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Making a Difference Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$828k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
229
Grants FY2024
164
Organizations funded FY2023
76%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$138,572
Organizations funded a year
38 to 164
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
29
Total assets, FY2024
$5.8M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 76% of the organizations Making a Difference Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsEducationFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving226$813k72%
FY2023164$587k76%
FY202285$470k78%
FY202149$288k65%
FY202050$778k64%
FY201956$723k70%
FY201838$600kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

International$1.4MHealth$828kPublic Safety & Disaster$622kPhilanthropy$564kEducation$215kHuman Services$165kAnimals$120kHousing & Shelter$118kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 327 grantees
All grantees of Making a Difference Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
International Medical Relief$691,49660%
Utah's Promise$494,00252%
People's Health Clicnic$90,00051%
Caridad Center Inc$90,00050%
A Broader View Volunteers Corp$71,086416%
The Children's Center Utah$63,50061%
Seager Memorial Clinic$61,00044%
Maliheh Free Clinic$60,50031%
Wasatch Homeless Health Care$50,50021%
Lincoln Community Health Center Inc$45,00020%
Kids in Distress Inc$45,00030%
Broward Partnership for the Homeless Inc$45,00030%
International Medical Corps$38,50040%
Benevolent Healthcare Foundation$37,63840%
National Kidney Foundation Inc$35,23820%
Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Intercultural Exchange$32,46731%
Junior League of Salt Lake Cityinc$28,50033%
Families Moving Forward$25,75060%
Midvale Community Building Community Inc$25,00018%
United States Fund for Unicef$25,00030%
Sos Children's Villages-Usa Inc$25,00010%
Partners for World Health$19,50011%
International Rescue Committee INC$16,50030%
Heart to Heart International Inc$16,00020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$15,00010%
The Voom Foundation$13,00010%
Volunteers of America Utah$12,50030%
Feeding South Florida Inc$11,50020%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$11,00020%
Thanksgiving Heroes Slc$10,50042%
Americares Foundation Inc$10,50030%
Children's Craniofacial Association$10,00011%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00010%
Utah Hemophilia Foundation$10,00021%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$10,00010%
Granite Education Foundation$9,50030%
Abandoned Pet Rescue Inc$9,25041%
Rebuilding Together Broward County Inc$9,00050%
Roots Charter High School$9,00030%
Cancer Wellness House dba Survivor Wellness$8,50032%
Usana Kids Eat$8,00030%
Huntsman Cancer Foundation$8,00030%
Sterling House Community Center Inc$8,00040%
Rape Recovery Center$8,00020%
Davis Search and Rescue Foundation Davis Cnty Sheriff's Search & Rescue Inc$7,500334%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$7,50020%
Direct Relief$7,50030%
Floating Doctors Inc$7,00021%
Bengal Rescue$7,00033%
Youthlinc$6,59030%
Utah Food Bank$6,50030%
Project Hope 4 Kids$6,5002n/a
Catholic Community Services of Utah$6,0003n/a
Rescue Garden Inc$5,5002n/a
Christian Center of Park City$5,50020%
Mary and Martha House Inc$5,50020%
Humane Society of Utah$5,50010%
Paradise Rescue$5,00013%
Maui United Way$5,00010%
Maui Health Foundation$5,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$5,00010%
American Nurses Foundation Inc$5,00010%
American Academy of Family Physicians$5,00010%
Maui Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
Utah Navajo Health System Inc$5,0001n/a
Utah Public Health Association$5,00021%
Richardson Plano Guide Right Foundation$5,0002n/a
Freedom Ride Inc$5,00020%
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc$5,00010%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$5,00010%
Utah Youth Village$5,00020%
Tooele Valley Wind Ensemble$5,0002n/a
Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc$5,00010%
The Hope Alliance$4,93022%
Intermountain Therapy Animals$4,25040%
Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation$4,02510%
Camp Rising Sun Inc$4,00021%
Operation Liberation$4,00022%
The Sharing Place$4,00021%
Hilltop Gospel Choir$4,0002n/a
Welcome Home Animal Sanctuary Inc$4,0002n/a
Salt Lake Community Action Program$4,00020%
Alternative Education Foundation$4,00020%
Shoulder to Shoulder$3,80011%
The Christmas Box International$3,50010%
Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center$3,50010%
Utah Diaper Bank$3,50021%
Friends of Tracy Aviary$3,50020%
Southern Nevada Boston Terrier Rescue$3,5002n/a
Asian Association of Utah$3,50010%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)$3,25020%
American Heart Association Inc$3,00020%
The Inn Between$3,00020%
Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness$3,00020%
Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc$3,00020%
Headin Home Inc$3,00022%
Tulsa Advocates for the Protection of Children$3,00011%
Western Wake Crisis Ministry$3,00010%
Premier Mobile Health Services Corporation$3,00020%
Christines Critters Inc$3,00013%
Raise the Future$2,75030%
Avian Sanctuary and Protection$2,50011%
Go Initiative$2,50015%
Valley Center Booster Club Inc$2,50016%
Mama Dragons$2,50011%
Special Olympics Utah Inc$2,50010%
Rise Against Hunger Inc$2,50010%
Thresher Aquatics Inc$2,5001n/a
Surf for Special Needs$2,5001n/a
North Davis Preparatory Academy Parent O$2,500112%
BizLeadhers Corp$2,50017%
Maui Humane Society$2,50010%
Advocates for Disease Education Inc$2,5001n/a
The Mundi Project$2,50021%
Thrive Inc$2,50010%
Life After Placement$2,5001n/a
Little Warrior Foundation Inc$2,50010%
American Preparatory Education Foundation$2,50011%
Resilience Rising$2,5001n/a
Vine Maple Place$2,50010%
The Road Home$2,50020%
Bark Back Benefit Inc$2,5001n/a
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$2,50010%
The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford Inc$2,50010%
Union Hospital Foundation Inc$2,50010%
PTA Florida Congress$2,50012%
Utah Nonprofits Association$2,50010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,50010%
Habitat for Humanity of Durham Inc$2,50010%
Cultural Arts Society of West Jordan$2,50012%
Orange County Rape Crisis Center$2,50010%
Ink Against Cancer Foundation$2,50017%
Delta Gamma Foundation$2,50010%
Park City Education Foundation$2,50010%
Best Buddies International Inc$2,50010%
Rocky Mountain Care Foundation Inc$2,50019%
Yoga Forward Inc$2,5001n/a
Samaritan Health Center Inc$2,50011%
Rsq$2,50011%
Onmygenius Campaign$2,5001n/a
Salt Lake Scots Pipe Band$2,50014%
Flourish Therapy Inc$2,50010%
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Wake County Inc$2,50010%
Bear Lake Watch$2,50011%
English Skills Learning Center$2,50010%
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle$2,50030%
Pedal the Cause$2,50010%
Information Technology Disaster Resource Center Inc$2,50010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc$2,50010%
Family Promise of Grand Rapids$2,50020%
Heartbeat of Champions Foundation$2,5001n/a
Team Rubicon Inc$2,50010%
Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation$2,50010%
Helping Community Paws and Claws Inc$2,50013%
Hire Heroes USA Inc$2,50010%
Fish$2,50010%
International Language Programs Inc$2,50010%
Guadalupe Center Educational Programs Inc$2,50010%
Trevor Project Inc$2,50010%
South Florida Winter Guard Association Inc$2,50012%
Thanksgiving in Harlem Corporation$2,5001n/a
The Mavuno Project Inc$2,50011%
Mountain Sunrise Academy$2,50010%
Fostering Hope$2,50011%
Friends of the Salt Lake City Public Library$2,50012%
Islamic Relief USA$2,50010%
Florida Wild Mammal Association Incorporated$2,50011%
San Diego Humane Society and Spca$2,50010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,50010%
Wings of Eagles Ranch$2,50011%
Refuge International Inc$2,50010%
Dec My Room Inc$2,50010%
Weiss Scholarship Foundation$2,50011%
Realms of Inquiry$2,50011%
Shirley's Way Inc$2,50010%
Salt Lake City Mission$2,5001n/a
Wire Bell & Stephen Foundation$2,0002n/a
Samaritan's Purse$2,00010%
Best Friends Animal Society$2,00010%
Andrew Garcia Memorial Foundation$2,0002n/a
Village Life Outreach Project Inc$2,0001n/a
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$2,00010%
Holy Cross Ministries of Utah$2,00010%
Surgical Eye Expeditions International Inc$2,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of South Palm Beach County Inc$2,00020%
Spectrum Academy$2,00010%
Nurses With Purpose Inc$2,00011%
Philippine Medical Society of Northern California Inc$2,00012%
Valors on 8th$2,0002n/a
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$2,00020%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$2,00020%
Off Their Plate Inc$2,0001n/a
Second Chance for Homeless Pets$2,00031%
Our Rescue$2,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah$1,80020%
Gay Men's Chorus of South Florida Inc$1,75020%
Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International Inc$1,60010%
South Florida Wildlife Center Inc$1,50010%
Advocates for Children and Families$1,50010%
The Bella Foundation Inc Spca$1,50010%
Davis Education Foundation$1,50010%
Surgicorps International$1,50010%
Partners 4 Global Health Inc$1,50011%
Crockett Foundation Inc$1,50010%
Activate Good Inc$1,50010%
Tiny Acres Northwest Florida$1,5001n/a
Halifax Humane Society Inc$1,50010%
Big Childrens Foundation Inc$1,50022%
Boca Helping Hands Inc$1,50030%
Nourishing Lives Inc$1,50011%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$1,50020%
Community Animal Welfare Society -$1,50010%
Utah Kids Foundation$1,50011%
Davis Dreamers Inc$1,50012%
Friends of Utah Avalanche Fore Cast Center Inc$1,50010%
Art Access$1,50010%
West Michigan Youth Ballet$1,46010%
Boca Save Our Beaches Inc$1,2502n/a
Helps International$1,25010%
US Dream Academy Inc$1,20010%
Foundation for Peace$1,17510%
Ruff Haven$1,00020%
Physicians For Peace$1,00010%
Scotts Ridge Elementary School PTA$1,0001n/a
Faith in Practice$1,00010%
Method Child Development Center In$1,00010%
Education Foundation of Palm Beach County Inc$1,00020%
George Snow Scholarship Fund Inc$1,00010%
Children's Miracle Network$1,00010%
Honduras Well Project$1,00010%
Kids' Food Basket Inc$1,00020%
Global Pediatric Specialists Alliance$1,0001n/a
Health Volunteers Overseas Inc$1,00010%
Worldwide Healing Hands$1,00012%
The Salvation Army$1,0001n/a
Faith Temple Pentacostal Church$1,0001n/a
Michigan Animal Health Foundation$1,00013%
Yogashield Yoga for First Responders$1,00011%
One World Surgery$1,00010%
The Urban Mission Inc$1,0002n/a
4 Kids Corp$1,0001n/a
Caris Foundation$1,00010%
International Health Care Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Southern Nazarene University$1,00010%
Mackenzie's Animal Sanctuary Inc$1,00010%
Miami Diaper Bank Inc$1,00020%
Ghana Medical Relief$1,00011%
Vmsn Inc$1,00010%
Health Talents International Inc$80010%
Broward Performing Arts Foundation Inc$75010%
Russell Life Skills and Reading Foundation Inc$75010%
National Blood Clot Alliance$75010%
Work Activity Center Inc$75020%
Fight the New Drug Inc$75010%
Oak City Cares Inc$75020%
The Peaceful Project$7501n/a
Suitsstilettos and Lipstick Fou$7501n/a
Angels Foster Family Agency$75010%
Solid Rock Missions Dba Solid Rock International$68010%
Body & Soul Ministries of Belize Inc$6501n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Pbc$50010%
Leading Saints$50011%
Humane Society of Broward County Inc$50010%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$50010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle$50010%
Comunidades Unidas$50010%
Hillside Health Care International$50010%
Seven Canyons Trust$50010%
Crossroads Urban Center$50010%
Friends of Wake County Animal Center Inc$50010%
Military Missions in Action Inc$50010%
Community Enhancement Collaboration Inc$50010%
Global Missions Group$50010%
Stonewall Library and Archives Inc$50010%
Utah Rocket Club Inc$5001n/a
Diaper Bank of North Carolina$50010%
Free the Oppressed$50010%
Habitat for Humanity of Broward Inc$50010%
Tree Utah$50010%
Dress for Success Triangle Nc$50010%
Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc$50010%
Rescue Rovers$50010%
Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition Inc$50010%
Michigan Helps Medical Team$50010%
Servant Ministries C a Inc$50010%
Adopt-A-Native Elder$50010%
Morningday Community Solutions$50010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc$50010%
Camp Hawkins$5001n/a
Neighborhood House Association$50010%
The Jr Way$5001n/a
The Rachel Covey Foundation$50010%
Community Food Clubs$50010%
Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale Inc$50010%
Unlocking Futures Inc$50010%
Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc$50010%
Danielle Byron Henry Migraine Foundation$50010%
Utah Zoological Society$50010%
Florida Guardian Ad Litem Foundation Inc$50010%
Sumi Nungwa$5001n/a
The Pantry of Broward Inc$50010%
Family Support Center$50010%
Greater Ogden Community Nature Ctr$50010%
Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge$50010%
Seymour Pinkinc$50010%
Pantry to Porch$50011%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$50010%
Utah Foster Care Foundation Inc$50010%
The Poverello Center Inc$50010%
Prairie Lakes Church$5001n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Utah County$50010%
Caring House Inc$50010%
United Help Ukraine Inc$50010%
The Salvation Army$5001n/a
Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas Limited$50010%
Wasatch Community Gardens$50010%
Share Our Strength$50010%
18th Ward$50010%
Girl Scouts of Greater NY Inc$50010%
Stepup Ministry$50010%
Equine Assisted Therapies of South Florida Inc$50010%
Community Nursing Service$50010%
Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation$50010%
Lakecities Ballet Theatre$50010%
1520 Arts$5001n/a
Lifting Hands International$50010%
Childnet Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 166 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Making a Difference Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInternational Medical Relief: $691,496 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUtah's Promise: $494,002 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetPeople's Health Clicnic: $90,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCaridad Center Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetA Broader View Volunteers Corp: $71,086 over 4y, 16% of budgetThe Children's Center Utah: $63,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetSeager Memorial Clinic: $61,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetMaliheh Free Clinic: $60,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetWasatch Homeless Health Care: $50,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLincoln Community Health Center Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKids in Distress Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBroward Partnership for the Homeless Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Medical Corps: $38,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBenevolent Healthcare Foundation: $37,638 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $35,238 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Humanitarian Outreach and Intercultural Exchange: $32,467 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetJunior League of Salt Lake Cityinc: $28,500 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetFamilies Moving Forward: $25,750 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMidvale Community Building Community Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSos Children's Villages-Usa Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPartners for World Health: $19,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $16,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHeart to Heart International Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Voom Foundation: $13,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVolunteers of America Utah: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding South Florida Inc: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThanksgiving Heroes Slc: $10,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Craniofacial Association: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUtah Hemophilia Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGranite Education Foundation: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAbandoned Pet Rescue Inc: $9,250 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetRebuilding Together Broward County Inc: $9,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRoots Charter High School: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Wellness House dba Survivor Wellness: $8,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetUsana Kids Eat: $8,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHuntsman Cancer Foundation: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSterling House Community Center Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRape Recovery Center: $8,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDavis Search and Rescue Foundation Davis Cnty Sheriff's Search & Rescue Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 34% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFloating Doctors Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT78.5× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Utah's Promise · Ihc Health Services Inc · Henry W & Leslie M Eskuche Charitable Foundation · Willard L Eccles Charitable Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial 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.

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Find your warmest path to Making a Difference Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Making a Difference Foundation

How much does Making a Difference Foundation give?
Making a Difference Foundation reported 229 grants totaling $827,894 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 164 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Making a Difference Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (32%), Health (19%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%).
Who are Making a Difference Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: International Medical Relief ($691k), Utah's Promise ($494k), People's Health Clicnic ($90k).
Does Making a Difference Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 76% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Making a Difference Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Making a Difference Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah.
Where is Making a Difference Foundation based?
Making a Difference Foundation is based in UT.

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 499 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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