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Michigan Health Endowment Fund

The mission of the MICHIGAN HEALTH ENDOWMENT FUND is to improve the health of michigan residents, with special emphasis on the health and wellness of children and seniors, while reducing the cost of health care.

$36M
Granted FY2024still arriving
148
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$2.5M
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.

Health$148MHuman Services$29MFood & Nutrition$27MEducation$22MHousing & Shelter$7.3MRecreation & Sports$4.8MCommunity Improvement$3.9MCrime & Legal$3.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 148 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k96 grants · $13M
  • $250k+46 grants · $23M
$150,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$589M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MICHIGAN DEP OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$2,496,422
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIV OF MICHIGAN$1,800,433
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$1,522,928
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY$874,601
WELLWISE SERVICES AREA AGENCY ON AGING$648,514
MICHIGAN PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION$500,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DETROIT$500,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF DEMENTIA MINDS$500,000
DETROIT AREA AGENCY ON AGING$500,000
INTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN$500,000
GROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMM$499,976
COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN$499,841
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN$499,802
NORTHERN MICHIGAN HEALTH CONSORTIUM$499,750
HOSPICE CARE OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN DBA CENTRICA CARE NAVIGATORS$495,142
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $33.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMMONWEAL: $296k → 8%EVERGREEN COMMONS INC: $380k → 10%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $500k → 15%CATHOLIC HUMAN SERVICES INC: $493k → 10%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $500k → 15%AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN: $469k → 10%HOSPICE CARE OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN DBA CENTRICA CARE NAVIGATORS: $495k → 12%REGION VII AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $500k → 14%MICHIGAN COALITION AGAINST HOMELESSNESS: $452k → 9%CATHOLIC HUMAN SERVICES INC: $449k → 10%REGION VII AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $500k → 14%CATHOLIC HUMAN SERVICES INC: $302k → 10%UPCAP SERVICES INC: $300k → 13%REGION 3B AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $500k → 14%AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN: $300k → 10%REGION 3B AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $477k → 14%REGION 3B AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $474k → 14%STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES: $500k → 21%ARBOR CIRCLE: $500k → 11%WELLWISE SERVICES AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $649k → 13%ARBOR CIRCLE: $341k → 11%GFM THE SYNERGY CENTER: $424k → 12%SENIOR RESOURCES OF WEST MICHIGAN: $500k → 15%MICHIGAN'S CHILDREN: $500k → 16%SAMARITAS: $497k → 21%SENIOR RESOURCES OF WEST MICHIGAN: $493k → 15%JUDSON CENTER: $500k → 8%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $499k → 14%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $498k → 14%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $467k → 14%SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN SENIOR REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE: $300k → 21%PRESBYTERIAN VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $466k → 8%PROGRESSIVE LIFESTYLES INC: $500k → 8%HOLLAND HOME: $379k → 11%THE SENIOR ALLIANCE AREA AGENCY ON AGING 1-C: $454k → 21%ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $500k → 8%AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF WESTERN MICHIGAN: $500k → 11%AGEWAYS NONPROFIT SENIOR SERVICES: $386k → 8%AREA AGENCY ON AGING 1-B: $328k → 8%CHILD AND FAMILY CHARITIES: $416k → 16%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $500k → 14%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $495k → 14%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $350k → 14%ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES: $376k → 21%DETROIT AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $500k → 21%DETROIT AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $500k → 21%DETROIT AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $300k → 21%METHODIST CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY DBA MCHS FAMILY OF SERVICES: $400k → 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

MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
KY
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$216M · 208 repeat orgs$42M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

208 repeat relationships: 74 still active in FY2024, 134 since wound down; 68 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

208
195

Total granted

$216M
$30M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+26%

Still filing today

83%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12M 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
HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementEducationHousing & 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

  • HF
    HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6.0M · revenue +69%
  • MICHIGAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE
    6× · 2017–2022 · $5.3M · revenue +117%
  • MP
    MICHIGAN PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2017–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • KIDS KICKING CANCER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $600k · revenue +7%
  • FM
    Family Medical Center ofgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $550k · revenue +81%
  • JC
    JACKSON COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2019 · $500k
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
Midmichigan Health Services

To provide high quality community-oriented, patient-centered health services for all.

Health
2
Center for Family Health

The mission of the Center for Family Health is opening the door to health care for all.

Health
3
Mymichigan Medical Group

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
4
Lincoln Behavioral Services

To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…

Health
5
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
6
Mclaren Greater Lansing

Mclaren health care corporation, along with its subsidiaries, will be michigan's best value in healthcare as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
7
Michigan Pharmacists Association

To encourage and support its members as professionals responsible for the delivery of patient-focused care.

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8
Mclaren Port Huron

Mclaren healthcare, through its subsidiaries, will be the best value in healthcare as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
9
Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
10
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

—
11
Mymichigan Medical Center Alma

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
12
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Michigan Public Health Institute; the most unlike its peers is Luella Hannan Memorial Foundation. 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

414 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. 414 of the 489 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.

37
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
108
Early backer (in before they grew)
407/414
Grantees still filing
298/414
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MICHIGAN DEP OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: $22,838,075 · OtherMICHIGAN DEP OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICESMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $14,284,692 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $13,592,734 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,039,741 · OtherWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY+88 more: $62,916,031 · Other+88 moreHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $6,017,343 · HealthHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEMMICHIGAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE: $5,298,169 · HealthMICHIGAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTI…COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $3,685,362 · HealthCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION W…WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL: $2,436,468 · HealthMICHIGAN PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION: $2,424,567 · HealthMICHIGAN HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ALLIANCE: $1,949,345 · HealthPINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $1,917,061 · Health+40 more: $32,838,559 · Health+40 moreDETROIT AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $1,857,943 · Human ServicesDETROIT AREA A…STARR COMMONWEALTH: $1,713,960 · Human ServicesSTARR COMMONWE…REGION 3B AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $1,536,645 · Human ServicesHospice of Michigan Inc: $1,345,300 · Human ServicesSenior Resources of West Michigan: $1,328,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC HUMAN SERVICES INC: $1,294,390 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST SENIOR RESOURCES INC: $1,246,933 · Human ServicesREGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM): $1,200,000 · Human ServicesREGION II COMMISSION ON SERVICES TO THE AGING: $1,118,704 · Human ServicesREGION VII AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $1,100,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $1,052,228 · Human ServicesPresbyterian Villages of Michigan Foundation: $1,029,247 · Human ServicesAgeWays Nonprofit Senior Services: $983,016 · Human Services+24 more: $12,575,123 · Human Services+24 moreMICHIGAN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,444,500 · EducationCONNECTED NATION INC: $1,190,908 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF MICHIGAN: $990,384 · EducationCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $831,172 · EducationCATCH Global Foundation: $806,350 · EducationDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $533,500 · EducationBENEFITS DATA TRUST: $350,000 · EducationINTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC: $2,247,364 · Food & NutritionFAIR FOOD NETWORK INC: $1,192,500 · Food & NutritionEASTERN MARKET CORPORATION: $729,497 · Food & NutritionKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $700,000 · Food & NutritionFOODCORPS INC: $467,456 · Food & NutritionBATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,194,520 · PhilanthropyGENERATIONS UNITED INC: $757,045 · PhilanthropyHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $653,258 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN: $500,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT: $449,436 · PhilanthropySaginaw Community Foundation: $300,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $300,000 · PhilanthropyPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $1,000,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRILLIANT DETROIT: $599,661 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $500,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $400,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $329,616 · Youth Development
Other$123,671,273Health$56,566,874Human Services$29,381,489Education$6,146,814Food & Nutrition$5,336,817Philanthropy$4,154,259Youth Development$2,829,277

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 budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $6,017,343 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE: $5,298,169 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $3,685,362 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetWILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL: $2,436,468 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION: $2,424,567 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetINTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC: $2,247,364 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetMICHIGAN HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ALLIANCE: $1,949,345 over 5y, 54% of budgetPINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $1,917,061 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDETROIT AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $1,857,943 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN: $1,809,564 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc: $1,787,413 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetSTARR COMMONWEALTH: $1,713,960 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetGREATER FLINT HEALTH COALITION INC: $1,687,160 over 5y, 12% of budgetHealth Net of West Michigan: $1,648,359 over 6y, 15% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,549,983 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetREGION 3B AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $1,536,645 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetALTARUM INSTITUTE: $1,535,625 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetMICHIGAN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,444,500 over 4y, 43% of budgetFood Bank Council of Michigan Inc: $1,426,281 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMETRO SOLUTIONS INC: $1,395,557 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetHospice of Michigan Inc: $1,345,300 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSenior Resources of West Michigan: $1,328,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetMICHIGAN HEALTH COUNCIL: $1,308,063 over 4y, 16% of budgetCATHOLIC HUMAN SERVICES INC: $1,294,390 over 4y, 9.5% of budgetMYMICHIGAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,282,989 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetNORTHWEST SENIOR RESOURCES INC: $1,246,933 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetUPPER PENINSULA HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS INC: $1,233,468 over 4y, 19% of budgetMHA KEYSTONE CENTER DBA MHA PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATION: $1,204,724 over 2y, 39% of budgetREGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM): $1,200,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetBATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,194,520 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetFAIR FOOD NETWORK INC: $1,192,500 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetCONNECTED NATION INC: $1,190,908 over 4y, 11% of budgetGROUNDWORK CENTER FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INC: $1,169,976 over 3y, 27% of budgetMichigan Advocacy Program: $1,127,640 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetMICHIGAN DISABILITY RIGHTS COALITION: $1,124,058 over 3y, 16% of budgetREGION II COMMISSION ON SERVICES TO THE AGING: $1,118,704 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetHEALTH EMERGENCY LIFELINE PROGRAMS: $1,100,140 over 4y, 13% of budgetREGION VII AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $1,100,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetMICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH: $1,084,602 over 4y, 77% of budgetTHE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $1,052,228 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetMICHIGAN CENTER FOR RURAL HEALTH: $1,042,221 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetPresbyterian Villages of Michigan Foundation: $1,029,247 over 3y, 14% of budgetPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFamily Service and Childrens Aid: $995,952 over 2y, 32% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF MICHIGAN: $990,384 over 2y, 21% of budgetReliance Community Care Partners: $986,600 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetAgeWays Nonprofit Senior Services: $983,016 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMICHIGAN PEER REVIEW ORGANIZATION: $961,428 over 2y, 12% 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 HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds INTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds PINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT AREA AGENCY ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc ↗
  • Who funds STARR COMMONWEALTH ↗
  • Who funds GREATER FLINT HEALTH COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds Health Net of West Michigan ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds REGION 3B AREA AGENCY ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds ALTARUM INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank Council of Michigan Inc ↗
  • Who funds METRO SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of Michigan Inc ↗
  • Who funds Senior Resources of West Michigan ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN HEALTH COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC HUMAN SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MYMICHIGAN HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST SENIOR RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds UPPER PENINSULA HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds MHA KEYSTONE CENTER DBA MHA PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATION ↗

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.

United Way for Southe…Community Foundation …DTE Energy FoundationThe Carls FoundationChildren's Hospital o…Consumers Energy Foun…Grand Rapids Communit…Ethel and James Flinn…Trinity Health - Mich…Ann Arbor Area Commun…Heart of West Michiga…Delta Dental Fund
United Way for Southeastern MichiganMI127.5× affinity98 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · The Carls Foundation · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Ethel and James Flinn Foundation · Trinity Health - Michigan · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Delta Dental Fund

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 Health Endowment Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michigan Health Endowment Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Foodcorps Inc: 21% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
71report 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 489 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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