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Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
142
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$864k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Public Benefit$10MHealth$6.2MEducation$4.5MArts & Culture$3.3MPhilanthropy$1.7MInternational$1.3MCivil Rights$1.3MHuman Services$617kOther$0
02FY2024 · 142 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k56 grants · $198k
  • $10k–50k62 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.9M
$10,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CIVIC NATION$864,416
WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION$490,780
Individual grant recipient$294,510
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART$260,000
WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION$247,561
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$210,000
CIVIC NATION$194,360
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE$145,080
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$120,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE$115,000
ALBERTINE FOUNDATION$100,000
PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK-PANCAN$100,000
FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH$100,000
DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$100,000
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE$96,005
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $823k) 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%THE HOPI FOUNDATION: $5k → 26%IT TAKES PHILLY: $6k → 7%HOPE FOR CHILDREN INC: $30k → 15%TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES: $70k → 9%TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES: $7k → 9%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES: $15k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES: $15k → 11%WOMENS REFUGEE COMMISSION: $5k → 17%CHALLENGED ATHLETES: $15k → 11%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $5k → 8%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $5k → 14%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $5k → 8%HOMELESS CHILDRENS PLAYTIME PROJECT: $10k → 14%BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $5k → 8%AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION: $5k → 17%HOMELESS CHILDRENS PLAYTIME PROJECT: $5k → 14%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $5k → 8%CENTRAL AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 14%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $5k → 8%AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION: $5k → 17%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $5k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $5k → 8%THE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 17%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $5k → 14%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $60k → 14%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $25k → 14%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $25k → 14%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $15k → 14%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $15k → 14%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $10k → 14%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $5k → 14%TORTURE ABOLITION & SURVIVORS SUPPORT: $10k → 14%FDR MEMORIAL LEGACY COMMITTEE: $50k → 14%FDR MEMORIAL LEGACY COMMITTEE: $50k → 14%FDR MEMORIAL LEGACY COMMITTEE: $44k → 14%FDR MEMORIAL LEGACY COMMITTEE: $40k → 14%DC AFFORDABLE LAW FIRM: $10k → 14%DC DIAPER BANK: $50k → 14%DC DIAPER BANK: $20k → 14%DC DIAPER BANK: $15k → 14%UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $5k → 14%DC DIAPER BANK: $15k → 14%DC DIAPER BANK: $15k → 14%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $5k → 14%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $5k → 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

NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$27M · 150 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

150 repeat relationships: 91 still active in FY2024, 59 since wound down; 39 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

150
164

Total granted

$27M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+9%

Still filing today

72%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $315k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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

  • THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $5.4M · revenue +31%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +25%
  • Civic Nation
    3× · 2021–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • IA
    I AM ALS
    one grant, 2023 · $201k · revenue +10%
  • MH
    MEDSTAR HEALTH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $105k · revenue +54%
  • MU
    MARIST UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +19%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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3
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
4
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
7
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
8
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
9
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
10
Harvard Club of Washington Dc

To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.

Education
11
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Matthew Harris Ornstein Memorial Foundation 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

253 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. 253 of the 367 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
42
Early backer (in before they grew)
248/253
Grantees still filing
158/253
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $5,405,792 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATIONGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,497,520 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL …National Gallery of Art: $345,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $1,178,338 · Arts & Culture+15 moreWASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION: $1,163,146 · OtherWASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECO…WHEN WE ALL VOTE: $900,000 · OtherWHEN WE ALL VOTEHEARTLAND ALLIANCE: $859,686 · OtherHEARTLAND ALLIANCEIndividual grant recipient: $600,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $493,404 · OtherSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL+96 more: $3,804,331 · Other+96 moreSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $920,000 · HealthSIBLEY MEMORIAL HO…PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $570,100 · HealthPANCREATIC CANCER …Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc: $482,000 · HealthFoundation for the…CHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $476,607 · HealthCHILDREN'S NATIONA…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $450,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $361,445 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITA…BILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $300,620 · HealthBILL HILLARY & CHE…MedGlobal Inc: $295,000 · HealthMedGlobal IncI AM ALS: $201,144 · Health+20 more: $997,590 · Health+20 moreJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,872,240 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIV…Civic Nation: $1,856,698 · EducationCivic Nation+22 more: $1,135,487 · Education+22 moreNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $785,923 · InternationalWASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA: $225,000 · InternationalFREEDOM HOUSE: $170,000 · InternationalNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC: $170,000 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INC: $142,040 · InternationalYAHAD- IN UNUM MID-AMERICA: $100,000 · International+9 more: $186,000 · InternationalGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,120,978 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS INC: $211,192 · PhilanthropyTHE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $70,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $86,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES: $920,000 · Civil RightsCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $65,000 · Civil RightsALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE: $45,000 · Civil Rights+2 more: $40,000 · Civil Rights
Arts & Culture$8,426,650Other$7,820,567Health$5,054,506Education$4,864,425International$1,778,963Philanthropy$1,488,170Civil Rights$1,070,000

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 budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $5,405,792 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,872,240 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCivic Nation: $1,856,698 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,497,520 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,120,978 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $920,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCOMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES: $920,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetWHEN WE ALL VOTE: $900,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $785,923 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $570,100 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFoundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc: $482,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $476,607 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $450,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $361,445 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $345,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $300,620 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMedGlobal Inc: $295,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INC: $274,999 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetAlbertine Foundation: $235,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetWASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA: $225,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS INC: $211,192 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetI AM ALS: $201,144 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetInclusion Zone: $184,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE: $170,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC: $170,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetFriends of Cancer Research: $155,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $146,948 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $142,040 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $136,867 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $121,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $116,144 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $105,369 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $105,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $105,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetYAHAD- IN UNUM MID-AMERICA: $100,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetMARIST UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC: $100,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION FUND: $95,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $90,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $80,272 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDiaspora Arts Connection Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $80,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTEN THOUSAND VILLAGES: $79,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetEDWARD M KENNEDY INSTITUTE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE INC: $70,353 over 2y, 1.3% 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 THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Civic Nation ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES ↗
  • Who funds WHEN WE ALL VOTE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ↗
  • Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S NATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds National Gallery of Art ↗
  • Who funds BILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MedGlobal Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INC ↗
  • Who funds Albertine Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS INC ↗
  • Who funds I AM ALS ↗
  • Who funds Inclusion Zone ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds NEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Cancer Research ↗
  • Who funds SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MYRIAD USA INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GREATER DC DIAPER BANK ↗
  • Who funds The George Washington University ↗

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 Morris and Gwendo…Greater Washington Co…The Jewish Federation…Clark Charitable Foun…Venable Foundation IncOpen Society InstitutePhilip L Graham Fund …The Robert P and Arle…The Dorothy G Bender …Sami & Annie Totah Fa…The Morningstar Phila…Spectemur Agendo Inc
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC34.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · Venable Foundation Inc · Open Society Institute · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · The Robert P and Arlene R Kogod Family Foundation · The Dorothy G Bender Foundation Inc · Sami & Annie Totah Family Foundation · The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation · Spectemur Agendo 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 Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Rock Creek Conservancy Inc: 60% of income from government
  • The Lieber Institute Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Medstar Health Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Hamilton Partnership for Paterson Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
  • National Center for Jewish Filminc: 4% of income from government
  • Bender Jcc of Greater Washington: 1% of income from government
  • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
46report 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 367 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home