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Initiative Foundation

To empower people to build thriving communities and a vibrant region across central minnesota.

$10.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
214
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$146k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$23MEnvironment$3.2MEducation$2.8MHousing & Shelter$1.8MHuman Services$1.6MFood & Nutrition$890kHealth$732kPhilanthropy$674kOther$0
02FY2024 · 214 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 214 grants below total $5,542,491, the rows itemized in this filing. The $9,989,131 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,446,640 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k32 grants · $232k
  • $10k–50k145 grants · $3.1M
  • $50k–250k37 grants · $2.2M
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$115M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF WADENA$146,160
CITY OF PRINCETON$111,008
COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE INC$75,000
UNITED COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC$75,000
Individual grant recipient$75,000
RELATIONSHIP SAFETY ALLIANCE$75,000
ALL NATIONS RISE$74,000
PEARL CRISIS CENTER$73,000
FRIENDS OF SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE INC$65,000
RECOVERY COMMUNITY NETWORK$60,000
OASIS CENTRAL MINNESOTA$60,000
KASSON MANTORVILLE COMMUNITY EDUCATION$50,000
VIVA TOBACCO & MORE LLC$50,000
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE FREE CLINIC$50,000
SAFE AVENUES$50,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BIG LAKE COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF INC: $55k → 6%EMPOWERING KIDS: $36k → 9%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN - WEST CENTRAL MN: $50k → 9%SAFE AVENUES: $50k → 9%FAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER INCORPORATED: $15k → 9%RED WING IGNITE: $26k → 9%WARREN SOS: $13k → 11%HEART-N-SOUL COMMUNITY CAFE INC: $27k → 12%NORTH SHORE HORIZONS: $20k → 8%CENTRAL MINNESOTA ELDER NETWORK: $10k → 9%KANDIYOHI COUNTY AREA FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $20k → 9%THRIVE CHILD CARE AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $50k → 9%MARSHALL AREA YMCA: $20k → 11%A GREAT DAY FARM FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WORTHINGTON MINNESOTA: $20k → 11%WOMEN'S RURAL ADVOCACY PROGRAMS: $15k → 11%RELATIONSHIP SAFETY ALLIANCE: $75k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $25k → 14%BRAINERD FAMILY YMCA: $50k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MN: $25k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $13k → 14%BRAINERD FAMILY YMCA: $50k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE - BAXTER YOUTH SHELTER: $10k → 14%FAMILY SAFETY NETWORK: $20k → 14%BIG LAKE COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF INC: $10k → 6%NEW PATHWAYS INC: $60k → 7%THE LINK: $30k → 11%WRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $40k → 5%THE LINK: $25k → 11%WRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $15k → 5%NEW PATHWAYS INC: $45k → 7%BRAINERD FAMILY YMCA: $40k → 11%WRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $10k → 5%NEW PATHWAYS INC: $20k → 7%OASIS CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $60k → 10%OASIS CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $60k → 10%FIRST CHILDREN'S FINANCE: $30k → 11%FIRST CHILDREN'S FINANCE: $30k → 11%PEARL CRISIS CENTER: $73k → 11%WALKER ADULT DAY SERVICES: $10k → 14%NEW PATHWAYS INC: $10k → 7%LONGVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $13k → 14%LONGVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $11k → 14%NEW PATHWAYS INC: $10k → 7%BRAINERD FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 11%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $55k → 5%BREATH OF LIFE ADULT DAY SERVICE: $12k → 11%FAITH IN ACTION FOR CASS COUNTY: $15k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
ND
MN
MI
NY
IA
CO
KY
KS
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 10% of Initiative Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in MN; by stated purpose, 89%.

Initiative Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 278 repeat orgs$25M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

278 repeat relationships: 54 still active in FY2024, 224 since wound down; 133 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

278
1583

Total granted

$13M
$21M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+27%

Still filing today

29%
4%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $518k · revenue +12%
  • NW
    NORTHERN WATERS LAND TRUST
    6× · 2018–2023 · $328k · revenue +764%
  • NP
    New Pathways Inc
    6× · 2018–2024 · $197k · revenue +264%

Funded once

  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
    one grant, 2017 · $800k
  • GL
    GREATER LAKE SYLVIA ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $623k · revenue -48%
  • WF
    WILDLIFE FOREVER
    one grant, 2017 · $265k · revenue -2%
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
Arc Northland

To promote and protect the rights of people with disabilities and their families while supporting inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetime.

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2
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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3
Community Pathways of Steele County

To assist individuals and families meet their basic needs by providing resources in a healthy and caring environment. through these actions we build hope and support self-sufficiency.

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4
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
5
Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc

Develop resources and opportunities which empower people and communities.

Community Improvement
6
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
7
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
8
Leadership Matters Mn

Leadership matters mn is focused on advancing a policy agenda that places working minnesotans first. we support economic growth, job creation and equitable tax and education policies that will allow every minnesotan to thrive.

Education
9
Area Partnership for Economic Expansion

Promote and develop economic expansion in duluth and northeastern mn and northwestern wisconsin. the organization leads regional research efforts related to human resources, and emerging industries to inform business development and…

Community Improvement
10
Minnesota Leadership Council On Aging

The Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging is uniting leaders to advance equitable opportunities for all Minnesotans as we age.

Education
11
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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12
Keystone Community Services

To strengthen the capacity of individuals and families to improve their quality of life.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership Inc; the most unlike its peers is Happy Dancing Turtle Dba Resilient Living Council. 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

236 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. 236 of the 2,000 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
59
Early backer (in before they grew)
227/236
Grantees still filing
146/236
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: $800,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK SERVICECITY OF WADENA: $545,462 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $517,785 · OtherSAUK RAPIDS-RICE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $460,129 · Other+150 more: $9,794,254 · Other+150 moreNew Pathways Inc: $197,000 · Human ServicesNew Pathw…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BRAINERD: $182,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN…OASIS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesOASIS CEN…HOMELESS HELPING HOMELESS: $100,000 · Human ServicesHOMELESS …LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $96,500 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN …Family Pathways: $76,497 · Human ServicesWRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesMID-MINNESOTA WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesPEARL BATTERED WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $73,000 · Human ServicesBIG LAKE COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF INC: $65,000 · Human ServicesFIRST CHILDREN'S FINANCE: $60,000 · Human ServicesTHE LINK: $55,000 · Human ServicesLONGVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $53,100 · Human ServicesSAFE AVENUES: $50,000 · Human ServicesSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHRIVE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $50,000 · Human Services+2 more: $71,000 · Human ServicesGREATER LAKE SYLVIA ASSOCIATION INC: $623,340 · EnvironmentNORTHERN WATERS LAND TRUST: $328,422 · EnvironmentGULL CHAIN OF LAKES ASSOCIATION: $47,422 · Environment+1 more: $27,500 · EnvironmentGREATER ST CLOUD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $319,000 · Community ImprovementBRAINERD LAKES AREA DEVELOPMENT CORP: $80,000 · Community ImprovementUNITED COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $75,000 · Community ImprovementINITIATIVE FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF CROW WING COUNTY: $72,960 · Community ImprovementNORTHFIELD HEALTHY COMMUNITY INITIATIVE: $50,000 · Community ImprovementCommunity Action of Pequot Lakes: $35,000 · Community ImprovementCOLLIDER FOUNDATION: $34,603 · Community ImprovementBENTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INC: $30,000 · Community ImprovementCORNELL COLLEGE: $106,600 · EducationANDERSON CENTER INC: $102,500 · EducationST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $85,235 · EducationALL NATIONS RISE INC: $74,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $73,336 · EducationST CLOUD TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $67,000 · EducationRice County Neighbors United: $50,000 · EducationSOMALI AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF OWATONNA: $50,000 · EducationLAZARUS PROJECT INC THE: $42,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT: $30,000 · EducationWILDLIFE FOREVER: $264,800 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE INC: $77,100 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF PINE GROVE ZOO: $37,577 · AnimalsCOMMUNITYGIVING: $254,752 · PhilanthropyCAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $62,500 · Philanthropy
Other$12,117,630Human Services$1,449,597Environment$1,026,684Community Improvement$771,563Education$680,671Animals$379,477Philanthropy$317,252

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $517,785 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetNORTHERN WATERS LAND TRUST: $328,422 over 6y, 19% of budgetGREATER ST CLOUD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $319,000 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetWILDLIFE FOREVER: $264,800 over 1y, 16% of budgetCOMMUNITYGIVING: $254,752 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNew Pathways Inc: $197,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BRAINERD: $182,500 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetLAKES & PINES COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $122,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetOASIS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INC: $120,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetACTIVE CENTRAL MN: $115,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetANISHINABE LEGAL SERVICES: $112,500 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetCORNELL COLLEGE: $106,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetANDERSON CENTER INC: $102,500 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetHOMELESS HELPING HOMELESS: $100,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LEECH LAKE AREA INC: $100,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $96,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL MN RE-ENTRY PROJECT: $95,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetTHE YES NETWORK: $92,500 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetCONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER INC: $90,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $85,235 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBRAINERD LAKES AREA DEVELOPMENT CORP: $80,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetPUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 3y, 57% of budgetWHITEFISH AREA PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION: $78,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetFRIENDS OF SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE INC: $77,100 over 2y, 41% of budgetFamily Pathways: $76,497 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH STAR FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER: $75,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINITIATIVE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMID-MINNESOTA WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $75,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetHANDS OF HOPE RESOURCE CENTER INC: $75,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetALL NATIONS RISE INC: $74,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $73,336 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEARL BATTERED WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $73,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF CROW WING COUNTY: $72,960 over 1y, 22% of budgetCENTRAL MINNESOTA COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION: $72,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetBRAINERD LAKES CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $67,500 over 7y, 15% of budgetST CLOUD TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $67,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetNORTHEAST ENTREPRENEUR FUND INC: $66,590 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBIG LAKE COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF INC: $65,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetSPORTSMENS CLUB OF LAKE VERMILION DBA VERMILION LAKE ASSOCIATION: $63,550 over 2y, 23% of budgetCAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $62,500 over 3y, 28% of budgetHIGHER WORKS COLLABORATIVE: $62,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetFIRST CHILDREN'S FINANCE: $60,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetRecovery Community Network Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE LINK: $55,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLAKES AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $55,000 over 2y, 2.8% 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 GREATER LAKE SYLVIA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN WATERS LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds GREATER ST CLOUD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE FOREVER ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITYGIVING ↗
  • Who funds New Pathways Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BRAINERD ↗
  • Who funds LAKES & PINES COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds OASIS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INC ↗
  • Who funds ACTIVE CENTRAL MN ↗
  • Who funds ANISHINABE LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CORNELL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ANDERSON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS HELPING HOMELESS ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LEECH LAKE AREA INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL MN RE-ENTRY PROJECT ↗

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.

CommunitygivingUnited Way of Central…C K Blandin FoundationGranite Partners Foun…Morgan Family Foundat…Minnesota Power Found…Rick and Helga Bauerl…Mardag FoundationEdina Realty Foundati…Open Your Heart to th…Central Minnesota Art…Second Harvest North …
CommunitygivingMN53.4× affinity105 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communitygiving · United Way of Central Minnesota · C K Blandin Foundation · Granite Partners Foundation of Minnesota Inc · Morgan Family Foundation · Minnesota Power Foundation · Rick and Helga Bauerly Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Edina Realty Foundation · Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless · Central Minnesota Arts Board · Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

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 Initiative Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Initiative 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    44report 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, 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 2000 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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