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In Our Backyards Inc

Ioby mobilizes neighbors who have good ideas to become powerful civic leaders who plan, fund, and make positive change in their own neighborhoods.

$2.1M
Granted FY2023
100
Grants FY2023
17
States reached
$57k
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 2023.

Arts & Culture$2.0MFood & Nutrition$1.0MEnvironment$851kRecreation & Sports$727kCommunity Improvement$683kEducation$568kYouth Development$465kHuman Services$424kOther$0
02FY2023 · 100 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 100 grants below total $1,199,019, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,080,187 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $881,168 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k56 grants · $381k
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $760k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $57k
$9,494
Median grant
17
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAMA SCRAP'S INC$57,432
THE HUSTLE PRESENTS INC$48,500
FLAWLESS4YOUTH INC$31,490
THE MUSIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE$30,109
NORTHSONG WILD BIRD REHABILITATION$29,993
DON CONLEY BOXING CLUB$29,550
SAMHATI BENTONVILLE INC$29,400
THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK$28,374
MEXICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA$27,623
ACTION RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE INC$24,165
PROFESSIONAL ARTISTIC RESEARCH PROJECTS$21,104
PARTICIPANT INC$19,677
BEYOND THE VILLAGE INC$19,360
350 SACRAMENTO$18,765
LIGHTGRID TECHNOLOGIES INC$17,999
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 (FY17–23, $566k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CASA SAN JOSE: $11k → 11%MINC: $10k → 10%THE SLAPCOLLECTIVE INC: $10k → 6%MAIN STREET WETUMPKA: $11k → 12%MERCER STREET FRIENDS CENTER: $6k → 11%WE 3 QUEENS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ORGANIZATION: $9k → 21%HUMANITY HOUSE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES: $7k → 17%MY SISTER'S KEEPER - CLEVELAND: $6k → 17%UNITED SOMALI BANTU OF GREATER PITTSBURGH INC: $7k → 11%STREETS MINISTRIES: $6k → 17%GLASSWING INTERNATIONAL USA: $10k → 14%THE HOSPITALITY HUB: $31k → 17%THE HOSPITALITY HUB: $20k → 17%THE GAMBIAN YOUTHS ORGANIZATION INC: $11k → 28%THE HOSPITALITY HUB OF MEMPHIS: $12k → 17%LATINO MEMPHIS: $13k → 17%I AM MY SISTER'S KEEPER: $5k → 17%OMA CENTER FOR MIND BODY AND SPIRIT INC: $13k → 11%OMA CENTER FOR MIND BODY AND SPIRIT INC: $5k → 11%EAST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $5k → 17%AUNTIE NA'S VILLAGE: $25k → 21%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $23k → 11%ADAPTABILITY: $6k → 20%REFUGEE TRANSLATION PROJECT INC: $10k → 20%THE NEW SUN RISING: $19k → 11%THE NEW SUN RISING: $5k → 11%C-CLEAR EMPOWERMENT: $7k → 11%NORTH SIDE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT: $8k → 11%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $5k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ALLEGHENY BRANCH: $20k → 11%RPGA STUDIO INC: $8k → 17%THE NEW SUN RISING: $14k → 11%THE STILL REMEMBERED PROJECT: $10k → 11%SIXTH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $31k → 17%HARVARD COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER: $10k → 17%AFRICA HOUSE INTERNATIONAL: $6k → 17%GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 11%UPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL CORP: $30k → 17%UPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL CORP: $27k → 17%UPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL CORP: $22k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $15k → 20%NORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $6k → 17%UPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL CORP: $20k → 17%CROWN HEIGHTS MUTUAL AID: $9k → 20%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

VT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
MD
DE
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of In Our Backyards Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

In Our Backyards Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.4% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 82 repeat orgs$5.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

82 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2023, 54 since wound down; 69 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

82
298

Total granted

$3.3M
$4.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+31%

Still filing today

78%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $936k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $140k · revenue +153%
  • TH
    THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
    5× · 2019–2023 · $115k · revenue +184%
  • EM
    EASTERN MARKET CORPORATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $104k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • BU
    BLACKSPACE URBANIST COLLECTIVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $162k · revenue +189% · 43% of their budget
  • BC
    Beech Community Services
    one grant, 2021 · $104k · revenue -79%
  • MF
    MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE IN EL BARRIO INC
    one grant, 2020 · $69k · revenue -15%
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
Common Good Alliance

Founded by a group of passionate individuals, CGA champions the cause of economic and cultural equity within our vibrant communities. Since its inception, CGA has committed itself to fostering flourishing neighborhoods, ensuring that every…

Community Improvement
2
Oneida Square Arts District Association Inc

To enrich the lives of residents, artists, and businesses in utica's new york arts district by fostering creativity, inspiring community engagement, driving technological innovation, and celebrating a sustainable cultural vibrancy.

Arts & Culture
3
Harlem Arts Foundation

The Harlem Art''s Foundation''s Mission Is To Showcase And Preserve Harlem''s Tradition Of Rich Culture And Community By Working With Our Local Partners To Strategically Shape The Physical And Social Opportunities Of Our Neighborhood…

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4
Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts Ny Inc

NOCD-NY is a citywide alliance of cultural networks and community leaders that have joined together to revitalize New York City from the neighborhood up. NOCD-NY came together in 2010 in response to the vision, sustained needs, and…

Human Services
5
A Better Way Brooklyn Inc

A better way brooklyn, inc. is a new york not-for-profit corporation formed for the purposes of educating the public about transportation issues throughout new york city by promoting community awareness and concerns on construction and…

Public Benefit
6
Brooklyn Heights Community Garden

Brooklyn Heights Community Garden cultivates healthy community through growing food, intergenerational learning and creative play.

Community Improvement
7
Howl Arts Inc
Arts & Culture
8
Central Baltimore Partnership Inc

The mission of the central baltimore partnership cbp is to galvanize the renaissance of the neighborhoods of central baltimore, creating a diverse, equitable community where everyone can thrive. the organization pursues its mission by…

Community Improvement
9
Hub for Urban Initiatives
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10
Arts District Community Council La

The arts district community council of la is a 501c3 non profit org made up of a district wide coalition of community stakeholders whose goal is to preserve, protect, enhance the neighborhood which it serves

Community Improvement
11
Patterson Park Neighborhood Association Inc

The mission of PPNA is to nurture diversity and empower residents to work together toward a healthy future for our neighborhood.

Community Improvement
12
Civ Lab Inc

CIV:LAB connects local actors with the resources and funding required to launch bold responses to the most pressing challenges facing their communities. Civ Lab aims to enhance community resilience and security by expanding the workforce,…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fund for Public Housing Inc; the most unlike its peers is I Sound Performing Arts Community Development Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

335 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. 335 of the 457 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.

22
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
133
Early backer (in before they grew)
315/335
Grantees still filing
219/335
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

+106 more: $3,133,227 · Other+106 moreBLACKSPACE URBANIST COLLECTIVE INC: $162,010 · Arts & CultureBLACKSPACE URBANIST C…ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $139,855 · Arts & CultureALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS…CHICKWEED ALLIANCE: $73,755 · Arts & CultureCHICKWEED ALLIANCEDistrict of Columbia Arts Center: $61,895 · Arts & CultureCleveland Rocks Past Present and Future: $58,039 · Arts & CultureWE ARE THE CULTURE CREATORS NONPROFIT: $58,025 · Arts & CultureDBA ARTSINC: $44,727 · Arts & Culture+25 more: $626,066 · Arts & Culture+25 morePS20 PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC PS20 CLINTON HILLS PTA: $82,064 · EducationPS20 PARE…BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL: $77,232 · EducationBROOKLYN …PHILADELPHIA YOUTH FOR CHANGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $58,395 · EducationPHILADELP…CHILDREN FIRST CEO KANSAS INC: $49,881 · EducationCHILDREN …SOLAR YOUTH INC: $34,489 · EducationSOLAR YOU…CROCKERRIVERSIDE PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION: $33,835 · EducationCROCKERRI…LA CASA GUADALUPANA CORP: $32,423 · EducationLA CASA G…BIRTHING BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES: $27,398 · EducationCENTRAL BROOKLYN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $19,981 · Education+9 more: $138,782 · Education+9 moreBeech Community Services: $104,012 · Community ImprovementBeech Com…THE HUUB INC: $95,714 · Community ImprovementTHE HUUB …UNIVERSITY OF ORANGE INC: $31,264 · Community ImprovementUNIVERSIT…THE TUXEDO PROJECT: $29,894 · Community ImprovementTHE TUXED…Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation: $27,470 · Community ImprovementSEA ISLE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: $26,743 · Community ImprovementCLAREMORE MAIN STREET INC: $25,238 · Community ImprovementBLOOMFIELD-GARFIELD CORPORATION: $25,086 · Community ImprovementHIGHLAND CLUBHOUSE INC: $24,925 · Community ImprovementORGANIC CONNECTS: $21,727 · Community ImprovementREGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION INC: $21,476 · Community ImprovementNEW HAVEN - URBAN RESOURCES INITIATIVE INC: $20,262 · Community ImprovementSOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH INC: $19,443 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF SPRING GARDEN EAST DEUTSCHTOWN: $19,302 · Community Improvement+4 more: $57,641 · Community Improvement+4 moreTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $114,591 · EnvironmentTHE BRONX IS BLOOMING: $70,318 · EnvironmentEARTH MATTER NY INC: $48,254 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $41,101 · EnvironmentLEAVE IT BETTER FOUNDATION INC: $30,451 · EnvironmentGREENWICH GREEN & CLEAN INC: $24,133 · EnvironmentOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC: $22,031 · EnvironmentEARTH DAY NEW YORK INC: $20,034 · EnvironmentWOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentTHE JONAH CENTER FOR EARTH AND ART: $19,086 · EnvironmentUPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL CORP: $98,976 · Human ServicesTHE HOSPITALITY HUB OF MEMPHIS: $62,427 · Human ServicesNEW SUN RISING: $38,277 · Human ServicesSIXTH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $31,019 · Human ServicesAUNTIE NA'S VILLAGE: $25,293 · Human ServicesURBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $22,910 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $20,476 · Human ServicesOMA Center for Mind Body and Spirit Inc: $18,097 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $15,173 · Human ServicesLATINO MEMPHIS INC: $13,461 · Human ServicesEASTERN MARKET CORPORATION: $104,497 · Food & NutritionEVLoves LLC: $58,736 · Food & NutritionRETHINK FOOD NYC INC: $49,518 · Food & NutritionCLICK INC: $40,586 · Food & NutritionFRIENDS OF LACHAT INC: $18,856 · Food & NutritionTHE CONNECTED CHEF FOUNDATION INC: $17,576 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,133,227Arts & Culture$1,224,372Education$554,480Community Improvement$550,197Environment$409,999Human Services$346,109Food & Nutrition$289,769

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBLACKSPACE URBANIST COLLECTIVE INC: $162,010 over 1y, 43% of budgetALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $139,855 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $114,591 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetEASTERN MARKET CORPORATION: $104,497 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBeech Community Services: $104,012 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $101,465 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL CORP: $98,976 over 4y, 18% of budgetTHE HUUB INC: $95,714 over 4y, 15% of budgetFIREFLY TRAIL INC: $93,497 over 2y, 64% of budgetSEEDS IN THE MIDDLE INC: $86,875 over 4y, 26% of budgetPS20 PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC PS20 CLINTON HILLS PTA: $82,064 over 6y, 15% of budgetEAST ALLEGHENY COMMUNITY COUNCIL: $78,019 over 4y, 69% of budgetBROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL: $77,232 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetREFRESH COLLECTIVE: $77,004 over 3y, 15% of budgetTHE WYCKOFF HOUSE & ASSOCIATION INC: $76,089 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetCHICKWEED ALLIANCE: $73,755 over 3y, 29% of budgetTHE BRONX IS BLOOMING: $70,318 over 4y, 18% of budgetMOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE IN EL BARRIO INC: $68,925 over 1y, 19% of budgetTHE HOSPITALITY HUB OF MEMPHIS: $62,427 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetDistrict of Columbia Arts Center: $61,895 over 2y, 10% of budgetEVLoves LLC: $58,736 over 3y, 18% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH FOR CHANGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $58,395 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCleveland Rocks Past Present and Future: $58,039 over 2y, 38% of budgetWE ARE THE CULTURE CREATORS NONPROFIT: $58,025 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetCHILDREN FIRST CEO KANSAS INC: $49,881 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetRETHINK FOOD NYC INC: $49,518 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $49,215 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEARTH MATTER NY INC: $48,254 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH LIBERATION: $44,920 over 1y, 64% of budgetDBA ARTSINC: $44,727 over 1y, 37% of budgetSUMMER IN THE CITY: $43,751 over 3y, 15% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $43,575 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $41,101 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLICK INC: $40,586 over 1y, 15% of budgetDMF YOUTH INC: $38,897 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetNEW SUN RISING: $38,277 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBAILEY'S CAFE INC: $37,812 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetSLB RADIO PRODUCTIONS INC: $37,506 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetSOLAR YOUTH INC: $34,489 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCROCKERRIVERSIDE PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION: $33,835 over 1y, 24% of budget360 ACADEMIC SPORTS ACADEMY INC: $33,430 over 1y, 59% of budgetGarage Cultural: $33,273 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetLA CASA GUADALUPANA CORP: $32,423 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $32,271 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HERITAGE THEATRE GROUP: $31,341 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetALPHA SIGMA BOULE FOUNDATION: $31,292 over 1y, 34% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ORANGE INC: $31,264 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $31,038 over 3y, 0.1% 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.

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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

City Parks Foundation…The Char and Chuck Fo…The George Gund Found…The Cleveland Foundat…The Buhl FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsLily Auchincloss Foun…Sustainable Ct IncProgram to Aid Citize…East 66th Street Serv…Saint Lukes Foundatio…Brooklyn Arts Council…
City Parks Foundation IncNY43.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: City Parks Foundation Inc · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Sustainable Ct Inc · Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise Inc · East 66th Street Services Inc · Saint Lukes Foundation of Cleveland Ohio · Brooklyn Arts Council Inc

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 In Our Backyards Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from In Our Backyards Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 33%
  • New Haven - Urban Resources Initiative Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Windham Regional Community Council Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Click Inc: 44% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater New Haven Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Keney Park Sustainability Project: 37% of income from government
  • Ridge to Reefs Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Solar Youth Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Inc: 13% of income from government
  • The Huub Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Friends of the Litchfield Community Greenway Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Brattleboro Museum & Art Centerinc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
54report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.

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 457 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home