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John W Mooty Foundation Trust at a glance

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John W Mooty Foundation Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
62
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$387k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$4.5MPhilanthropy$2.0MHealth$1.7MHuman Services$1.5MFood & Nutrition$685kYouth Development$677kReligion$625kCommunity Improvement$468kOther$0
02FY2025 · 62 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k40 grants · $787k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $955k
  • $250k+1 grant · $387k
$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$387,499
THE GRACE UPON GRACE MOOTY FAMILY FOUNDATION$240,000
RIO VERDE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$199,900
HOPE ACADEMY$100,206
ALL PEOPLES CHURCH TWIN CITIES$100,206
CITY OF EDINA$99,184
YMCA OF THE NORTH$65,410
MAYO CLINIC$50,206
JOYCE UPTOWN FOOD SHELF$50,000
GRACE-TRINITY COMMUNITY CHURCH$50,000
EVERY MEAL$45,381
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS$35,000
TREVOR PROJECT$35,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$34,500
WASHBURN CENTER FOR CHILDREN$30,000
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, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN HOME OF WASHINGTON IOWA: $250 → 10%THE DWELLING PLACE: $25k → 7%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $20k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $15k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $15k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $15k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $15k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $14k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $10k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $10k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $10k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $10k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $5k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $5k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $505k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $280k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $275k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $65k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $50k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $7k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $15k → 11%YOUTHLINK: $10k → 11%YOUTHLINK: $10k → 11%YOUTHLINK: $5k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC: $15k → 11%BABY'S SPACE: $10k → 11%BABY'S SPACE: $10k → 11%BABY'S SPACE: $10k → 11%BABY'S SPACE: $10k → 11%BABY'S SPACE: $10k → 11%BABY'S SPACE: $10k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $20k → 11%NEXUS FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY HEALING: $20k → 11%BABY'S SPACE: $10k → 11%NEXUS FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY HEALING: $15k → 11%BABY'S SPACE: $10k → 11%BABY'S SPACE: $10k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $10k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICES: $5k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICES: $5k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICES: $5k → 11%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

MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
CA
UT
NE
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
SC
DC
OK
AL
GA
TX
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 95 repeat orgs$850k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

95 repeat relationships: 48 still active in FY2025, 47 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

95
53

Total granted

$13M
$526k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+18%

Still filing today

69%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $324k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +105%
  • TG
    THE GRACE UPON GRACE MOOTY FAMILY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +68% · 82% of their budget
  • HA
    HOPE ACADEMY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $611k · revenue +240%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION - CARLSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • MC
    MAYO CLINIC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +458%
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
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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2
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…

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3
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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4
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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5
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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6
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
7
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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8
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
9
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
10
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
11
Minneapolis Downtown Council

To create an extraordinary downtown minneapolis, applying the core values of leadership, collaboration, advocacy and innovation.

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12
Northland Foundation

The northland foundation supports northeastern minnesota people and communities working toward a future where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Grace Upon Grace Mooty Family Foundation. 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

106 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 106 of the 165 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
105/106
Grantees still filing
67/106
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $2,874,588 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDA…HOPE ACADEMY INC: $610,528 · EducationHOPE ACADEMY INCWESTMONT COLLEGE: $240,500 · EducationWESTMONT COLLEGEMINNESOTA WEST FOUNDATION: $160,381 · Education+8 more: $194,399 · EducationIndividual grant recipient: $400,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMAYO FOUNDATION: $265,000 · OtherTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $190,000 · OtherNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $365,074 · OtherNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONETREVOR PROJECT INC: $227,300 · OtherGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $249,960 · Other+109 more: $3,848,138 · Other+109 moreTHE GRACE UPON GRACE MOOTY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,154,766 · PhilanthropyTHE GRACE UPO…RIO VERDE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $354,433 · PhilanthropyRIO VERDE COM…The Constellation Fund: $175,712 · PhilanthropyThe Constella…+5 more: $116,460 · Philanthropy+5 moreYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $1,210,470 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS C…GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $94,111 · Human ServicesGREATER MINN…BABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW: $90,000 · Human ServicesBABY'S SPACE…YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $80,000 · Human Services+7 more: $127,171 · Human Services+7 moreFairview Foundation: $355,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $174,880 · HealthWashburn Center for Children: $160,272 · HealthN C LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE INC: $155,431 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $34,500 · HealthVerdeCares Inc: $33,500 · Health+3 more: $45,074 · HealthTHE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $471,002 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE MINNESOTA: $25,111 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $20,074 · Youth Development+3 more: $22,500 · Youth DevelopmentFeeding America: $161,184 · Food & NutritionEVERY MEAL: $152,862 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $129,900 · Food & NutritionJOYCE UPTOWN FOODSHELF: $50,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$4,080,396Other$5,545,472Philanthropy$1,801,371Human Services$1,601,752Health$958,657Youth Development$538,687Food & Nutrition$493,946

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $2,874,588 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $1,210,470 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GRACE UPON GRACE MOOTY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,154,766 over 3y, 82% of budgetHOPE ACADEMY INC: $610,528 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $471,002 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $365,074 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetFairview Foundation: $355,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetRIO VERDE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $354,433 over 4y, 26% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $249,960 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWESTMONT COLLEGE: $240,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $227,300 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $190,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Constellation Fund: $175,712 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $174,880 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $161,184 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA WEST FOUNDATION: $160,381 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetWashburn Center for Children: $160,272 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetN C LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE INC: $155,431 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetHOUSING IN ACTION INC: $155,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetEVERY MEAL: $152,862 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetONEVILLAGE PARTNERS: $135,148 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $129,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $119,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWASHBURN HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $105,448 over 9y, 11% of budgetCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT: $104,900 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWALKER ART CENTER: $102,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBARRIER FREE GOLF INC: $99,650 over 4y, 30% of budgetGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $94,111 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW: $90,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetV3 SPORTS INC: $89,941 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY: $88,737 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetNORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS: $84,562 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPACER CENTER INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSundance Institute: $80,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetRABBLE MILL: $70,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetMINNESOTA LAND TRUST: $70,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $66,532 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSuicide Awareness Voices of Education: $60,513 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE PILGRIM CENTER FOR RECONCILIATION: $59,000 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetAnselm House: $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGREAT MN SCHOOLS: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOYCE UPTOWN FOODSHELF: $50,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSTAGES THEATRE COMPANY INC: $49,825 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCITIZENS LEAGUE: $45,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budget826 Valencia: $43,537 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $40,000 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 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH ↗
  • Who funds THE GRACE UPON GRACE MOOTY FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SANNEH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE ↗
  • Who funds Fairview Foundation ↗
  • Who funds RIO VERDE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENLIGHT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds The Constellation Fund ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA WEST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Washburn Center for Children ↗
  • Who funds N C LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERY MEAL ↗
  • Who funds ONEVILLAGE PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WASHBURN HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT ↗
  • Who funds WALKER ART CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BARRIER FREE GOLF INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds BABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW ↗
  • Who funds V3 SPORTS INC ↗
  • Who funds BAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS ↗
  • Who funds PACER CENTER 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.

The Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Margaret a Cargill Fo…The Grace Upon Grace …Mightycause Charitabl…The Walser FoundationThe K FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…Otto Bremer TrustPohlad Family Foundat…Catholic Community Fo…Xcel Energy Foundation
The Minneapolis FoundationMN51.1× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · The Grace Upon Grace Mooty Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Walser Foundation · The K Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Pohlad Family Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Xcel Energy 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 W Mooty Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John W Mooty Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 W Mooty Foundation Trust?

    Find your warmest path to John W Mooty Foundation Trust 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 165 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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