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James & Wanda Hollensteiner Fdn Lisa Mary Hollensteiner

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$353k
Granted FY2025still arriving
67
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202025.

Education$192kPublic Safety & Disaster$160kArts & Culture$109kEnvironment$93kRecreation & Sports$82kYouth Development$80kCrime & Legal$67kHealth$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 67 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k60 grants · $132k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $71k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
$2,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROLLINS FIRE FOUNDATION$150,000
FILM INDEPENDENT$15,750
ROYAL FAMILY KIDS CAMP$15,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
SAFE PASSAGE FOR CHILDREN OF MN$10,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$10,000
HOPE ON THE ROW$8,000
MALARIA CONSORTIUM$5,700
NATE CHUTE FOUNDATION$5,000
SWAN VALLEY CONNECTIONS$5,000
FLATHEAD FOOD BANK$5,000
LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME$5,000
CENTR FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE$5,000
SPARROW'S NEST$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Foster Advocates: $1k → 14%Vigilant Torch Foundation: $1k → 6%Foundation For The Horse: $4k → 15%Foundation For The Horse: $4k → 15%Night Ministry: $500 → 14%Night Ministry: $500 → 14%Night Ministry: $500 → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $250 → 14%LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME: $5k → 11%Night Ministry: $250 → 14%CENTR FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: $5k → 11%Operation Stand Down Tennessee: $1k → 14%Operation Stand Down Tennessee: $1k → 14%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $1k → 14%MUSIC FOR SENIORS: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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VT
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MN
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NY
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IN
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CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
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TN
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SC
DC
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$730k · 75 repeat orgs$334k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +32% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

75 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2025, 57 since wound down; 36 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

75
46

Total granted

$730k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+10%

Still filing today

67%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $268k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SP
    Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota
    6× · 2020–2025 · $62k · revenue +126%
  • NM
    NORTHWEST MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $51k · revenue +105%
  • LC
    LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME AND SERVICES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $19k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • MS
    MONTANA STATE UNIVERISTY OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI AFFAIRS
    one grant, 2020 · $11k
  • RF
    Reach Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
2
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
3
Harpeth Conservancy

To restore and protect clean water and healthy ecosystems for rivers in tennessee by employing scientific expertise and collaborative relationships to develop, promote, and support broad community stewardship and action.

Environment
4
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
5
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
6
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc

The mission of the rocky mountain elk foundation (rmef) is to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife, their habitat and our hunting heritage. our mission includes four core programs; land protection and access, hunting heritage, habitat…

Animals
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
St Luke Community Hospital

The mission of st. luke community healthcare is to remain an integral component of the communities of the mission valley through the delivery of personal, compassionate, quality health care in a dignified manner that values our patients,…

Health
11
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
12
Conservation Minnesota

Conservation minnesota's mission is to turn our shared conservation values into state priorities and provide you with the information you need to make decisions for your family, community and future.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee and the most unlike its peers is Helping Hands Foundation Fka the Blanton Harrell Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Food Banks and PantriesWomen & Girls Leadership De…Volunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Animal Rescue and ShelterFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Military Veterans SupportChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Health Access Advocacy and …Equine Therapy ProgramsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Youth Sports ProgramsCommunity FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…Community FoundationsLocal History Museums
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%2%<5yr12%5%5–10yr21%21%10–20yr16%31%20–35yr19%25%35–55yr15%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%24%<5yr12%7%5–10yr21%18%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr19%24%35–55yr15%4%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 24% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/98
the rest of the field
8%
819/9,874

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

88 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 88 of the 159 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/88
Grantees still filing
62/88
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Royal Family Kids Camp — $101,000 · OtherRoyal Family Kids CampMontana State University — $77,000 · OtherMontana State UniversityNORTHWEST MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $51,000 · OtherNORTHWEST MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCFLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE — $41,000 · OtherFLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGEWOMEN OF ROLLINS CLUB — $31,950 · Other+119 more — $395,160 · Other+119 moreROLLINS FIRE FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 · Public Safety & DisasterROLLINS FIRE FO…Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota — $62,300 · Crime & LegalTHE LOPPET FOUNDATION INC — $17,250 · Recreation & SportsBOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION — $16,000 · Recreation & SportsGLACIER NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCY — $9,000 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 · Recreation & Sports+2 more — $200 · Recreation & SportsLIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME AND SERVICES INC — $18,500 · Human ServicesTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE — $5,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE — $3,200 · Human ServicesCITIZENS FOR A BETTER FLATHEAD — $2,590 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINISTRY — $2,000 · Human Services+3 more — $2,500 · Human ServicesMALARIA CONSORTIUM US INC — $12,700 · HealthHOPE PREGNANCY MINISTRIES OF KALISPELL MONTANA INC — $9,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $8,650 · HealthNATE CHUTE FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · HealthRush University Medical Center — $2,000 · Health+6 more — $4,300 · HealthFLATHEAD LAKERS INC — $15,600 · EnvironmentSWAN VALLEY CONNECTIONS — $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE — $6,000 · EnvironmentFLATHEAD LAND TRUST — $4,000 · EnvironmentGLACIER INSTITUTE INC — $4,000 · Environment+2 more — $575 · Environment
Other$697,110Public Safety & Disaster$150,000Crime & Legal$62,300Recreation & Sports$44,950Human Services$41,790Health$41,650Environment$40,175

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetROLLINS FIRE FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSafe Passage for Children of Minnesota — $62,300 over 6y, 8.7% of budgetNORTHWEST MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $51,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetWOMEN OF ROLLINS CLUB — $31,950 over 3y, 44% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME AND SERVICES INC — $18,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LOPPET FOUNDATION INC — $17,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION — $16,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFLATHEAD LAKERS INC — $15,600 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION — $15,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMALARIA CONSORTIUM US INC — $12,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSWAN VALLEY CONNECTIONS — $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGLACIER NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCY — $9,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS TENNESSEE INC — $9,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE PREGNANCY MINISTRIES OF KALISPELL MONTANA INC — $9,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHARMONY WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER — $9,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $8,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLACIER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORALE — $8,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION — $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUPPER SWAN VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $7,000 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLATHEAD FOOD BANK INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCALLING ALL CROWS INC — $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARCADIA ALL-FLORIDA CHAMPIONSHIP RODEO ASSOCIATION INC — $4,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFLATHEAD LAND TRUST — $4,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGLACIER INSTITUTE INC — $4,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCHEEKWOOD BOTANICAL GARDEN AND MUSEUM OF ART — $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLAKESIDE QRU INC — $3,450 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC — $3,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE — $3,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWinthrop University Foundation — $3,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMONTANA CONSERVATION CORPS INC — $3,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEXINGTON HEARING & SPEECH CENTER INC DBA THE HEARING & SPEECH CENTER INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZENS FOR A BETTER FLATHEAD — $2,590 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC — $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENCIL FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SHORE FOOD BANK — $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKALISPELL REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION — $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOUNDATION FKA THE BLANTON HARRELL FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetCalvin Christian School of Minneapolis — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF EXETER US FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center — $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION — $2,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ROLLINS FIRE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota
  • Who funds NORTHWEST MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds WOMEN OF ROLLINS CLUB
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME AND SERVICES INC
  • Who funds THE LOPPET FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds FILM INDEPENDENT
  • Who funds FLATHEAD LAKERS INC
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds MALARIA CONSORTIUM US INC
  • Who funds SWAN VALLEY CONNECTIONS
  • Who funds GLACIER NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCY
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS TENNESSEE INC
  • Who funds HOPE PREGNANCY MINISTRIES OF KALISPELL MONTANA INC
  • Who funds HARMONY WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
  • Who funds GLACIER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORALE
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
  • Who funds UPPER SWAN VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds THE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE
  • Who funds FLATHEAD FOOD BANK INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Whitefish Community Foundation IncMT39.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · The Angora Ridge Foundation · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Selah Charitable Trust · Mgdc Apgar Foundation · Oro y Plata Foundation · Treacy Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Floyd Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization James & Wanda Hollensteiner Fdn Lisa Mary Hollensteiner funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    17report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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    How do I get to James & Wanda Hollensteiner Fdn Lisa Mary Hollensteiner?

    Find your warmest path to James & Wanda Hollensteiner Fdn Lisa Mary Hollensteiner 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 159 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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