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Michigan Civic Action Fund

Promoting community welfare and providing community education in michigan by increasing voter participation through nonpartisan research and voter mobilization; increasing voter awareness of public policy issues through nonpartisan educational means; defending human and civil rights such as the right to vote; and recruiting and training…

$14M
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$5.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$21MCivil Rights$7.4MHealth$2.4MEnvironment$1.7MCrime & Legal$1.1MCommunity Improvement$649kHousing & Shelter$550kScience & Tech$509kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k24 grants · $2.9M
  • $250k+12 grants · $11M
$160,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOR MICHIGAN$5,040,000
PROGRESS MICHIGAN$1,277,500
JUSTICE FOR ALL- MICHIGAN$950,000
MICHIGAN CIVIC EDUCATION FUND$815,000
EQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORK$510,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES OF MI$500,000
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE$495,000
CLEAN WATER ACTION$400,000
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY$375,000
MI PODER$363,000
IN UNION USA ACTION$350,000
MICHIGAN PEOPLES CAMPAIGN$325,000
CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS$225,000
MICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERV VOTERS$225,000
PROMOTE THE VOTE$200,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%TIDES ADVOCACY: $250k → 10%CIVIC EMPOWERMENT COALITION: $352k → 18%MURRAY STREET SERVICES LLC: $550k → 14%FOR OUR FUTURE ACTION PAC: $685k → 14%JUSTICE FOR ALL - MICHIGAN: $800k → 9%MICHIGAN CENTER OF ACCOUNTABILITY: $615k → 12%PROSPERITY MICHIGAN: $400k → 13%BERRIEN FORWARD: $333k → 15%PROGRESS MICHIGAN: $2.5M → 16%PROMOTE THE VOTE: $250k → 15%FOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $400k → 14%JUSTICE FOR ALL - MICHIGAN: $700k → 9%CLEAN WATER ACTION: $400k → 10%MICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERV VOTERS: $335k → 14%BERRIEN FORWARD: $181k → 15%PROGRESS MICHIGAN: $1.5M → 16%PROMOTE THE VOTE: $200k → 15%MICHIGAN CIVIC EDUCATION FUND: $815k → 8%CLEAN WATER ACTION: $250k → 10%MICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERV VOTERS: $225k → 14%PROGRESS MICHIGAN: $1.3M → 16%IN UNION USA ACTION: $500k → 14%MICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERV VOTERS: $176k → 14%JUSTICE FOR ALL- MICHIGAN: $950k → 16%COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE: $495k → 21%AMERICA VOTES: $350k → 14%PROGRESS MICHIGAN: $799k → 16%ACLU OF MICHIGAN: $200k → 21%RISING VOICES: $450k → 10%IN UNION USA ACTION: $350k → 14%PROGRESS MICHIGAN: $625k → 16%DETROIT ACTION: $175k → 21%CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS: $225k → 10%MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY: $375k → 16%ARAB AMERICANS FOR PROGRESS: $180k → 21%PONTIAC POLICY ACTION FUND: $300k → 8%TWO PENINSULAS RESEARCH GROUP: $289k → 16%PONTIAC POLICY ACTION FUND: $200k → 8%TWO PENINSULAS RESEARCH GROUP: $220k → 16%MI DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITT: $215k → 16%MICHIGAN PEOPLES CAMPAIGN: $325k → 21%MICHIGAN PEOPLES CAMPAIGN: $225k → 21%EQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORK: $510k → 21%EQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORK: $510k → 21%FOR MICHIGAN: $5.0M → 21%MICHIGAN LIBERATION: $200k → 21%MI PODER: $510k → 21%MI PODER: $363k → 21%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
CA
MD
TN
DC
MS
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23M · 30 repeat orgs$12M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
24

Total granted

$23M
$3.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
0%

Still filing today

70%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.8M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentHealthEducationOther
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

  • PM
    Progress Michigan Inc
    6× · 2018–2024 · $6.8M · revenue +94% · 69% of their budget
  • EM
    EQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORK
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +13% · 48% of their budget
  • MP
    MI PODER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +324% · 100% of their budget

Funded once

  • FO
    FOR OUR FUTURE ACTION PAC
    one grant, 2018 · $685k
  • MC
    MICHIGAN CENTER OF ACCOUNTABILITY
    one grant, 2022 · $615k
  • MS
    MURRAY STREET SERVICES LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $550k
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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Michigan Rising Action

Michigan Rising Action is focused on holding special interest networks accountable and advancing conservative principles. We're fighting for limited government, lowering taxes, fighting government over-regulation that stifles freedom, free…

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2
Defend Your Vote

To oppose a Michigan ballot measure

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3
Michigan Civic Action Fund

Promoting community welfare and providing community education in michigan by increasing voter participation through nonpartisan research and voter mobilization; increasing voter awareness of public policy issues through nonpartisan…

Civil Rights
4
Accountability for Government Fund Inc

To operate exclusively for the promotion of civic action and social welfare by promoting the common good and general welfare of the residents of and visitors to the State of Michigan; to support public policies on the Federal State and…

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5
Michigan Jobs Coalition

To promote job retention and creation in the State of Michigan

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6
Put Progress First

To operate exclusively for the promotion of civic action and social welfare by promoting the common good and general welfare of the residents of, and visitors to, the State of Michigan; To support public policies on the federal, state, and…

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7
Michigan Conservative Action Policies

Michigan conservative action policies (mcap) is an organization dedicated to educating michiganders on important policy issues. the organization conducts policy research and public polling in michigan to better understand current opinions…

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8
Promote the Vote 2022

A coalition of organizations and individuals committed to ensuring michigan has a voting system that works for all of us.

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9
Jobs for Michigan

Clean Jobs for Michigan is building a future we can all be proud of. Through advocating for clean water clean energy and good-paying clean jobs were working to build a Michigan that will sustain our natural resources and hardworking…

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10
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition

Works to end environmental injustice by empowering communities at the grassroots level.the corporation is organzied exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes, including for such purposes, the makeing of…

Environment
11
Michigan Advocacy Program

To advance the safety, independence, and economic stability of those most affected by poverty, racism, and other structurally oppressive systems by increasing access to justice and working for systemic solutions.

Crime & Legal
12
Promote the Vote Inc

Promote the vote works to expand the electorate, educate citizens on voting rights, reform redistricting, engage civic participation and provide election protection in michigan, and to advocate on behalf of those issues. as it relates to…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Michigan Voices; the most unlike its peers is Elevated Voices 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

52 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. 52 of the 73 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.

16
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/52
Grantees still filing
23/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOR MICHIGAN: $5,040,000 · Civil RightsFOR MICHIGANPLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES OF MI: $1,840,000 · Civil RightsPLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES OF MIEQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORK: $1,114,000 · Civil RightsEQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORKMI PODER: $1,027,000 · Civil RightsMI PODERMICHIGAN CIVIC EDUCATION FUND: $815,000 · Civil RightsMICHIGAN CIVIC EDUCATION FUNDMichigan Peoples Campaign: $665,000 · Civil RightsBerrien Forward: $647,750 · Civil Rights+15 more: $1,975,000 · Civil Rights+15 moreJUSTICE FOR ALL - MICHIGAN: $1,515,000 · OtherJUSTICE FOR ALL - MICHIGANMICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE: $1,001,000 · OtherMICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMIT…JUSTICE FOR ALL-MICHIGAN: $950,000 · OtherJUSTICE FOR ALL-MICHIGANIn Union USA Action: $850,000 · OtherIn Union USA ActionCLEAN WATER ACTION: $750,000 · OtherCLEAN WATER ACTIONPONTIAC POLICY ACTION FUND: $691,000 · OtherPONTIAC POLICY ACTION FUNDFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION PAC: $685,000 · OtherFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION PACPROMOTE THE VOTE: $660,000 · OtherMICHIGAN CENTER OF ACCOUNTABILITY: $615,000 · OtherTIDES ADVOCACY: $566,000 · OtherMURRAY STREET SERVICES LLC: $550,000 · OtherTWO PENINSULAS RESEARCH GROUP: $508,500 · OtherPROSPERITY MICHIGAN INC: $455,000 · OtherFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $453,000 · OtherRISING VOICES: $450,000 · Other+22 more: $1,881,000 · Other+22 moreProgress Michigan Inc: $6,828,500 · Public BenefitProgress Michigan IncCIVIC EMPOWERMENT COALITION: $487,000 · Public BenefitCIVIC EMPOWERMENT COALIT…+4 more: $306,000 · Public BenefitMICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $846,000 · EnvironmentMICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $75,000 · EnvironmentCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE: $495,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $100,000 · HealthAmerica Votes: $350,000 · Community ImprovementPEOPLE FIRST POLICY: $166,000 · Community ImprovementTHE MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND: $25,000 · Community ImprovementCAMPUS ORGANIZING SUPPORT SERVICES: $15,000 · Education
Civil Rights$13,123,750Other$12,580,500Public Benefit$7,621,500Environment$921,000Health$595,000Community Improvement$541,000Education$15,000

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 budgetProgress Michigan Inc: $6,828,500 over 6y, 69% of budgetFOR MICHIGAN: $5,040,000 over 1y, 96% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES OF MI: $1,840,000 over 6y, 50% of budgetEQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORK: $1,114,000 over 3y, 48% of budgetMI PODER: $1,027,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetIn Union USA Action: $850,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetMICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $846,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetMICHIGAN CIVIC EDUCATION FUND: $815,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCLEAN WATER ACTION: $750,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetMichigan Peoples Campaign: $665,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetBerrien Forward: $647,750 over 3y, 87% of budgetTIDES ADVOCACY: $566,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE: $495,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCIVIC EMPOWERMENT COALITION: $487,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetPROSPERITY MICHIGAN INC: $455,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $453,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetAmerica Votes: $350,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetACTBLUE CIVICS INC: $330,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetARAB AMERICANS FOR PROGRESS: $284,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetMOTHERING JUSTICE: $260,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCOUNT MI VOTE: $240,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS: $225,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN: $200,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetDistill Social: $195,000 over 3y, 60% of budgetWe The People Action Fund: $175,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetPEOPLE FIRST POLICY: $166,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetElevated Voices Inc: $160,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetACTION FOR LIBERATION: $150,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetGLPA-LEAD: $147,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetEmgage Foundation Inc: $114,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetFems for Democracy: $100,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetMICHIGAN CENTER OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR REPUBLICANS: $100,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAAPI VICTORY POWER FUND: $95,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetEmgage Action Inc: $85,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetMICHIGAN VOICES: $85,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $75,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetMI RURAL ADVOCATES: $50,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetRED WINE & BLUE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPROMOTE THE VOTE FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetDemCast USA: $35,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetRURALORGANIZINGORG: $30,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetRESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTERS UNITED INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetProgress Michigan Education Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetMICHIGAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCenter for Change A Northern MI Adv: $25,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetCITIZENS FOR A BETTER MICHIGAN: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% 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 Progress Michigan Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOR MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES OF MI ↗
  • Who funds EQUALITY MICHIGAN ACTION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds MI PODER ↗
  • Who funds In Union USA Action ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN CIVIC EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN WATER ACTION ↗
  • Who funds Michigan Peoples Campaign ↗
  • Who funds Berrien Forward ↗
  • Who funds TIDES ADVOCACY ↗
  • Who funds COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE ↗
  • Who funds CIVIC EMPOWERMENT COALITION ↗
  • Who funds PROSPERITY MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds FOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND ↗
  • Who funds America Votes ↗
  • Who funds ACTBLUE CIVICS INC ↗
  • Who funds ARAB AMERICANS FOR PROGRESS ↗
  • Who funds MOTHERING JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds COUNT MI VOTE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Distill Social ↗
  • Who funds We The People Action Fund ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE FIRST POLICY ↗
  • Who funds Elevated Voices Inc ↗
  • Who funds ACTION FOR LIBERATION ↗
  • Who funds GLPA-LEAD ↗

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.

Sixteen Thirty FundAmerica VotesProgress Michigan IncNorth FundAll Hands on Deck Net…Tides AdvocacyTides FoundationState Engagement FundHopewell FundMichigan Civic Educat…Pro-Democracy CampaignOpen Society Action F…
Sixteen Thirty FundDC48.5× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · America Votes · Progress Michigan Inc · North Fund · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Tides Advocacy · Tides Foundation · State Engagement Fund · Hopewell Fund · Michigan Civic Education Fund · Pro-Democracy Campaign · Open Society Action Fund 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 Michigan Civic Action Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michigan Civic Action Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 Michigan Civic Action Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Michigan Civic Action 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 73 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 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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