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Leon Levy 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.

$38M
Granted FY2024still arriving
214
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$8.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$99MArts & Culture$51MHealth$19MEnvironment$19MScience & Tech$10MCivil Rights$5.3MCrime & Legal$5.1MRecreation & Sports$3.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 214 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k63 grants · $209k
  • $10k–50k73 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k52 grants · $5.3M
  • $250k+26 grants · $32M
$25,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$491M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$8,726,786
GRADUATE CENTER - CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$3,275,000
NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$2,818,101
PROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE$2,050,000
CITY COLLEGE NEW YORK THE$1,555,000
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY$1,440,000
BARD GRADUATE CENTER$1,035,000
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$1,035,000
WHITE LEVY PROGRAM FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS$1,007,169
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY$1,000,000
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART$900,000
BNT FUND$648,814
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS$636,156
IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS$625,000
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO$600,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $237k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $1k → 12%PETRUS FUND OF YONKERS: $100k → 9%IOWA RIVER HOSPICE: $4k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $1k → 12%PETRUS FUND OF YONKERS INC: $15k → 9%IOWA RIVER HOSPICE: $500 → 11%WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 13%WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%TIDES CENTER: $10k → 10%NEIGHBORS LINK: $500 → 9%SAFE HORIZON: $5k → 17%SAFE HORIZON: $5k → 17%SAFE HORIZON: $5k → 17%SAFE HORIZON: $2k → 17%SAFE HORIZON: $2k → 17%FOOTSTEPS: $50k → 20%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $1k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $5k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $1k → 17%WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%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

ME
NH
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
NC
SC
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$209M · 272 repeat orgs$15M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

272 repeat relationships: 163 still active in FY2024, 109 since wound down; 49 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

272
128

Total granted

$209M
$11M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+20%

Still filing today

68%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.6M 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
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • NY
    New York University
    8× · 2017–2024 · $68M · revenue +76%
  • NY
    NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6.0M · revenue +40%
  • INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2022 · $4.4M · revenue +229%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $1.7M · revenue -40%
  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue +1%
  • TL
    THE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM SPECIAL ASSET FUND OF TPF
    one grant, 2018 · $1.0M · revenue -49%
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
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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2
New Museum of Contemporary Art

A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.

Arts & Culture
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
Municipal Art Society of New York

The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…

Arts & Culture
5
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
10
Berggruen Institute
Education
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fund for Public Housing Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Neue Galerie New York. 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

295 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. 295 of the 462 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)
47
Early backer (in before they grew)
291/295
Grantees still filing
202/295
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

New York University: $67,846,984 · EducationNew York UniversityBARD COLLEGE: $3,070,500 · Education+18 more: $14,744,777 · Education+18 moreBAHAMAS NATIONAL TRUST THE: $7,176,289 · OtherBAHAMAS NATIONAL TRUST THEGRADUATE CENTER - CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: $5,453,000 · OtherGRADUATE CENTER - CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW Y…NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $5,120,799 · OtherNEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCESCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $3,036,156 · Other+101 more: $62,663,478 · Other+101 moreMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $3,851,520 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MU…THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $3,350,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKLYN IN…NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $2,600,416 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC…THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $1,760,437 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMONI…City Report Inc: $1,450,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY INC: $1,393,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $1,335,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,280,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INC: $1,245,000 · Arts & Culture+45 more: $13,029,667 · Arts & Culture+45 moreNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $5,952,100 · EnvironmentISRAEL NATURE AND HERITAGE FOUNDATI: $1,349,500 · EnvironmentMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $1,005,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC: $900,000 · EnvironmentBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $805,000 · EnvironmentBahamas National Trust Fund Inc: $611,821 · Environment+5 more: $628,795 · EnvironmentINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $4,394,525 · Science & Tech+1 more: $100,000 · Science & TechIMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC: $4,125,000 · Crime & LegalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $1,000,000 · InternationalSAVE VENICE INC: $1,000,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: $960,000 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INC: $500,000 · InternationalCAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC: $375,027 · International+2 more: $230,000 · International
Education$85,662,261Other$83,449,722Arts & Culture$31,295,040Environment$11,252,216Science & Tech$4,494,525Crime & Legal$4,125,000International$4,065,027

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 budgetNew York University: $67,846,984 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $5,952,100 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetNEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $5,120,799 over 3y, 13% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $4,394,525 over 5y, 15% of budgetIMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC: $4,125,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $3,851,520 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $3,350,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $3,070,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $3,036,156 over 7y, 10% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $2,600,416 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetPROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE INC: $2,575,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetTHE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $2,566,792 over 3y, 20% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $2,455,081 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $2,180,250 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $2,011,200 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $1,760,437 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $1,685,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $1,600,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCity Report Inc: $1,450,000 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetTHE MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $1,420,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY INC: $1,393,000 over 2y, 66% of budgetISRAEL NATURE AND HERITAGE FOUNDATI: $1,349,500 over 5y, 49% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $1,335,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $1,280,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,280,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY INC: $1,245,000 over 6y, 7.8% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $1,220,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,200,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $1,035,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $1,005,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM SPECIAL ASSET FUND OF TPF: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSAVE VENICE INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: $960,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $945,778 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $900,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC: $900,000 over 6y, 9.8% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $888,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $880,500 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $879,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $858,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $805,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $786,504 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $750,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY ABROAD INC: $675,000 over 3y, 40% of budgetBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $660,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBahamas National Trust Fund Inc: $611,821 over 1y, 22% of budgetBROOKS SCHOOL: $610,000 over 7y, 0.3% 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 New York University ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds PROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
  • Who funds THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds City Report Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY INC ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL NATURE AND HERITAGE FOUNDATI ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗

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 Ford FoundationThe Andrew W Mellon F…The Hyde and Watson F…Booth Ferris Foundati…Jewish Communal FundCharina Foundation In…The Howard Gilman Fou…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The New York Communit…Lily Auchincloss Foun…Pinkerton FoundationThe Jm Kaplan Fund Inc
The Ford FoundationNY51× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · Jewish Communal Fund · Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The New York Community Trust · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Pinkerton Foundation · The Jm Kaplan Fund 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 Leon Levy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leon Levy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Archaeological Institute of America: 1% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
54report 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.
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How do I get to Leon Levy Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Leon Levy 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 462 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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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