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Mervyn H & Leslie D Sternberg Foundation at a glance

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Mervyn H & Leslie D Sternberg Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$19k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
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.

Arts & Culture$53kHealth$39kPhilanthropy$12kInternational$8kRecreation & Sports$8kHousing & Shelter$6kReligion$5kAnimals$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300
Median grant
6
States reached
$308k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PETOSKEY & HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$2,500
JEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE INC (JARC)$2,000
PAPANICOLAOU CORPS FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC$1,750
Individual grant recipient$1,500
ISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC$1,300
THE WICK THEATRE AND COSTUME MUSEUM INC$1,000
RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$1,000
HARBOR SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT$500
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART$300
BREAKTHROUGH T1D-MID OHIO CHAPTER$300
LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY$300
TEMPLE ISRAEL OF DETROIT$250
HARBOR SPRINGS LYRIC THEATRE$250
MORIKAMI INC AKA MORIKAMI MUSEUM AND JAPANESE GARDENS$242
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 31% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MAYO CLINIC: $2k → 9%ISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 17%Papanicolaou Corps for Cancer Research Inc: $4k → 13%MIAMI CITY BALLET: $3k → 15%Harbor springs Lyric Theatre: $5k → 9%DART FOR ART: $2k → 14%MAYO CLINIC: $2k → 9%ISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 17%PAPANICOLAOU CORPS FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC: $3k → 13%MIAMI CITY BALLET: $2k → 15%TEMPLE ISRAEL OF DETROIT: $1k → 8%HARBOR SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT: $2k → 9%ISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 17%THE RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2k → 11%PAPANICOLAOU CORPS FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC: $2k → 13%HARBOR SPRINGS LYRIC THEATRE: $1k → 9%ISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 17%THE RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2k → 11%PAPANICOLAOU CORPS FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC: $1k → 13%NORTON MUSEUM OF ART: $1k → 11%PAPANICOLAOU CORPS FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC: $1k → 13%THE RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 11%PAPANICOLAOU CORPS FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC: $1k → 13%RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 11%RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 11%RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 11%THE RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 11%Raymond F kravis center for the performing arts: $1k → 11%Beaumont foundation: $1k → 8%THE WICK THEATRE AND COSTUME MUSEUM INC: $2k → 11%BEAUMONT FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%cancer research fund of the damon runyon-walter winchell foundation: $3k → 17%THE WICK THEATRE AND COSTUME MUSEUM INC: $1k → 11%BEAUMONT FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%Great Lakes Center for the Arts: $6k → 9%PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6k → 9%PETOSKEY & HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%GREAT LAKES CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $2k → 9%BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%CROOKED TREE ARTS COUNCIL INC: $2k → 9%BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL OF PETOSKEY: $1k → 9%BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%JEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE INC (JARC): $2k → 11%JEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE INC (JARC): $2k → 11%BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART: $3k → 11%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

MN
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MD
TN
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 17% of Mervyn H & Leslie D Sternberg Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Mervyn H & Leslie D Sternberg Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 7.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$120k · 39 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
22

Total granted

$120k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+34%

Still filing today

77%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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

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HealthArts & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • RF
    RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $10k · revenue +72%
  • GL
    Great Lakes Center for the Arts
    4× · 2017–2023 · $9k · revenue +85%
  • HS
    HARBOR SPRINGS LYRIC THEATRE
    6× · 2017–2025 · $7k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • AK
    ANDREW KUKES FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +402%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $300 · revenue +72%
  • AC
    ADULT CONGENITAL HEART ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2018 · $250 · revenue -12%
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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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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2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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6
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
7
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
8
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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9
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
10
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
11
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
12
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Old School Square Center for the Arts Inc; the most unlike its peers is Andrew Kukes Foundation for Social Anxiety Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

51 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. 51 of the 68 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/51
Grantees still filing
37/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $10,449 · Arts & CultureRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFOR…Great Lakes Center for the Arts: $8,914 · Arts & CultureGreat Lakes Center for the ArtsHARBOR SPRINGS LYRIC THEATRE: $7,140 · Arts & CultureHARBOR SPRINGS LYRIC THEATREMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $6,250 · Arts & CultureMIAMI CITY BALLET INCThe Wick Theatre & Costume Museum Inc: $5,100 · Arts & CultureThe Wick Theatre & Costume Museum IncBOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART: $3,594 · Arts & CultureBOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ARTNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,291 · Arts & CultureCROOKED TREE ARTS COUNCIL INC: $2,275 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $1,593 · Arts & CultureHARBOR SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT: $5,300 · OtherHARBOR SPRINGS SCHOOL DIST…BEAUMONT FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherBEAUMONT FOUNDATIONTEMPLE ISRAEL OF DETROIT: $2,850 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL OF DETROITARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION: $2,100 · OtherARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLEN…TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL OF PETOSKEY: $2,050 · OtherTEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL OF PET…ISRAEL TENNIS CENTER: $2,050 · OtherISRAEL TENNIS CENTERCROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER: $1,625 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,500 · OtherOLD SCHOOL SQUARE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $1,486 · OtherTRI COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,250 · OtherOLALASHE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · OtherOLALASHE FOUNDATION INC+23 more: $7,322 · Other+23 morePAPANICOLAOU CORPS FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC: $13,542 · HealthPAPANICOLAOU CORPS…CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $4,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH FU…MAYO CLINIC: $3,709 · HealthMAYO CLINICBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $800 · Health+9 more: $1,325 · Health+9 morePETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $11,000 · PhilanthropyPETOSKEY-H…JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $600 · PhilanthropyANDREW KUKES FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY INC: $500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $495 · PhilanthropyBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $10,850 · Community ImprovementISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $6,650 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,125 · InternationalJEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE INC: $5,500 · Housing & Shelter
Arts & Culture$47,606Other$32,533Health$23,376Philanthropy$12,595Community Improvement$10,850International$7,775Housing & Shelter$5,500

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 budgetPAPANICOLAOU CORPS FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC: $13,542 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $10,850 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $10,449 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $8,914 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHARBOR SPRINGS LYRIC THEATRE: $7,140 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $6,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $6,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE INC: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wick Theatre & Costume Museum Inc: $5,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $3,709 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART: $3,594 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,291 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCROOKED TREE ARTS COUNCIL INC: $2,275 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOLALASHE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOLD SCHOOL SQUARE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $1,486 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRI COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,062 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,060 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $812 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION: $661 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $525 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANDREW KUKES FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $395 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $340 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Morikami Inc: $337 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDESCANSO GARDENS FOUNDATION: $309 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADULT CONGENITAL HEART ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES ARBORETUM FOUNDATION INC: $247 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $242 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMcCarthys Wildlife Sanctuary Inc: $209 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $191 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC: $165 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMINOLE REGION CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Petoskey-Harbor Sprin…Community Foundation …The Offield Family Fo…Frey FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…The Ayco Charitable F…Collier Community Fou…Charles Stewart Mott …Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…
Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community FoundationMI17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Offield Family Foundation · Frey Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Collier Community Foundation Inc · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Mervyn H & Leslie D Sternberg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mervyn H & Leslie D Sternberg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Jewish Association for Residential Care Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Lynn University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 68 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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