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Lehner Family Foundation at a glance

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Lehner Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
96
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$1.3MArts & Culture$1.1MAnimals$872kReligion$284kHuman Services$274kEducation$259kRecreation & Sports$247kYouth Development$208kOther$0
02FY2024 · 96 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k66 grants · $283k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $500k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $415k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK$150,000
AKRON ART MUSEUM$140,000
SUMMA HEALTH$125,000
AKRON HISTORY CENTER$40,000
ROTARY CAMP FOR CHILDREN$35,000
STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS$30,000
THE VILLAGE OF ST EDWARD$25,000
ST MARY URBAN EDUCATION INITIATIVE$25,000
STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS$25,000
TRULY REACHING YOU INC$25,000
LOYOLA RETREAT HOUSE$25,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$20,000
EMBRACING FUTURES INC$20,000
AKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK$20,000
STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $319k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%OHIO LIVING HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE: $5k → 5%EMPOWER SPORTS: $3k → 17%OHIO LIVING HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE: $5k → 5%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10k → 12%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10k → 12%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $8k → 12%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $13k → 12%CHAIR-ITY INC: $3k → 17%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $10k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $9k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $8k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $8k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $6k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $5k → 13%ASIAN SERVICES IN ACTION INC: $5k → 13%AKRON URBAN LEAGUE: $7k → 13%BUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $5k → 13%AKRON URBAN LEAGUE: $5k → 13%BUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $5k → 13%BUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $5k → 13%BUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $5k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF AKRON: $5k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON: $5k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON: $5k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON: $5k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON: $5k → 13%OPEN M: $6k → 13%OPEN M: $5k → 13%OPEN M: $5k → 13%OPEN M: $5k → 13%VANTAGE AGING: $4k → 13%VANTAGE AGING: $4k → 13%GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $26k → 13%GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $10k → 13%GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $10k → 13%GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $5k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $3k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $3k → 13%BATTERED WOMENS SHELTER: $8k → 13%AKRON AREA YMCA: $10k → 13%AKRON AREA YMCA: $10k → 13%AKRON AREA YMCA: $10k → 13%AKRON AREA YMCA: $10k → 13%VICTIMS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $5k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $5k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $5k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $5k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $5k → 13%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.
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.7M · 100 repeat orgs$717k to everyone else

100 repeat relationships: 71 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

100
44

Total granted

$4.7M
$587k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+27%

Still filing today

62%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentEducationFood & 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

  • AZ
    AKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK
    5× · 2020–2024 · $787k · revenue +108%
  • SH
    STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $342k · revenue +23%
  • AA
    AKRON ART MUSEUM
    4× · 2020–2024 · $335k · revenue +166%

Funded once

  • SH
    SUMMA HEALTH
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
  • AC
    AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +24%
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
Akron Parks Collaborative

To engage the akron, ohio community around the creation and sustainability of vibrant public spaces within the city of akron. we foster and support neighborhood park advocates by enabling them to meet their goals, partner with the city and…

Recreation & Sports
2
Greater Akron Chamber

To promote business in the tri-county area

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3
Akron Development Corporation

The akron development corporation was organized to support economic development initiatives in the city of akron, particularly through the former akron global business accelerator and to secure state of ohio funding for technology-based…

Community Improvement
4
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
5
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
6
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
7
The Goodwill Industries of Akron Ohio Inc

Goodwill industries of akron, ohio, inc is a not-for-profit corporation that helps individuals prepare for, find, and retain employment. goodwill serves the five-county region of summit, portage, medina, ashland, and richland. goodwill…

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8
Atrium Medical Center Foundation

To develop charitable gifts and resources dedicated to building healthier communities in southwest ohio.

Health
9
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron

To improve the health of children, teenagers and young adults through excellence in patient care, education, research, advocacy and community partnerships.

Health
10
Ohio District 5 Area Agency On Aging Inc

The ohio district 5 area agency on aging, inc. provides leadership, collaboration, coordination and services to older adults, people with disabilities, their caregivers and resource networks that support individual choice, independence and…

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11
Ohio Hills Health Services

Ohio hills health services is a non-profit health care operation, organized by communities in eastern ohio to promote healthy lifestyles and to provide preventative and comprehensive medical and dental care for area residents. the primary…

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12
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Akron Community Service Center & Urban League Inc; the most unlike its peers is Peninsula 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

87 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. 87 of the 158 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)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
85/87
Grantees still filing
61/87
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUMMA HEALTH: $250,000 · OtherSUMMA HEALTHAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $136,000 · OtherAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITALAMERICAN RED CROSS: $119,700 · OtherTHE VILLAGE OF ST EDWARD: $106,250 · OtherLoyola Retreat House Inc: $87,000 · Other+101 more: $1,814,850 · Other+101 moreSTAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC: $342,000 · Arts & CultureSTAN HYWET HALL & GA…AKRON ART MUSEUM: $335,000 · Arts & CultureAKRON ART MUSEUMART RESOURCES TRANSFORMATIONS: $85,000 · Arts & CultureART RESOURCES TRANSF…Akron History Center: $40,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $171,500 · Arts & Culture+12 moreAKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK: $787,354 · AnimalsAKRON ZOOLOGICAL P…HUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $85,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF …Summa Health: $275,000 · HealthSumma Healt…EMBRACING FUTURES INC: $100,000 · HealthEMBRACING F…STEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $80,750 · HealthSTEWART'S C…AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthVICTORY GALLOP INC: $25,000 · HealthREGINA HEALTH CENTER: $23,850 · Health+5 more: $41,000 · Health+5 moreGRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $50,750 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AKRON INC: $40,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $40,500 · Human ServicesCHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $33,600 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON OHIO: $25,000 · Human ServicesVICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesOPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY: $21,000 · Human ServicesBUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER: $18,500 · Human ServicesAKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE INC: $12,000 · Human Services+6 more: $32,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES: $50,000 · Crime & LegalTruly Reaching You Inc: $45,000 · Crime & LegalCONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK: $35,000 · EnvironmentKEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL: $17,500 · EnvironmentCROWN POINT ECOLOGY CENTER: $15,000 · EnvironmentSUMMIT METRO PARKS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $5,000 · Environment
Other$2,513,800Arts & Culture$973,500Animals$872,354Health$570,600Human Services$319,350Crime & Legal$95,000Environment$82,500

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 budgetAKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK: $787,354 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSTAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC: $342,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetAKRON ART MUSEUM: $335,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetSumma Health: $275,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEMBRACING FUTURES INC: $100,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetLoyola Retreat House Inc: $87,000 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetART RESOURCES TRANSFORMATIONS: $85,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $85,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $80,750 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $70,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT TRAIL COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $65,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetACCESS INC: $60,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $50,750 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES: $50,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTruly Reaching You Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AKRON INC: $40,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $40,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAkron History Center: $40,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCASA BOARD VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION IN: $35,500 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $35,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $33,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE IGNITES CINCINNATI: $30,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetAKRON SOUL TRAIN: $27,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON OHIO: $25,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SOAP BOX DERBY INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetVICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetVICTORY GALLOP INC: $25,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTHE AKRON MARATHON CHARITABLE CORPORATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetREGINA HEALTH CENTER: $23,850 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSAFETY FORCES SUPPORT CENTER: $23,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetAKRON CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $21,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetOPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY: $21,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $20,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBallet Theatre of Ohio Inc: $19,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER: $18,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL: $17,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetArt Sparks: $15,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetSUMMIT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AKRON OHIO: $15,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetDEVELOPING CONNECTIONS NORTHEAST OHIO: $15,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetPENINSULA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCROWN POINT ECOLOGY CENTER: $15,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAXESS FAMILY SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 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 AKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK ↗
  • Who funds STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds AKRON ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Summa Health ↗
  • Who funds EMBRACING FUTURES INC ↗
  • Who funds Loyola Retreat House Inc ↗
  • Who funds ART RESOURCES TRANSFORMATIONS ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds STEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY ↗
  • Who funds AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds GREAT TRAIL COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Truly Reaching You Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AKRON INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Akron History Center ↗
  • Who funds CASA BOARD VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION IN ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK ↗
  • Who funds CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds RMH OF AKRONINC ↗

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.

Akron Community Found…Sisler McFawn Foundat…The Welty Family Foun…Charles E and Mabel M…L R Moffitt & L W Mof…Lloyd L & Louise K Sm…Gar FoundationMary S & David C Corb…W Paul Mills & Thora …Glenn R & Alice V Bog…Synthomer Foundation …United Way of Summit …
Akron Community FoundationOH119.4× affinity62 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Akron Community Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · The Welty Family Foundation · Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial · L R Moffitt & L W Moffitt Foundation · Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation · Gar Foundation · Mary S & David C Corbin Foundation · W Paul Mills & Thora J Mills Memorial · Glenn R & Alice V Boggess Memorial · Synthomer Foundation Inc · United Way of Summit and Medina

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
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    How do I get to Lehner Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lehner Family 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 158 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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