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Linehan Family 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.

$428k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.2MHuman Services$501kReligion$469kArts & Culture$365kRecreation & Sports$291kPhilanthropy$279kYouth Development$227kHousing & Shelter$144kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $312k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$100,000
ROCA$100,000
HOPEWORKS CAMDEN$62,000
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME$50,000
CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL$29,857
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$25,000
ST JOHN NEUMANN HIGH SCHOOL$25,000
ST IGNATIUS CHURCH$25,000
CAVES VALLEY GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION$5,000
BALTIMORE SQUASH WISE$2,500
BCAN$1,500
NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL$1,000
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,000
USSGA MEMORIAL FUND INC$250
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, $226k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%GUADALUPE CENTER: $18k → 15%GUADALUPE CENTER: $10k → 15%GUADALUPE CENTER: $6k → 15%GUADALUPE CENTER: $6k → 15%GUADALUPE CENTER: $6k → 15%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 8%The Y in Central Maryland: $5k → 11%FRANCISCAN CENTER: $15k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER: $10k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER: $3k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $2k → 19%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES: $5k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $1k → 19%MARIAN HOUSE: $500 → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $50k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $25k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $25k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $20k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $15k → 19%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

MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DC
OK
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 97 repeat orgs$563k to everyone else

97 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 88 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

97
80

Total granted

$3.0M
$473k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+49%

Still filing today

59%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • AC
    ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $135k · revenue +28%
  • BS
    BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $129k · revenue +68%
  • IH
    ISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $124k · revenue +248%

Funded once

  • B2
    BUILDING 21graduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +82%
  • MH
    MERCY HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
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
Cfa Society Baltimore Inc

The cfa society baltimore, inc. was founded in 1948. the cfa society baltimore, inc. was established to provide the financial community with information and knowledge, while advocating ethical conduct with regard to investments and…

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2
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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3
The Maryland School for the Blind

As a statewide resource center, the school provides outreach, educational and residential services for students to reach their fullest potential by preparing them to be as successful, independent, and well-rounded contributing members of…

Education
4
Baltimore Corps Inc

To cultivate career advancement opportunities for local talent, facilitate talent acquisition for local employers, increase access to capital for local entrepreneurs' social ventures, and foster cross-sector collaboration to address city…

Employment
5
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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6
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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7
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
8
Visit Baltimore Inc

Visit baltimore is the tourism arm of baltimore, responsible for generating incremental economic benefits through attraction of convention and leisure visitors, and works to provide experience for all guests.

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9
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
10
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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11
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
12
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maryland Philanthropy Network; the most unlike its peers is Sarasota Manatee Assoc for Riding Therapy 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

101 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. 101 of the 186 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
98/101
Grantees still filing
80/101
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $297,687 · OtherCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOLST IGNATIUS CHURCH: $168,000 · OtherST IGNATIUS CHURCHBALTIMORE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL YOUNG WOMEN: $151,000 · OtherBALTIMORE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL YOUNG WOMENALLIANCE FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION: $120,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATIONUMBC FOUNDATION: $114,489 · OtherROCA: $110,000 · OtherTHE FAMILY TREE INC: $98,680 · OtherARCHDIOCESE OF BALTIMORE: $91,500 · OtherIGNATIAN VOLUNTEER CORPS: $87,500 · Other+117 more: $926,237 · Other+117 moreUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $230,500 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dam…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $120,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSIT…BUILDING 21: $100,000 · EducationBUILDING 21HOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC: $62,000 · EducationHOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INCENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY: $52,000 · EducationENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRAR…WASHINGTON COLLEGE: $40,000 · EducationGILMAN SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $38,750 · EducationCAVES VALLEY GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $33,800 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $30,000 · Education+12 more: $100,250 · Education+12 moreTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $175,000 · PhilanthropyBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $17,000 · PhilanthropyASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $135,000 · Human ServicesGUADALUPE CENTERS INC: $45,020 · Human ServicesFRANCISCAN CENTER INC: $27,500 · Human Services+6 more: $18,000 · Human ServicesBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $128,500 · Arts & CultureARTIS-NAPLES INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $13,730 · Arts & CultureCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $9,500 · Arts & CultureHigh Zero Foundation Inc: $9,000 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $7,500 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $22,210 · Arts & CultureISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION: $124,167 · Housing & ShelterST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $15,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterBALTIMORE HOMECOMING INC: $37,635 · Community ImprovementINNOVATION WORKS INC: $25,000 · Community Improvement
Other$2,165,093Education$807,300Philanthropy$253,000Human Services$225,520Arts & Culture$210,440Housing & Shelter$140,167Community Improvement$62,635

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 budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $230,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $175,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $135,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $128,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION: $124,167 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $120,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY TREE INC: $98,680 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC: $62,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGUADALUPE CENTERS INC: $45,020 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGILMAN SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $38,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE HOMECOMING INC: $37,635 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCAVES VALLEY GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $33,800 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Health Services Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRANCISCAN CENTER INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCHRISTOPHER COFFLAND MEMORIAL FUND INC: $26,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMercy Health Foundation: $26,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINNOVATION WORKS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKIPP BALTIMORE INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPAUL'S PLACE INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBALTIMORE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $15,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetST FRANCIS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $13,730 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY MEDICAL CENTER: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND PHILANTHROPY NETWORK: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC: $11,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSarasota Manatee Assoc for Riding Therapy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Zero Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetBALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPACT AN ADOPTION ALLIANCE: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBALTIMORE SQUASHWISE INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRESTED BUTTE STATE OF MIND: $5,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE CURRICULUM PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% 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 University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds ISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING 21 ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY TREE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY ↗
  • Who funds GUADALUPE CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GILMAN SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE HOMECOMING INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CAVES VALLEY GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Health Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRANCISCAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTOPHER COFFLAND MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds INNOVATION WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE 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.

Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD77.9× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The Bunting Family Foundation · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 330%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Baltimore Tree Trust Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Maryland Humanities Council Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Parks and People Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Center for Urban Families Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Baltimore Squashwise Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: 22% of income from government
  • The House of Ruth Maryland Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Jubilee Baltimore Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Maryland Historical Society Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Family Tree Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Center Stage Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Helping Up Mission Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The American Visionary Art Museum Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Franciscan Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Marian House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Island Housing Trust Corporation: 1% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Mvyradio Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Washington College: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
33get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 Linehan Family 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 186 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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