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Legacy Foundation Inc

The legacy foundation, inc.

$5.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
83
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$787k
Largest
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.

Education$3.0MPublic Benefit$2.3MCommunity Improvement$2.1MHealth$1.9MHuman Services$1.6MFood & Nutrition$1.5MArts & Culture$985kReligion$839kOther$0
02FY2024 · 83 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 83 grants below total $3,774,322, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,377,632 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,603,310 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 $10k22 grants · $176k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $672k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+1 grant · $787k
$15,261
Median grant
7
States reached
$124M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOWN OF MERRILLVILLE$787,320
TRADEWINDS SERVICES INC$217,504
FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA$177,000
DUNES LEARNING CENTER$163,221
IVY TECH EAST CHICAGO$150,084
VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY - OFFICE OF$150,000
CALUMET COLLEGE OF ST JOSEPH$118,353
LAKESHORE PUBLIC MEDIA$112,179
THE METHODIST HOSPITALS FOUNDATION$100,000
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$100,000
TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL$79,285
MOUNTAIN GATE$75,000
CRISIS CENTER$74,333
HOBART FOOD PANTRY INCORPORATED$66,035
HAMMOND COMMUNITY CORPORATION$62,489
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 (FY17–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOPE HOUSE: $40k → 13%CATHEDRAL HILL MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $25k → 14%HANDS OF HOPE ADOPTION & ORPHAN: $15k → 5%URBAN LEAGUE OF NORTHWEST INDIANA: $37k → 15%PALADIN INC: $15k → 15%HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO: $18k → 14%THE SEEING EYE: $54k → 4%HOPE HOUSE: $10k → 13%URBAN LEAGUE OF NORTHWEST INDIANA: $32k → 15%STARTEDUP FOUNDATION: $18k → 5%PALADIN INC: $14k → 15%FAITH IN INDIANA: $13k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF NORTHWEST INDIANA: $11k → 15%INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS CONGREGATION ACTION: $25k → 16%OPERATION COMBAT BIKESAVER: $15k → 15%LYMPHIRA INC: $25k → 15%AFFECTING COMMUNITIES THROUGH: $14k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF NORTHWEST: $10k → 15%FAIR HAVEN CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $26k → 15%FAIR HAVEN CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $20k → 15%FAIR HAVEN CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $19k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE: $18k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE: $16k → 15%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $19k → 15%HAMMOND FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 15%YWCA OF GARY: $15k → 15%HAMMOND FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 15%HAMMOND FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 15%HAMMOND FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 15%HAMMOND FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 15%SHELTERED91: $10k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $21k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $17k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $17k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $16k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $16k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $12k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $11k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $11k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $74k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $71k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $58k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $56k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $53k → 15%SCHOOL CITY OF HOBART EDUCATIONAL: $16k → 15%SCHOOL CITY OF HOBART EDUCATIONAL: $10k → 15%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
ID
MN
IL
MA
IN
NJ
CO
VA
NM
DC
LA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 61% of Legacy Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 94% of the giving stays in IN; by stated purpose, 40%.

Legacy Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 105 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

105 repeat relationships: 60 still active in FY2024, 45 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

105
103

Total granted

$14M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+20%

Still filing today

68%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $736k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TS
    TRADEWINDS SERVICES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $853k · revenue +57%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $791k · revenue +91%
  • Indiana University Foundation
    2× · 2021–2023 · $713k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • SS
    SOUTH SHORE ARTS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $177k · revenue -18%
  • OI
    OAI Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $60k · revenue +41%
  • TS
    THE SEEING EYE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $54k · revenue +12%
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
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
2
Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce

To be a voice for business and a forum for the exchange of ideas and through a variety of chamber programs and services, strengthen the economic vitality of east chicago, hammond, and northwest indiana.

Community Improvement
3
Healthlinc Incorporated

Coordinate health care information by providing a community-wide clinical data and information exchange to the health care community.

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4
Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council Inc

To empower its peers with disabilities to lead and control their own lives.

Human Services
5
Feeding Indiana's Hungry Inc

By drawing on varied resources within public agencies and the private sector, we hope to provide hunger relief for those in need throughout Indiana.

Human Services
6
Indiana Health Information Exchange Inc

Through information exchange, we improve health and healthcare.

Health
7
Community Action of East Central Indiana

To provide education and assistance to low income, disadvantaged individuals and children.

Human Services
8
Insight Development Corporation

Insight development corporation fosters low-income housing in and around indianapolis, indiana and the surrounding community.

Housing & Shelter
9
Bridges Community Services Inc

To develop, coordinate, and proivde housing, social services, and educational programs for low income and moderate income residents of muncie, indiana.

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10
Indiana County Community Action Program

Provide resources for low income clients.

Human Services
11
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
12
Indiana Innovation Council Inc

Promote and educate indiana residents on the state's economic success and positive gains.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fresh Coast Communities dba Greenprint Communities. 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

162 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. 162 of the 231 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.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
40
Early backer (in before they grew)
153/162
Grantees still filing
107/162
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOWN OF MERRILLVILLE: $2,792,094 · OtherTOWN OF MERRILLVILLETRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH: $717,123 · OtherTRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCHCITY OF HOBART: $335,208 · OtherSOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $346,551 · OtherINDIANA DUNES ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $317,962 · Other+113 more: $4,561,707 · Other+113 moreTRADEWINDS SERVICES INC: $852,947 · HealthTRADEWINDS S…VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF PORTER COUNTY INDIANA INC: $351,936 · HealthVISITING NUR…THE METHODIST HOSPITALS FOUNDATION INC: $138,642 · HealthTHE METHODIS…CARMELITE SISTERSHOME FOR GIRLS: $91,704 · HealthFRANCISCAN ALLIANCE INC: $80,630 · Health+10 more: $246,705 · Health+10 moreIndiana University Foundation: $713,000 · EducationIndiana Un…CALUMET COLLEGE OF ST JOSEPH: $245,439 · EducationCALUMET CO…THE LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION INC: $150,000 · EducationTHE LUTHER…Ball State University Foundation Inc: $100,000 · EducationBall State…Gary Alumni Pathway to Students Inc: $88,000 · EducationGary Alumn…+9 more: $280,793 · Education+9 moreCRISIS CENTER INC: $313,259 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $121,023 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF NW INDIANA INC: $102,900 · Human ServicesFAIR HAVEN INC: $72,350 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY: $71,794 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC: $54,351 · Human ServicesCROSSROADS YMCA INC: $50,325 · Human ServicesPALADIN INC: $50,202 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE INC: $50,000 · Human Services+16 more: $297,345 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $791,100 · Food & NutritionHOBART FOOD PANTRY INC: $349,166 · Food & NutritionTHE HAMMOND COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $468,677 · PhilanthropyFRANCISCAN SISTERS OF CHICAGO SERVICE CORPORATION: $134,802 · PhilanthropyLAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $64,842 · PhilanthropyMILLER COMMUNITY FUND INC: $55,643 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $49,749 · PhilanthropyFRANCISCAN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $49,381 · Philanthropy+3 more: $32,000 · PhilanthropyNorthwest Indiana Public Broadcasting Inc: $195,016 · Arts & CultureSOUTH SHORE ARTS INC: $177,236 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST INDIANA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $97,045 · Arts & CultureWHITING ENTERTAINMENT CENTER INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CAVALIERS AP&E INC: $45,741 · Arts & CultureMORNING BISHOP THEATRE PLAYHOU: $39,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $160,329 · Arts & Culture
Other$9,070,645Health$1,762,564Education$1,577,232Human Services$1,183,549Food & Nutrition$1,140,266Philanthropy$855,094Arts & Culture$774,367

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 budgetTRADEWINDS SERVICES INC: $852,947 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $791,100 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $713,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HAMMOND COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $468,677 over 8y, 100% of budgetVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF PORTER COUNTY INDIANA INC: $351,936 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetHOBART FOOD PANTRY INC: $349,166 over 5y, 46% of budgetSOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $346,551 over 2y, 82% of budgetINDIANA DUNES ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $317,962 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetCRISIS CENTER INC: $313,259 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetCALUMET COLLEGE OF ST JOSEPH: $245,439 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNorthwest Indiana Public Broadcasting Inc: $195,016 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetSOUTH SHORE ARTS INC: $177,236 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MAAC FOUNDATION INC: $146,083 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITALS FOUNDATION INC: $138,642 over 3y, 13% of budgetHUMANE INDIANA INC: $138,516 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetFRANCISCAN SISTERS OF CHICAGO SERVICE CORPORATION: $134,802 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $121,023 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF NW INDIANA INC: $102,900 over 6y, 9.7% of budgetHAMMOND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $102,836 over 8y, 9.6% of budgetBall State University Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST INDIANA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $97,045 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetCARMELITE SISTERSHOME FOR GIRLS: $91,704 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGary Alumni Pathway to Students Inc: $88,000 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetFRANCISCAN ALLIANCE INC: $80,630 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES INC: $74,263 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFAIR HAVEN INC: $72,350 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY: $71,794 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetHAMMOND YOUTH GOLF ACADEMY INC: $71,438 over 8y, 44% of budgetPATHWAY TO ADVENTURE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $67,221 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $64,842 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetOAI Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWHITING ENTERTAINMENT CENTER INC: $60,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetLAKE AREA UNITED WAY INC: $56,226 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $54,351 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana: $51,966 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS YMCA INC: $50,325 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude House Inc: $50,249 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetPALADIN INC: $50,202 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIncremental Development Alliance: $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHOPE HOUSE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $49,749 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFRANCISCAN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $49,381 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHEARTS IN MOTION: $48,823 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CAVALIERS AP&E INC: $45,741 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetERIN'S FARM NFP INC: $45,300 over 3y, 13% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $44,617 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $41,837 over 7y, 0.0% 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 TRADEWINDS SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE HAMMOND COMMUNITY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF PORTER COUNTY INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds HOBART FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA DUNES ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CALUMET COLLEGE OF ST JOSEPH ↗
  • Who funds Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH SHORE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MAAC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE METHODIST HOSPITALS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF CHICAGO SERVICE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF NW INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds HAMMOND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Ball State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST INDIANA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CARMELITE SISTERSHOME FOR GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds Gary Alumni Pathway to Students Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE 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.

John W Anderson FoundationIN104× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John W Anderson Foundation · Crown Point Community Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Lake Area United Way Inc · Porter County Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc · Fulk Family Foundation Inc · The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation · Sourlis Irrevocable Charitable Trust · United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation 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 Legacy Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Legacy Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
53report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 231 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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