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John Marshall Family 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.

$514k
Granted FY2025still arriving
167
Grants FY2025still arriving
26
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$457kHealth$445kReligion$223kHousing & Shelter$104kEducation$101kFood & Nutrition$82kPhilanthropy$72kInternational$63kOther$0
02FY2025 · 167 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k161 grants · $454k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $60k
$3,000
Median grant
26
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$10,000
MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION$10,000
NCH FOUNDATION$10,000
MERCY HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS$10,000
Madonna Mission$10,000
South County HEalth$10,000
MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION$8,000
DVRC$5,000
ISBA$5,000
JACK'S BASKET$5,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$5,000
LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH$5,000
FOSTER FORWARD$5,000
DEBRA$5,000
MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION$5,000
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 (FY20–25, $395k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII: $5k → 9%Cal Farley's Boys Ranch: $2k → 20%WOUNDED WARRRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%FOSTER FORWARD: $5k → 14%BANANAS FOSTER: $5k → 16%Puppies Behind Bars: $4k → 17%WOUNDED WARRRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $3k → 17%TEAM JOSEPH: $2k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $2k → 17%OPEN HEART MAGIC: $4k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE: $2k → 17%OPEN HEART MAGIC: $2k → 14%IGNITE: $2k → 14%LOAVES AND FISHES: $2k → 7%MISERICORDIA HOME: $42k → 14%FILL A HEART 4 KIDS: $3k → 8%MISERICORDIA HOME: $25k → 14%MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $24k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $10k → 14%MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $10k → 14%MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $8k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $8k → 14%MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $5k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $5k → 14%MARYVILLE ACADEMY: $3k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $5k → 14%THE WELL OF MERCY: $5k → 14%THE WELL OF MERCY: $3k → 14%CLEARBROOK: $5k → 14%CLEARBROOK: $4k → 14%Madonna Mission: $10k → 14%Madonna Mission: $4k → 14%Madonna Mission: $3k → 14%JOURNEY'S THE ROAD HOME: $10k → 14%JOURNEY'S THE ROAD HOME: $3k → 14%JOURNEY'S THE ROAD HOME: $3k → 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

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OR
SD
IA
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OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
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TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
GA
TX
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 138 repeat orgs$359k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

138 repeat relationships: 87 still active in FY2025, 51 since wound down; 52 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

138
116

Total granted

$1.4M
$209k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+16%

Still filing today

64%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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
Human ServicesHealthInternationalHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionEducationOther
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

  • MH
    MISERICORDIA HOME
    5× · 2020–2024 · $110k · revenue +62%
  • MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $90k · revenue ×32
  • NC
    Northwest Community Hospital
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +4%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • SJ
    St James School
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
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
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
2
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
3
Patient Access Network Foundation

As a leading charitable foundation and healthcare advocacy organization, the pan foundation is dedicated to accelerating access to treatment for those who need it most and empowering patients on their healthcare journeys. we provide…

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4
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
5
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
6
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
7
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
8
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
9
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
10
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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11
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
12
Global Partners in Care

The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

169 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. 169 of the 310 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
168/169
Grantees still filing
117/169
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONSouth County HEalth: $34,000 · OtherLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $30,000 · OtherMONSIGNOR CLARKE SCHOOL: $28,000 · OtherST THERESA CHURCH: $27,985 · OtherGOOD SHEPHERD MANOR INC: $26,500 · Other+103 more: $565,950 · Other+103 moreMISERICORDIA HOME: $110,050 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA HOMEMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $89,600 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA FOUNDATIONPADS TO HOPE DBA-JOURNEYS THE ROAD HOME: $29,500 · Human ServicesPADS TO HOPE DBA-JOURNEYS TH…Madonna Mission: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $19,000 · Human ServicesCLEARBROOK: $18,000 · Human ServicesWELL OF MERCY INC: $16,500 · Human Services+22 more: $104,500 · Human Services+22 moreNorthwest Community Hospital: $40,000 · HealthNorthwest Commu…THE MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthTHE MPN RESEARC…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $13,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UN…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDRE…HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $12,000 · HealthPADS Lake County Inc: $11,500 · HealthNAMI National: $11,000 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $9,000 · HealthLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $8,000 · Health+21 more: $86,000 · Health+21 moreGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $29,000 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $17,000 · Food & NutritionDAILY BREAD SOUP KITCHEN INC: $13,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $6,750 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $4,000 · Food & NutritionSHELTER INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterSARAH'S CIRCLE: $12,500 · Housing & ShelterTHE LAKE COUNTY HAVEN: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterWINGS PROGRAM INC: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY LAKE COUNTY: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterBRIDGE COMMUNITIES INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILYFORWARD: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $4,750 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterMercy Ships International: $10,000 · InternationalSISTER OF MARY BOYSTOWN AND GIRLSTOWN INC: $9,000 · InternationalMercy Corps: $7,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalRISE AGAINST HUNGER INC: $4,000 · InternationalPROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,600 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $3,500 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $3,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $2,000 · InternationalUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $14,000 · EducationOASIS FOR ORPHANS: $10,000 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $7,000 · EducationNEWPORTFALL RIVER STAR KIDS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: $6,000 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $4,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,200 · EducationSafe Haven School: $2,000 · Education
Other$757,435Human Services$407,150Health$228,000Food & Nutrition$69,750Housing & Shelter$66,250International$53,100Education$45,200

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 budgetMISERICORDIA HOME: $110,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $89,600 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNorthwest Community Hospital: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPADS TO HOPE DBA-JOURNEYS THE ROAD HOME: $29,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $29,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD MANOR INC: $26,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMadonna Mission: $20,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSHELTER INC: $20,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $19,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCLEARBROOK: $18,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWELL OF MERCY INC: $16,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetAID FOR WOMEN INC: $15,800 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDAILY BREAD SOUP KITCHEN INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH'S CIRCLE: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPADS Lake County Inc: $11,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI National: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOASIS FOR ORPHANS: $10,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe Cradle Society: $9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSISTER OF MARY BOYSTOWN AND GIRLSTOWN INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $6,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $6,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEB RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAKE COUNTY HAVEN: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEWPORTFALL RIVER STAR KIDS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAnd Then There Were None: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN HEART MAGIC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJACK'S BASKET: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWINGS PROGRAM INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLaw Enforcement Legal Defense Fund: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 MISERICORDIA HOME ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Northwest Community Hospital ↗
  • Who funds PADS TO HOPE DBA-JOURNEYS THE ROAD HOME ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD MANOR INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Madonna Mission ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NIGHT MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds CLEARBROOK ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds WELL OF MERCY INC ↗
  • Who funds AID FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DAILY BREAD SOUP KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SARAH'S CIRCLE ↗
  • Who funds HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PADS Lake County Inc ↗
  • Who funds NAMI National ↗
  • Who funds LAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗

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.

AbbVie FoundationIL37.2× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Helen V Brach Foundation · Trustmark Foundation · Rotary Club of Palatine Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · Edmond and Alice Opler Foundation · The FJK Private Foundation

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 Marshall Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John Marshall Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • Old Colony Hospice Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Children's Inn at Nih Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • American Society for Deaf Children: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
33report 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, 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to John Marshall Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to John Marshall Family Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 310 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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