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M E Raker Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$480k
Granted FY2025still arriving
64
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$544kHuman Services$411kArts & Culture$254kEducation$218kFood & Nutrition$202kReligion$179kYouth Development$175kHousing & Shelter$152kOther$0
02FY2025 · 64 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k36 grants · $185k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $295k
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Easter Seals ARC of NE Indiana$15,000
Turnstone Center$15,000
Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society$15,000
Amani Family Services$10,000
NeighborLink Fort Wayne$10,000
Community Transportation Network$10,000
Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana$10,000
ACRES Land Trust$10,000
The League$10,000
Remedy LIVE$10,000
The Shepherd's House$10,000
Community Harvest Food Bank$10,000
The Carriage House$10,000
Lutheran Social Services$10,000
Humane Fort Wayne$10,000
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 (FY20–25, $286k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%White's Residential and Family Services: $5k → 12%Early Childhood Alliance: $5k → 12%Out of a Jam: $8k → 12%Out of a Jam: $8k → 12%Out of a Jam: $8k → 12%Out of a Jam: $5k → 12%YWCA: $5k → 12%YWCA: $5k → 12%Mustard Seed Furniture Bank: $5k → 12%Lifeline Youth & Family Services: $5k → 12%Lifeline Youth & Family Services: $5k → 12%Mustard Seed Furniture Bank: $5k → 12%Lifeline Youth & Family Services: $5k → 12%Mustard Seed Furniture Bank: $5k → 12%Interfaith Hospitality Network: $10k → 12%Interfaith Hospitality Network: $10k → 12%Interfaith Hospitality Network: $10k → 12%Early Childhood Alliance: $5k → 12%Lutheran Life Villages: $10k → 12%Power House Youth Center: $5k → 12%Power House Youth Center: $5k → 12%East Allen Family Resource Center: $4k → 12%East Allen Family Resource Center: $4k → 12%East Allen Family Resource Center: $4k → 12%Powerhouse Youth Center: $3k → 12%Community Transportation Network: $10k → 12%Community Transportation Network: $10k → 12%Community Transportation Network: $10k → 12%Community Transportation Network: $10k → 12%Community Transportation Network: $10k → 12%Community Transportation Network: $10k → 12%Kate's Kart: $5k → 12%Kate's Kart: $5k → 12%Kate's Kart: $5k → 12%Kate's Kart: $5k → 12%Kate's Kart: $5k → 12%Lutheran Social Services: $10k → 12%Lutheran Social Services: $10k → 12%Lutheran Social Services: $10k → 12%Lutheran Social Services: $10k → 12%Lutheran Social Services: $5k → 12%Lutheran Social Services: $5k → 12%Miss Virginia's Food Pantry: $2k → 12%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.
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 81 repeat orgs$319k to everyone else

81 repeat relationships: 53 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
31

Total granted

$2.4M
$251k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+18%

Still filing today

72%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • TC
    TURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $95k · revenue +58%
  • WB
    WORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +32%
  • LF
    LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • ET
    EMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +36%
  • FO
    Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +52%
  • LH
    LUTHERAN HOMES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
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
New Hope of Indiana Inc

New hope of indiana, inc. is a leader in providing holistic services and resources to persons with disabilities and their families while advocating to advance the opportunities for those in need of support.

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2
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
3
Goodwill Industries of Northeast Indiana Inc

Goodwill industries of northeast indiana, inc. empowers and prepares people for independence through training, personal growth and work.

Employment
4
The Arc of Northwest Indiana Inc

Mission is to provide necessary resources to persons with disabilities in order to assist them in enhancing their daily lives. we provide pre-vocational training, habilitation services, individual support, and employment services based on…

Human Services
5
Children's Bureau Inc

Empowering individuals to build stronger families and communities.

Human Services
6
Fort Wayne Public Television Inc

Pbs fort wayne engages our community through content and collaborations that educate, inform, inspire, and entertain.

Arts & Culture
7
Cardinal Services Inc of Indiana

The mission of cardinal services, inc. of indiana is to assist and advocate for people with disabilities and challenges to live lives full of dignity, growth, and opportunity.

Education
8
Opportunity Enterprises Inc

The mission of opportunity enterprises is to create inclusive and equitable opportunites for people of all abilities. the agency provides vocational training, day services, transportation, and residential services to clients in porter…

Employment
9
Greater Fort Wayne Metro Chamber Alliance Inc

Greater fort wayne (gfw) inc. is the chamber of commerce and economic development organization for fort wayne & allen county, indiana. at gfw inc., we focus on supporting local business, attracting new business, and improving our…

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10
Gateway Woods Family Services Inc

Our mission is to honor and obey god by providing hope and healing to children and families, who may then bless others. the residential, foster care, adoption and other programs served nearly 500 individuals during the year.

Youth Development
11
Indianapolis Private Industry Council

The indianapolis private industry council, inc., doing business as employindy, the workforce investment board for marion county, is a not-for-profit corporation responsible for the development of the marion county workforce. employindy…

Employment
12
Bowen Health Inc

To provide compassionate, patient-centered care for mind and body that improves the quality of life for our communities.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turnstone Center for Children & Adults With Disabilities Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pufferbelly Junction 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

82 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. 82 of the 123 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)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
82/82
Grantees still filing
49/82
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Easter Seals ARC of NE Indiana: $87,500 · OtherEaster Seals ARC of NE IndianaBISHOP LUERS HIGH SCHOOL: $60,000 · OtherBridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries: $60,000 · OtherCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $56,000 · OtherAssociated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County: $55,000 · OtherWELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $52,500 · OtherWORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC: $70,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $60,000 · Other+64 more: $1,035,440 · Other+64 moreTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $95,000 · HealthTURNSTONE CENTE…LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC: $60,000 · HealthLEAGUE FOR THE …THE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE INC: $45,000 · HealthTHE SHEPHERD'S …Super Shot Inc: $35,000 · HealthSuper Shot IncCOURAGEOUS HEALING INC: $30,000 · HealthCOURAGEOUS HEAL…HEARCARE CONNECTION INC: $26,000 · HealthHEARCARE CONNEC…MATTHEW 25 INC: $20,000 · HealthMATTHEW 25 INCFORT WAYNE CLUBHOUSE INC: $20,000 · HealthFORT WAYNE CLUB…CHILDREN'S HOPE INC: $15,000 · Health+4 more: $23,500 · Health+4 moreCOMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY T…Lutheran Social Services Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesLutheran So…INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesINTERFAITH …OUT OF A JAM INC: $29,000 · Human ServicesOUT OF A JA…KATE'S KART INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesKATE'S KART…Lifeline Youth & Family Services Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesMUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYNE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesThe Power House Alliance Inc: $13,000 · Human ServicesEAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN HOMES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesEARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesYWCA OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA INC: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $7,436 · Human ServicesSCIENCE CENTRAL INC: $58,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $34,400 · Arts & CultureEMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC FORKS OF THE WABASH INC: $11,500 · Arts & CultureNORTHEAST INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO INC: $10,500 · Arts & CulturePUFFERBELLY JUNCTION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH FOR CHRIST OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHILL INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $21,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEXIS VOICE: $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentX COUNT INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC: $37,500 · EducationTHE LITERACY ALLIANCE INC: $35,000 · EducationASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationCORE INC: $15,000 · EducationSPECIALTY TUTORING INC: $10,000 · EducationCASS HOUSING INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterFORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterVINCENT VILLAGE INC: $26,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,536,440Health$369,500Human Services$286,436Arts & Culture$194,400Youth Development$138,000Education$117,500Housing & Shelter$106,500

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 budgetTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $95,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC: $70,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetLEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE CENTRAL INC: $58,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $56,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $52,500 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetHomebound Meals Inc: $51,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetLutheran Social Services Inc: $50,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH FOR CHRIST OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCASS HOUSING INC: $50,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetSOULMEDIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE INC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ASHBROOK CENTER: $40,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetAUDIENCES UNLIMITED INC: $38,500 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC: $37,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMANI FAMILY SERVICES: $37,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSuper Shot Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LITERACY ALLIANCE INC: $35,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNEIGHBORLINK FORT WAYNE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetFORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $34,400 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCOURAGEOUS HEALING INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetCHILL INC: $30,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetFORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBLUE JACKET INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOUT OF A JAM INC: $29,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetVINCENT VILLAGE INC: $26,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHEARCARE CONNECTION INC: $26,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFort Wayne Park Foundation: $25,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetKATE'S KART INC: $25,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetFriends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMATTHEW 25 INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFORT WAYNE CLUBHOUSE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetLC NATURE PARK INC: $19,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLifeline Youth & Family Services Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOPE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHUMANE FORT WAYNE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCORE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYNE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Power House Alliance Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetEAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $12,000 over 3y, 1.1% 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 TURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE CENTRAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds WELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Homebound Meals Inc ↗
  • Who funds Lutheran Social Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FOR CHRIST OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds CASS HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds SOULMEDIC MEDIA GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ASHBROOK CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AUDIENCES UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMANI FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Super Shot Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE LITERACY ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORLINK FORT WAYNE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds COURAGEOUS HEALING INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILL INC ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds EMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE JACKET INC ↗
  • Who funds OUT OF A JAM 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.

Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne IncIN134.2× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Surack Family Foundation Inc · Aws Foundation Inc · McMillen Foundation Inc · Zollner 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 M E Raker Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from M E Raker Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    35report 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 M E Raker Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to M E Raker 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 123 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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