBUQUE MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION — $126,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF ST MARY'S — $120,892 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFINLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $79,233 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetDUBUQUE REGIONAL HUMANE SOCIETY — $58,634 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetClarke University of Dubuque Iowa — $54,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHoerner Young Mens Christian Association of Keokuk Iowa Inc — $51,250 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $51,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HANDS MEDICAL MISSIONS INC — $41,500 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE — $40,700 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetOPENING DOORS — $34,134 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $29,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetResources Unite — $29,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION — $27,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDYERSVILLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $23,234 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetKITTY CITY KANSAS RESCUE INCORPORATED — $22,500 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE — $21,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUBUQUE DREAM CENTER INC — $21,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC — $20,870 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKEOKUK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $20,100 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetCrescent Community Health Center — $15,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKEOKUK AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNEW HOPE PREGNANCY CENTER OF SHEBOYGAN INC — $15,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE — $13,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc — $12,800 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetIOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHillcrest Family Services Inc — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE — $11,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKEOKUK UNION DEPOT FOUNDATION — $11,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetJO DAVIESS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC — $10,542 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetIOWA NEWSPAPER FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMarquette University — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStonehill Benevolent Foundation — $10,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetKANSAS CITY PET PROJECT — $9,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC — $9,354 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEGION-AIRES DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS — $9,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSt Mark Youth Enrichment — $8,150 over 3y, 0.4% of budget350ORG — $7,957 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSIDE CLIMATE NEWS INC — $7,957 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $7,957 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DUBUQUE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION — $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART
  • Who funds THE EAST DUBUQUE LIBRARY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK
  • Who funds Dubuque County Historical Society
  • Who funds LORAS COLLEGE
  • Who funds Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
  • Who funds DUBUQUE MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S
  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds FINLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds DUBUQUE REGIONAL HUMANE SOCIETY
  • Who funds Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa
  • Who funds Hoerner Young Mens Christian Association of Keokuk Iowa Inc
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE
  • Who funds ST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
  • Who funds HELPING HANDS MEDICAL MISSIONS INC
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE
  • Who funds OPENING DOORS
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds Resources Unite
  • Who funds STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Center on Business and Poverty Inc
  • Who funds DYERSVILLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds KITTY CITY KANSAS RESCUE INCORPORATED

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation of Greater DubuqueIA114.1× affinity62 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Dubuque Racing Association Ltd · James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Butler Family Foundation · Spahn & Rose Lumber Co Charitable Fdtn · Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation · Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation · Falb Family Charitable Foundation · Sirk Family Foundation · The Klauer Foundation Trust Xxxxx5009 · Crescent Electric Charitable Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Heartland Charitable Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 60%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    6get no government money at all
    43report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 277 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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