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JM McDonald Foundation Inc at a glance

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JM McDonald Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
203
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$2.6MArts & Culture$2.2MEducation$2.0MHuman Services$1.7MRecreation & Sports$1.1MFood & Nutrition$563kHousing & Shelter$487kReligion$411kOther$0
02FY2025 · 203 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k149 grants · $726k
  • $10k–50k49 grants · $642k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $310k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION$75,000
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CORTLAND$75,000
CORTLAND REPERTORY THEATRE INC$60,000
CORTLAND MEMORIAL FOUNDATION IND C O CORTLAND MEMO$50,000
LIME HOLLOW NATURE CENTER INC$50,000
SKANEATELES RECREATIONAL CHARITABLE TR$30,000
CORTLANDVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT INCORPORATED$25,000
RIVER HOSPITAL INC$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$25,000
PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES$25,000
NORTH LONDON MILL PRESERVATION INC$25,000
THE WILD CENTER$25,000
OPERATION WARM INC$20,000
SCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM$20,000
ESSEX FOOD HUB INC$20,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MELMARK INC: $25k → 6%YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAMS INC: $10k → 12%VICTORIA ACRES EQUINE FACILITY INC: $10k → 10%PATHWAY HOME OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $10k → 14%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE N Y: $15k → 14%REACH ADVOCACY INC: $12k → 14%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $10k → 16%BROWN BAG MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 7%MELMARK INC: $25k → 6%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE N Y: $15k → 14%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $10k → 16%BROWN BAG MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 7%MELMARK INC: $15k → 6%VICTIM RESOURCE CENTER OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $10k → 11%RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE N Y: $15k → 14%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $10k → 16%SAFE HARBOR HAVEN INC: $10k → 14%IN FLIGHT INC: $10k → 9%CATSKILL AREA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $10k → 13%SAFE HARBOR HAVEN INC: $10k → 14%IN FLIGHT INC: $10k → 9%CATSKILL AREA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $10k → 13%VICTORIA ACRES EQUINE FACILITY INC: $10k → 14%SAFE HARBOR HAVEN INC: $10k → 14%ST JOHNS HOME FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 14%RESOURCE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $10k → 16%INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER OF THE HUDSON VALLEY INC: $10k → 11%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $10k → 11%CORNING COMFORT CARE INC: $10k → 13%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $10k → 11%PATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 13%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $10k → 11%PATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 13%PATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 13%COLUMBIA COUNTY SANCTUARY MOVEMENT: $10k → 11%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $75k → 15%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CORTLAND: $75k → 15%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $50k → 15%ELIZABETH PIERCE OLMSTED M D CENTER FOR THE VISUAL: $20k → 13%ELIZABETH PIERCE OLMSTED M D CENTER FOR THE VISUAL: $20k → 13%VIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $20k → 13%VIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $20k → 13%CORTLAND COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT DAY CARE PROGRAM: $25k → 15%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CORTLAND: $25k → 15%CORTLAND AREA COMMUNITIES THAT CARE COALITION: $24k → 15%CORTLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $20k → 15%CORTLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $15k → 15%CHILDREN AWAITING PARENTS INC: $11k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
TN
DC
MS
FL
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.5M · 361 repeat orgs$3.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

361 repeat relationships: 139 still active in FY2025, 222 since wound down; 64 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

361
332

Total granted

$9.5M
$3.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+11%

Still filing today

90%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $419k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CR
    CORTLAND REPERTORY THEATRE INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $195k · revenue +13%
  • LH
    LIME HOLLOW NATURE CENTER INC
    3× · 2019–2025 · $145k · revenue +81%
  • NH
    NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS
    5× · 2017–2025 · $133k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • CM
    CORTLAND MEMORIAL FOUNDATION IND C O CORTLAND
    one grant, 2020 · $400k
  • VU
    VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - BILL WILKERSON CENTER FOR
    one grant, 2017 · $150k
  • CE
    COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ASSOC IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
    one grant, 2018 · $120k
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
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
2
Suny Cortland Child Care Center Inc

The suny cortland child care center is dedicated to providing affordable child care for the children of the college's employees and students, which meets the highest nationally recognized standards. qualified staff provide an educational…

Human Services
3
Cny Arts Inc

CNY Arts' mission is to promote, support, and celebrate arts and culture in Central New York.

Arts & Culture
4
Cattaraugus Rehabilitation Center Inc

The corporation was formed to operate various programs to assist in the development of the mentally and physically disabled. we assist the people we serve through a continuum of service that fosters community participation and personal…

Human Services
5
Oswego Health Inc

The mission of Oswego Health, Inc. is to provide accessible quality care and improve the health of residents in our community.

Health
6
Accesscny Inc

Accesscny offers personcentered services that empower individuals of all ages and abilities to reach their full potential as part of our shared community. services are provided with dedication, compassion, innovation, and commitment. the…

Health
7
The Children's Ctr At Suny Morrisville State College Inc

The center's mission is to provide quality childcare services to the morrisville state college campus and the local community in a safe and nurturing environment which promotes the social, emotional, physical, language and cognitive…

Unclassified
8
Seneca Health Services Inc

To be the leading provider of behavioral and physical healthcare through compassionate and quality services in our community.

—
9
Catskill Public Library

A public library with locations in catskill and palenville, new york providing reference materials and various on-line services.

—
10
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
11
The Chautauqua Center Inc

To provide quality health care services by operating diagnostic and treatment facilities pursuant to article 28 of the public health law of new york state. the center operates clinics in dunkirk, new york, jamestown, new york, gowanda, new…

Health
12
Crouse Community Center Inc

Crouse community center, inc is a residential health care facility whose mission is to provide long term health care, rehabilitation, and adult day care services to area residents requiring 24 hour skilled nursing residential health care…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brown Bag Ministries Inc. 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

661 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 661 of the 760 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
171
Early backer (in before they grew)
646/661
Grantees still filing
436/661
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CORTLAND SPORTS COMPLEX INC: $750,000 · OtherCORTLAND SPORTS COMPLEX INCCORTLAND MEMORIAL FOUNDATION IND C O CORTLAND: $400,000 · OtherCORTLAND MEMORIAL FOUNDATION IND C O CORTLANDCORTLAND REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $195,000 · OtherVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - BILL WILKERSON CENTER FOR: $150,000 · Other+76 more: $2,523,627 · Other+76 moreUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $110,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF RO…HOUGHTON UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationHOUGHTON UNIVERS…ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $80,000 · EducationST LAWRENCE UNIV…KEUKA COLLEGE: $75,000 · EducationKEUKA COLLEGEWELLS COLLEGE: $75,000 · EducationWELLS COLLEGECORTLAND FREE LIBRARY: $70,000 · EducationCORTLAND FREE LI…ROBERTS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $65,000 · EducationLe Moyne College: $60,000 · EducationSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationSTEUBEN SENIOR SERVICES FUND: $45,000 · EducationSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $45,000 · Education+20 more: $518,000 · Education+20 moreYWCA CORTLAND: $125,000 · Human ServicesYWCA CORTLANDYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CORTLAND: $100,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRI…VIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $90,000 · Human ServicesVIA VISUALLY IM…EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $80,000 · Human ServicesEVERGREEN CHRIS…Operation Warm Inc: $76,000 · Human ServicesOperation Warm …MELMARK INC: $65,000 · Human ServicesMELMARK INCTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $45,000 · Human Services+23 more: $632,600 · Human Services+23 moreNorth London Mill Preservation Inc: $140,000 · Arts & CultureNorth London …NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS: $133,000 · Arts & CultureNATURAL HISTO…SCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCENTER D…TRI-CITIES OPERA COMPANY INC: $85,000 · Arts & CultureTRI-CITIES OP…CENTER FOR THE ARTS OF HOMER INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR TH…CORTLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $56,000 · Arts & CultureCORTLAND COUN…GENESEE COUNTRY MUSEUM: $40,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH COUNTRY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $40,000 · Arts & CultureADIRONDACK HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $38,000 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+14 more: $310,000 · Arts & Culture+14 moreCAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER AT ITHACA: $100,000 · HealthCAYUGA MED…CORTLAND MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · HealthCORTLAND M…RIVER HOSPITAL INC: $50,000 · HealthRIVER HOSP…MARATHON AREA VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS INC: $50,000 · HealthMARATHON A…FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES OF CORTLAND COUNTY INC: $45,000 · HealthFAMILY COU…COLUMBIA-GREENE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $43,000 · HealthCOLUMBIA-G…CLIFTON SPRINGS SANITARIUM CO: $35,000 · HealthBLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $35,000 · HealthKEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC: $30,000 · HealthCENTER FOR DISABILITY SERVICESINC: $30,000 · HealthASSOCIATION OF PERINATAL NETWORKS OF NEW YORK INC: $30,000 · HealthFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF ITHACA INC: $30,000 · HealthWESLEY HEALTH CARE CENTER INC: $30,000 · HealthITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE INC: $29,000 · HealthRESILIENCE 1220 INC: $28,225 · Health+9 more: $170,000 · Health+9 moreLIME HOLLOW NATURE CENTER INC: $145,000 · EnvironmentThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $60,000 · EnvironmentMOUNTAIN AREA LAND TRUST: $23,400 · EnvironmentGrassroots Gardens of Western New York Inc: $20,000 · EnvironmentADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $86,000 · Food & NutritionCOMFORT FOOD OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $38,000 · Food & NutritionDIMITRI HOUSE INC: $35,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF BOULDER INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionMilly's Pantry Inc: $20,000 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $20,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$4,018,627Education$1,293,000Human Services$1,213,600Arts & Culture$1,042,000Health$795,225Environment$268,400Food & Nutrition$224,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCORTLAND SPORTS COMPLEX INC: $750,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetCORTLAND REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $195,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetLIME HOLLOW NATURE CENTER INC: $145,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetNorth London Mill Preservation Inc: $140,000 over 6y, 38% of budgetNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS: $133,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetYWCA CORTLAND: $125,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $100,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetHELPING HANDS OF HUMPHREYS CO INC: $100,000 over 4y, 50% of budgetCORTLAND COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER AT ITHACA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUGHTON UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCORTLANDVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $98,000 over 4y, 52% of budgetVIA VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADVANCEMENT: $90,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $86,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTRI-CITIES OPERA COMPANY INC: $85,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetEVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $80,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $76,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKEUKA COLLEGE: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWELLS COLLEGE: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCORTLAND FREE LIBRARY: $70,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetMOUNTAIN RESOURCE CENTER: $69,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR THE ARTS OF HOMER INC: $65,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetMELMARK INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROBERTS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLe Moyne College: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCORTLAND MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCORTLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $56,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetMOUNT EVANS HOSPICE INC DBA MOUNT EVANS HOME HEALTH CARE AND HOS: $55,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPost 1 Foundation: $55,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetRIVER HOSPITAL INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARATHON AREA VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS INC: $50,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetSTEUBEN SENIOR SERVICES FUND: $45,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE OF SYRACUSE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES OF CORTLAND COUNTY INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCANCER HOPE NETWORK: $41,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetTHE CHARLTON SCHOOL: $40,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPARSONS CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGENESEE COUNTRY MUSEUM: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $40,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetMERCY CARE FOR THE ADIRONDACKS INC: $40,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetNEW YORK STATE PERINATAL ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetHERITAGE CHRISTIAN SERVICES INC: $40,000 over 5y, 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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Price Chopper's Golub…Charles R Wood Founda…Cloudsplitter Foundat…Mother Cabrini Health…Central New York Comm…Daisy Marquis Jones F…William Gundry Brough…Adirondack FoundationUnited Way of Greater…Max and Marian Farash…The Polisseni Foundat…
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY141.8× affinity119 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Charles R Wood Foundation · Cloudsplitter Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation Inc · Adirondack Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · The Polisseni Foundation Inc

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 JM McDonald Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from JM McDonald Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    85report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 760 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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