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Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$430k
Granted FY2025still arriving
41
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$726kHealth$642kArts & Culture$594kYouth Development$288kEducation$262kHousing & Shelter$195kRecreation & Sports$161kFood & Nutrition$134kOther$0
02FY2025 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $405k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$8.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLARITY CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER$20,000
ROY MAAS YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC$20,000
AVANCE INC - SAN ANTONIO$15,000
KINETIC KIDS INC$15,000
CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY$15,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN ANTONIO$15,000
CHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO$15,000
SAN ANTONIO LITTLE THEATRE INC$10,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS$10,000
SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$10,000
MAGIK CHILDREN THEATRE INC$10,000
HEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY$10,000
CIBOLO CENTER FOR CONSERVATION$10,000
100 BLACK MEN OF SAN ANTONIO INC$10,000
MORNINGSIDE MINISTRIES$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 (FY17–25, $598k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $20k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC: $10k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC: $10k → 16%BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $50k → 16%disABILITYsa: $10k → 16%disABILITYsa: $10k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $10k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $10k → 16%CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $6k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY INC: $20k → 16%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $10k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $15k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 16%SUCCESSFUL CONNECTIONS INC: $5k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $10k → 16%ARTVANGO THERAPEUTIC SERVICES INC: $10k → 16%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS INC: $10k → 16%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS INC: $10k → 16%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO: $10k → 16%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS INC: $10k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $20k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $11k → 16%RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $20k → 16%RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $18k → 16%ANY BABY CAN OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $18k → 16%RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $15k → 16%MORNINGSIDE MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF SAN: $10k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF SAN: $10k → 16%ANY BABY CAN OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $10k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE ASSN OF SAN ANTONIO: $10k → 16%ANY BABY CAN OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $10k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF SAN: $9k → 16%ANY BABY CAN OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $5k → 16%RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $5k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $20k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $10k → 16%MORNINGSIDE MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%MISSION ROAD DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER: $15k → 16%GIRLS INC OF SAN ANTONIO: $10k → 16%MISSION ROAD DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER: $15k → 16%GIRLS INC OF SAN ANTONIO: $10k → 16%REACHING MAXIMUM INDEPENDENCE: $15k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $10k → 16%REACHING MAXIMUM INDEPENDENCE: $8k → 16%CHOSEN CARE INC: $15k → 16%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 64 repeat orgs$700k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

64 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
57

Total granted

$2.7M
$620k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+11%

Still filing today

81%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART
    4× · 2018–2024 · $83k · revenue +50%
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK
    4× · 2018–2024 · $79k · revenue +40%
  • WM
    Witte Museum
    4× · 2018–2024 · $78k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • AM
    AMEDD MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • RY
    Rainbow Youth Center
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • CC
    CHRISTUS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +197%
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
San Antonio Automobile Dealers Association Foundation Inc
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2
San Antonio Foster Care and Adoption and Services

San antonio foster care and adoption services inc. is a licensed child placement agency in the state of texas. the organization cares for children placed in foster care by the state of texas.

Human Services
3
Tennis Officials of San Antonio Association
Recreation & Sports
4
Sa Talent Inc Sa Works

The mission of sa talent, inc. is to educate and develop youth and adults into the talent needs of san antonio's current and future employers and provide services for the regional employers for the retention and growth of their local…

Education
5
Communities in Schools of San Antonio

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Education
6
Greater Satx

The mission of greater:satx is to lead the developemnt and diversification of san antonio regional economy through the recruitment and expansion of qualify employers and job producing investments.

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7
San Anto Cultural Arts

To foster human and community development through community-based arts.

Arts & Culture
8
San Antonio Medical Foundation

The mission of the san antonio medical foundation is to improvehealth care, advance biomedical science, and enhance communitywell-being by providing leadership & active stewardship of our landand other assets.

Health
9
San Antonio Christian School

Partner with families to provide students a christ-centered education while fostering a life of faith and service. the school desires to associate with like-minded teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students to communicate the…

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10
Advocates Social Services of San Antonio Texas

To educate qualified individuals of public benefits that they may be entitled to. we accomplish this by working with local city, state, and federal agencies for the purpose of outreach and verification work. recently we have focused mainly…

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11
San Antonio Report

Publishing a local online news source. We believe a well informed and connected community is essential to making San Antonio a better place to live, work and play.

Arts & Culture
12
The Arc of San Antonio Inc

To improve the quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and those who care for them.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sa Youth; the most unlike its peers is Ronald McDONALD House Charities of Greater North Texas 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

94 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. 94 of the 131 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)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
92/94
Grantees still filing
63/94
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $78,500 · OtherROY MAAS' YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $77,500 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN: $77,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER: $61,060 · OtherSAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $57,500 · OtherSAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $67,500 · OtherCHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO: $72,500 · Other+60 more: $1,070,150 · Other+60 moreTHE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $75,530 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S SHELTE…CHILDSAFE: $61,060 · Human ServicesCHILDSAFERespite Care of San Antonio Inc: $57,500 · Human ServicesRespite Care of San A…Christian Assistance Ministry: $55,000 · Human ServicesChristian Assistance …ANY BABY CAN OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $42,500 · Human ServicesANY BABY CAN OF SAN A…ABODE CONTEMPLATIVE CARE: $40,000 · Human ServicesABODE CONTEMPLATIVE C…Family Service Association of San Antonio Inc: $38,750 · Human ServicesFamily Service Associ…GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO: $30,000 · Human ServicesGuide Dogs of Texas Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesMISSION ROAD DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER: $30,000 · Human ServicesDISABILITYSA dba FIESTA ESPECIAL DISABILITYSA CREATIVE SERVICES: $25,000 · Human ServicesREACHING MAXIMUM INDEPENDENCE: $22,500 · Human Services+11 more: $145,000 · Human Services+11 moreSAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART: $82,500 · Arts & CultureSAN ANTONIO MU…Witte Museum: $77,500 · Arts & CultureWitte MuseumMCNAY ART MUSEUM: $62,500 · Arts & CultureMCNAY ART MUSE…CHILDRENS CHORUS OF SAN ANTONIO: $46,060 · Arts & CultureCHILDRENS CHOR…MAGIK CHILDRENS THEATRE OF SAN ANTONIO DBA THE MAGIK THEATRE: $40,000 · Arts & CultureMAGIK CHILDREN…NATIONAL WESTERN ART FOUNDATION BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM: $30,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL WESTE…SAN PEDRO PLAYHOUSE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSAN PEDRO PLAY…Foundation for Cultural Arts in San Antonio dba Las Casas Foundation: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+7 moreCLARITY CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER: $77,500 · HealthCLARITY CHI…TEXAS DIAPER BANK: $50,000 · HealthTEXAS DIAPE…Ascension DePaul Services: $41,060 · HealthAscension D…Friends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $40,000 · HealthFriends of …Project MEND: $38,750 · HealthProject MEN…CHRISTUS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthCHRISTUS CH…RISE RECOVERY: $20,000 · HealthRISE RECOVE…HEARTGIFT FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Health+5 more: $50,000 · Health+5 moreKinetic Kids Inc: $53,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $52,500 · Recreation & SportsHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $30,530 · Recreation & SportsTEAMABILITY INC: $32,120 · EducationRainbow Youth Center: $20,000 · EducationRESTORE EDUCATION INC: $20,000 · EducationHEALY-MURPHY CENTER: $10,530 · EducationSUNSHINE COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN: $10,000 · EducationUniversity of the Incarnate Word: $10,000 · EducationSAN ANTONIO EDUCATION FUND DBA SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $10,000 · EducationFAMILIES EMPOWERED: $10,000 · EducationHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $77,500 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $35,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,562,210Human Services$652,840Arts & Culture$428,560Health$352,310Recreation & Sports$136,030Education$122,650Housing & Shelter$112,500

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 budgetSAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART: $82,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $78,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWitte Museum: $77,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetROY MAAS' YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $77,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCLARITY CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER: $77,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $77,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $75,530 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO: $72,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $67,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMCNAY ART MUSEUM: $62,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDSAFE: $61,060 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRespite Care of San Antonio Inc: $57,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $57,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Assistance Ministry: $55,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetKinetic Kids Inc: $53,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $52,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTEXAS DIAPER BANK: $50,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SAN ANTONIO: $47,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDRENS CHORUS OF SAN ANTONIO: $46,060 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetALPHA HOME INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetANY BABY CAN OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $42,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAscension DePaul Services: $41,060 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Santa Rosa Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF CIBOLO WILDERNESS: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SAN ANTONIO: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetABODE CONTEMPLATIVE CARE: $40,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetMAGIK CHILDRENS THEATRE OF SAN ANTONIO DBA THE MAGIK THEATRE: $40,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetProject MEND: $38,750 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Service Association of San Antonio Inc: $38,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS SAN ANTONIO: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTEAMABILITY INC: $32,120 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY: $30,530 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHEALTHY FUTURES OF TEXAS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL WESTERN ART FOUNDATION BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGuide Dogs of Texas Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION ROAD DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSAN PEDRO PLAYHOUSE: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDISABILITYSA dba FIESTA ESPECIAL DISABILITYSA CREATIVE SERVICES: $25,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetREACHING MAXIMUM INDEPENDENCE: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRainbow Youth Center: $20,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetCHRISTUS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRISE RECOVERY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSA YOUTH: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% 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.

San Antonio Area Foun…Faye L & William L Co…Pryor Myra Stafford C…Harvey E Najim Charit…Nancy Smith Hurd Foun…Elizabeth Huth Coates…St Luke's Lutheran He…John L Santikos Chari…The Charity Ball Asso…The Texas Cavaliers C…Betty Stieren Kelso F…Nathalie & Gladys Dal…
San Antonio Area FoundationTX131.3× affinity69 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · St Luke's Lutheran Health Ministries Inc · John L Santikos Charitable Foundation · The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation · Nathalie & Gladys Dalkowitz Charitable Trust

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 Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
43report 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.

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 131 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home