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Lumina Foundation for Education Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30M
Granted FY2024still arriving
357
Grants FY2024still arriving
33
States reached
$2.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$165MEmployment$29MPhilanthropy$25MPublic Benefit$24MCivil Rights$18MCommunity Improvement$13MSocial Science$12MArts & Culture$10.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 357 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k120 grants · $543k
  • $10k–50k115 grants · $1.9M
  • $50k–250k87 grants · $10M
  • $250k+35 grants · $17M
$12,500
Median grant
33
States reached
$1.5B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Blackbaud Giving Fund$2,508,511
Georgetown University$900,000
Illinois Board of Higher Education$750,000
Trustees of the California State University$750,000
Northern Arizona University Foundation$750,000
The Third Way Foundation Inc$745,000
Complete College America$740,000
Competency-Based Education Network$700,000
John N Gardner Institute$670,000
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$650,000
Washington Monthly Institute Inc$650,000
Research for Action$550,000
Association of Community College Trustees$450,000
SUNY Impact Foundation Inc$425,000
Individual grant recipient$400,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $3.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Mi Casa Resource Center: $375k → 12%Memorial Community Development Corporation: $210k → 15%Dorson Community Foundation: $25k → 16%YMCA Camp Belknap: $15k → 9%Mi Casa Resource Center: $75k → 12%Dorson Community Foundation: $25k → 16%YMCA Camp Belknap: $15k → 9%YMCA Camp Belknap: $15k → 9%Shepherd Community Center: $38k → 16%Shepherd Community Center: $38k → 16%Shepherd Community Inc: $38k → 16%WorkingNation: $250k → 14%WorkingNation: $700k → 14%Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice Inc: $200k → 16%Student Organizing Inc: $250k → 16%Student Organizing Inc: $150k → 16%More In Common Inc: $100k → 17%Data Quality Campaign Inc: $300k → 14%Student Veterans of America: $250k → 14%Community Services Society of New York: $300k → 17%YMCA of Greater Indianapolis: $25k → 16%Student Veterans of America: $123k → 14%Be Nimble Foundation Inc: $15k → 16%YMCA of Greater Indianapolis: $15k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your 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 earmarks the money.

About 6% of Lumina Foundation for Education Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

Lumina Foundation for Education Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.2% directed abroad (not shown)

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 foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$244M · 640 repeat orgs$57M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +24% for the ones you funded once.

640 repeat relationships — 198 still active in FY2024, 442 since wound down; 103 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

640
772

Total granted

$244M
$48M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+24%

Still filing today

68%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.1M 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $7.7M · revenue +1%
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2018–2024 · $7.4M · revenue +44%
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
    7× · 2018–2024 · $6.7M · revenue +478%

Funded once

  • NS
    National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • SC
    State Center Community College District
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M
  • LC
    Louisiana Community Technical College System Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue -39% · 56% of their budget

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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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
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
3
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
4
Columbia College

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

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
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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8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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10
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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11
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
12
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grantmakers for Education and the most unlike its peers is The Brick Initiative. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity College Foundatio…Community FoundationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Conservation …Immigrant Worker SupportChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Health Access Advocacy and …Affordable Housing Developm…Cancer Support ServicesDance Arts OrganizationsPregnancy Support ServicesYouth Development CentersElementary Literacy TutoringYouth Sports ProgramsVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Local Food System Organizat…School Parent OrganizationsPublic Library OperationsDomestic Violence ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Christian Missionary Organi…Animal Rescue and ShelterSenior Support ServicesCommunity Arts CentersLocal History MuseumsIndependent K-12 SchoolsJewish Community Organizati…Lgbtq+ Community SupportFood Banks and PantriesWomen & Girls Leadership De…Youth Development ServicesSchool District FoundationsMilitary Veterans SupportUnited Way AffiliatesCommunity FoundationsPolicy Research and Advocacy
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%7%5–10yr19%17%10–20yr16%25%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr16%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%23%35–55yr16%20%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%12/1,099
the rest of the field
13%
240,385/1,818,466

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

974 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 974 of the 1,553 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

35
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
188
Early backer (in before they grew)
943/974
Grantees still filing
686/974
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION — $7,715,300 · OtherNEW AMERICA FOUNDATIONState Higher Education Executive Officers — $3,595,000 · OtherEducation Strategy Group — $3,474,500 · Other+108 more — $89,357,111 · Other+108 moreGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $7,380,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES — $6,652,700 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY …CREDENTIAL ENGINE INC — $4,098,700 · EducationUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation — $3,395,000 · EducationComplete College America Inc — $3,389,700 · EducationHIGHER LEARNING ADVOCATES INC — $3,060,000 · EducationThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York — $2,908,000 · Education+46 more — $48,747,263 · Education+46 moreTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND — $8,441,229 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — $6,486,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $1,150,000 · PhilanthropyCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc — $930,775 · PhilanthropyCouncil on Foundations Inc — $657,500 · Philanthropy+3 more — $1,460,000 · PhilanthropyWASHINGTON MONTHLY INSTITUTE — $2,660,750 · Social ScienceTHE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY — $2,350,000 · Social ScienceAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES — $2,304,800 · Social ScienceTHE URBAN INSTITUTE — $2,173,700 · Social ScienceRESEARCH FOR ACTION INC — $2,132,000 · Social ScienceBEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB INC — $2,110,300 · Social ScienceTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $1,770,000 · Social ScienceJOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC — $1,165,000 · Social ScienceNATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER — $857,500 · Social Science+2 more — $1,020,000 · Social ScienceJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC — $2,245,000 · EmploymentNATIONAL FUND FOR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS — $1,804,657 · EmploymentMDRC — $1,500,300 · EmploymentWTIA WORKFORCE INSTITUTE — $970,000 · EmploymentJOBS TO MOVE AMERICA — $800,000 · EmploymentOPPORTUNITYWORK INC — $600,000 · EmploymentSAN DIEGO WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP INC — $525,000 · EmploymentTHE GROUNDTRUTH PROJECT INC — $500,000 · EmploymentTHE CENTURY FOUNDATION INC — $4,161,400 · Civil RightsYOUNG INVINCIBLES — $1,606,500 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — $1,425,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL STUDENT LEGAL DEFENSE NETWORK — $755,000 · Civil RightsMIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE — $581,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL SKILLS COALITION — $4,350,000 · Community ImprovementNEW PROFIT INC — $800,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS — $660,000 · Community ImprovementNORTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS INC — $501,000 · Community Improvement
Other$104,141,911Education$79,631,363Philanthropy$19,125,504Social Science$18,544,050Employment$8,944,957Civil Rights$8,528,900Community Improvement$6,311,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND — $8,441,229 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNEW AMERICA FOUNDATION — $7,715,300 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $7,380,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES — $6,652,700 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — $6,486,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL SKILLS COALITION — $4,350,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetTHE CENTURY FOUNDATION INC — $4,161,400 over 6y, 15% of budgetCREDENTIAL ENGINE INC — $4,098,700 over 2y, 47% of budgetUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation — $3,395,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetComplete College America Inc — $3,389,700 over 6y, 17% of budgetNATL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE RESEARCH CENTER — $3,269,700 over 4y, 38% of budgetHIGHER LEARNING ADVOCATES INC — $3,060,000 over 5y, 94% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York — $2,908,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON MONTHLY INSTITUTE — $2,660,750 over 5y, 39% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY — $2,350,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES — $2,304,800 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAssociation of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation — $2,291,826 over 2y, 82% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION — $2,255,200 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC — $2,245,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES — $2,236,500 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetCOLUMBUS LEARNING CENTER MANAGEMENT CORP D/B/A COMMUNITY EDUCATION COALITION — $2,228,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE — $2,173,700 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS — $2,173,000 over 4y, 37% of budgetRESEARCH FOR ACTION INC — $2,132,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetCORPORATION FOR A SKILLED WORKFORCE — $2,120,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetBEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB INC — $2,110,300 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetEDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCIATION — $2,050,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetThe Institute for College Access & Success — $1,807,500 over 6y, 20% of budgetNATIONAL FUND FOR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS — $1,804,657 over 4y, 43% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $1,770,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc — $1,740,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE REGISTRARS AND ADMISSIONS OFFICERS — $1,697,500 over 2y, 17% of budgetYOUNG INVINCIBLES — $1,606,500 over 6y, 7.9% of budgetPOSTSECONDARY NATIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE — $1,579,700 over 7y, 75% of budgetCOLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION — $1,540,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetEQUAL MEASURE — $1,510,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetMDRC — $1,500,300 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWestern Interstate Commission for Higher Education — $1,490,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetCAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY — $1,460,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York — $1,439,400 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — $1,425,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetVETERANS EDUCATION SUCCESS INC — $1,410,000 over 6y, 31% of budgetFORUM FOR THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — $1,400,000 over 2y, 59% of budgetROADTRIP NATION LTD — $1,316,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetEXCELENCIA IN EDUCATION INC — $1,295,000 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND — $1,270,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INITIATIVE — $1,225,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA — $1,170,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ↗
  • Who funds NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SKILLS COALITION ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTURY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CREDENTIAL ENGINE INC ↗
  • Who funds US Chamber of Commerce Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Complete College America Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HIGHER LEARNING ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Research Foundation for The State University of New York ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON MONTHLY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS LEARNING CENTER MANAGEMENT CORP D/B/A COMMUNITY EDUCATION COALITION ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ↗
  • Who funds RESEARCH FOR ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION FOR A SKILLED WORKFORCE ↗
  • Who funds BEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds The Institute for College Access & Success ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FUND FOR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Education Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE REGISTRARS AND ADMISSIONS OFFICERS ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG INVINCIBLES ↗
  • Who funds POSTSECONDARY NATIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Strada Education Foun…The Indianapolis Foun…Maurer Family Foundat…Richard M Fairbanks F…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Ecmc FoundationCentral Indiana Commu…United Way of Central…Christel DeHaan Famil…Lilly Endowment Inc
Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial FoundationIN145.4× affinity102 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Strada Education Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Ecmc Foundation · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Lumina Foundation for Education Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Jobs for the Future Inc — 11% of income from government
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences — 3% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Campus Compact — 1% of income from government
  • Uaspire Inc — 1% of income from government
  • New England Commission of Higher Education Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Achieving the Dream Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
24report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 1553 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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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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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines