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James T Nystrom Foundation

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.

$340k
Granted FY2025still arriving
41
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Crime & Legal$674kEnvironment$309kAnimals$201kFood & Nutrition$155kHealth$109kInternational$73kScience & Tech$38kHousing & Shelter$36kOther$0
02FY2025 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k39 grants · $130k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$3,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$209k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW$200,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$10,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND$6,000
PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE$6,000
EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE$5,000
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY$5,000
AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$5,000
SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST$5,000
THE FOOD GROUP$5,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK$5,000
JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK$5,000
BIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA$4,000
PROMISES2KIDS$4,000
EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE$3,000
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 (FY17–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HELPING PAWS INC: $2k → 11%HELPING PAWS INC: $2k → 11%HELPING PAWS INC: $2k → 11%HELPING PAWS INC: $2k → 11%HELPING PAWS INC: $2k → 11%HELPING PAWS INC: $2k → 11%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $3k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $3k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $3k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $3k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $1k → 7%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: $1k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: $1k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: $1k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING (PPL) INC: $1k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING (PPL) INC: $1k → 11%LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $2k → 11%LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $2k → 11%LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $1k → 11%LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $1k → 11%LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $1k → 11%HELPING PAWS INC: $2k → 11%YMCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $3k → 11%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

WA
MN
WI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
CA
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VA
MD
AZ
AR
DC
GA

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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.7M · 73 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +56% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

73 repeat relationships — 38 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
12

Total granted

$1.7M
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+10%

Still filing today

74%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionInternationalOther

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

  • CW
    CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW
    9× · 2017–2025 · $674k · revenue +10%
  • WC
    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $46k · revenue +302%
  • AW
    AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $44k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • EI
    EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC - SERENGETI WATCH
    one grant, 2020 · $4k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • YO
    YWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -21%

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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
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…

4
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
5
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

The minnesota center for environmental advocacy is a nonprofit organization that uses law, science and research to protect minnesota's environment, its natural resources and the health of its people.

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
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
8
The Montana Land Reliance

The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.

Environment
9
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

This member-supported organization protects and restores iowa's land, water and wildlife for future generations. priorities include permanent land protection, promotion of improved land management and bringing new conservation…

Environment
10
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
11
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
12
Minnesota Zoo Foundation

The minnesota zoo foundation raises contributed income and supports conservation and animal care programs on behalf of the minnesota zoo. the mission of the minnesota zoo is to connect people, animals, and the natural world to save…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Top Dog Foundation Inc. 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 backsteadyDiverse Nonprofit ServicesArts and Culture FundingAnimal Rescue and AdoptionYouth Development ProgramsPolicy Advocacy Organizatio…
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 41 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%9%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%42%35–55yr16%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%14%20–35yr13%71%35–55yr16%10%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/65
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,500

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

64 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. 64 of the 90 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
64/64
Grantees still filing
50/64
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW — $674,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAWNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY — $28,000 · Education+2 more — $5,500 · EducationPLANNED PARENTHOOD — $68,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODIndividual grant recipient — $40,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLOAVES & FISHES — $29,000 · OtherLOAVES & FISHESTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $21,000 · OtherHEIFER INTERNATIONAL — $18,000 · OtherSHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST — $17,000 · OtherANN BANCROFT FOUNDATION — $22,000 · OtherPEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE INC — $28,000 · OtherPEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE INC+42 more — $225,500 · Other+42 moreWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC — $46,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CON…AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC — $44,000 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILD…BIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA — $41,000 · AnimalsBIG LIFE FOU…THE WILDCAT SANCTUARY — $17,000 · AnimalsTHE WILDCAT …WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA — $15,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE REH…INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER — $14,500 · AnimalsINTERNATIONA…Animal Humane Society — $8,000 · Animals+3 more — $6,500 · AnimalsEarth Island Institute Inc — $27,000 · EnvironmentEarth Islan…THE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC — $27,000 · EnvironmentTHE GRAND C…Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance — $27,000 · EnvironmentSouthern Ut…FRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER — $17,500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF …SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $15,500 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB…WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC — $14,000 · EnvironmentWILDERNESS …Lake Minnetonka Association — $13,500 · EnvironmentLake Minnet…FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS — $12,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF …MINNESOTA LAND TRUST — $8,000 · Environment+3 more — $10,000 · Environment+3 moreSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND — $41,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE — $40,000 · Food & NutritionJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK — $30,000 · Food & NutritionMETRO MEALS ON WHEELS INC — $15,000 · Food & NutritionMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $25,500 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDATION — $11,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS — $10,500 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC — $8,000 · InternationalALEXANDRA HOUSE INC — $13,000 · Human ServicesHELPING PAWS INC — $10,500 · Human ServicesFriends & Co — $7,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS INC — $3,000 · Human ServicesYWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS — $2,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC — $2,000 · Human Services
Education$707,500Other$469,000Animals$192,000Environment$171,500Food & Nutrition$126,000International$55,000Human Services$38,000

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 budgetCALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW — $674,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC — $46,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC — $44,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND — $41,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA — $41,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE — $40,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK — $30,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE INC — $28,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY — $28,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc — $27,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC — $27,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance — $27,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $25,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetANN BANCROFT FOUNDATION — $22,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER — $17,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WILDCAT SANCTUARY — $17,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $15,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARKS & TRAILS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA — $15,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetWILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA — $15,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMETRO MEALS ON WHEELS INC — $15,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER — $14,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWILDERNESS INQUIRY INC — $14,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLake Minnetonka Association — $13,500 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetNatures Edge Therapy Center Inc — $13,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetALEXANDRA HOUSE INC — $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetACRES FOR LIFE - THERAPY & WELLNESS CENTER — $12,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS — $12,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDEL MAR FOUNDATION — $11,750 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION — $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPACER CENTER INC — $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS — $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING PAWS INC — $10,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMinneapolis Parks Foundation — $9,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Humane Society — $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA LAND TRUST — $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHWATCH INSTITUTE INC — $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends & Co — $7,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetALPHA NU TRUST FUND INC — $7,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetTOP DOG FOUNDATION INC — $5,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetRamsey Hill Association — $5,250 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC — $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTREEHOUSE INC — $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE OF THE RANGE & THE AMERICAN MUSTANG — $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% 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 CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW
  • Who funds WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC
  • Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND
  • Who funds BIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA
  • Who funds FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE
  • Who funds JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK
  • Who funds PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE INC
  • Who funds NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
  • Who funds Earth Island Institute Inc
  • Who funds THE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC
  • Who funds Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
  • Who funds ANN BANCROFT FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
  • Who funds THE WILDCAT SANCTUARY
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION
  • Who funds PARKS & TRAILS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA
  • Who funds WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA
  • Who funds METRO MEALS ON WHEELS INC
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER
  • Who funds WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC
  • Who funds Lake Minnetonka Association
  • Who funds Natures Edge Therapy Center Inc
  • Who funds ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC
  • Who funds ACRES FOR LIFE - THERAPY & WELLNESS CENTER
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS
  • Who funds DEL MAR FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SEVA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds PACER CENTER INC
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS
  • Who funds HELPING PAWS 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.

Xcel Energy FoundationMN38.7× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · The K Foundation · The Crosswols Foundation · Patrick and Aimee Butler Family · Longview Foundation · The Jamf Nation Global 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 T Nystrom Foundation 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 · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    13report 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.

    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 90 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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