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Hillcrest Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8.0M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
84
Grants FY2025
62
Organizations funded FY2024
37%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$60,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
62 to 122
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$145M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Hillcrest Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving84$8.0M44%
FY202462$7.2M37%
FY202393$8.2M45%
FY202287$7.9M57%
FY2021122$7.4M68%
FY2020118$7.1Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$12MEducation$9.0MHuman Services$7.7MHousing & Shelter$2.4MFood & Nutrition$2.4MArts & Culture$2.4MReligion$1.8MCommunity Improvement$1.4MOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Medical Center Foundation$1,500,00030%
North Texas Food Bank$1,470,00050%
Parkland Foundation$1,250,00043%
Dallas County Mental Health & Mental Retardation Center$1,000,0002n/a
Austin College$750,00021%
Southwest Transplant Alliance Inc$674,00031%
Texas Health Resources Foundation$600,00023%
Jewish Family Service of Dallas Inc Dba Jewish Family Service$550,00052%
Irving Healthcare Foundation$550,00026%
Uplift Education$550,00020%
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All grantees of Hillcrest Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Medical Center Foundation$1,500,00030%
North Texas Food Bank$1,470,00050%
Parkland Foundation$1,250,00043%
Dallas County Mental Health & Mental Retardation Center$1,000,0002n/a
Austin College$750,00021%
Southwest Transplant Alliance Inc$674,00031%
Texas Health Resources Foundation$600,00023%
Jewish Family Service of Dallas Inc Dba Jewish Family Service$550,00052%
Irving Healthcare Foundation$550,00026%
Uplift Education$550,00020%
Trinity Park Conservancy$500,00016%
Twelfth Step Ministry Inc$500,000119%
Dallas Methodist Hospitals Foundation Inc$500,00013%
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Inc$500,00011%
Fair Park First$500,00021%
My Possibilities$450,00032%
Dallas Baptist University$400,00010%
Baylor Health Care System Foundation$400,00021%
St Philips School and Community Center$350,00022%
Cityscape Schools Inc$350,00021%
Gaston Christian Center$350,000327%
Foundation for the Callier Center and Communication Disorders$350,000217%
Vogel Alcove$340,00043%
Jubilee Park & Community Center Corporation$330,00035%
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum$325,00023%
Wipe Out Kids' Cancer Inc$320,00029%
The Center for American and International Law$300,00016%
The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psychology$300,00023%
Sharing Life Community Outreach Inc$290,00031%
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas$275,00021%
Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc$270,00030%
Mane Gait$265,00026%
Carter BloodCare$260,00020%
Family Gateway Inc$250,00013%
St Mark's School of Texas$250,00010%
Trinity Christian Academy Foundation$250,00023%
Southwestern Diabetic Foundation Inc$250,00014%
Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc$250,00031%
First Presbyterian Church$250,0004n/a
June Shelton School and Evaluation Center$250,00011%
Bonton Enterprises$250,00012%
Hockaday School$250,00010%
Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas Inc$250,0001n/a
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children$250,00010%
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center$250,00021%
Healing Hands Ministries Inc$220,00030%
Metrocrest Services$210,00031%
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas$205,00030%
Camp Summit Inc$200,000110%
Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc$200,0001n/a
Baylor University$200,00010%
Dallas Historical Society$200,000210%
29 Acres Inc$200,00022%
Perot Museum of Nature & Science$200,00010%
The Trust for Public Land$200,00010%
Behind Every Door Ministries Inc$200,00023%
Friends of Sky Ranch Inc$200,00032%
The Family Place$200,00021%
Southern Methodist University$200,00020%
Ability Connection Texas$195,00031%
Dallas International University$195,00035%
Bridge Steps$190,00021%
Dallas Leadership Foundation$185,00022%
Network of Community Ministries Inc$180,00031%
Retina Foundation of the Southwest$175,00022%
Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas Inc$175,00031%
Rockwall County Helping Hands Inc$170,00030%
Citysquare$165,00020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas Inc$165,00022%
Childrens Advocacy Center of Collin County Inc$165,00031%
Jewish Community Center of Dallas$160,00021%
Nexus Recovery Center Incorporated$160,00031%
St Philip & St Augustine Catholic Academy Inc$157,0003n/a
Cafe Momentum$155,00021%
Holy Family Catholic Academy$150,0001n/a
Esperanza Ministries$150,00015%
Head Start of Greater Dallas Inc$150,00010%
Kid Net Foundation Jonathans Place$150,00022%
The Association for Independent Living$150,000312%
Covenant Knights School$150,00030%
The Highlands School Inc$150,0002n/a
Dallas 24 Hour Club Inc$150,00023%
Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation$150,0001n/a
Greenspace Dallas$150,00039%
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc$150,00030%
West Dallas Community School$150,00014%
Cristo Rey Dallas High School Inc$140,00012%
Mommies in Need$135,00023%
Momentous Institute$130,00021%
Frontiers of Flight Museum Inc$130,00023%
Fairhill School$125,00022%
Holy Trinity Catholic School$125,0002n/a
Homeward Bound Inc$125,00021%
Encore Park Dallas$125,00014%
Educational First Steps$110,00021%
Ourcalling Inc$105,00031%
For the Nations Refugee Outreach$105,00022%
Pwa Coalition of Dallas Inc$100,00012%
Texas Womans University Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy of North Texas$100,00010%
Mission East Dallas and Metroplex$100,00013%
Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic Inc$100,00020%
Mary Crowley Medical Research Center$100,00020%
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd of Dallas$100,0001n/a
Open Arms Inc Bryans House$100,00022%
Child Protective Services Community Partners Inc$100,00041%
The Legacy Senior Communities Inc$100,00016%
Lifeschool of Dallas$100,00020%
Bishop Dunne Catholic School Inc$100,0001n/a
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc$100,0001n/a
Lumin Education$100,00011%
Dallas Firefighters Museum Inc$100,00017%
Jps Foundation$100,00013%
Men of Nehemiah Inc$100,0001n/a
The Concilio$100,00022%
For Oak Cliff$100,00013%
University of Dallas$100,00010%
Equest$100,00022%
Dallas Symphony Association$100,00010%
The Commemorative Air Force$100,00010%
Mesorah High School for Girls Inc$100,00015%
Children First Inc$100,000118%
Junior League of Dallas Inc$100,00032%
Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary Inc$100,00015%
St Jude Inc$100,00011%
Allen Community Outreach$100,00021%
Lutheran Secondary Association of Dallas Inc$100,0001n/a
Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc$100,00022%
Alcuin School$100,00010%
Cornerstone Ministries Inc$100,0001n/a
Dallas Childrens Theater Inc$95,00021%
Family Compass$95,00032%
VolunteerNow$95,00021%
His Bridgebuilders Inc$95,00014%
Oak Hill Academy$90,00012%
Essilor Vision Foundation$90,00021%
Agape Clinic$90,00020%
Dallas Education Foundation$90,00014%
Hope Supply Co$85,00031%
The Gatehouse Corporation$85,000219%
City House Inc$85,00021%
The Nasher Sculpture Center$85,00021%
One Man's Treasure$80,00026%
White Rock Center of Hope Inc$80,00042%
Christian Community Action$80,00021%
Southern Dallas Link Inc$80,00029%
Prison Entrepreneurship Program Inc$80,00012%
Dallas County Historical Foundation$75,00012%
At Last$75,00019%
Dallas Academy$75,00021%
Family and Child Guidance Center$75,00011%
United to Learn$75,00022%
St Patrick Catholic School$75,0002n/a
Teach for America Inc$75,00020%
Storey Lane Independent Living Inc$75,000225%
Juliette Fowler Communities Inc$75,00011%
Souls Harbor Inc$75,00018%
The Lamplighter School$75,00010%
Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas$75,00012%
Catch Up & Read Inc$70,00022%
Samaritan Inn Inc$70,00020%
Wesley-Rankin Community Center Inc$65,00032%
Its a Sensory World Inc$60,00013%
Pediplace Inc$60,00021%
Helping Everyone Reach Outstanding Educational Success$60,0001n/a
Notre Dame of Dallas Schools Inc$60,0001n/a
Educational Opportunities Inc$60,00017%
Promise House Inc$60,00021%
Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts$55,000256%
Mosaic Family Services Inc$55,00021%
The Shakespeare Festival of Dallas dba Shakespeare Dallas$55,00016%
Resource Center of Dallas Inc$50,00010%
Texas Ramp Project$50,00021%
Our Lady of Assumption Nigerian Catholic Church Inc$50,0001n/a
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas$50,00010%
Buckner Children & Family Services Inc$50,00010%
St Monica Catholic School$50,0001n/a
Bachman Lake Together$50,00024%
The Warren Center Inc$50,00011%
Dickinson Place Charitable Corporation$50,00014%
Dallas Furniture Bank$50,00012%
Operation Kindness$50,00010%
Soupmobile Inc$50,00042%
Young Women's Preparatory Network$50,00011%
The Dickey Foundation$50,000123%
Autistic Treatment Center Inc$50,00010%
Dallas County Heritage Society$50,00016%
Envision Dallas Lighthouse Foundation$50,00013%
Cenikor Foundation$50,00010%
Meals on Wheels Senior Services$50,00011%
Trec Community Investors$50,00012%
Community Does It$50,000112%
Easter Seals North Texas$50,00011%
Texas Baptist Men Inc$50,0001n/a
Childrens Advocacy Center for North Texas Inc$50,00011%
Wilkinson Center$50,00041%
Dallas Bethlehem Center Inc$50,00017%
Crossroads Community Services Inc$50,00040%
North Dallas Shared Ministries Inc$50,00040%
The Cambridge School of Dallas$50,00011%
American Cancer Society Inc$50,00010%
Every Avenue$50,000119%
Exodus Ministries$50,00024%
DeliverFund$50,00012%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star$50,00010%
Brother Bills Helping Hand$50,00040%
Recovery Resource Council$50,00010%
Ugm of Dallas$50,0001n/a
Mi Escuelita Preschool Inc$45,00020%
Trusted World Foundation Inc$45,00021%
T R Hoover Community Development Corporation Inc$45,00028%
Visual Aid Volunteers Inc$40,0001n/a
Harmony Community Development Corporation$40,00030%
Kids Bring Life Inc$40,00013%
Emily's Place Inc$40,00012%
Minnies Food Pantry Inc$40,00030%
A Christian Food Pantry Inc$40,00030%
Dallas Casa$40,0001n/a
First Baptist Academy$40,0001n/a
Brighter Tomorrows Inc$40,00030%
Helping Hands of Ennis Inc$40,00032%
Hope Clinic of Garland Inc$35,00022%
Youth 180 Inc$35,00012%
Dallas Services$35,00011%
Oak Cliff Empowered Inc$33,000113%
The Way Back House Inc$31,537111%
Rainbow Days Inc$30,00011%
Our Daily Bread Inc$30,00021%
Cedar Hill Shares Inc$30,00022%
Poetic$30,00022%
Youth With Faces$30,00015%
Friends of Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy$30,0001n/a
Spida Inc Braswell Child Development Center$30,00012%
Theatre Three Inc$30,00014%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Dallas Inc$25,00010%
C C Young Memorial Home$25,00010%
New Friends New Life$25,00021%
Texas Lawyers for Children$25,00013%
Meals on Wheels Collin County$25,00011%
McKinney Roots Inc$25,000134%
Lift Literacy Instruction for Texas Dba Aspire$25,00012%
Incarnation Place Inc$25,00012%
Search One Rescue Team$25,000123%
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School$25,0001n/a
Texas Ballet Theater Inc$25,00010%
Nonpareil Institute$25,00010%
Empowering the Masses$25,00012%
Youth Believing in Change Inc$25,00013%
Austin Street Center$25,0001n/a
Community Outreach Housing$25,00017%
Dallas Christian Women's Job Corps$25,000120%
Sight Savers of America Inc$25,00011%
She Supply$20,00027%
In the City for Good$20,00016%
Waxahachie Care Services Inc$20,00021%
Grand Prairie United Charites Inc$20,00022%
Pleasant Grove Food Pantry Inc$20,00012%
St Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic School$20,0001n/a
Irving Cares Inc$20,00020%
East-West Ministries International$20,0001n/a
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas Inc$20,00010%
Housing Forward$20,00010%
Frisco Family Services Center$20,00020%
Education Opens Doors Inc$20,00011%
Simply Grace$20,00021%
Hope's Door New Beginning Center$20,00020%
Reconciliation Outreach Ministries Inc$20,00011%
Ferguson Road Initiative$18,50016%
Under 1 Roof Dallas$15,00012%
Grant Halliburton Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Wings of a Butterfly$15,0001n/a
Junior Players Guild$15,00012%
Chocolate Mint Foundation$15,00021%
Mary Immaculate Catholic School$15,0001n/a
Teamconnor Childhood Cancer Foundation$15,00015%
Friends of Solar Prep$15,00014%
Vickery Trading Company Inc$15,00013%
Assistance League of Greater Collin County$10,00016%
The Bridge Breast Network Inc$10,00011%
Richardson Adult Literacy Center$10,00015%
Clayton Dabney for Kids With Cancer$10,00011%
Little Elm Area Food Bank$10,00014%
Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation$10,00011%
Parker County Committee on Aging Inc$10,00012%
Trinity Restoration Ministries$10,00013%
Dallas Community Lighthouse$10,00011%
Our Friends Place$10,00011%
Uptown Players Inc$10,00011%
DME Exchange of Dallas Inc$10,00015%
Dallas Afterschool$10,00011%
Mental Health America of Greater Dallas$10,00012%
After-School All-Stars$10,00010%
Attitudes & Attire$10,00012%
Denison Helping Hands$10,00014%
Episcopal Church of the Ascension$10,0001n/a
Mesquite Social Services Inc$10,0001n/a
Catholic Campus Ministry at Southern Methodist University$5,0001n/a
Prevent Blindness Texas$5,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Hillcrest Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Medical Center Foundation: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $1,470,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetParkland Foundation: $1,250,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetAustin College: $750,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSouthwest Transplant Alliance Inc: $674,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTexas Health Resources Foundation: $600,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetJewish Family Service of Dallas Inc Dba Jewish Family Service: $550,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetIrving Healthcare Foundation: $550,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetUplift Education: $550,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTrinity Park Conservancy: $500,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetTwelfth Step Ministry Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetDallas Methodist Hospitals Foundation Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetYMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFair Park First: $500,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMy Possibilities: $450,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetDallas Baptist University: $400,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $400,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSt Philips School and Community Center: $350,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCityscape Schools Inc: $350,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetGaston Christian Center: $350,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetFoundation for the Callier Center and Communication Disorders: $350,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetVogel Alcove: $340,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetJubilee Park & Community Center Corporation: $330,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $325,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetWipe Out Kids' Cancer Inc: $320,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetThe Center for American and International Law: $300,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetThe Center for Integrative Counseling and Psychology: $300,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSharing Life Community Outreach Inc: $290,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGirl Scouts of Northeast Texas: $275,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCatholic Charities of Dallas Inc: $270,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMane Gait: $265,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetCarter BloodCare: $260,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Gateway Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSt Mark's School of Texas: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTrinity Christian Academy Foundation: $250,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetSouthwestern Diabetic Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetDallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc: $250,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetJune Shelton School and Evaluation Center: $250,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBonton Enterprises: $250,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHockaday School: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTexas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Children's Advocacy Center: $250,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHealing Hands Ministries Inc: $220,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMetrocrest Services: $210,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetVisiting Nurse Association of Texas: $205,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCamp Summit Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetBaylor University: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Historical Society: $200,000 over 2y, 10.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

W P & Bulah Luse FoundationTX229.2× affinity116 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Katherine C Carmody Charitable Tuw · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Moody Foundation · The Addy Foundation · The Perot Foundation · Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And

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.

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How do I get to Hillcrest Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hillcrest 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.

About Hillcrest Foundation

How much does Hillcrest Foundation give?
Hillcrest Foundation reported 84 grants totaling $7,985,537 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 62 and 122 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Hillcrest Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (27%), Education (20%), Human Services (17%).
Who are Hillcrest Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Children's Medical Center Foundation ($1.5M), North Texas Food Bank ($1.5M), Parkland Foundation ($1.3M).
Does Hillcrest Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hillcrest Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Hillcrest Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include W P & Bulah Luse Foundation, Hoblitzelle Foundation, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc.
Where is Hillcrest Foundation based?
Hillcrest Foundation is based in TX.

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 354 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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