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Lynne & Andrew Redleaf Foundation at a glance

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Lynne & Andrew Redleaf 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.

$8.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$31MHealth$19MPhilanthropy$5.2MHuman Services$3.9MCivil Rights$902kScience & Tech$500kHousing & Shelter$480kEmployment$270kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $451k
  • $250k+7 grants · $8.2M
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$112M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$3,006,500
HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$2,000,000
ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,000,000
AMOS & CELIA HEILICHER MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH DAY SCHOOL$820,000
THE CONSTELLATION FUND$701,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY$400,000
JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS$320,000
YALE UNIVERSITY - CHILD STUDY CENTER AND SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT$100,000
EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT$100,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER$100,000
MISSION ANIMAL HOSPITAL$51,000
ST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL$50,000
SOUTHSIDE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER$50,000
HOLD YOUR HORSES$30,000
START READING NOW$25,000
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, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LIFEWORKS SERVICES: $16k → 6%PROOF ALLIANCE: $65k → 14%LIFEWORKS SERVICES: $15k → 6%PROOF ALLIANCE: $25k → 14%LIFEWORKS SERVICES: $15k → 6%PROOF ALLIANCE: $10k → 14%PROOF ALLIANCE: $75k → 14%PROOF ALLIANCE: $10k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE GREATER ST PAUL AREA: $20k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE GREATER ST PAUL AREA: $20k → 14%MYHEALTH FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS: $10k → 11%MYHEALTH FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS: $10k → 11%MYHEALTH FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS: $10k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE GREATER ST PAUL AREA: $10k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE GREATER ST PAUL AREA: $5k → 14%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $15k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $15k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $10k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $10k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $10k → 11%AVIVO: $400k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $105k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $100k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $100k → 11%AVIVO: $25k → 11%AVIVO: $25k → 11%AVIVO: $25k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS: $320k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS: $260k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $25k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $25k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%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

ME
MT
MN
IL
NY
IA
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
TX
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$58M · 47 repeat orgs$3.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
37

Total granted

$58M
$3.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+8%

Still filing today

72%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $450k 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 ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureCrime & LegalCivil RightsOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $18M · revenue +111%
  • HH
    HENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $12M · revenue +227% · 27% of their budget
  • HA
    HAROLD AND MICKEY SMITH JEWISH ACADEMY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $6.4M · revenue +169% · 27% of their budget

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BLAKE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue +8%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    one grant, 2021 · $500k
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +53%
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
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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2
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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3
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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4
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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5
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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6
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
7
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
8
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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9
Minneapolis Downtown Council

To create an extraordinary downtown minneapolis, applying the core values of leadership, collaboration, advocacy and innovation.

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10
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
11
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
12
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Kwst Behavioral Development 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

62 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. 62 of the 88 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/62
Grantees still filing
39/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $18,230,170 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATIONTHE BLAKE SCHOOL: $1,002,500 · Education+5 more: $835,000 · EducationHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $12,005,000 · HealthHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATIONALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 · HealthALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATIONWashburn Center for Children: $1,538,250 · HealthWashburn Center for ChildrenMAYO CLINIC: $1,365,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC+3 more: $106,000 · HealthHAROLD AND MICKEY SMITH JEWISH ACADEMY: $6,432,880 · OtherHAROLD AND MICKEY SMITH JEWI…YALE UNIVERSITY: $2,220,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: $1,511,800 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA COLL…JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE FOR MINNEAPOLIS: $1,337,500 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S…+49 more: $4,381,163 · Other+49 moreThe Constellation Fund: $5,107,250 · PhilanthropyThe Const…+2 more: $60,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS: $580,000 · Human ServicesAVIVO: $475,000 · Human ServicesThe Family Partnership: $305,000 · Human ServicesPROOF ALLIANCE: $185,000 · Human ServicesGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $60,000 · Human Services+5 more: $192,660 · Human ServicesSOUTHSIDE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER: $1,351,000 · Crime & LegalEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $125,000 · Crime & Legal+3 more: $105,000 · Crime & LegalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $400,000 · InternationalEDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT: $200,000 · InternationalThe Advocates For Human Rights: $75,000 · International
Education$20,067,670Health$18,014,250Other$15,883,343Philanthropy$5,167,250Human Services$1,797,660Crime & Legal$1,581,000International$675,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $18,230,170 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $12,005,000 over 8y, 27% of budgetHAROLD AND MICKEY SMITH JEWISH ACADEMY: $6,432,880 over 7y, 27% of budgetThe Constellation Fund: $5,107,250 over 6y, 21% of budgetALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetWashburn Center for Children: $1,538,250 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,365,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHSIDE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER: $1,351,000 over 7y, 23% of budgetTHE BLAKE SCHOOL: $1,002,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS: $580,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $500,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAVIVO: $475,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $400,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $400,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe Family Partnership: $305,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetStart Reading Now: $225,000 over 7y, 38% of budgetEDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT: $200,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $190,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPROOF ALLIANCE: $185,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetMISSION ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $146,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPERSPECTIVES INC: $110,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMinnPost: $105,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $75,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Advocates For Human Rights: $75,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTwin Cities Rise: $70,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $60,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION: $55,360 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE YAYA FOUNDATION FOR 4H LEUKODYSTOPHY: $55,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetMINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $54,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGREAT MN SCHOOLS: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHOLD YOUR HORSES: $50,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetGREAT NORTH INNOCENCE PROJECT: $50,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFEWORKS SERVICES INC: $46,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPACER CENTER INC: $36,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMYHEALTH FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetKWST BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT INC: $30,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetMINNESOTA HILLEL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS: $11,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSHOLOM FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE D/B/A NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOC: $10,000 over 1y, 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 MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HAROLD AND MICKEY SMITH JEWISH ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds The Constellation Fund ↗
  • Who funds ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Washburn Center for Children ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHSIDE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE BLAKE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds AVIVO ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds The Family Partnership ↗
  • Who funds Start Reading Now ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds PROOF ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds MISSION ANIMAL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds PERSPECTIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds MinnPost ↗
  • Who funds GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds The Advocates For Human Rights ↗
  • Who funds Twin Cities Rise ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION ↗

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 Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Otto Bremer TrustMightycause Charitabl…The Richard M Schulze…Pohlad Family Foundat…Greater Twin Cities U…The K FoundationThe Beverly FoundationLongview FoundationFr Bigelow FoundationFingerhut Family Foun…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN54.1× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · The K Foundation · The Beverly Foundation · Longview Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Fingerhut Family 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 Lynne & Andrew Redleaf Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lynne & Andrew Redleaf Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    0get no government money at all
    13report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Lynne & Andrew Redleaf Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lynne & Andrew Redleaf 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 88 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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