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Messing Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Messing Family Charitable 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.

$365k
Granted FY2025still arriving
72
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$57k
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 2024.

Education$744kArts & Culture$640kHealth$291kEnvironment$278kYouth Development$157kReligion$114kFood & Nutrition$83kCivil Rights$81kOther$0
02FY2025 · 72 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k60 grants · $130k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $178k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $57k
$1,500
Median grant
14
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SYNERGY SCHOOL$57,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$30,000
BOULDER ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA-MARIN$22,000
MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION$20,000
PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$16,000
FREQUENT FLYERS PRODUCTIONS INC$15,000
ALLIANCE MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
ST LUKE LUTHERAN CHURCH$10,000
HEALDSBURG EDUCATION FOUNDATION$10,000
WONDERBOUND$10,000
NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY FIRE FOUNDATION$10,000
THIRD LAW DANCE-THEATER INC$7,500
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$7,500
SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC$7,000
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, $159k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $3k → 10%INSIDE-OUTSIDE CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 10%INSIDE-OUTSIDE CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 10%INSIDE-OUTSIDE CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 10%FAMILY BUILDERS BY ADOPTION: $500 → 10%FAMILY BUILDERS BY ADOPTION: $500 → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 10%FAMILY BUILDERS BY ADOPTION: $500 → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 10%WOMEN 4 WOMEN INC: $1k → 20%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 10%WOMEN 4 WOMEN INC: $1k → 20%FRIENDS OF POTRERO HILL NURSERY: $500 → 10%FRIENDS OF POTRERO HILL NURSERY: $500 → 10%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YO: $500 → 17%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YO: $500 → 17%A HOME WITHIN INC: $500 → 10%A HOME WITHIN INC: $500 → 10%A HOME WITHIN INC: $500 → 10%INDIVIDUALS NOW INC SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $750 → 9%FAMILY BUILDERS BY ADOPTION: $2k → 10%FAMILY BUILDERS BY ADOPTION: $1k → 10%FAMILY BUILDERS BY ADOPTION: $1k → 10%FAMILY BUILDERS BY ADOPTION: $1k → 10%FAMILY BUILDERS BY ADOPTION: $1k → 10%A HOME WITHIN INC: $2k → 10%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $9k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $9k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $9k → 9%REACH FOR HOME: $8k → 9%REACH FOR HOME: $8k → 9%REACH FOR HOME: $8k → 9%REACH FOR HOME: $8k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $8k → 9%REACH FOR HOME: $8k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $8k → 9%REACH FOR HOME: $8k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $7k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $6k → 9%REACH FOR HOME: $6k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $6k → 9%REACH FOR HOME: $5k → 9%REACH FOR HOME: $5k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $3k → 9%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
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
KS
NC
DC
AL
TX
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 9% of Messing Family Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Messing Family Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 116 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

116 repeat relationships: 57 still active in FY2025, 59 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

116
40

Total granted

$2.7M
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+13%

Still filing today

86%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthOther
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

  • SS
    SYNERGY SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $518k · revenue +44%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF PERRY MANSFIELD
    9× · 2017–2025 · $186k · revenue +36%
  • W
    WONDERBOUND
    9× · 2017–2025 · $152k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +10%
  • DIRECT RELIEF
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue +1%
  • JY
    Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
3
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
4
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
5
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
6
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
9
Environmental Advocates Ny Inc

For more than five decades, eany has championed policies that protect new york's air, water, land, and climate while serving as a trusted watchdog in albany. we translate community needs into legislative action and ensure leaders follow…

Environment
10
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
11
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
12
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Partnership With Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is The 5 Gyres Institute. 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

143 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. 143 of the 168 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)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
142/143
Grantees still filing
108/143
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SYNERGY SCHOOL: $518,000 · EducationSYNERGY SCHOOLHEALDSBURG EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $107,000 · EducationHEALDSBURG EDUCATION FOUNDATI…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $65,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUND…MACKINTOSH ACADEMY: $35,960 · Education+10 more: $58,900 · Education+10 moreTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $259,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA-MARIN: $128,500 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA-MARINST LUKE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $70,615 · OtherST LUKE LUTHERAN CHURCHHEALDSBURG SHARED MINISTRIES: $50,000 · OtherVERITY-COMPASSION SAFETY SUPPORT A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION: $46,000 · OtherNANCYS LIST: $45,250 · OtherFarm to Pantry: $34,400 · Other+86 more: $373,761 · Other+86 moreFRIENDS OF PERRY MANSFIELD: $186,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF PERRY MANSFIEL…WONDERBOUND: $151,947 · Arts & CultureWONDERBOUNDBOULDER ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY: $135,000 · Arts & CultureBOULDER ENSEMBLE THEATRE …FREQUENT FLYERS PRODUCTIONS IN: $81,500 · Arts & CultureFREQUENT FLYERS PRODUCTIO…THIRD LAW DANCETHEATER: $55,000 · Arts & CultureTHIRD LAW DANCETHEATERTHE DAIRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $29,400 · Arts & CultureHEALDSBURG PERFORMING ARTS THEATER: $24,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $30,500 · Arts & CultureTHE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $145,000 · HealthTHE MORGAN…ALLIANCE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $103,000 · HealthALLIANCE M…+7 more: $26,100 · Health+7 moreSCOPA HAS A DREAM INC DBA CORAZON HEALDSBURG: $64,900 · Human ServicesREACH FOR HOME: $63,500 · Human ServicesLarkin Street Youth Services: $8,000 · Human ServicesFamily Builders by Adoption: $7,500 · Human ServicesA HOME WITHIN INC: $5,500 · Human Services+7 more: $10,550 · Human ServicesROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM: $26,500 · EnvironmentEarth Island Institute Inc: $12,500 · EnvironmentRussian Riverkeeper: $6,000 · EnvironmentWILD BEAR NATURE CENTER: $6,000 · EnvironmentAUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC: $6,000 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Environment+11 more: $17,130 · EnvironmentNORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY FIRE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Public Safety & DisasterBlock Island Volunter Fire & Rescue Department (Inc): $4,550 · Public Safety & Disaster+2 more: $1,250 · Public Safety & Disaster
Education$784,860Other$1,008,026Arts & Culture$693,347Health$274,100Human Services$159,950Environment$77,130Public Safety & Disaster$65,800

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 budgetSYNERGY SCHOOL: $518,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $259,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF PERRY MANSFIELD: $186,000 over 9y, 6.6% of budgetWONDERBOUND: $151,947 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetTHE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $145,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetBOULDER ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY: $135,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA-MARIN: $128,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetHEALDSBURG EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $107,000 over 9y, 15% of budgetALLIANCE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $103,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFREQUENT FLYERS PRODUCTIONS IN: $81,500 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSCOPA HAS A DREAM INC DBA CORAZON HEALDSBURG: $64,900 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetREACH FOR HOME: $63,500 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetNORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY FIRE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetTHIRD LAW DANCETHEATER: $55,000 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetHEALDSBURG SHARED MINISTRIES: $50,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetVERITY-COMPASSION SAFETY SUPPORT A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION: $46,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMACKINTOSH ACADEMY: $35,960 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFarm to Pantry: $34,400 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetTHE DAIRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $29,400 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM: $26,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetHEALDSBURG PERFORMING ARTS THEATER: $24,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCamp for All Kids: $22,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetFUTURES WITHOUT VIOLENCE: $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $17,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEALDSBURG SCHOOL: $16,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC: $14,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $12,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMary Institute and St Louis Country Day School: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMake the Road New York: $10,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $9,460 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $8,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBEAM CENTER INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREAD 718 INC: $7,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFamily Builders by Adoption: $7,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPACT AN ADOPTION ALLIANCE: $7,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUKRAINE HOUSE DC FOUNDATION INC: $7,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $7,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN ST LOUIS SECTION: $6,540 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRussian Riverkeeper: $6,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWILD BEAR NATURE CENTER: $6,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE URBAN ASSEMBLY INC: $6,000 over 6y, 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.

  • Who funds SYNERGY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF PERRY MANSFIELD ↗
  • Who funds WONDERBOUND ↗
  • Who funds THE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOULDER ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA-MARIN ↗
  • Who funds HEALDSBURG EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FREQUENT FLYERS PRODUCTIONS IN ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC DBA CORAZON HEALDSBURG ↗
  • Who funds REACH FOR HOME ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY FIRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THIRD LAW DANCETHEATER ↗
  • Who funds HEALDSBURG SHARED MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds VERITY-COMPASSION SAFETY SUPPORT A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds MACKINTOSH ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Farm to Pantry ↗
  • Who funds THE DAIRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds HEALDSBURG PERFORMING ARTS THEATER ↗
  • Who funds Camp for All Kids ↗
  • Who funds FUTURES WITHOUT VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC ↗
  • Who funds PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE HEALDSBURG SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Earth Island Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School ↗
  • Who funds Make the Road New York ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA 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.

Sonoma County Communi…Sonoma County Vintner…Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…Jewish Community Fede…McNabb FoundationRedwood Credit Union …Colorado Gives Founda…East Bay Community Fo…Community Foundation …The Denver FoundationAnthony Crabb and Bar…
Sonoma County Community FoundationCA43× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · McNabb Foundation · Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · The Denver Foundation · Anthony Crabb and Barbara Grasseschi 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 Messing Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Messing Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 69%
  • Youthbuild Global Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
45report 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 168 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
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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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