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Lift a Life Foundation Inc

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.

$10M
Granted FY2024still arriving
52
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$2.2M
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$17MHealth$16MPhilanthropy$9.7MCommunity Improvement$5.7MFood & Nutrition$5.5MHuman Services$4.1MReligion$3.6MArts & Culture$1.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $416k
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+8 grants · $8.0M
$50,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$2,180,410
DAVID NOVAK LEADERSHIP INC$2,100,000
RITA JUNE FOUNDATION INC$1,500,000
METRO UNITED WAY$812,500
COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE AKA 4-C$470,000
Individual grant recipient$425,000
HOME OF THE INNOCENTS$250,000
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION$250,000
SONIA NABETA FOUNDATION$215,000
WEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST$200,000
HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION$150,000
KENTUCKY CHAMBER FOUNDATION$122,400
RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND$100,000
CAMP HENDON$100,000
MARYHURST$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $5.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $1.0M → 14%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $10k → 26%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%IRON BELL MINISTRIES: $100k → 15%IRON BELL MINISTRIES: $100k → 15%IRON BELL MINISTRIES: $100k → 15%IRON BELL MINISTRIES: $50k → 15%IRON BELL MINISTRIES: $50k → 15%IRON BELL MINISTRIES: $50k → 15%IRON BELL MINISTRIES: $50k → 15%NEW ROOTS: $30k → 15%NEW ROOTS: $15k → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $250k → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $20k → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $20k → 15%SCARLET HOPE: $5k → 15%WAYFINDERS: $10k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE: $50k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE: $50k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE: $3k → 15%KEYSTONE LEARNING ACADEMY: $100k → 15%CEDAR LAKE FOUNDATION: $50k → 15%HOSPARUS INC: $5k → 15%COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE: $326k → 15%COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE: $205k → 15%COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE: $60k → 15%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $50k → 15%FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S PLACE: $50k → 15%COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE: $50k → 15%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S PLACE: $30k → 15%COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE: $2k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $77k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $75k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $75k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $50k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $50k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $50k → 15%RITA JUNE FOUNDATION INC: $1.5M → 15%YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE: $25k → 15%ORPHAN CARE ALLIANCE: $40k → 15%ORPHAN CARE ALLIANCE: $35k → 15%ORPHAN CARE ALLIANCE: $11k → 15%ORPHAN CARE ALLIANCE: $11k → 15%ORPHAN CARE ALLIANCE: $11k → 15%WATER WITH BLESSINGS: $48k → 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

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
DC
OK
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$59M · 93 repeat orgs$8.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

93 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 59 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

93
112

Total granted

$59M
$4.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+29%

Still filing today

71%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.4M 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 ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • DT
    DARE TO CARE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $3.9M · revenue +38%
  • FO
    FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $1.9M · revenue +204%
  • CC
    COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $643k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue +585%
  • LM
    LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +19%
  • MC
    MARINE CORE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc

Goodwill's mission is to help people with disabilities or other disadvantages achieve and maintain employment to gain a better quality of life.

Employment
3
Louisville Collegiate School

Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.

Education
4
Greater Louisville Foundation Inc

Identify, mobilize, and fund programs to address louisville's greatest challenges regarding business growth and increased economic prosperity for all citizens in the greater louisville region.

Community Improvement
5
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Inc

Addressing the unmet health needs of kentuckians by developing and influencing policy, improving access to care, reducing health risks and disparities, and promoting health equity. the foundation makes grants, conducts campaigns, supports…

Health
6
HealthFirst Bluegrass Inc

Healthfirst provides outpatient primary healthcare, behavioral health and dental services to the underserved and uninsured residents of fayette county and surrounding counties in kentucky.

Health
7
Impact Community Action Partnership Inc

Reducing the barriers and burdens that families in poverty experience by increasing access to essential needs.

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8
Catholic Education Foundation Inc

The catholic education foundation is dedicated to the growth and vitality of catholic education in the archdiocese of louisville. the foundation advances its mission primarily through tuition assistance grants to families who cannot afford…

Education
9
Endeavor Louisville Inc

Endeavor Louisville is leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, catalyzing long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in our region.…

International
10
Kentucky Coalition Inc

To support grassroots organizing, leadership development & public education around important public policy. ky coalition seeks to promote active citizen participation in the democratic process.

Public Benefit
11
American Dairy Association of Kentucky

Everything we do is market-focused and proactively promotes and protects the interests of the southeast dairy farm families.

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12
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc; the most unlike its peers is Masters Tournament 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

154 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. 154 of the 223 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
152/154
Grantees still filing
102/154
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $8,235,260 · OtherNORTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITALUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: $6,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURIPEDIATRIC MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING INC UNIV OF LOUISVILLE: $5,156,000 · OtherPEDIATRIC MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING INC UNIV OF LOUISVILLEUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION: $5,106,080 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI FOUNDATIONFOUNDATION FOR IMPACT ON LITERACY AND LEARNING: $3,228,275 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR IMPACT ON LITERACY AND LEARNINGNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,928,468 · Other+108 more: $8,661,788 · Other+108 moreMETRO UNITED WAY INC: $5,537,516 · PhilanthropyMETRO UNITED WAY INCFOUNDATION FOR IMPACT ON LITERACY AND LEARNING INC: $3,395,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR IMPACT…DAVID NOVAK LEADERSHIP INC: $2,100,000 · PhilanthropyDAVID NOVAK LEADERSHI…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $1,473,415 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDAT…+11 more: $664,500 · PhilanthropyRITA JUNE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE INC: $643,007 · Human ServicesIron Bell Ministries Inc: $500,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $377,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC: $290,000 · Human Services+16 more: $822,900 · Human ServicesDARE TO CARE INC: $3,940,522 · Food & NutritionFEEDING KENTUCKY INC: $170,000 · Food & Nutrition+8 more: $193,931 · Food & NutritionFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $1,944,542 · EducationHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $430,000 · EducationNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING INC: $290,000 · EducationWest End School Inc: $135,000 · EducationSkillz 4 Life Inc: $128,197 · Education+11 more: $424,386 · EducationKENTUCKY DIABETES CAMP FOR CHILDREN INC D/B/A CAMP HENDON: $801,350 · HealthA CURE FOR ROBERT INC: $160,000 · HealthLOVE THY NEIGHBOR: $130,000 · HealthSMOKETOWN FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER CORP: $100,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $63,204 · Health+10 more: $198,000 · HealthFUND FOR THE ARTS INC: $707,680 · Arts & CultureSTAGEONE FAMILY THEATRE INC: $301,322 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $98,940 · Arts & Culture
Other$40,315,871Philanthropy$13,170,431Human Services$5,132,907Food & Nutrition$4,304,453Education$3,352,125Health$1,452,554Arts & Culture$1,107,942

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 budgetMETRO UNITED WAY INC: $5,537,516 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetDARE TO CARE INC: $3,940,522 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR IMPACT ON LITERACY AND LEARNING INC: $3,395,000 over 3y, 99% of budgetDAVID NOVAK LEADERSHIP INC: $2,100,000 over 1y, 74% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $1,944,542 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetRITA JUNE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $1,473,415 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetKENTUCKY DIABETES CAMP FOR CHILDREN INC D/B/A CAMP HENDON: $801,350 over 7y, 48% of budgetBOB RUSSELL MINISTRIES INC: $750,000 over 2y, 66% of budgetFUND FOR THE ARTS INC: $707,680 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE INC: $643,007 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetWEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC: $500,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetLOUISVILLE METRO POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetIron Bell Ministries Inc: $500,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $430,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMARYHURST INC: $400,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $377,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetSTAGEONE FAMILY THEATRE INC: $301,322 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetCHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING INC: $290,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC: $290,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SONIA NABETA FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INC: $200,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $175,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING KENTUCKY INC: $170,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetA CURE FOR ROBERT INC: $160,000 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $146,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetKENTUCKY YOUTH ADVOCATES INC: $140,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetWest End School Inc: $135,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budget21ST CENTURY PARKS INC: $133,985 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetLOVE THY NEIGHBOR: $130,000 over 7y, 25% of budgetSkillz 4 Life Inc: $128,197 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetLost Tree Village Charitable Foundation: $125,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetKentucky Chamber Foundation Inc: $122,400 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetORPHAN CARE ALLIANCE INC: $107,500 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetJEFFERSON STREET BAPTIST CENTER INC: $107,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $102,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVanderbilt University: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELTA FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetKEYSTONE LEARNING ACADEMY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetWATERSTEP INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSMOKETOWN FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER CORP: $100,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetCHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 79% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $85,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBRIDGE KIDS INTERNATIONAL: $84,660 over 1y, 10.0% 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 METRO UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds DARE TO CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR IMPACT ON LITERACY AND LEARNING INC ↗
  • Who funds DAVID NOVAK LEADERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RITA JUNE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY DIABETES CAMP FOR CHILDREN INC D/B/A CAMP HENDON ↗
  • Who funds BOB RUSSELL MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Iron Bell Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYHURST INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds STAGEONE FAMILY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SONIA NABETA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING KENTUCKY INC ↗
  • Who funds A CURE FOR ROBERT INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF KENTUCKIANA 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 Gheens Foundation…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Honorable Order of Ke…Kosair Charities Comm…Cralle Foundation IncJames Graham Brown Fo…LG&E and Ku Foundatio…Snowy Owl Foundation …Republic Bank Foundat…Metro United Way Inc
The Gheens Foundation IncKY132.6× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · James Graham Brown Foundation Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Metro United Way 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 Lift a Life Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lift a Life Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
42report 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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Find your warmest path to Lift a Life 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 223 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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