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Living Legacy 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.

$19M
Granted FY2024still arriving
48
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$7.3M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$35MReligion$20MHealth$9.0MArts & Culture$7.1MInternational$6.3MHuman Services$4.6MEducation$4.5MYouth Development$2.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $226k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.6M
  • $250k+16 grants · $16M
$125,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$165M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FOUNDATION$7,295,000
CITYSERVE INTERNATIONAL$1,308,748
MISSION ACTIVATION CHARITY$1,087,338
SOCIAL IMPACT FUND$750,000
SMALL WORLD VISION INC$600,000
PACIFIC HOUSES OF PRAYER$590,000
JOURNEYS COUNSELING MINISTRY$535,000
CLOVIS HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH$500,000
MIRACLE OIL MINISTRIES$500,000
NARROW GATE FOUNDATION$500,000
LATINO COALITION FOR ISRAEL INC$450,000
CATALYST PHILANTHROPY FUND$425,000
SOF MISSIONS$400,000
CENTRAL VALLEY HOUSE OF PRAYER$390,000
TROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED$325,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–24, $4.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%FRESH START WOMENS FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%FASHION TRUST US: $15k → 16%BEAUMONT DREAM CENTER: $10k → 19%YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC: $43k → 17%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $120k → 9%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $350k → 10%ANGEL ARMIES INC: $550k → 4%THE SINGLETONS: $20k → 11%BREAK THE BARRIERS INC: $125k → 19%GLOBAL FUND FOR WIDOWS INC: $50k → 17%CULTURAL BROKERS INC: $60k → 19%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $250k → 10%INSPIRE ONE FOUNDATION: $45k → 19%PORTERS CALL: $200k → 4%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $190k → 10%INNERCITY VISIONS: $10k → 14%PORTER'S CALL: $100k → 4%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $175k → 10%COLLABORATION CENTER FOUNDATION: $250k → 13%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%ANGEL ARMIES INC: $45k → 4%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $630k → 14%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $15k → 13%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $400k → 14%TRANSFORMATIONS BY AUSTIN ANGELS: $100k → 10%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $150k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $130k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $35k → 14%LOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH: $20k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%FRISTERS: $50k → 10%MEDICAL MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $75k → 19%FRISTERS: $50k → 10%MARJAREE MASON CENTER INC: $75k → 19%FRISTERS: $25k → 10%TURNING POINT PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $25k → 19%MEDICAL MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 19%GRACEFAMILYLUV: $50k → 19%TURNING POINT PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $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

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IL
MI
NY
OR
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
HI
LA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of Living Legacy Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Living Legacy Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$69M · 78 repeat orgs$15M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

78 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 48 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
111

Total granted

$69M
$12M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+13%

Still filing today

79%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CI
    CITYSERVE INTERNATIONAL
    4× · 2019–2024 · $4.2M · revenue +197% · 27% of their budget
  • PI
    PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FUND
    3× · 2019–2021 · $2.6M · revenue +30%
  • SW
    SMALL WORLD VISION INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +64% · 100% of their budget

Funded once

  • PC
    PACIFICA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL ORANGE COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1.0M · revenue +169%
  • MC
    MARINERS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue +11%
  • NL
    NEW LIFE VINEYARD CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $618k
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.

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Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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2
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
3
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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4
Los Angeles Mission Inc

The los angeles mission breaks the cycle of homelessness and poverty, by stabilizing people in a safe and spiritual environment, connecting them to solutions and walking with them on their journey.

Housing & Shelter
5
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
6
Alliance for Transformational Ministry

Enable christian organizations worldwide to initiate and strenghten ministries that lead people to become followers of jesus and transform communities out of cycles of poverty and disease.

Religion
7
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
8
Crazy Love Ministries

Crazy love ministries exists to challenge believers in their faith and to catalyze individuals, churches, and other groups into an authentic and courageous faith in jesus christ that is demonstrated by action.

Religion
9
Christar International Inc

Christar international serves as a catalyst to the network of christar ministries by facilitating and encouraging partnerships with churches who sen dout men and women who proclaim the gospel for life-giving transformation in communitiesw…

Religion
10
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
11
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
12
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc

Miracle hill ministries is committed to life transformation for children and adults experiencing homelessness. more information and program outcomes may be found at www.miraclehill.org.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Convoy of Hope; the most unlike its peers is Lucky Dog Refuge Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

168 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. 168 of the 213 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)
38
Early backer (in before they grew)
158/168
Grantees still filing
103/168
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FOUNDATION: $20,597,000 · OtherPHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FOUNDATIONPHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FUND: $2,627,500 · OtherPHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FUNDSMALL WORLD VISION INC: $1,876,779 · OtherLatino Coalition For Israel: $1,625,000 · Other+91 more: $21,122,650 · Other+91 moreMission Activation Charity: $4,774,384 · ReligionMission Activa…SHIELD OF FAITH MISSIONS: $1,625,000 · ReligionSHIELD OF FAIT…NARROW GATE FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 · ReligionNARROW GATE FO…FUNDACRISTO MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $446,000 · ReligionLIFT ONE UP INC: $400,000 · ReligionARTISTS IN CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY INC: $400,000 · Religion+23 more: $3,102,000 · Religion+23 moreORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,800,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY…Social Impact Fund: $3,800,000 · PhilanthropySocial Impact…IMPACT INVESTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 · PhilanthropyIMPACT INVEST…CIGAR FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $650,000 · PhilanthropyCIGAR FAMILY …THE EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION: $608,000 · PhilanthropyTHE EMERIL LA…CATALYST PHILANTHROPY FUND: $425,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $285,000 · PhilanthropyCITYSERVE INTERNATIONAL: $4,239,502 · Arts & CultureMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $575,000 · Arts & CultureGRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $450,000 · Arts & CultureLIVENATIONORG FOUNDATION: $422,000 · Arts & CultureArt & Creativity for Healing: $351,800 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $300,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $250,000 · Arts & CulturePacific Symphony: $250,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $555,000 · Arts & CultureProject Hope Alliance: $1,497,612 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $1,165,000 · EducationPACIFICA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL ORANGE COUNTY INC: $1,000,000 · EducationFRESNO CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $1,000,000 · EducationLOVE ONE INTERNATIONAL: $625,000 · EducationCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE: $300,000 · Education+8 more: $825,000 · EducationEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $1,620,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDAT ATTN MICHELLE WULFESTIEG: $1,035,000 · Human ServicesFOR OTHERS COLLECTIVE INC: $595,000 · Human ServicesSHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE: $350,000 · Human ServicesPORTERS CALL: $300,000 · Human ServicesCOLLABORATION CENTER FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Human Services+19 more: $1,217,500 · Human ServicesJourneys Counseling Ministry: $1,055,000 · HealthJessie Rees Foundation: $725,000 · HealthELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $700,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HOSPITALS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION: $625,000 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATION: $525,000 · HealthVALLEY CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $300,000 · HealthTJ MARTELL FOUNDATION: $175,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION: $175,000 · Health+8 more: $654,500 · Health
Other$47,848,929Religion$11,947,384Philanthropy$11,368,000Arts & Culture$7,393,302Education$6,412,612Human Services$5,367,500Health$4,934,500

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 budgetPHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FOUNDATION: $20,597,000 over 4y, 41% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,800,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetMission Activation Charity: $4,774,384 over 5y, 86% of budgetCITYSERVE INTERNATIONAL: $4,239,502 over 4y, 27% of budgetSocial Impact Fund: $3,800,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetPHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FUND: $2,627,500 over 3y, 24% of budgetSMALL WORLD VISION INC: $1,876,779 over 4y, 100% of budgetLatino Coalition For Israel: $1,625,000 over 5y, 95% of budgetSHIELD OF FAITH MISSIONS: $1,625,000 over 5y, 59% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $1,620,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetFUSION GLOBAL INC: $1,550,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetProject Hope Alliance: $1,497,612 over 3y, 43% of budgetCentral Valley House of Prayer: $1,472,000 over 3y, 80% of budgetA WOMAN'S NATION: $1,250,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetNARROW GATE FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $1,165,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJourneys Counseling Ministry: $1,055,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDAT ATTN MICHELLE WULFESTIEG: $1,035,000 over 4y, 50% of budgetPACIFICA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL ORANGE COUNTY INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetMARINERS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $1,000,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetFRESNO CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $1,000,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetIMPACT INVESTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJessie Rees Foundation: $725,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $700,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCIGAR FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $650,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetLOVE ONE INTERNATIONAL: $625,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOSPITALS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION: $625,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetTHE EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION: $608,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetFOR OTHERS COLLECTIVE INC: $595,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $575,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $525,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFresnoMadera Youth For Christ Inc: $480,000 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetGRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $450,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetJF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC: $450,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetANY BABY CAN OF AUSTIN INC: $450,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetFUNDACRISTO MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $446,000 over 5y, 48% of budgetCATALYST PHILANTHROPY FUND: $425,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetLIVENATIONORG FOUNDATION: $422,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetLIFT ONE UP INC: $400,000 over 5y, 77% of budgetARTISTS IN CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY INC: $400,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetWarriors Heart Ministry Inc: $395,000 over 5y, 91% of budgetArt & Creativity for Healing: $351,800 over 3y, 40% of budgetSHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE: $350,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE: $350,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $350,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCITYSERVE NETWORK: $350,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTROOPS FIRST FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $325,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE: $300,000 over 1y, 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.

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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA85.9× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · The Stanley E Hanson Foundation · The Chuck and Ernestina Kreutzkamp Foundation · G Harbaugh Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · In-N-Out Burgers Foundation · Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives · Social Impact Fund · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Wasserman Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Rotary Club of Fresno 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 Living Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Living Legacy 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 →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    11get no government money at all
    34report 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 Living Legacy Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Living Legacy 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 213 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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