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Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
73
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$2.7MHealth$1.9MFood & Nutrition$1.4MHousing & Shelter$1.2MReligion$420kEducation$395kRecreation & Sports$20kEmployment$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 73 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k61 grants · $920k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $555k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Brookwood Community$100,000
St Dominic Village$100,000
Stilwell Retirement Residence$55,000
Target Hunger$50,000
All Saints Catholic Parish$50,000
Vita-Living Inc$50,000
Houston Hospice$50,000
Holly Hall$50,000
Galveston County Food Bank$50,000
Dominican Sisters of Mary Immaculate Province$45,000
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc$45,000
The Beacon$35,000
Missions of Yahweh Inc$35,000
Regional East Texas Food Bank$30,000
Clarewood House Inc$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Comal County Senior Citizens Founda: $30k → 10%Interfaith Caring Ministries Inc: $40k → 14%Jasper County Committee on Aging Inc: $30k → 19%Nacogdoches County Aging Committee: $14k → 23%Hearts for Homes Inc: $25k → 8%Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels: $15k → 8%Comal County Senior Citizens Foundation: $30k → 10%Interfaith Caring Ministries: $10k → 14%DisABILITYsa: $10k → 16%Jasper County Committee on Aging Inc: $25k → 19%Meals on Wheels Collin County: $10k → 5%Hearts for Homes: $15k → 8%Fort Bend Senior Citizens Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $15k → 8%Comal County Senior Citizens Founda: $30k → 10%Interfaith Caring Ministries Inc: $10k → 14%Wesley Community Center Inc: $20k → 16%Jasper County Committee On Aging: $30k → 19%Meals on Wheels Collin County: $10k → 5%Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $10k → 8%Houstons Amazing Place Inc: $100k → 16%Jasper County Committee On Aging: $20k → 19%Family Service Association: $20k → 16%Comal County Senior Citizens Foundation: $20k → 10%Galveston County Food Bank: $50k → 14%Houstons Amazing Place Inc: $25k → 16%Galveston County Food Bank: $50k → 14%Galveston County Food Bank: $50k → 14%Galveston County Food Bank: $50k → 14%Houston's Amazing Place: $25k → 16%Galveston County Food Bank: $50k → 14%Galveston County Food Bank: $35k → 14%Marbridge Foundation Inc: $25k → 10%Marbridge Foundation Inc: $18k → 10%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: $40k → 16%Center For Pursuit: $50k → 16%Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers SW: $20k → 16%Target Hunger: $110k → 16%Target Hunger: $50k → 16%Target Hunger: $25k → 16%Target Hunger: $15k → 16%Target Hunger: $15k → 16%Chinese Community Center Inc: $20k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $30k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $20k → 16%Holly Hall: $50k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $15k → 16%Houston Aphasia Recovery Center: $15k → 16%Precinct2gether Inc: $30k → 16%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 84 repeat orgs$677k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

84 repeat relationships: 54 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

84
26

Total granted

$7.4M
$432k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+17%

Still filing today

86%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionReligionEducationOther
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

  • The Brookwood Community Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $540k · revenue +29%
  • SD
    ST DOMINIC VILLAGE
    5× · 2019–2024 · $325k · revenue +13%
  • GC
    GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK
    6× · 2019–2024 · $285k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +17%
  • AD
    Agape Development Ministries
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -7%
  • WL
    W LEO DANIELS TOWERS
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
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
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas

Established in 1934, vna helps older adults live with dignity and independence at home by providing in-home care, food and friendship for the ill, hungry, and homebound.

Health
2
Houston County Council On Aging Inc

The organizations primary mission is to provide and deliver nutritious meals to eligible persons allowing them to maintain their independence. The agency is generally known as Meals on Wheels.

Human Services
3
Meals On Wheels Montgomery County

To foster the independence and dignity of homebound seniors in montgomery county by providing them with nutritious meals, transportation, and caring connections.

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4
Meals On Wheels of Odessa Inc

Meals on Wheels of Odessa enables people to live with dignity by offering community support and sustenance through coordinated services and enable older adults to live in their own homes safely and independently as long as they are able.

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5
Meals On Wheels - Walker Countytx Inc

The center functions to serve senior adults 60 yrs and older. provide programs and services that will enable the individuals to be an integral part of the community and allow them to retain independence dignity and sense of well being

Human Services
6
Eastwood Senior Housing Inc

Low income housing for the elderly.

Housing & Shelter
7
LifeHouse of Houston Inc

LifeHouse is a Christ-centered ministry ensuring life for unborn children by providing opportunities for housing, help, and hope for young women during their pregnancies and beyond.

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8
Mission Health Care Inc

The organization operates an adult day care facility in midland, texas which offers a multi-disciplinary, comprehensive health and activity program for frail and impaired elderly and disabled residents.

Health
9
Tex Elderly Housing Inc
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10
Meals On Wheels North Central Texas Inc

Organization provides services to senior citizens and the disabled, primarily through home-delivered meals and congregate meals.

Human Services
11
Somervell County Committee On Aging Inc

To serve the elderly of somervell county, tx providing information on aging and assisting family and friends who care for older citizens, with emphasis on minority and low income persons.

Human Services
12
Hospice of San Angelo Inc

Hospice of san angelo, inc. (hospice or organization) provides an expert approach to care for those living with a limiting illness in the comfort of their own home and designated nursing homes throughout the twelve counties in the west…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels San Antonio; the most unlike its peers is The Museum of Fine Arts Houston. 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

106 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. 106 of the 129 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
103/106
Grantees still filing
74/106
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST DOMINIC VILLAGE: $325,000 · OtherST DOMINIC VILLAGEVITA LIVING INC: $215,000 · OtherVITA LIVING INCMISSION OF YAHWEH INC: $205,000 · OtherMISSION OF YAHWEH INCHouston Hospice: $195,000 · OtherHouston HospiceSEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES: $165,000 · OtherREGIONAL EAST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $150,000 · OtherInterfaith Ministries for Gr Housto: $135,000 · OtherHouston Area Parkinson Society: $135,000 · OtherDominican Sisters of Mary Immaculate Province: $133,000 · Other+51 more: $1,665,000 · Other+51 moreGALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $285,000 · Human ServicesGALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANKTarget Hunger Inc: $215,000 · Human ServicesTarget Hunger IncHouston's Amazing Place Inc: $150,000 · Human ServicesHouston's Amazing Place In…COMAL COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS FOUNDATION: $120,000 · Human ServicesCOMAL COUNTY SENIOR CITIZE…JASPER COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesJASPER COUNTY COMMITTEE ON…NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $95,000 · Human ServicesINTERFAITH CARING MINISTRIES INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR PURSUIT: $75,000 · Human ServicesMARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $72,500 · Human Services+22 more: $679,277 · Human Services+22 moreTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON: $205,000 · HealthTHE BEACON OF…SEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC: $150,000 · HealthSEVEN ACRES J…CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare: $125,000 · HealthCHRISTUS Foun…EASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $110,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS …Halo House Foundation: $90,000 · HealthHalo House Fo…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 · HealthFRIENDS FOR LIFE: $50,000 · HealthARTHUR NAGEL COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $47,500 · HealthThe Montrose Center: $40,000 · HealthProject MEND: $35,000 · Health+4 more: $75,000 · Health+4 moreClarewood House Inc: $185,000 · Housing & ShelterClarewood H…Rebuilding Together Houston: $130,000 · Housing & ShelterRebuilding …New Hope Housing Inc: $125,000 · Housing & ShelterNew Hope Ho…Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc: $115,000 · Housing & ShelterHouston Hab…TEXAS RETIRED TEACHERS RESIDENCE CORP: $105,000 · Housing & ShelterTEXAS RETIR…NIXON HOME CARE INC: $90,000 · Housing & ShelterNIXON HOME …TEXAS RAMP PROJECT: $60,000 · Housing & ShelterTEXAS RAMP …+2 more: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterThe Brookwood Community Inc: $540,000 · EducationThe Brook…Good Samaritan Foundation of Texas Inc: $95,000 · EducationGood Sama…Agape Development Ministries: $50,000 · EducationAgape Dev…MEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC: $80,000 · Food & NutritionRAINBOW SENIOR CENTER: $62,500 · Food & NutritionCUISINE FOR HEALING: $40,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS MINISTRY INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH TEXAS: $30,000 · Food & NutritionCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $10,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS INC OF TARRANT COUNTY: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCANCARE INC: $70,000 · ReligionINTERFAITH CAREPARTNERS INC: $50,000 · ReligionEvelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston: $20,000 · ReligionCIUDAD NUEVA COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN: $15,000 · Religion
Other$3,323,000Human Services$1,876,777Health$977,500Housing & Shelter$830,000Education$685,000Food & Nutrition$277,500Religion$155,000

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 budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $540,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetST DOMINIC VILLAGE: $325,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetGALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $285,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetVITA LIVING INC: $215,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTarget Hunger Inc: $215,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON: $205,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMISSION OF YAHWEH INC: $205,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetHouston Hospice: $195,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetClarewood House Inc: $185,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC: $150,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHouston's Amazing Place Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetREGIONAL EAST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Area Parkinson Society: $135,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetRebuilding Together Houston: $130,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetCHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare: $125,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNew Hope Housing Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCOMAL COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetHouston Habitat for Humanity Inc: $115,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $110,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTEXAS RETIRED TEACHERS RESIDENCE CORP: $105,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetJASPER COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING INC: $105,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $95,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGood Samaritan Foundation of Texas Inc: $95,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetNIXON HOME CARE INC: $90,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetHalo House Foundation: $90,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetTHE ROSE: $85,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH CARING MINISTRIES INC: $80,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR PURSUIT: $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEden Home Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $72,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCANCARE INC: $70,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetMETROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $70,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetRAINBOW SENIOR CENTER: $62,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetSunshine House Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetSECOND SERVINGS OF HOUSTON: $60,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $60,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPRECINCT2GETHER INC: $60,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetGolden Age Hobby House of Houston Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 88% of budgetTEXAS RAMP PROJECT: $60,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: $55,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHolly Hall: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAgape Development Ministries: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINTERFAITH CAREPARTNERS INC: $50,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS FOR LIFE: $50,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 The Brookwood Community Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST DOMINIC VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds VITA LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds Target Hunger Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds MISSION OF YAHWEH INC ↗
  • Who funds Houston Hospice ↗
  • Who funds Clarewood House Inc ↗
  • Who funds SEVEN ACRES JEWISH SENIOR CARE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Houston's Amazing Place Inc ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL EAST TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Houston Area Parkinson Society ↗
  • Who funds Rebuilding Together Houston ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare ↗
  • Who funds New Hope Housing Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMAL COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS RETIRED TEACHERS RESIDENCE CORP ↗
  • Who funds JASPER COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Good Samaritan Foundation of Texas Inc ↗
  • Who funds NIXON HOME CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds Halo House Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE ROSE ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH CARING MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR PURSUIT ↗
  • Who funds Eden Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CANCARE INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗

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.

Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable FoundationTX58.5× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · The Moody Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · Strake Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Texas Mutual Insurance Company · MD Anderson 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 Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    42report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust 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.

    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 129 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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