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Kla 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.

$594k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$372k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Employment$7.8MEducation$5.6MHealth$4.6MPhilanthropy$3.0MScience & Tech$1.5MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.2MFood & Nutrition$1.1MHuman Services$907kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $372k
$40,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BENEVITY-MATCHING$371,526
RESOURCE AREA FOR TEACHERS (RAFT)$50,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$50,000
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION$50,000
JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY$40,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
SILICON VALLEY BICYCLE COALITION$10,000
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK$8,000
FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (FIRST)$2,500
MILPITAS HIGH SCHOOL$2,000
02The need
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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: 77% of grant dollars ($23M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 23% that went abroad ($7.1M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $521k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 62% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN SERVICE ANIMAL SOCIETY: $2k → 26%WHITE PONY EXPRESS: $4k → 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $225 → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $75k → 14%ISRAEL HEART2HEART: $10k → 13%CHILDRENS CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY: $15k → 10%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $8k → 15%AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS: $10k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS: $3k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 10%AMERICAN SERVICE ANIMAL SOCIETY: $3k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 10%THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $3k → 21%AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS: $2k → 11%GIRLS WHO CODE: $10k → 17%SEWA INTERNATIONAL INC: $151 → 16%GIRLS WHO CODE INC: $10k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%GIRLS WHO CODE: $4k → 17%GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $10k → 16%STAND WITH TRANS: $5k → 8%GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK: $20 → 16%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $25k → 8%PROJECT LEMONADE INC: $1k → 12%YWCA SILICON VALLEY: $25k → 8%SOS COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 14%THE OZONE HOUSE: $10k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $10k → 14%BILL WILSON CENTER: $25k → 8%SUNNYVALE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $75k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 8%GOOD KARMA BIKES: $5k → 8%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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VT
NH
WA
ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 23% of all-years giving ($7.1M)

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

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$2.1M · 3 grants
Israel$1.5M · 61 grants
India$590k · 16 grants
United Kingdom$535k · 47 grants
Taiwan$533k · 17 grants
Singapore$512k · 17 grants
South Korea$401k · 30 grants
Germany$316k · 75 grants
Belgium$165k · 26 grants
Japan$140k · 14 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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 7% of Kla Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Kla Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 24% 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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22M · 121 repeat orgs$8.2M to everyone else

121 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 115 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

121
501

Total granted

$22M
$8.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+22%

Still filing today

50%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    6× · 2018–2023 · $2.0M · revenue +26%
  • SJ
    SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $833k · revenue +47%
  • PI
    Project Invent
    2× · 2022–2023 · $415k · revenue +51% · 35% of their budget

Funded once

  • BF
    BRIGHT FUNDS-MATCHING
    one grant, 2023 · $761k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $324k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR ADVANCING WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY
    one grant, 2018 · $320k · revenue -97% · 32% of their budget
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.

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AI4ALL

Ai4all's mission is to ensure that the next generation of ai leaders reflects humanity. ai4all is transforming the pipeline of ai practitioners who will shape ai for the benefit of humanity.

Youth Development
2
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
Stem Advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…

Youth Development
5
Enterprise for Youth

Enterprise for youth empowers under-resourced san francisco youths to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences supported by a community of employers, caring adults, and peers.

Youth Development
6
Citizen Schools Inc

In fiscal year 2025, the agency operated an americorps maker fellowship, placing 7 americorps vista members at 6 different education focused organizations in ca, ma, and ny. americorps members worked on capacity building projects to expand…

Education
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
Compass Science Communication Inc

Compass champions, connects, and supports diverse scientist leaders to improve the well-being of people and nature.

Science & Tech
9
Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2

Silicon Valley Social Venture Funds (SV2) mission is to unleash the talents and resources of the Bay Area community to achieve meaningful social impact. SV2 works to build the organizational capacity of our Nonprofit Grantees and Impact…

Philanthropy
10
Breakthrough Silicon Valley

Breakthrough silicon valley prepares highly-motivated students to become first-generation college graduates and inspires emerging leaders to be the next generation of educators and advocates for equity.

Education
11
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
12
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Treasure Valley Inc; the most unlike its peers is Faith in Sobriety Development Corporation. 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

211 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. 211 of the 633 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)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
208/211
Grantees still filing
144/211
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRIGHT FUNDS: $6,968,414 · OtherBRIGHT FUNDSBENEVITY-MATCHING: $1,746,235 · OtherBENEVITY-MATCHINGBRIGHT FUNDS-MATCHING: $761,133 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $751,000 · OtherMILPITAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $709,576 · Other+147 more: $8,815,670 · Other+147 moreSAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $833,075 · EducationSAN JOSE PUB…YEAR UP INC: $474,520 · EducationYEAR UP INCSEMI Foundation: $375,000 · EducationSEMI Foundat…SCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY INC: $286,000 · EducationSCIENCE IS E…COLLEGE TRACK: $215,000 · EducationCOLLEGE TRAC…OUT IN TECH INC: $150,000 · EducationUrban Ed Academy: $125,000 · EducationTHE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY: $109,000 · Education+13 more: $588,860 · Education+13 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,034,380 · HealthAmerican He…American Diabetes Association: $206,400 · HealthAmerican Di…NAMI SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $180,000 · HealthNAMI SANTA …VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF): $144,670 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100,000 · Health+4 more: $122,500 · HealthFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $345,755 · Arts & CultureTHE TECH INTERACTIVE: $150,000 · Arts & CultureCOMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM: $150,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE EDISON INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureHISPANIC FOUNDATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $435,000 · Community ImprovementSILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $162,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $20,000 · Community ImprovementProject Invent: $415,000 · Science & TechFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $77,500 · Science & TechSAE INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 · Science & TechAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $302,860 · Human ServicesMAITRI: $50,000 · Human ServicesYWCA GOLDEN GATE SILICON VALLEY: $25,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $25,000 · Human ServicesBILL WILSON CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $24,200 · Human ServicesOZONE HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Human Services
Other$19,752,028Education$3,156,455Health$2,787,950Arts & Culture$700,755Community Improvement$617,000Science & Tech$542,500Human Services$472,060

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 budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,034,380 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $833,075 over 6y, 13% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $474,520 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHISPANIC FOUNDATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $435,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetProject Invent: $415,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetSEMI Foundation: $375,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $345,755 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR ADVANCING WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY: $320,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $302,860 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY INC: $286,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $240,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE TRACK: $215,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $206,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $180,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetSILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $162,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetGIRLSTART: $157,200 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetTHE TECH INTERACTIVE: $150,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCOMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM: $150,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetOUT IN TECH INC: $150,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetVALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF): $144,670 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST BAY SILICON VALLEY: $136,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $131,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Ed Academy: $125,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSilicon Valley Bicycle Coalition: $120,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetFOOD GATHERERS: $116,200 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY: $109,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPIVOTAL CONNECTIONS: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE ORGANIZATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAfrican Diaspora Network: $100,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $77,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTechbridge Girls: $70,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMotor City Steam Foundation: $63,800 over 2y, 34% of budgetSanta Clara Schools Foundation: $60,060 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBay Area Tutoring Asociation: $60,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $50,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetELSO INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMAITRI: $50,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSAE INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHuman-I-T: $45,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP: $42,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSCIENCE FROM SCIENTISTS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetDOWNTOWN BOXING GYM YOUTH PROGRAM: $37,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCRISTO REY SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $35,000 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 American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC FOUNDATION OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds Project Invent ↗
  • Who funds SEMI Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR ADVANCING WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE TRACK ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
  • Who funds NAMI SANTA CLARA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GIRLSTART ↗
  • Who funds THE TECH INTERACTIVE ↗
  • Who funds COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds OUT IN TECH INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF) ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST BAY SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds Urban Ed Academy ↗

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.

Kla FoundationMI91.3× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kla Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · Atkinson Foundation · Leo M Shortino Family Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Elso Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Homeplate Youth Services: 17% of income from government
  • Project Lemonade Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro East: 14% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
75report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Kla Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kla 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 633 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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