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Midcontinent Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$269k
Granted FY2024still arriving
262
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$376kHuman Services$351kEducation$287kHealth$260kYouth Development$179kHousing & Shelter$138kRecreation & Sports$129kPublic Safety & Disaster$103kOther$0
02FY2024 · 262 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$81k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
YMCA SIOUX FALLS (FOR CAMP LEIF ERICSON)$5,000
WECAN WESTERN COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK$4,000
DOUGLAS COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION DBA POSITIVE BRIGHT START$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL BANDPARENTS ASSOCIATION$2,500
IT TAKES A VILLAGE (FISCAL SPONSOR EMBE)$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
LE SUEUR COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION$2,500
FRIENDS OF LEVITT SIOUX FALLS LLC$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,070
EUDORA COMMUNITY LIBRARY$2,000
NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$2,000
ANNE CARLSEN CENTER$2,000
O'CONNELL CHILDREN'S SHELTER$2,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $235k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%NEW STORY INC: $3k → 13%SIOUX FALLS HOPE COALITION: $2k → 5%MITCHELL AREA SAFEHOUSE: $3k → 14%NEW PATHWAYS INC: $3k → 7%A PLACE TO BELONG: $3k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS: $3k → 11%UC HOPE: $2k → 11%MERCER COUNTY WOMEN'S ACTION & RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 7%GINNY'S SAFE HOUSE: $2k → 12%MITCHELL AREA SAFEHOUSE: $2k → 14%New Pathways: $3k → 7%UC HOPE: $2k → 11%Mercer Cty Women's Action and Resource Ctr: $3k → 7%ALTRU FAMILY YMCA: $2k → 13%VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM (VVIP)- ARTEMIS HOUSE: $2k → 11%Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch: $2k → 10%VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM (VVIP)- ARTEMIS HOUSE: $2k → 11%Polk County Developmental Achievement Center: $2k → 11%CAREGIVER RESPONSE EFFORT & SERVICE TEAM (CREST): $3k → 11%DAKOTA CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER: $2k → 9%DAKOTA HOPE CLINIC: $2k → 10%WARM BLANKET HUGS: $3k → 12%Abbott House: $2k → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $2k → 10%POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $2k → 11%CAREGIVER RESPONSE EFFORT & SERVICE TEAM: $2k → 11%PROJECT BEE: $2k → 10%DAKOTABILITIES: $4k → 9%Community Violence Intervention Center: $3k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER (CVIC): $2k → 13%DakotAbilities: $2k → 9%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $2k → 13%Community Violence Intervention Ctr (CIVIC): $2k → 13%Western Resources for Independent Living: $2k → 14%DakotAbilities: $2k → 9%WECAN WESTERN COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK: $4k → 11%Dakota Children's Advocacy Center: $3k → 10%DAKOTA CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $3k → 10%MISSOURI VALLEY FAMILY YMCA: $2k → 10%NORTH DAKOTA AUTISM CENTER: $2k → 12%DAKOTA CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $2k → 10%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN FARGO-MOORHEAD: $2k → 12%HOPEFUL HEART PROJECT: $2k → 12%FRASER LTD: $2k → 12%DOUGLAS COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION DBA POSITIVE BRIGHT START: $3k → 15%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $10k → 9%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $2k → 9%Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Dakota In: $2k → 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

VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
OK
AL
GA
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 6% of Midcontinent Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 20% of the giving stays in MN; by stated purpose, 18%.

Midcontinent Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.3% 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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 309 repeat orgs$922k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

309 repeat relationships: 115 still active in FY2024, 194 since wound down; 115 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

309
636

Total granted

$1.3M
$767k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+15%

Still filing today

75%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • FS
    FEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $69k · revenue +28%
  • JF
    JUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $64k · revenue +64%
  • GP
    Great Plains Food Bank
    2× · 2019–2020 · $50k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • NC
    NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK INC
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +20%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $11k · revenue -40%
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY OF MARTIN COUNTY MN
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency

Southeastern north dakota community action agency (sendcaa) was formed in 1965 to provide a range of services and activities in a six county area designed to alleviate poverty and give low-income people the opportunity to improve their…

Human Services
2
Prairie Harvest Mental Health

We promote independence and an enhanced quality of life for adults with serious mental illness.

Human Services
3
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
4
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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5
South Dakota Voices for Peace

Sd voices for peace provides five programming areas to assist vulnerable communities access services throughout the state: legal services, multilingual outreach, training and education, advocacy and civic engagement and rapid response.

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6
The Open Door

The open door is a leading hunger-relief organization serving dakota county, minnesota, where food insecurity is a growing challenge. the open door is dedicated to ending local hunger by providing access to healthy, fresh, and nutritious…

Food & Nutrition
7
Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc

We make a positive difference in the health of the patients and communities we serve.

Health
8
Dakota Plains Legal Services

To promote equal access to justice and improve the lives of low-income clients through quality legal assistance

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9
Western South Dakota Senior Services Inc

To assist seniors in maintaining optimal health, independence, and socialization, deferring admission to long term care facilities and improving their quality of life.

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10
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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11
North Dakota Federation of Families for Childrens Mental Health

Children's mental health

Health
12
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Health Care Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Warm Blanket Hugs. 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

552 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. 552 of the 1,069 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)
149
Early backer (in before they grew)
533/552
Grantees still filing
369/552
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INC: $64,100 · OtherJUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INCST FRANCIS HOUSE OF SIOUX FALLS: $24,006 · Other+119 more: $600,542 · Other+119 moreCOMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $15,400 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY VIOLEN…DAKOTABILITIES INC: $13,500 · Human ServicesDAKOTABILITIES I…CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $13,416 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME …CAREGIVERS RESPONSE EFFORT & SERVIC: $9,250 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC: $8,985 · Human ServicesDAKOTA CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $8,350 · Human ServicesMERCER COUNTY WOMEN'S ACTION AND RESOURCE CENTER: $8,000 · Human ServicesMissouri Valley Family YMCA: $7,000 · Human ServicesMITCHELL AREA SAFEHOUSE INC: $6,091 · Human Services+22 more: $91,351 · Human Services+22 moreFEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA: $68,909 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SOUTH …Great Plains Food Bank: $50,102 · Food & NutritionGreat Plains F…Ely Area Food Shelf: $12,500 · Food & NutritionEly Area Food …SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $12,240 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST…+6 more: $22,965 · Food & Nutrition+6 moreBreathe Bravely Inc: $11,500 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INC: $9,550 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $7,912 · HealthHEARTVIEW FOUNDATION: $6,500 · HealthWESTERN WELLNESS FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · HealthBISMARCK CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION: $5,345 · HealthPOWER TO SAVE A LIFE INC ADVOCATES FOR HEALTH: $5,345 · HealthESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,550 · HealthShare House Inc: $4,000 · HealthTRACY'S SANCTUARY HOUSE: $3,700 · HealthTEREBINTH REFUGE: $3,500 · HealthLIFESCAPE: $3,050 · HealthTHE BERT NASH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $3,000 · HealthOAYE LUTA OKOLAKICIYE: $3,000 · HealthHERO HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT RECYCLING ORGANIZATION: $3,000 · Health+1 more: $2,750 · HealthAUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION: $12,500 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $9,000 · EducationANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $8,000 · EducationUCODEGIRL: $7,000 · EducationSIOUX FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $7,000 · EducationSTURGIS COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC: $4,000 · EducationToy Lending Library of SD: $4,000 · EducationSPARKWHEEL INC: $3,500 · EducationSCANDIA ELEMENTARY ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · EducationHELPING HANDS FOR HAITI: $3,000 · EducationTHE INNOVATION SCHOOL: $3,000 · EducationSPEARFISH FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC ED INC: $3,000 · EducationYWCA CASS CLAY: $9,500 · Housing & ShelterSERVANTS OF SHELTER OF KOOCHICHING: $8,500 · Housing & ShelterJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterLAWRENCE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterLAWRENCE COMMUNITY SHELTER INC: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterNAMELESS COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $4,000 · Housing & ShelterWARM HEARTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY INC: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterSIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyRedfield Community Memorial Hospital Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMISSOURI SLOPE AREAWIDE UNITED WAY: $3,000 · Philanthropy
Other$688,648Human Services$181,343Food & Nutrition$166,716Health$82,702Education$67,000Housing & Shelter$48,000Philanthropy$33,000

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA: $68,909 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INC: $64,100 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetGreat Plains Food Bank: $50,102 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST FRANCIS HOUSE OF SIOUX FALLS: $24,006 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $16,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $15,400 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDAKOTABILITIES INC: $13,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $13,416 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRAPID CITY CLUB FOR BOYS INC: $13,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $12,240 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBreathe Bravely Inc: $11,500 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $11,265 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWN HOME: $10,550 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetKOOCHICHING COUNTY FOOD ACCESS: $10,100 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetEMBE: $9,880 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetELIZABETH BALLARD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $9,680 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INC: $9,550 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA CASS CLAY: $9,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHEADQUARTERS KANSAS INC: $9,250 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCAREGIVERS RESPONSE EFFORT & SERVIC: $9,250 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $9,225 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetWORKING AGAINST VIOLENCE INC: $9,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC: $8,985 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSIOUX FALLS AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $8,916 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetABUSED ADULT RESOURCE CENTER: $8,850 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSERVANTS OF SHELTER OF KOOCHICHING: $8,500 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetDAKOTA CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $8,350 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMPASS CENTER: $8,050 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMERCER COUNTY WOMEN'S ACTION AND RESOURCE CENTER: $8,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLAWRENCE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $8,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $7,912 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Northland: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOUGLAS COUNTY VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION INC: $7,428 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUCODEGIRL: $7,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetSIOUX FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMissouri Valley Family YMCA: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREACH LITERACY: $7,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetGRAND FORKS PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLAWRENCE COMMUNITY SHELTER INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEARTVIEW FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLAKES CENTER FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES: $6,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budget31-8 PROJECT: $6,500 over 3y, 1.6% 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.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring FoundationND155.9× affinity100 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Sanford Group Return · The Barry Foundation · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · Dakota Medical Foundation · South Dakota Community Foundation · Avera Health · North Dakota Community Foundation · Alex Stern Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Offutt Family 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 Midcontinent Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Midcontinent 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 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
70report 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 1069 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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