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· Public charity

Land Trust Alliance Inc

To save the places people love by strengthening land conservation across america.

$5.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
122
Grants FY2024still arriving
28
States reached
$378k
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$28MFood & Nutrition$1.2MRecreation & Sports$511kEducation$338kAnimals$305kEmployment$235kArts & Culture$154kCommunity Improvement$37kOther$0
02FY2024 · 122 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 122 grants below total $5,340,116, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,765,732 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $425,616 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k27 grants · $183k
  • $10k–50k62 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k30 grants · $2.9M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
$15,500
Median grant
28
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAKE GEORGE LAND CONSERVANCY$377,600
SCENIC HUDSON LAND TRUST$350,000
GENESEE VALLEY CONSERVANCY$332,007
LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION$245,200
MOHONK PRESERVE$162,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$139,000
MIANUS RIVER GORGE$123,593
GENESSEE LAND TRUST INC$119,333
THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC$110,529
RENSSELAER PLATEAU ALLIANCE$106,248
WESTCHESTER LAND TRUST INC$106,155
BUFFALO NIAGARA RIVER LAND TRUST$104,750
HUDSON HIGHLANDS LAND TRUST$100,400
BROOKLYN QUEENS LAND TRUST$100,000
CENTRAL NEW YORK LAND TRUST$100,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 73% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HUDSON HIGHLANDS LAND TRUST: $150k → 6%LAKE GEORGE LAND CONSERVANCY: $378k → 10%GENESEE VALLEY CONSERVANCY: $332k → 11%AGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION: $133k → 11%COLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $137k → 11%RENSSELAER PLATEAU ALLIANCE: $106k → 11%OTSEGO LAND TRUST: $100k → 13%GENESEE LAND TRUST INC: $135k → 14%FINGER LAKES LAND TRUST INC: $130k → 16%TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $100k → 17%LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION: $345k → 14%MCKENZIE RIVER TRUST: $161k → 15%COLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $119k → 9%NEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $260k → 5%NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST: $100k → 9%MAINE FARMLAND TRUST: $100k → 13%SHEFFIELD LAND TRUST INC: $100k → 12%HUDSON HIGHLANDS LAND TRUST: $100k → 6%COLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $115k → 11%GENESSEE LAND TRUST INC: $119k → 14%LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION: $245k → 14%MCKENZIE RIVER TRUST: $108k → 15%COLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $117k → 9%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $139k → 7%LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION: $245k → 14%COLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $107k → 9%SCENIC HUDSON LAND TRUST: $350k → 9%MOHONK PRESERVE: $162k → 16%LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION: $233k → 14%BUFFALO NIAGARA RIVER LAND TRUST: $105k → 13%MOHONK PRESERVE: $125k → 16%LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION: $210k → 14%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $150k → 14%LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION: $190k → 14%DESCHUTES LAND TRUST: $114k → 10%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $102k → 14%LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION: $188k → 14%DESCHUTES LAND TRUST: $114k → 10%LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION: $172k → 14%MIANUS RIVER GORGE: $124k → 9%MIANUS RIVER GORGE: $110k → 9%DUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY: $124k → 9%WESTERN NEW YORK LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $152k → 13%WESTCHESTER LAND TRUST INC: $106k → 9%THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $148k → 14%WESTCHESTER LAND TRUST INC: $102k → 9%THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $111k → 14%THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $101k → 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
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28M · 178 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +86% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

178 repeat relationships: 92 still active in FY2024, 86 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

178
115

Total granted

$28M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+86%
+37%

Still filing today

98%
97%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $333k 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
EnvironmentFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsArts & CultureAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • LT
    LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +1%
  • LG
    Lake George Land Conservancy Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $675k · revenue +366%
  • TI
    THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $629k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SHEFFIELD LAND TRUST INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +11%
  • TS
    The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $60k · revenue -20%
  • DU
    Ducks Unlimited Inc Group Returngraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $60k · revenue +38%
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
Big Thicket Natural Heritage Trust

We acquire properties to be donated to the National Park Service and state entities and advocate for protection of Big Thicket natural resources.

Environment
2
Massachusetts Land Conservation Trust

Conservation and preservation of land.

Environment
3
Sebasticook Regional Land Trust

The mission of the SRLT is to recognize and conserve the rich wild and workinglandscape of Central Maine's Sebasticook River watershed through conservation,stewardship and education. Our focal programs are land conservation for…

Environment
4
Land Conservancy of Ridgefield Inc

The Land Conservancy's vision is a beautiful, historic New England town rich in diverse wildlife, scenic beauty, and natural resources that will enhance the lives of its citizens. These goals are accomplished through:* Research:…

Environment
5
Westmoreland Land Trust

To conserve and steward lands and waters of Westmoreland County that harbor ecological, cultural or recreational qualities to offer a healthier and more sustainable future for all.

Environment
6
Royal River Conservation Trust

The royal river conservation trust (rrct) is a regional land trust working primarily in seven maine municipalities. the trust owns,cares for, and stewards land and conservation easements to protect land and water resources for the general…

Environment
7
Redding Land Trust Inc

The primary mission of Redding Land Trust is to preserve the natural resources of the Town of Redding, CT and to promote the scientific and educational study of local and natural resources, and to acquire, by gift or purchase, land or…

Environment
8
New River Land Trust

To conserve the rural, natural, and cultural heritage of the new river region, protecting farms, forests, open spaces, and historic places.

Environment
9
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County

Land trust of santa cruz county (the organization) was incorporated in california as a not-for-profit corporation in 1978. the mission of the organization is to protect, care for, and connect all people to the vibrant natural and working…

Environment
10
Livingston Land Conservancy Inc

To protect the natural heritage and rural character of the greater Livingston County area by preserving quality natural areas and productive farmland. To promote an appreciation and understanding of the environment for the long term…

Environment
11
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust

The Organization works with local landowners to permanently protect natural land and waters that define its community and enrich the quality of life by purchasing, managing, negotiating and developing conservations easements in the Upper…

Food & Nutrition
12
Concord Land Conservation Trust

To acquire and protect land in Concord, MA for conservation purposes, habitat protection, and to provide passive recreational use by the public as well as to preserve Concord's traditional landscapes of woods, meadows and fields.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mississippi Valley Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Para La Naturaleza 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

313 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. 313 of the 322 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.

24
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
138
Early backer (in before they grew)
312/313
Grantees still filing
224/313
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION: $1,828,201 · EnvironmentLAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION+154 more: $22,305,345 · Environment+154 moreTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $692,620 · OtherTHE NATURE …WALLKILL VALLEY LAND TRUST: $269,250 · OtherWALLKILL VA…POUND RIDGE LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $197,550 · OtherPOUND RIDGE…RENSSELAER LAND TRUST INC: $183,600 · OtherRENSSELAER …THE EDMUND NILES HUYCK PRESERVE INC: $166,550 · OtherTHE EDMUND …LAKE PLACID LAND CONSERVANCY: $146,500 · OtherFriends of the Columbia Gorge: $129,558 · OtherThe Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated: $116,000 · OtherTRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $114,900 · OtherTEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC: $206,482 · OtherTEATOWN LAK…BATTENKILL CONSERVANCY INC: $107,000 · Other+14 more: $519,153 · Other+14 moreMIANUS RIVER GORGE INC: $428,793 · AnimalsNATURE SANCTUARY SOCIETY OF WNY INC: $92,204 · AnimalsWILTON WILDLIFE PRESERVE AND PARK INC: $58,000 · Animals+1 more: $16,875 · AnimalsCHAMPLAIN AREA TRAILS INC: $448,915 · Recreation & SportsWILLIAM J PALMER PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $49,500 · Recreation & SportsNew York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc: $32,300 · Recreation & SportsTENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY: $22,250 · Recreation & SportsDISABLED HIKERS: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $208,644 · Food & NutritionMaine Farmland Trust: $112,000 · Food & NutritionPITNEY MEADOWS COMMUNITY FARM INC: $108,840 · Food & NutritionNORTHCOAST REGIONAL LAND TRUST: $47,150 · Food & NutritionBLACK OREGON LAND TRUST: $35,000 · Food & NutritionPAYETTE LAND TRUST INC: $28,500 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $32,740 · Food & NutritionBrooklyn Queens Land Trust: $273,450 · EducationWASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF LAND TRUSTS: $70,000 · EducationGREEN GUERILLAS INC: $234,840 · Employment
Environment$24,133,546Other$2,849,163Animals$595,872Recreation & Sports$572,965Food & Nutrition$572,874Education$343,450Employment$234,840

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 budgetLAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION: $1,828,201 over 8y, 24% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $692,620 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLake George Land Conservancy Inc: $675,090 over 7y, 9.6% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $628,859 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetHudson Highlands Land Trust Inc: $604,050 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetCOLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $565,293 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetWESTERN NEW YORK LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $564,500 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetMcKenzie River Trust: $550,212 over 6y, 10% of budgetMOHONK PRESERVE INC: $543,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetDeschutes Land Trust: $541,762 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetScenic Hudson Inc: $530,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetGREENBELT LAND TRUST: $520,847 over 6y, 11% of budgetWestchester Land Trust Inc: $519,415 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetGenesee Land Trust Inc: $513,663 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $508,200 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetHudson Taconic Lands Inc: $507,048 over 7y, 28% of budgetTHE NORTH SHORE LAND ALLIANCE INC: $479,580 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetCOLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $458,426 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetCHAMPLAIN AREA TRAILS INC: $448,915 over 6y, 18% of budgetADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $447,054 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetMIANUS RIVER GORGE INC: $428,793 over 7y, 12% of budgetGenesee Valley Conservancy Inc: $425,005 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetAGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSN INC: $421,214 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetGrassroots Gardens of Western New York Inc: $400,559 over 7y, 34% of budgetSARATOGA PLAN INC: $372,270 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $357,256 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $351,377 over 7y, 12% of budgetCazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc: $342,208 over 7y, 80% of budgetOTSEGO LAND TRUST: $329,322 over 6y, 18% of budgetNorth Coast Land Conservancy Inc: $325,949 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC: $324,500 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $315,200 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetNEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $310,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetNORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION: $307,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetGRASSLAND BIRD TRUST INC: $290,833 over 6y, 69% of budgetTUG HILL TOMORROW LAND TRUST: $289,433 over 7y, 14% of budgetBUFFALO NIAGARA RIVER LAND TRUST INC: $286,866 over 5y, 64% of budgetMOHAWK HUDSON LAND CONSERVANCY: $278,396 over 7y, 11% of budgetBrooklyn Queens Land Trust: $273,450 over 6y, 31% of budgetThe Wetlands Conservancy Inc: $271,427 over 7y, 9.6% of budgetWALLKILL VALLEY LAND TRUST: $269,250 over 7y, 25% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN LAND TRUST: $249,495 over 7y, 18% of budgetINDIAN RIVER LAKES CONSERVANCY: $238,486 over 5y, 25% of budgetGREEN GUERILLAS INC: $234,840 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $208,644 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC: $206,482 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetPOUND RIDGE LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $197,550 over 4y, 44% of budgetTHE CENTRAL NEW YORK LAND TRUST INC: $189,800 over 3y, 10% 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 LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Lake George Land Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds Hudson Highlands Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN NEW YORK LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds McKenzie River Trust ↗
  • Who funds MOHONK PRESERVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Deschutes Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds Scenic Hudson Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREENBELT LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Westchester Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds Genesee Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hudson Taconic Lands Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE NORTH SHORE LAND ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPLAIN AREA TRAILS INC ↗
  • Who funds ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds MIANUS RIVER GORGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Genesee Valley Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds AGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSN INC ↗
  • Who funds Grassroots Gardens of Western New York Inc ↗
  • Who funds SARATOGA PLAN INC ↗
  • Who funds DUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN OREGON LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds OTSEGO LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds North Coast Land Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds PECONIC LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds GRASSLAND BIRD TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds TUG HILL TOMORROW LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO NIAGARA RIVER LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds MOHAWK HUDSON LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Brooklyn Queens Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds The Wetlands Conservancy 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 Nature ConservancyAmerican Farmland Tru…Open Space Institute …National Fish and Wil…The Trust for Public …Ibm International Fou…The Conservation Fund…The Peter and Carmen …Fields Pond Foundatio…PatagoniaorgColorado Coalition of…Appalachian Trail Con…
The Nature ConservancyVA100.1× affinity89 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Nature Conservancy · American Farmland Trust · Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Trust for Public Land · Ibm International Foundation · The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc · Fields Pond Foundation Inc · Patagoniaorg · Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts · Appalachian Trail Conservancy

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 Land Trust Alliance Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Land Trust Alliance Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc: 100% of income from government
  • North Florida Land Trust Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Deschutes Land Trust: 46% of income from government
  • Greenbelt Land Trust: 31% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Conservancy Inc: 27% of income from government
  • The Wetlands Conservancy Inc: 18% of income from government
  • The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts: 18% of income from government
  • Harford Land Trust Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Stowe Land Trust: 10% of income from government
  • Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Essex County Greenbelt Association: 8% of income from government
  • McKenzie River Trust: 8% of income from government
  • North Coast Land Conservancy Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Wallowa Land Trust: 3% of income from government
  • Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Lower Nehalem Community Trust: 2% of income from government
  • Oregon Agricultural Trust: 2% of income from government
  • South Hero Land Trust Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
94report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 322 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 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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