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Illinois Equal Justice Foundation

The ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION funds civil legal aid in illinois to champion the rights of those burdened by barriers to justice.

$14M
Granted FY2025still arriving
54
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$4.1M
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.

Crime & Legal$68MHuman Services$203kHousing & Shelter$178kCivil Rights$154kEmployment$140kHealth$70kEducation$52k
02FY2025 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k27 grants · $746k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $2.2M
  • $250k+9 grants · $11M
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID$4,068,346
PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES$3,295,960
COORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES$1,026,020
LEGAL AID CHICAGO$743,289
DISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTITUTE$579,013
METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICESLEGAL AID SOCIETY$347,968
IL LEGAL AID ONLINE$327,500
CHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES$269,284
GREATER CHICAGO LEGAL CLINIC$264,946
NORTH SUBURBAN LEGAL AID CLINIC$237,522
RESOLUTION SYSTEMS INSTITUTE$230,690
CABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID$225,000
EQUIP FOR EQUALITY$220,000
LIFE SPAN$158,386
ASCEND JUSTICE$154,835
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, $10.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INDO-AMERICAN CENTER: $25k → 14%INDO-AMERICAN CENTER: $25k → 14%The Hana Center: $10k → 14%The Hana Center: $10k → 14%Instituto del Progreso Latino: $30k → 14%INSTITUTO DEL PROGRESO LATINO: $25k → 14%INSTITUTO DEL PROGRESO LATINO: $23k → 14%INSTITUTO DEL PROGRESO LATINO: $20k → 14%Instituto del Progreso Latino: $20k → 14%INSTITUTO DEL PROGRESO LATINO: $20k → 14%ARAB AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 14%COORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $1.0M → 14%COORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $987k → 14%COORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $941k → 14%Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services: $863k → 14%COORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $851k → 14%Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services: $840k → 14%Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services: $640k → 14%Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services: $595k → 14%Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services: $580k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICESLEGAL AID SOCIETY: $348k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICESLEGAL AID SOCIETY: $284k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICESLEGAL AID SOCIETY: $174k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICESLEGAL AID SOCIETY: $131k → 14%BEYOND LEGAL AID: $95k → 14%THE NETWORK ADVOCATING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $66k → 14%BEYOND LEGAL AID: $65k → 14%THE NETWORK ADVOCATING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $60k → 14%Metropolitan Family ServicesLegal Aid Society: $60k → 14%Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services: $55k → 14%Beyond Legal Aid: $47k → 14%Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services: $45k → 14%BEYOND LEGAL AID: $30k → 14%BEYOND LEGAL AID: $30k → 14%Beyond Legal Aid: $20k → 14%Community Activism Law Alliance: $20k → 14%Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services: $20k → 14%Community Activism Law Alliance: $20k → 14%Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services: $20k → 14%RESOLUTION SYSTEMS INSTITUTE: $456k → 14%RESOLUTION SYSTEMS INSTITUTE: $231k → 14%RESOLUTION SYSTEMS INSTITUTE: $204k → 14%RESOLUTION SYSTEMS INSTITUTE: $204k → 14%CHINESE MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION: $78k → 14%Resolution Systems Institute: $35k → 14%Resolution Systems Institute: $29k → 14%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.
$68M · 62 repeat orgs$357k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

62 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
5

Total granted

$68M
$168k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+25%

Still filing today

87%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k 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
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterCivil RightsEmploymentOther
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

  • LO
    LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $18M · revenue +66% · 30% of their budget
  • PS
    PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $16M · revenue +111%
  • CA
    COORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $7.3M · revenue +135% · 30% of their budget

Funded once

  • CM
    CHINESE MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $78k · revenue +34%
  • PE
    PUBLIC EQUIITY
    one grant, 2022 · $60k
  • AJ
    ADMINISTER JUSTICEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +25%
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
Lakeshore Legal Aid

Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system.

Crime & Legal
2
Latino Union of Chicago

Latino Union works to defend the rights and dignity of contingent workers, including the right to immigrate, work, live free of oppression and violence, and provide for oneself and one's family.

Human Services
3
Chicago Committee On Minorities in Large Law Firms

The chicago committee seeks racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession by collaborating with its law firm and corporate membership to: drive sustainable institutional change at law firms and corporate legal departments; provide…

Civil Rights
4
Illinois Coalition for Legal Reform

Advocate for tort reform in Illinois by communicating with public officials and staff to influence legislation and administrative action designed to create a more equitable and balanced judicial system in Illinois.

Community Improvement
5
Inner City Law Center

In 2024, Inner City Law Center, ICLC, served over 3,400 people, helping vulnerable Angelenos to remain in their homes and recover nearly $20.5 million in financial benefits.

Crime & Legal
6
Illinois Community for Displaced Immigrants

Serving recently arrived migrants and asylum seekers in the Chicagoland area and is committed to upholding the dignity and human rights of immigrants.

Human Services
7
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
8
Chicago Refugee Coalition

The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.

Human Services
9
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Cook County

CASA of Cook County's vision is to protect abused and neglected children by providing them in court, a safe and permanent home, and an opportunity to grow, learn and thrive.

Crime & Legal
10
Chicago Torture Justice Center

Seeks to address the traumas of police violence and institutionalized racism through access to healing and wellness services, trauma-informed resources, and community connection. The Center is a part of and supports a movement to end all…

Crime & Legal
11
Live Free Chicago

Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…

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12
Chicago Advocate Legal Nfp

Legal services and legal education

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legal Aid Chicago; the most unlike its peers is Women in Need Recovery. 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

67 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. 67 of the 72 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/67
Grantees still filing
49/67
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC: $17,896,742 · Crime & LegalLAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INCPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC: $15,666,687 · Crime & LegalPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INCLEGAL AID CHICAGO: $4,443,427 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID CHICAGOILLINOIS LEGAL AID ONLINE: $1,714,387 · Crime & Legal+19 more: $7,634,790 · Crime & Legal+19 moreCOORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $7,323,948 · Human ServicesCOORDINATED ADVIC…Resolution Systems Institute: $1,158,648 · Human ServicesResolution System…Metropolitan Family Services: $1,136,317 · Human ServicesMetropolitan Fami…+7 more: $762,933 · Human Services+7 moreDISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTITUTE INC: $2,660,977 · OtherDISPUTE RESOLUT…CHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION: $2,185,904 · OtherCHICAGO VOLUNTE…EQUIP FOR EQUALITY: $1,290,000 · OtherEQUIP FOR EQUAL…Center for Disability & Elder Law Inc: $561,782 · OtherCenter for Disa…LEGACY LAW SCHOOL CORPORATION: $456,100 · OtherASCEND JUSTICE: $384,835 · OtherUptown People's Law Center: $330,921 · Other+18 more: $1,584,232 · Other+18 moreGovernors State University Foundation: $210,000 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $210,000 · EducationSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $162,183 · EducationChicago Workers' Collaborative NFP: $51,861 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $185,000 · Housing & ShelterLESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER: $57,796 · Housing & ShelterWOMEN IN NEED RECOVERY: $45,000 · Housing & ShelterAPNA GHAR INC: $43,634 · Housing & ShelterFARMWORKER AND LANDSCAPER ADVOCACY PROJECT: $215,000 · EmploymentWORKING FAMILY SOLIDARITY: $30,000 · EmploymentChicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation: $94,410 · Civil RightsRESTORE JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $75,865 · Civil RightsCAIR-CHICAGO: $50,000 · Civil Rights
Crime & Legal$47,356,033Human Services$10,381,846Other$9,454,751Education$644,044Housing & Shelter$331,430Employment$245,000Civil Rights$220,275

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 budgetLAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC: $17,896,742 over 9y, 30% of budgetPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC: $15,666,687 over 9y, 16% of budgetCOORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $7,323,948 over 9y, 30% of budgetLEGAL AID CHICAGO: $4,443,427 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetDISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTITUTE INC: $2,660,977 over 9y, 22% of budgetCHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION: $2,185,904 over 9y, 10% of budgetILLINOIS LEGAL AID ONLINE: $1,714,387 over 9y, 11% of budgetGreater Chicago Legal Clinic: $1,299,946 over 9y, 11% of budgetEQUIP FOR EQUALITY: $1,290,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetCABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID: $1,268,718 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetResolution Systems Institute: $1,158,648 over 6y, 55% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $1,136,317 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION: $888,061 over 9y, 9.3% of budgetNORTH SUBURBAN LEGAL AID CLINIC: $866,065 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetLaw Center for Better Housing: $827,467 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetJAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY: $617,979 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetPublic Interest Law Initiative: $594,055 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetCenter for Disability & Elder Law Inc: $561,782 over 8y, 11% of budgetLEGACY LAW SCHOOL CORPORATION: $456,100 over 9y, 70% of budgetLIFE-SPAN: $393,386 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetASCEND JUSTICE: $384,835 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetWEST SIDE JUSTICE CENTER INC: $338,770 over 6y, 11% of budgetUptown People's Law Center: $330,921 over 9y, 9.0% of budgetBEYOND LEGAL AID: $326,532 over 8y, 6.7% of budgetLegal Council for Health Justice: $235,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetFARMWORKER AND LANDSCAPER ADVOCACY PROJECT: $215,000 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetGovernors State University Foundation: $210,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $210,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $185,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $162,183 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS: $137,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAlliance of Local Service Organizations: $127,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NETWORK ADVOCATING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $126,342 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: $125,364 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $125,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMETROPOLITAN TENANTS ORGANIZATION: $121,183 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetFirst Defense Legal Aid: $115,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetChicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation: $94,410 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetRAISE THE FLOOR ALLIANCE: $90,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCENTER FOR ECONOMIC PROGRESS: $80,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW: $79,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHINESE MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION: $77,537 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRESTORE JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $75,865 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $75,010 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc: $69,663 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDRENS LEGAL CENTER: $65,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPRO BONO NETWORK: $60,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetLESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER: $57,796 over 2y, 0.2% 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 LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC ↗
  • Who funds PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds COORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds DISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS LEGAL AID ONLINE ↗
  • Who funds Greater Chicago Legal Clinic ↗
  • Who funds EQUIP FOR EQUALITY ↗
  • Who funds CABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID ↗
  • Who funds Resolution Systems Institute ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Family Services ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SUBURBAN LEGAL AID CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Law Center for Better Housing ↗
  • Who funds JAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY ↗
  • Who funds Public Interest Law Initiative ↗
  • Who funds Center for Disability & Elder Law Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY LAW SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds LIFE-SPAN ↗
  • Who funds ASCEND JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds WEST SIDE JUSTICE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Uptown People's Law Center ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND LEGAL AID ↗
  • Who funds Legal Council for Health Justice ↗
  • Who funds FARMWORKER AND LANDSCAPER ADVOCACY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Governors State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS ↗
  • Who funds Alliance of Local Service Organizations ↗
  • Who funds THE NETWORK ADVOCATING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN TENANTS ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds First Defense Legal Aid ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation ↗
  • Who funds RAISE THE FLOOR ALLIANCE ↗

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.

Lawyers Trust Fund of…Polk Bros Foundation …The Chicago Bar Found…United Way of Metropo…Illinois Bar Foundati…The Chicago Community…Chicago Foundation fo…Public Interest Law I…The Resurrection Proj…The Sidley Austin Fou…ForefrontJohn D and Catherine …
Lawyers Trust Fund of IllinoisIL83× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Chicago Bar Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Illinois Bar Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago Foundation for Women · Public Interest Law Initiative · The Resurrection Project · The Sidley Austin Foundation · Forefront · John D and Catherine T Macarthur 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 Illinois Equal Justice Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Illinois Equal Justice Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 72 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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