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John D and Catherine T Macarthur 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.

$356M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,086
Grants FY2024still arriving
46
States reached
$21M
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 2024.

Environment$451MArts & Culture$407MPhilanthropy$313MCrime & Legal$241MEducation$228MInternational$140MPublic Benefit$131MCivil Rights$108MOther$0
02FY2024 · 1086 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k97 grants · $2.4M
  • $50k–250k563 grants · $70M
  • $250k+416 grants · $284M
$160,000
Median grant
46
States reached
$9.3B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC$21,000,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC$10,000,000
RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC$7,500,000
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$6,500,000
WINDWARD FUND$5,000,000
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$4,500,000
URBAN INSTITUTE$4,000,000
EMMETT TILL AND MAMIE TILL-MOBLEY INSTITUTE$4,000,000
UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION$3,000,000
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC$2,985,897
THE FIELD FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC$2,750,000
THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST$2,500,000
JUSTICE INNOVATION INC DBA CENTER FOR JUSTICE INNOVATION$2,075,000
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND$2,000,000
CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND$2,000,000
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.

US giving: 89% of grant dollars ($2.2B). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 11% that went abroad ($282M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $8.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EKVNV YEFOLECVLKE: $500k → 18%The Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation: $500k → 14%THE PIVOT FUND INC: $500k → 13%REPOWER FUND: $750k → 14%LIVING CITIES INC THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE: $750k → 17%LIVING CITIES INC THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE: $750k → 17%TIDES CENTER: $600k → 17%Black Parent Initiative: $500k → 12%Kairos Fellowship Inc: $434k → 17%Tides Center: $2.0M → 10%Selfreliance Association: $350k → 14%Living Cities Inc The National Community Development Initiative: $500k → 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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 11% of all-years giving ($282M)

43 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Nigeria$141M · 633 grants
India$37M · 149 grants
United Kingdom$28M · 124 grants
Mexico$27M · 167 grants
Ghana$9.1M · 15 grants
China$7.3M · 12 grants
Canada$5.9M · 28 grants
Netherlands$4.1M · 19 grants
Belgium$2.5M · 15 grants
Switzerland$2.3M · 8 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 16% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$2.1B · 1360 repeat orgs$171M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

1360 repeat relationships: 635 still active in FY2024, 725 since wound down; 184 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1360
409

Total granted

$2.1B
$104M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+13%

Still filing today

55%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66M 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
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentInternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • SW
    SESAME WORKSHOP
    5× · 2018–2022 · $100M · revenue +33%
  • RF
    Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    8× · 2017–2024 · $36M · revenue +22%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    7× · 2017–2023 · $29M · revenue +202%

Funded once

  • AT
    Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $5.8M
  • THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $5.0M · revenue +2%
  • IO
    INSTITUTE OF THE BLACK WORLD 21ST CENTURY
    one grant, 2021 · $3.0M · revenue -87%
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
International Peace Institute Inc

The international peace institute is an independent, non-profit organization working to strengthen inclusive multilateralism for a more peaceful and sustainable planet. through its research, convening, and strategic advising, ipi provides…

International
2
Foreign Policy Research Institute

Highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on u.s. foreign policy

International
3
Central Indiana Corporate

The central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is transforming our regional economy, bringing together the ceos of central indiana's largest and most civically engaged employers and university presidents to advance "big picture"…

Community Improvement
4
The Common Application Inc

The common application promotes access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process.

Education
5
The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center Inc

Deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential.

Arts & Culture
6
National Constitution Center

The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to teaching about the Constitution.

Arts & Culture
7
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher learning in the liberal arts.

Education
8
International Center of Photography

The international center of photography is a center where photographs are collected, protected, researched, and exhibited; a place where students of all ages and accomplishments learn to make images and are challenged by technical and…

Arts & Culture
9
United States Naval Institute

To advance professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power.

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10
Center for International

The center for international private enterprise (cipe) is a non-profit global organization that works to strengthen democracy and build competitive, resilient markets in many of the world's most challenging environments. working alongside…

International
11
University of Denver

A higher educational institution, providing both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Education
12
International Women's Forum Inc

We unite our global community to advance women's leadership today and tomorrow.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Health and Medicine Policy Research; the most unlike its peers is Sesame Workshop. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

1109 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. 1109 of the 2,000 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.

148
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
256
Early backer (in before they grew)
1086/1109
Grantees still filing
720/1109
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $41,789,750 · OtherCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+111 more: $610,327,796 · Other+111 moreNEW VENTURE FUND: $39,683,700 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUNDSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $30,000,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUND…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $29,354,500 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEF…NIA TERO FOUNDATION: $27,620,000 · EnvironmentNIA TERO FOUNDATI…WINDWARD FUND: $16,750,000 · EnvironmentWINDWARD FUNDCERES INC: $13,500,000 · EnvironmentCERES INCLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $9,500,000 · Environment+16 more: $75,623,041 · Environment+16 moreROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $38,806,499 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER P…THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $35,100,300 · PhilanthropyTHE MIAMI FOU…Lever for Change: $21,510,000 · PhilanthropyLever for Cha…The Richard H Driehaus Foundation: $14,841,000 · PhilanthropyThe Richard H…RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC: $14,700,000 · PhilanthropyRF CATALYTIC …UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION: $14,250,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED STATES…The Chicago Community Trust: $10,349,900 · PhilanthropyThe Chicago C…The Pew Charitable Trusts: $7,000,000 · Philanthropy+9 more: $36,433,473 · Philanthropy+9 moreSESAME WORKSHOP: $100,250,000 · Arts & CultureSESAME WORKSH…THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $10,775,068 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK OB…ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $8,895,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $8,829,500 · Arts & CultureWGBH Educational Foundation: $6,831,658 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN DOCUMENTARY INC: $6,489,650 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $42,839,228 · Arts & Culture+11 moreResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $36,299,000 · EducationResearch Fo…William Marsh Rice University: $15,250,000 · EducationWilliam Mar…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $13,518,035 · EducationTHE BOARD O…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $12,745,150 · EducationPresident a…University of Chicago: $11,043,679 · EducationUniversity …UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,097,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY …New York University: $7,608,000 · EducationTHE JUSTICE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE: $7,470,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $7,441,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $7,119,636 · EducationThe George Washington University: $6,743,200 · Education+8 more: $30,405,750 · Education+8 moreCOMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $78,101,173 · Housing & ShelterWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $10,715,000 · InternationalNUCLEAR THREAT INITIATIVE INC: $8,125,600 · InternationalTHE HENRY L STIMSON CENTER: $7,528,873 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $6,130,000 · InternationalCARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: $5,883,714 · InternationalPATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL: $3,050,000 · InternationalTHE ASIA SOCIETY: $3,000,150 · InternationalWITNESS INC: $2,785,000 · InternationalNAUTILUS OF AMERICA INC: $2,631,000 · InternationalFEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS: $2,620,000 · InternationalThe Arms Control Associations: $2,574,500 · International
Other$652,117,546Environment$242,031,241Philanthropy$192,991,172Arts & Culture$184,910,104Education$165,740,450Housing & Shelter$78,101,173International$55,043,837

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSESAME WORKSHOP: $100,250,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetCOMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $78,101,173 over 5y, 90% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $39,683,700 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $38,806,499 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $36,299,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $35,100,300 over 5y, 25% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $30,000,000 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $29,354,500 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetNIA TERO FOUNDATION: $27,620,000 over 7y, 81% of budgetLever for Change: $21,510,000 over 6y, 54% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $20,135,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetTHE ENERGY FOUNDATION: $20,000,000 over 5y, 7.9% of budgetCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION: $19,200,000 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $18,686,200 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetWINDWARD FUND: $16,750,000 over 6y, 7.9% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $15,250,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $15,250,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetThe Richard H Driehaus Foundation: $14,841,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetRF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC: $14,700,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetUNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION: $14,250,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetFIELD FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS: $14,175,000 over 6y, 58% of budgetPRINCE FOUNDATION: $13,885,000 over 6y, 95% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $13,518,035 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCERES INC: $13,500,000 over 8y, 8.4% of budgetPRETRIAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE: $12,856,000 over 7y, 73% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $12,745,150 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $11,043,679 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $10,775,068 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $10,715,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetThe Chicago Community Trust: $10,349,900 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,097,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO SUN-TIMES MEDIA INC: $10,003,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $9,500,000 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetCOLLECTIVE SHIFT: $9,500,000 over 2y, 75% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $9,093,925 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $8,895,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $8,829,500 over 8y, 11% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $8,619,371 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetNUCLEAR THREAT INITIATIVE INC: $8,125,600 over 7y, 11% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST: $8,000,000 over 7y, 20% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $7,878,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $7,785,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetNew York University: $7,608,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HENRY L STIMSON CENTER: $7,528,873 over 7y, 20% of budgetTHE JUSTICE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE: $7,470,000 over 8y, 50% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $7,441,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $7,119,636 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetThe Pew Charitable Trusts: $7,000,000 over 7y, 0.9% 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 SESAME WORKSHOP ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Research Foundation of the City University of New York ↗
  • Who funds THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds NIA TERO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Lever for Change ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE ENERGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds WINDWARD FUND ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds The Richard H Driehaus Foundation ↗
  • Who funds RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIELD FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds PRINCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CERES INC ↗
  • Who funds PRETRIAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds The Chicago Community Trust ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO SUN-TIMES MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds COLLECTIVE SHIFT ↗
  • Who funds NEO Philanthropy 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.

Polk Bros Foundation …Field Foundation of I…Lloyd a Fry FoundationThe Joyce FoundationWalder FoundationRobert R McCormick Fo…Reva and David Logan …Arie and Ida Crown Me…Circle of Service Fou…Alphawood FoundationUnited Way of Metropo…Democracy Fund Inc
Polk Bros Foundation IncIL148.9× affinity205 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Field Foundation of Illinois · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · Walder Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Reva and David Logan Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · Alphawood Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Democracy Fund 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 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Institute for Sustainable Communities: 100% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Code for Science & Society Inc: 2% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 2000 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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