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Maine Health Access Foundation Inc at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Private foundation

Maine Health Access Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
126
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$288k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Health$10MHuman Services$4.7MCivil Rights$2.4MPhilanthropy$1.7MCrime & Legal$1.7MCommunity Improvement$846kArts & Culture$785kFood & Nutrition$532kOther$0
02FY2024 · 126 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k60 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k40 grants · $3.2M
  • $250k+1 grant · $288k
$25,120
Median grant
6
States reached
$154M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Maine Council On Aging$288,420
Maine Community Foundation$233,000
Maine Initiatives$200,000
Spurwink Services$150,000
Consumers for Affordable Health Care$135,000
New England Arab American Organization$134,000
Mid-Coast Health Net Inc (dba Knox County Health Clinic)$120,000
Maine Equal Justice$110,000
Cross Cultural Community Services$102,000
Oasis Free Clinics$100,000
Maine Women's Lobby Education Fund$91,000
Mount Desert Island Hospital$90,000
Mainely Smiles (dba Mainely Teeth)$90,000
EqualityMaine Foundation$82,500
In Her Presence$80,000
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 (FY20–24, $2.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%Penobscot Bay YMCA: $50k → 11%Southern Maine Agency on Aging: $35k → 9%Penobscot Bay YMCA: $50k → 11%Western Maine Community Action: $20k → 14%Southern Maine Agency on Aging: $30k → 9%Western Maine Community Action: $20k → 14%Rumford Group Homes Inc: $20k → 13%Empowered Immigrant Women Unite: $60k → 13%Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc: $65k → 15%York County Community Action Corporation: $32k → 9%Sweetser: $25k → 9%Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc: $35k → 15%Knox County Homeless Coalition: $20k → 11%Opiate Free Island Partnership: $30k → 11%Maine Mental Health Connections Inc: $54k → 15%Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc: $27k → 15%SeniorsPlus: $35k → 13%Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc: $20k → 15%Maine Mental Health Connections Inc: $43k → 15%The Opportunity Alliance: $35k → 7%SeniorsPlus: $20k → 13%Maine Mental Health Connections Inc: $30k → 15%SeniorsPlus: $20k → 13%Maine Mental Health Connections Inc: $30k → 15%Maine Mental Health Connections Inc: $30k → 15%Bangor Region YMCA: $24k → 15%Eastern Area Agency on Aging: $35k → 15%Eastern Area Agency on Aging: $29k → 15%Eastern Area Agency on Aging: $20k → 15%Spectrum Generations: $20k → 12%New England Arab American Organization: $129k → 7%Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition (MIRC): $85k → 7%Presente Maine: $75k → 7%Maine Access Immigrant Network: $63k → 7%Presente Maine: $61k → 7%Presente Maine: $56k → 7%Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition: $56k → 7%Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition: $50k → 7%Maine Access Immigrant Network: $50k → 7%Maine Access Immigrant Network: $45k → 7%Bangor Region YMCA: $37k → 7%Maine Access Immigrant Network: $36k → 7%Maine Access Immigrant Network: $33k → 7%Preble Street: $30k → 7%Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition: $25k → 7%Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition: $25k → 7%Preble Street: $20k → 7%Southern Maine Agency on Aging: $20k → 7%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
VT
NY
MA
NV
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$21M · 152 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

152 repeat relationships: 93 still active in FY2024, 59 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

152
114

Total granted

$21M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+12%

Still filing today

81%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $555k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
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

  • MC
    Maine Council on Aging
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +510% · 66% of their budget
  • NE
    NEW ENGLAND ARAB AMERICAN ORGANIZATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $594k · revenue +94% · 32% of their budget
  • ME
    Maine Equal Justice Partners
    5× · 2020–2024 · $593k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • SO
    State of Maine Department of Health & Human Services Office of MaineCare
    one grant, 2020 · $270k
  • CF
    CONSUMERS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $196k · revenue 0%
  • PH
    Public Health Research Institute - fiscal sponsor for Wabanaki Pub Health
    one grant, 2020 · $155k
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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Maine Health Access Foundation Inc
Health
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Maine Behavioral Healthcare

Maine Behavioral Healthcare provides a seamless and compassionate continuum of care through a community of providers collaborating to promote recovery and the overall mental and physical well-being of those we are privileged to serve.

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3
Penobscot Bay Medical Center

Penobscot Bay Medical Center (PBMC) is an acute care hospital that offers inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services, patient and community education, and a full range of specialty services through…

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4
MaineGeneral Health and Affiliates

MaineGeneral Health is a comprehensive non-profit system with the mission of enhancing, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities.

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5
Maine Quality Counts

Maine Quality Counts is transforming health and healthcare in Maine by leading, collaborating, and aligning improvement efforts.

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6
Midcoast Recovery Coalition

To support individuals and families to find help and healing with the challenging problem of addiction.

Health
7
Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine

The alliance is a collaborative of private employers and public trusts dedicated to lowering healthcare costs and improving quality. through collective and innovative strategies, alliance members drive the change they want to see in…

Health
8
Community Health and Nursing Services

Community Health and Nursing Services (CHANS) provides home health andcommunity health promotion services in Brunswick, Bath, andsurrounding communities.

Health
9
Mainely Teeth Llc

Providing Dental services to low-income individuals who are uninsured,underinsured, or have other significant financial barriers to accessing care.

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10
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

Health
11
Maine Medical Association

To support maine physicians, advance the quality of medicine in maine, and promote the health of all maine people.

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12
Southern Maine Health Care

Southern Maine Health Care exists to improve the health and health care of the communities we serve.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maine Mental Health Connections Inc; the most unlike its peers is HealthInfoNet. 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

219 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. 219 of the 298 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)
65
Early backer (in before they grew)
213/219
Grantees still filing
154/219
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Maine Council on Aging: $1,337,039 · OtherMaine Council on AgingCONSUMERS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE: $553,000 · OtherCONSUMERS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CAREMAINE TRANSGENDER NETWORK INC: $410,600 · OtherSOUTHERN MAINE WORKERS CENTER: $345,000 · Other+83 more: $7,462,135 · Other+83 moreWABANAKI HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC: $530,800 · HealthWABANAKI HEALTH & WELLNESS …NEW MAINERS PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE: $332,500 · HealthNEW MAINERS PUBLIC HEALTH I…FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF MAINE INC: $302,900 · HealthOASIS HEALTH NETWORK INC: $290,000 · HealthMAINE PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION: $289,500 · HealthThe Maine Behavioral Health Foundation: $289,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $260,000 · HealthCross Cultural Community Services: $239,500 · HealthMABEL WADSWORTH WOMEN'S HEALTH CTR: $224,800 · Health+44 more: $3,290,163 · Health+44 moreNEW ENGLAND ARAB AMERICAN ORGANIZATION: $593,790 · Human ServicesNEW ENGLAND ARA…EqualityMaine Foundation: $252,500 · Human ServicesEqualityMaine F…MAINE IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS COALITION: $240,600 · Human ServicesMAINE IMMIGRANT…Maine Access Immigrant Network: $226,000 · Human ServicesMaine Access Im…Presente Maine: $192,200 · Human ServicesPresente MaineMAINE MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC: $186,711 · Human ServicesMAINE MENTAL HE…Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc: $162,000 · Human ServicesAARP FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Human ServicesSPECTRUM GENERATIONS: $120,000 · Human ServicesPREBLE STREET: $115,000 · Human ServicesSouthern Maine Agency on Aging: $115,000 · Human Services+23 more: $1,071,184 · Human Services+23 moreMAINE INITIATIVESINC: $650,000 · Crime & LegalMAINE INI…Maine Equal Justice Partners: $592,800 · Crime & LegalMaine Equ…DISABILITY RIGHTS MAINE: $304,700 · Crime & LegalDISABILIT…SafeBae Org Inc: $150,000 · Crime & LegalSafeBae O…RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INSTITUTE OF MAINE: $108,000 · Crime & LegalRESTORATI…MAINE PRISONER ADVOCACY COALITION: $81,200 · Crime & Legal+3 more: $130,000 · Crime & Legal+3 moreMaine Community Foundation Inc: $1,530,700 · PhilanthropyOUT Maine: $155,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $50,000 · PhilanthropyHand in Hand Mano en Mano: $437,403 · EducationUniversity of New England: $169,000 · EducationMAINE YOUTH THRIVING: $144,000 · EducationWOODFORDS FAMILY SERVICES: $105,000 · EducationTHOMAS COLLEGE: $70,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE PORTLAND COMMUNITY FREE CLINIC: $70,000 · EducationMaine Donor Alliance Fund: $40,000 · Education+2 more: $53,300 · EducationIn Her Presence: $478,180 · Community ImprovementMAINE WOMEN'S LOBBY EDUCATION FUND: $211,678 · Community ImprovementMAINE COMMUNITY INTEGRATION: $126,130 · Community ImprovementYork County Shelter Programs Inc: $35,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $23,000 · Community Improvement
Other$10,107,774Health$6,049,163Human Services$3,424,985Crime & Legal$2,016,700Philanthropy$1,735,700Education$1,088,703Community Improvement$873,988

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 budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $1,530,700 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMaine Council on Aging: $1,337,039 over 5y, 66% of budgetMAINE INITIATIVESINC: $650,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetNEW ENGLAND ARAB AMERICAN ORGANIZATION: $593,790 over 5y, 32% of budgetMaine Equal Justice Partners: $592,800 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetCONSUMERS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE: $553,000 over 4y, 32% of budgetWABANAKI HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC: $530,800 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetIn Her Presence: $478,180 over 5y, 22% of budgetHand in Hand Mano en Mano: $437,403 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetSOUTHERN MAINE WORKERS CENTER: $345,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetNEW MAINERS PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE: $332,500 over 5y, 17% of budgetDISABILITY RIGHTS MAINE: $304,700 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetFAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF MAINE INC: $302,900 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetOASIS HEALTH NETWORK INC: $290,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetMAINE PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION: $289,500 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetThe Maine Behavioral Health Foundation: $289,000 over 4y, 69% of budgetMAINE INSIDE OUT: $270,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $260,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHealth Equity Alliance: $258,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetEqualityMaine Foundation: $252,500 over 4y, 16% of budgetMAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY: $252,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetMAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $241,700 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetMAINE IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS COALITION: $240,600 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetCross Cultural Community Services: $239,500 over 3y, 32% of budgetMAINE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $232,098 over 5y, 12% of budgetMaine Access Immigrant Network: $226,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetSpurwink Services Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMABEL WADSWORTH WOMEN'S HEALTH CTR: $224,800 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetMAINE WOMEN'S LOBBY EDUCATION FUND: $211,678 over 4y, 20% of budgetCONSUMERS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $196,200 over 1y, 17% of budgetPresente Maine: $192,200 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetMAINE MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC: $186,711 over 5y, 11% of budgetMaine Mobile Health Program Inc: $185,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetMedical Care Development Inc: $185,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMaine Access Points: $170,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetUniversity of New England: $169,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Public Health Association: $167,400 over 5y, 16% of budgetResources for Organizing and Social Change: $164,900 over 5y, 20% of budgetAroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc: $162,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetWESTERN MAINE ADDICTION RECOVERY INITIATIVE: $157,600 over 4y, 72% of budgetOUT Maine: $155,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetSafeBae Org Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHANLEY CENTER FOR HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION: $150,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetMAINE YOUTH THRIVING: $144,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetCOMMONSPACE: $143,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetMaine Seacoast Mission: $140,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetELLSWORTH FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $132,000 over 5y, 27% 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 Maine Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Maine Council on Aging ↗
  • Who funds MAINE INITIATIVESINC ↗
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND ARAB AMERICAN ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds Maine Equal Justice Partners ↗
  • Who funds CONSUMERS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ↗
  • Who funds WABANAKI HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC ↗
  • Who funds In Her Presence ↗
  • Who funds Hand in Hand Mano en Mano ↗
  • Who funds MAINE TRANSGENDER NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN MAINE WORKERS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NEW MAINERS PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds DISABILITY RIGHTS MAINE ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF MAINE INC ↗
  • Who funds OASIS HEALTH NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds MAINE PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds The Maine Behavioral Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MAINE INSIDE OUT ↗
  • Who funds Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc ↗
  • Who funds Health Equity Alliance ↗
  • Who funds EqualityMaine Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ↗
  • Who funds MAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MAINE IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS COALITION ↗
  • Who funds Cross Cultural Community Services ↗
  • Who funds MAINE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Maine Access Immigrant Network ↗
  • Who funds Spurwink Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds MABEL WADSWORTH WOMEN'S HEALTH CTR ↗
  • Who funds MAINE WOMEN'S LOBBY EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds CONSUMERS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Presente Maine ↗
  • Who funds MAINE MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Maine Mobile Health Program 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.

Maine Community Found…John T Gorman Foundat…Elmina B Sewall Found…Sam L Cohen FoundationStephen & Tabitha Kin…Bangor Savings Bank F…United Way IncFisher Charitable Fou…Davis Family Foundati…Good Shepherd Food Ba…Onion FoundationSimmons Foundation - …
Maine Community Foundation IncME183.9× affinity172 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · John T Gorman Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · United Way Inc · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Good Shepherd Food Bank · Onion Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 61%
  • New England Rural Health Association: 61% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
68report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 298 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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