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Miramar Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Miramar Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
188
Grants FY2024still arriving
30
States reached
$1.0M
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.

Philanthropy$745MEducation$5.8MHealth$4.8MArts & Culture$2.5MHuman Services$2.2MInternational$2.1MAnimals$692kScience & Tech$646kOther$0
02FY2024 · 188 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k143 grants · $280k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $519k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.1M
$2,000
Median grant
30
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$1,000,000
AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC$500,000
JUBILEE REACH$300,000
SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC$263,667
JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION$213,166
WOMEN HELPING WOMEN$203,167
WOODSTOCK REGION JOURNALISM FOUNDATION$200,000
UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION - SIO$172,500
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$150,000
WATERSHED SCHOOL INC$111,050
SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC$100,000
UNDUE MEDICAL DEBT$100,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION$68,000
NEW BEDFORD LIGHT INC$68,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$56,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ABOVE THE CLOUDS: $29k → 7%WISHES & MORE: $3k → 7%FUEL RELIEF FUND: $3k → 11%UNDUE MEDICAL DEBT: $100k → 13%JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $213k → 20%FOSTER VILLAGE: $20k → 10%PIVOT INC: $20k → 16%FRIENDS OF DISABLED ADULTS AND CHILDREN TOO INC: $584k → 14%YOUTH ENCOURAGEMENT SERVICES INC: $3k → 11%HONOR FLIGHT NETWORK: $2k → 15%CHILDRENS CABINET INC: $3k → 10%HEARTS YOU HOLD: $20k → 10%ABOVE THE CLOUDS: $8k → 7%DALLAS HEARING FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%CHILDRENS CABINET INC A CHILD AND FAMILY RESOURCE: $2k → 10%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $2k → 13%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $145k → 17%ADOPTION EXCHANGE: $3k → 12%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $25k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 16%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $25k → 13%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $25k → 13%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $25k → 13%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $10k → 13%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $10k → 13%HOUSE OF MERCY: $2k → 14%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $10k → 13%CHILDSAFE: $40k → 16%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $10k → 13%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $10k → 13%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $10k → 13%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $10k → 13%TRANSFORMATIONS BY AUSTIN ANGELS: $6k → 10%MADISONVILLE EDUCATION & ASSISTANCE CENTER: $2k → 16%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 12%MADISONVILLE EDUCATION & ASSISTANCE CENTER: $2k → 16%STREET SOCCER USA INC: $10k → 17%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 12%THORN DIGITAL DEFENDERS OF CHILDREN: $2k → 17%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 12%THE GRACE CENTER: $15k → 10%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 12%MOM CENTER: $13k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $3k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $5k → 16%MAPLE KNOLL COMMUNITIES INC: $5k → 16%MAPLE KNOLL COMMUNITIES INC: $2k → 16%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

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MD
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AR
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NC
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HI
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AL
GA
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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.

2%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 213 repeat orgs$749M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

213 repeat relationships: 118 still active in FY2024, 95 since wound down; 67 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

213
286

Total granted

$16M
$748M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+24%

Still filing today

69%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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 ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • TS
    The Scripps Howard Foundation
    6× · 2018–2023 · $1.8M · revenue +480%
  • JR
    Jubilee REACH
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +14%
  • Compassion International Incorporated
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • AR
    Adam R Scripps Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $738M · revenue -92% · 96% of their budget
  • VC
    VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT
    one grant, 2019 · $3.3M
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $825k · revenue +39%
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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Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
3
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
4
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
7
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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8
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
9
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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10
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
11
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
12
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Central & South Texas; the most unlike its peers is Erpenbeck Elementary Parent Teacher Student Organization. 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

420 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. 420 of the 578 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)
66
Early backer (in before they grew)
414/420
Grantees still filing
286/420
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Adam R Scripps Foundation: $738,147,275 · PhilanthropyAdam R Scripps Foundation+9 more: $3,498,602 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT: $3,273,950 · OtherST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $1,012,500 · OtherCOTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association: $583,759 · OtherWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY: $500,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO: $455,000 · OtherUPREACH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $564,500 · OtherSOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC: $400,000 · Other+104 more: $4,325,169 · OtherJubilee REACH: $1,375,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $702,000 · EducationAIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL: $600,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $450,000 · EducationNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $407,567 · EducationJOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE: $341,167 · EducationTHE MY HERO PROJECT INC: $317,167 · EducationWATERSHED SCHOOL INC: $266,050 · EducationKENTUCKY CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM: $205,000 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $200,000 · Education+17 more: $711,850 · EducationTHE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP FOUNDATION INC: $824,633 · HealthTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $688,678 · HealthSCRIPPS HEALTH: $475,000 · HealthRANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $142,000 · Health+9 more: $219,755 · HealthTEXAS SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ST JOSEPHS HALLE INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureWoodstock Region Journalism Foundation Inc: $200,000 · Arts & CultureNEW BEDFORD LIGHT: $183,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION: $166,667 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $188,500 · Arts & CultureCompassion International Incorporated: $1,361,211 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $76,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $66,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $55,000 · International+4 more: $91,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF DISABLED ADULTS & CHILDREN TOO INC: $584,278 · Human ServicesJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $213,166 · Human ServicesHILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $170,000 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $144,500 · Human ServicesMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $100,000 · Human Services+14 more: $242,128 · Human Services
Philanthropy$741,645,877Other$11,114,878Education$5,575,801Health$2,350,066Arts & Culture$1,738,167International$1,649,211Human Services$1,454,072

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 budgetAdam R Scripps Foundation: $738,147,275 over 1y, 96% of budgetThe Scripps Howard Foundation: $1,772,832 over 6y, 14% of budgetJubilee REACH: $1,375,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $1,361,211 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFREDERICKSBURG MORNING ROTARY CLUB CHARITY FUND: $1,280,770 over 2y, 46% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP FOUNDATION INC: $824,633 over 1y, 11% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $702,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $688,678 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL: $600,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF DISABLED ADULTS & CHILDREN TOO INC: $584,278 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetCOTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association: $583,759 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetUPREACH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $564,500 over 1y, 56% of budgetTEXAS SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ST JOSEPHS HALLE INC: $500,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetAMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $500,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $475,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $407,567 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC: $400,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetJOURNALISTIC LEARNING INITIATIVE: $341,167 over 1y, 31% of budgetTHE MY HERO PROJECT INC: $317,167 over 1y, 45% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $268,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWATERSHED SCHOOL INC: $266,050 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC: $263,667 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLOVE146 INC: $233,659 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $213,166 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetKENTUCKY CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM: $205,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetWOMEN HELPING WOMEN: $203,167 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $200,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWoodstock Region Journalism Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetNEW BEDFORD LIGHT: $183,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetHILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $170,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INSTITUTE: $167,234 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetYOUTH JOURNALISM INTERNATIONAL INC: $166,667 over 1y, 70% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION: $166,667 over 1y, 20% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $162,385 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDOG IS MY COPILOT: $155,500 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetPollinator Partnership: $151,500 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $144,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetRANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $142,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $125,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS ACADEMY INC: $117,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY: $115,445 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $101,250 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $76,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $68,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFredericksburg Community Health Center: $66,870 over 7y, 1.1% 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.

Adam R Scripps Founda…The Greater Cincinnat…Johnson Charitable Gi…The Thomas J Emery Me…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Millstone FundUnited Way of Greater…Sutphin Family Founda…Charles H Dater Found…John a Schroth Family…The Robert P and Mari…Andrew Jergens Founda…
Adam R Scripps FoundationKY87.1× affinity43 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Adam R Scripps Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Millstone Fund · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · The Robert P and Mariana R Scripps Family Foundation Inc · Andrew Jergens 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 Miramar Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Miramar Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 180%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • LOVE146 Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Sundari Foundation Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Gaining Ground Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Lloyd Center for the Environment Inc: 3% of income from government
  • University of New Haven: 2% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Pivot Inc: 2% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Randall Childrens Hospital Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
18get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 578 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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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