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Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc at a glance

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Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc

To support the education and care of women in 9 southeastern states.

$63M
Granted FY2024still arriving
208
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$2.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$260MHuman Services$21MHealth$11MReligion$1.9MArts & Culture$1.3M
02FY2024 · 208 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k95 grants · $16M
  • $250k+113 grants · $47M
$254,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$991M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Emory University$2,939,000
Mercer University$942,000
Westminster-Canterbury Foundation$813,500
Radford University Foundation Inc$810,500
Medical College of Virginia Foundation$809,000
University of Virginia Medical School Foundation$804,800
Spelman College$802,000
Augusta University Foundation$760,000
Berry College$750,000
A G Rhodes Home Inc$700,000
University of Virginia Alumni Association$668,750
Agnes Scott College$616,000
Oglethorpe University$615,000
Clark Atlanta University$605,000
Presbyterian Homes of Georgia Inc$577,000
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 (FY20–24, $13.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%Presbyterian Homes of Georgia Inc: $577k → 26%Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge: $148k → 8%Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay: $374k → 10%Presbyterian Homes of Georgia Inc: $577k → 26%Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge: $130k → 8%Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay: $354k → 10%Presbyterian Homes of Georgia Inc: $534k → 26%Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge: $130k → 8%Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay: $328k → 10%Presbyterian Homes of Georgia Inc: $456k → 26%Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge: $40k → 8%Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay: $300k → 10%Presbyterian Village Austell Inc: $456k → 26%Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay: $300k → 10%Senior Services Inc: $130k → 15%Westminster-Canterbury Foundation: $814k → 9%Senior Services Inc: $130k → 15%Westminster-Canterbury Foundation: $794k → 9%Senior Services Inc: $120k → 15%Westminster-Canterbury Foundation: $736k → 9%Senior Services Inc: $105k → 15%Westminster-Canterbury Foundation: $673k → 9%Senior Services Inc: $105k → 15%Westminster-Canterbury Foundation: $673k → 9%Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina Inc: $315k → 15%Goodwin House Inc: $329k → 9%Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina Inc: $315k → 15%Goodwin House Inc: $309k → 9%Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina Inc: $290k → 15%Goodwin House Inc: $286k → 9%Moravian Home Inc: $280k → 15%Goodwin House Inc: $261k → 9%Moravian Home Inc: $280k → 15%Goodwin House Inc: $261k → 9%Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina Inc: $265k → 15%Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina Inc: $265k → 15%Moravian Home Inc: $260k → 15%Moravian Home Inc: $235k → 15%Moravian Home Inc: $235k → 15%Hospice & Palliative Care Center: $165k → 15%Hospice & Palliative Care Center: $165k → 15%Hospice & Palliative Care Center: $150k → 15%Hospice & Palliative Care Center: $125k → 15%Hospice & Palliative Care Center: $125k → 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

VA
TN
NC
SC
LA
MS
AL
GA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$292M · 209 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

209 repeat relationships: 204 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

209
9

Total granted

$292M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+0%

Still filing today

93%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • EU
    Emory University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $15M · revenue +54%
  • TC
    THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.3M · revenue +19%
  • WC
    WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.7M · revenue +231%

Funded once

  • PV
    PRESBYTERIAN VILLAGE AUSTELL INC
    one grant, 2020 · $456k · revenue +0%
  • UO
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    one grant, 2020 · $437k
  • BS
    Bon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $355k · revenue -39%
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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
3
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
4
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
5
Saint Martin's University

Saint martin's students learn to make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others through the interaction of faith, reason, and service. the university honors both the sacredness of the individual and the significance…

Education
6
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
7
Trinity College

To expand on the mission statement made on page 1, trinity's core mission values and characteristics emphasize: 1)commitment to the education of women in a particular way through the design and pedagogy of the historic undergraduate…

Education
8
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
9
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
10
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
11
Roberts Wesleyan University

As new york's leading university for character education, rwu is a community of learners committed to historic christianity which seeks to prepare thoughtful, spiritually mature, service-oriented people who will transform society.

Education
12
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Campbell University; the most unlike its peers is Southside Health Education Foundation. 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

201 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. 201 of the 219 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
200/201
Grantees still filing
155/201
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Emory University: $14,910,500 · EducationEmory University+150 more: $203,904,520 · Education+150 moreAG Rhodes Health & Rehab Atlanta: $3,203,000 · OtherAG Rhodes Health &…Agnes Scott College: $2,851,000 · OtherAgnes Scott Colleg…SERVANTS OF RELIEF FOR INCURABLE CANCER INC: $2,315,000 · OtherAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,224,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $2,142,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM: $2,027,000 · OtherMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $1,981,480 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MISS MEDICAL CENTER: $1,942,000 · OtherEastern Mennonite University: $1,816,480 · OtherWOFFORD COLLEGE: $1,805,000 · OtherBIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $1,783,000 · OtherRIVERSIDE HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION INC: $1,690,080 · OtherCENTENARY COLLEGE OF LOUISIANA: $1,654,000 · OtherArbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community Inc: $1,640,000 · Other+20 more: $18,937,740 · Other+20 moreWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $3,689,400 · Human ServicesPRESBYTERIAN HOMES OF GEORGIA INC: $2,144,000 · Human ServicesWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY ON CHESAPEAKE BAY: $1,655,760 · Human ServicesPENICK VILLAGE INC: $1,640,000 · Human ServicesBAPTIST RETIREMENT HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED: $1,450,000 · Human ServicesGOODWIN HOUSE INCORPORATED: $1,445,160 · Human ServicesMoravian Home Incorporated dba Salemtowne: $1,290,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARECENTER: $730,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR SERVICES INC: $590,000 · Human ServicesSENTARA HOSPITALS: $1,724,800 · HealthATRIUM HEALTH INC: $855,000 · HealthBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $1,873,600 · ReligionPRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE: $1,418,000 · Housing & ShelterVIRGINIA REPERTORY THEATRE: $697,020 · Arts & CultureTHE RICHMOND BALLET: $579,800 · Arts & Culture
Education$218,815,020Other$48,011,780Human Services$14,634,320Health$2,579,800Religion$1,873,600Housing & Shelter$1,418,000Arts & Culture$1,276,820

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 budgetEmory University: $14,910,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $4,332,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSpelman College: $3,763,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION: $3,689,400 over 5y, 10% of budgetRADFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,684,400 over 5y, 11% of budgetMEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION: $3,678,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $3,664,600 over 5y, 18% of budgetBERRY COLLEGE INC: $3,475,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAG Rhodes Health & Rehab Atlanta: $3,203,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $3,095,100 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetAgnes Scott College: $2,851,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetOGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC: $2,848,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetClark Atlanta University Inc: $2,655,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $2,538,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMillsaps College: $2,428,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSamford University: $2,426,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGeorgia Southern University Foundation Inc: $2,308,000 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,224,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC: $2,182,284 over 5y, 21% of budgetSALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE: $2,150,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $2,144,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOMES OF GEORGIA INC: $2,144,000 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $2,140,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLaGrange College: $2,135,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $2,092,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND: $2,054,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University: $2,035,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE: $1,988,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $1,981,480 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWESLEYAN COLLEGE: $1,977,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,952,760 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetQueens University of Charlotte: $1,950,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $1,944,640 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSTETSON UNIVERSITY INC: $1,932,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBRENAU UNIVERSITY INC: $1,925,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMississippi College: $1,892,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: $1,886,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $1,873,600 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetRhodes College: $1,859,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEastern Mennonite University: $1,816,480 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE: $1,805,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $1,783,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetFURMAN UNIVERSITY: $1,755,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPIEDMONT UNIVERSITY INC: $1,732,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSENTARA HOSPITALS: $1,724,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,721,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,709,161 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $1,700,000 over 5y, 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 Emory University ↗
  • Who funds THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Spelman College ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RADFORD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BERRY COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds AG Rhodes Health & Rehab Atlanta ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Agnes Scott College ↗
  • Who funds OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Clark Atlanta University Inc ↗
  • Who funds Georgia State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Millsaps College ↗
  • Who funds Samford University ↗
  • Who funds Georgia Southern University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN HOMES OF GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LaGrange College ↗
  • Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WESLEYAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Queens University of Charlotte ↗
  • Who funds SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds STETSON UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BRENAU UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Mississippi College ↗

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.

Council of Independen…National Collegiate A…Ibm International Fou…Folds of Honor Founda…Tulsa Community Found…Watson-Brown Foundati…The Cannon Foundation…North Carolina Indepe…Southern Company Char…Foundation for the Ca…The Winston-Salem Fou…The Edward M Armfield…
Council of Independent CollegesDC77.8× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Council of Independent Colleges · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Ibm International Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Watson-Brown Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc · Southern Company Charitable Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Winston-Salem Foundation · The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Bethune-Cookman University: 6% of income from government
  • Florida Institute of Technology Inc: 5% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Barry University Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Stetson University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Eckerd College: 0% of income from government
  • Rollins College: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
48report 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 Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc 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 219 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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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