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Jerry C Dearing Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0193% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$5.8MArts & Culture$3.8MYouth Development$2.7MHealth$2.0MHuman Services$1.4MPhilanthropy$681kCommunity Improvement$596kFood & Nutrition$585kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $174k
  • $50k–250k21 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+2 grants · $500k
$50,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$50M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ONEGOAL$250,000
METHODIST$250,000
THE VILLAGE CENTERS$150,000
DISCOVER U$150,000
BRIDGEYEAR$150,000
GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY$125,000
BUFFALO SOILDERS NATIONAL MUSEUM$100,000
HOBBY CENTER$100,000
STAGES$100,000
FOSTER CARE ADVOCACY CENTER$100,000
MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES$100,000
SPRINGSPIRIT INC$100,000
KIDS MEALS$100,000
HOUSTON SYMPHONY$100,000
ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES$95,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $2.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HELPING HAND CRISIS MINISTRY OF SPICEWOOD: $20k → 10%KEMARAH'S CHASING RAINBOWS: $5k → 21%HELPING HAND CRISIS MINISTRY OF SPICEWOOD: $10k → 10%KEMARAH'S CHASING RAINBOWS: $5k → 21%HELPING HAND CRISIS MINISTRY OF SPICEWOOD: $5k → 10%SALLY'S FUND: $10k → 10%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $100k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $50k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $50k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $50k → 16%FOSTER CARE ADVOCACY CENTER: $100k → 16%FOSTER CARE ADVOCACY CENTER: $50k → 16%FOSTER CARE ADVOCACY CENTER: $50k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $105k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $101k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $50k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $50k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $20k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $4k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 16%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $95k → 16%ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $87k → 16%MEMORIAL VILLAGES POLICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%COMMUNITY WORKS CDC: $25k → 16%COOLXDAD: $10k → 16%THE VILLAGE CENTERS: $150k → 16%BRIDGE YEAR: $200k → 16%BRIDGE YEAR: $200k → 16%BRIDGE YEAR: $101k → 16%THE VILLAGE CENTERS: $65k → 16%BRIDGE YEAR: $51k → 16%BRIDGE YEAR: $29k → 16%THE VILLAGE CENTERS: $30k → 16%BRIDGE YEAR: $10k → 16%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $25k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $105k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $105k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $100k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $100k → 16%KIDS MEALS: $100k → 16%MY CONNECT COMMUNITY: $50k → 16%BRIDGEYEAR: $150k → 16%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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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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$17M · 55 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +49% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

55 repeat relationships — 26 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
45

Total granted

$17M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+22%

Still filing today

67%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $690k 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 ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • TM
    THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $1.4M · revenue +92%
  • D
    DISCOVERU
    7× · 2018–2024 · $950k · revenue +93% · 53% of their budget
  • HS
    Houston Symphony Society
    7× · 2018–2024 · $875k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • LU
    Lamar University Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $1.0M · revenue -28%
  • ND
    NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue +22%
  • CT
    CCA TEXAS FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -9%

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
Breakthrough Houston

The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.

Education
2
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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3
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
4
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
5
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

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6
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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7
Central Houston Inc

See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.

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8
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc

Seeking to put God's love into action, Houston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to provide a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Housing & Shelter
9
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
10
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
11
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter

American Leadership Forum (ALF) brings together, in classes, leaders with diverse perspectives so they can build relationships, learn to dialogue and respectfully differ, and work together for the good of our community.

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12
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is William Marsh Rice University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%2%<5yr17%12%5–10yr21%21%10–20yr18%20%20–35yr8%30%35–55yr9%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%0%<5yr17%15%5–10yr21%28%10–20yr18%13%20–35yr8%28%35–55yr9%15%55yr+

The field is 28% 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 — 1% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/74
the rest of the field
17%
5,891/35,665

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

69 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 69 of the 116 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/69
Grantees still filing
48/69
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SECOND BAPTIST SCHOOL — $1,184,900 · OtherSECOND BAPTIST SCHOOLHOUSTON BALLET — $1,130,000 · OtherHOUSTON BALLETDRESS FOR SUCCESS — $1,066,279 · OtherDRESS FOR SUCCESSLAMAR UNIVERSITY — $790,010 · OtherLAMAR UNIVERSITYST THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL — $671,666 · OtherST THOMAS HIGH SCHOOLINPRINT INC — $378,000 · OtherHermann Park Conservancy — $500,000 · Other+65 more — $4,744,759 · Other+65 moreLamar University Foundation Inc — $1,002,500 · EducationLamar Universit…DISCOVERU — $950,000 · EducationDISCOVERUTHE ARBOR SCHOOL — $385,000 · EducationTHE ARBOR SCHOO…COMP-U-DOPT INC — $235,000 · EducationCOMP-U-DOPT INCYOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON — $200,000 · EducationYOUNG AUDIENCES…+5 more — $104,500 · EducationBRIDGEYEAR — $740,685 · Human ServicesBRIDGEYEARKIDS' MEALS INC — $510,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS IN…COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS — $330,500 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE…Memorial Assistance Ministries — $275,000 · Human ServicesMemorial Assis…THE VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER INC — $245,000 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE LE…FOSTER CARE ADVOCACY CENTER — $200,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER CARE AD…ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC — $181,655 · Human ServicesALLIANCE OF CO…PRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM INC — $100,000 · Human Services+7 more — $150,000 · Human Services+7 moreTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $1,436,730 · HealthTHE METHO…NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION — $250,000 · HealthNATIONAL …+5 more — $86,000 · HealthHouston Symphony Society — $875,000 · Arts & CultureStages — $325,000 · Arts & CultureHITS Theatre — $250,000 · Arts & CultureONEGOAL — $350,000 · Youth DevelopmentWORKSHOP HOUSTON — $320,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $115,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc — $100,000 · Youth Development+2 more — $7,035 · Youth DevelopmentGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $631,039 · PhilanthropyThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston — $50,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $2,000 · Philanthropy
Other$10,465,614Education$2,877,000Human Services$2,732,840Health$1,772,730Arts & Culture$1,450,000Youth Development$892,035Philanthropy$683,039

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $1,436,730 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetLamar University Foundation Inc — $1,002,500 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetDISCOVERU — $950,000 over 7y, 53% of budgetHouston Symphony Society — $875,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBRIDGEYEAR — $740,685 over 7y, 15% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $631,039 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC — $510,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy — $500,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE ARBOR SCHOOL — $385,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetINPRINT INC — $378,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetONEGOAL — $350,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS — $330,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetStages — $325,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetWORKSHOP HOUSTON — $320,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER — $320,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetMemorial Assistance Ministries — $275,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSpringSpirit Inc — $270,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetHITS Theatre — $250,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHE VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER INC — $245,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetCOMP-U-DOPT INC — $235,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLifeline Chaplaincy Inc — $210,560 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetFOSTER CARE ADVOCACY CENTER — $200,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON — $200,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetHOUSTON COMMUNITY TOOLBANK INC — $184,791 over 5y, 11% of budgetALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC — $181,655 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetGRACEWOOD INC — $168,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $115,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC — $105,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCCA TEXAS FUND — $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLAGUNA BEACH SENIORS INC — $100,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetPRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM INC — $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSPARK — $100,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S FUND INC — $72,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetEMERGE Fellowship — $70,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston — $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetRebuilding Together Houston — $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMy Connect Community — $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSECOND SERVINGS OF HOUSTON — $40,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetAS OUR OWN NFP — $36,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHelping Hand Crisis Ministry of Spicewood — $35,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetLittle League Baseball Inc 3431607 Post Oak LL — $35,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetFree Indeed Community Works CDC — $25,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetBE AN ANGEL FUND INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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 THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Lamar University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERU ↗
  • Who funds Houston Symphony Society ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEYEAR ↗
  • Who funds GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' MEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds Hermann Park Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds THE ARBOR SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds INPRINT INC ↗
  • Who funds ONEGOAL ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds Stages ↗
  • Who funds WORKSHOP HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Memorial Assistance Ministries ↗
  • Who funds SpringSpirit Inc ↗
  • Who funds HITS Theatre ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMP-U-DOPT INC ↗
  • Who funds Lifeline Chaplaincy Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOSTER CARE ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON COMMUNITY TOOLBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACEWOOD 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.

Greater Houston Commu…Houston Endowment IncAlbert & Ethel Herzst…The Brown Foundation …Shell USA Company Fou…Strake FoundationBaxter Trust Co Priva…The Elkins FoundationCenterpoint Energy Fo…Marek Family Foundati…United Way of Greater…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX54.4× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Strake Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · The Elkins Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Marek Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company

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 Jerry C Dearing Family 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 116 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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