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Manitou Fund

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.

$20M
Granted FY2024still arriving
164
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$1.8M
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$45MPhilanthropy$37MArts & Culture$24MEnvironment$24MHealth$12MRecreation & Sports$9.1MAnimals$6.3MHuman Services$4.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 164 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k55 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k84 grants · $6.8M
  • $250k+25 grants · $12M
$50,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$778M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE$1,750,000
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME INC$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$915,000
CENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$750,000
ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY$750,000
SAVE VENICE INC$540,000
USTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED$510,000
FRIENDS OF FAI THE ITALIAN ENVIRONMENT FOUNDATION INC$500,000
BIG SUR LAND TRUST$450,000
REDFORD CENTER INC$400,000
DEETJEN'S INC$350,000
COLLEGE OF ST SCHOLASTICA INC$310,000
MINNESOTA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY$300,000
SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC$300,000
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES$300,000
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 (FY19–24, $4.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $30k → 5%HOPE VILLAGE FOR CHILDREN: $75k → 24%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $30k → 5%HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $45k → 8%FAMILYMEANS: $50k → 6%FAMILYMEANS: $50k → 6%FAMILYMEANS: $50k → 6%FIRST STAR INC: $50k → 14%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $50k → 10%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $50k → 10%INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION: $35k → 14%EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION INC: $35k → 14%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $150k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $100k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $50k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $50k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $50k → 11%SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 9%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $50k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $35k → 11%SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 9%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $35k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $35k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $30k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $35k → 11%SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER: $75k → 9%FACE TO FACE HEALTH AND COUNSELING INC: $30k → 14%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC: $75k → 9%FACE TO FACE HEALTH & FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE INC: $30k → 14%FACE TO FACE HEALTH AND COUNSELING INC: $30k → 14%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC: $70k → 9%SOLID GROUND: $300k → 14%DIVISION OF INDIAN WORK: $50k → 11%DIVISION OF INDIAN WORK: $50k → 11%DIVISION OF INDIAN WORK: $50k → 11%SOLID GROUND: $175k → 14%SOLID GROUND: $50k → 14%SOLID GROUND: $50k → 14%UJAMAA PLACE: $50k → 14%UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL: $200k → 14%UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL: $125k → 14%UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL: $75k → 14%FRIENDSHIP ADULT DAY CARE CENTER INC: $50k → 14%FRIENDSHIP ADULT DAY CARE CENTER INC: $50k → 14%FRIENDSHIP ADULT DAY CARE CENTER INC: $50k → 14%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

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MI
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PA
NJ
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RI
CA
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CO
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MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
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NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
MS
TX
FL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$131M · 334 repeat orgs$32M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

334 repeat relationships: 132 still active in FY2024, 202 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

334
162

Total granted

$131M
$31M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+20%

Still filing today

85%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • FS
    FRANKLIN SWITZERLAND INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $14M · revenue +30%
  • GW
    GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND
    6× · 2019–2024 · $4.9M · revenue +53% · 34% of their budget
  • USTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    6× · 2019–2024 · $4.3M · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • KM
    KHR MCNEELY FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $14M
  • GS
    GWENDOLYN STRONG FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $2.0M · revenue -89% · 57% of their budget
  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA AGRICULTURE & FARM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1.5M · revenue +64%
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
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
2
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
3
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
4
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
5
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
6
Sacramento Zoological Society

The sacramento zoo inspires appreciation, respect and a connection with wildlife and nature through education, recreation and conservation.

Animals
7
Balboa Park Conservancy

Balboa Park Conservancy (the Conservancy) was organized on November 3, 1923. The Conservancy is the City of San Diegos (the City) partner and advocated for the greater good of Balboa Park (the Park). The Conservancy collaborated with and…

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8
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
9
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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10
San Francisco Zoological Society

To connect all people with wildlife, inspire caring for nature, and advance conservation action.

Animals
11
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
12
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Freshwater Society; the most unlike its peers is Sonoma Botanical Garden. 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

446 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. 446 of the 536 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)
127
Early backer (in before they grew)
439/446
Grantees still filing
330/446
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRANKLIN SWITZERLAND INC: $13,950,000 · EducationFRANKLIN SWITZERLAND INCUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $5,970,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FO…COLLEGE OF ST SCHOLASTICA INC: $3,725,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF ST SCHOLASTICA …CENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,790,000 · EducationCENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $2,000,000 · EducationST CATHERINE UNIVERSITYCarpinteria Education Foundation Inc: $1,300,000 · Education+17 more: $7,340,000 · Education+17 moreDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $14,139,489 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITAB…KHR MCNEELY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $14,004,705 · PhilanthropyKHR MCNEELY FAMILY FOU…+6 more: $3,210,000 · Philanthropy+6 moreMANITOU FUND SCHWAB CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $6,566,881 · OtherMANITOU FUND SCHWAB CHARITABLE GIF…GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $4,900,000 · OtherGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLANDST RITA'S SCHOOL: $4,150,000 · OtherST RITA'S SCHOOL+94 more: $33,893,500 · Other+94 moreSONOMA VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL: $2,135,000 · Arts & CultureSONOMA VAL…SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $1,625,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARB…WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC: $1,250,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD MONU…THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $1,050,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM…Deetjens Inc: $950,000 · Arts & CultureDeetjens I…WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $900,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MU…SONOMA CHILDRENS CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS: $600,000 · Arts & CultureSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $570,000 · Arts & CultureSonoma Valley Museum of Art: $550,000 · Arts & Culture+21 more: $5,956,500 · Arts & Culture+21 moreWHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST: $1,275,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION MINNESOTA: $1,175,000 · EnvironmentMINNESOTA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY: $975,000 · EnvironmentBig Sur Land Trust: $825,000 · EnvironmentHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $800,000 · EnvironmentLOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT: $740,000 · EnvironmentREDFORD CENTER INC: $735,000 · EnvironmentNORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS: $500,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $425,000 · EnvironmentTRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST: $375,000 · Environment+12 more: $2,795,000 · EnvironmentUSTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $4,340,000 · Recreation & SportsINTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME INCORPORATED: $2,200,000 · Recreation & SportsST PAUL URBAN TENNIS PROGRAM: $646,000 · Recreation & SportsYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $535,000 · Recreation & SportsSANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION: $480,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $450,000 · Recreation & SportsGWENDOLYN STRONG FOUNDATION: $2,050,000 · HealthSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $1,000,000 · HealthSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital: $1,000,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES: $950,000 · HealthALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $550,000 · HealthSANSUM CLINIC: $475,000 · HealthCERENITY CARE CENTER - WHITE BEAR LAKE: $350,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $350,000 · HealthMoment Foundation: $300,000 · Health+4 more: $945,000 · Health
Education$37,075,000Philanthropy$31,354,194Other$49,510,381Arts & Culture$15,586,500Environment$10,620,000Recreation & Sports$8,651,000Health$7,970,000

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $14,139,489 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKHR MCNEELY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $14,004,705 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetFRANKLIN SWITZERLAND INC: $13,950,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $5,970,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $4,900,000 over 6y, 34% of budgetUSTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $4,340,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetCOLLEGE OF ST SCHOLASTICA INC: $3,725,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,790,000 over 4y, 98% of budgetINTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME INCORPORATED: $2,200,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetSONOMA VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL: $2,135,000 over 5y, 63% of budgetGWENDOLYN STRONG FOUNDATION: $2,050,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $2,000,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $1,625,000 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetCarpinteria Education Foundation Inc: $1,300,000 over 2y, 73% of budgetWHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST: $1,275,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetWORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC: $1,250,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetSONOMA ACADEMY: $1,225,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCONSERVATION MINNESOTA: $1,175,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetSAVE VENICE INC: $1,115,000 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF FAI - THE ITALIAN ENVIRONMENT: $1,050,000 over 4y, 55% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $1,050,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WHALE SANCTUARY PROJECT: $980,000 over 6y, 22% of budgetMINNESOTA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY: $975,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES: $950,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetDeetjens Inc: $950,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $900,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $830,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $825,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetBig Sur Land Trust: $825,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $800,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetSonoma Valley Education Foundation: $795,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetLOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT: $740,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetREDFORD CENTER INC: $735,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetST PAUL URBAN TENNIS PROGRAM: $646,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetSolid Ground: $630,000 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetSONOMA CHILDRENS CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS: $600,000 over 4y, 82% of budgetCAMP MISHAWAKA: $600,000 over 2y, 92% of budgetPets Lifeline Inc: $600,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $590,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $570,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSANTA BARBARA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $550,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetDIGNITYMOVES: $550,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetSonoma Valley Museum of Art: $550,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $550,000 over 2y, 0.9% 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.

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.

Khr McNeely Family FoundationCA101.2× affinity48 shared granteesties to 2 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Khr McNeely Family Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Mosher Foundation · James S Bower Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Patricia Bragg Foundation · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · Www Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · Rudi Schulte 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 Manitou Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Manitou Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
54report 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 Manitou Fund?

Find your warmest path to Manitou Fund 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 536 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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