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Names Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
177
Grants FY2024
127
Organizations funded FY2023
36%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,489,010
Organizations funded a year
122 to 135
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$178M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Names Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $662k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving133$6.1M31%
FY2023127$6.0M36%
FY2022122$5.1M32%
FY2021132$5.8M39%
FY2020131$5.2M53%
FY2019135$4.9Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$8.6MRecreation & Sports$7.1MHuman Services$5.9MEducation$3.9MPhilanthropy$3.4MEnvironment$2.9MYouth Development$2.3MArts & Culture$401kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
ID
MT
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
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CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
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HI
OK
AL
GA
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FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 299 grantees
All grantees of Names Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties$3,567,16853%
Multicare Foundations$3,115,53469%
The Trust for Public Land$2,812,09141%
Bellarmine Preparatory School$1,779,0605n/a
Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation$1,666,100681%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$1,250,00040%
Friends of American Lake Veterans Golf Course$840,000632%
Seattle Children's Foundation$801,00050%
Seven Acres Foundation$734,104520%
Cascade Christian Schools$711,84561%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$642,50050%
The Game Time Way$450,000159%
Gig Harbor Canoe Kayak Racing Team$385,000332%
University of Washington Foundation$294,00020%
First Tee of South Puget Sound$285,65059%
Greentrike$282,39156%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego$268,99542%
Amputee Blade Runners$262,800517%
Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center$240,00032%
The Coffee Oasis$234,18243%
Outdoors for all Foundation$230,00062%
Taking the Reins$225,00048%
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc$200,00050%
Step by Step Family Support Center$199,56061%
The Aspen Institute Inc$185,00010%
The Rape Foundation$180,00041%
Rainier Adaptive Sports$180,000270%
Tacoma Athletic Commission$170,500564%
The Bar X Project Inc$160,000634%
Lighthouse Christian School$145,00021%
Wenatchee Valley College Foundation Inc$140,51053%
Camp Korey$135,00061%
South Sound Care Foundation$126,66562%
Supreme Foundation$125,000556%
Friends of Sequoia Therapeutic Recreation$120,000223%
Tacomapierce County Habitat for Humanit$115,50031%
Sundance Circle Hippothery Foundation$115,000127%
Washington Youth Soccer Foundation$110,0002n/a
Mountain View Community Center$106,20866%
Camp Spalding$100,50026%
Partners for Parks$100,000117%
Momco Global Inc$99,92541%
Only 7 Seconds$96,040310%
Special Olympics Washington$92,50031%
NW Hearts United$85,50048%
Usta-Pacific Northwest Section$85,00040%
YWCA Pierce County$83,00022%
Lewy Body Dementia Association Inc$82,00031%
Kids Out of Cars$80,2506n/a
Photo Center Nw$67,50052%
Chelan- Douglas County Casagal$67,00054%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound$65,69232%
Northwest Association for Blind Athletes$65,00041%
Nw Furniture Bank$64,31041%
Pacific Lutheran University$64,10050%
University of Washington$63,5003n/a
Hilltop Artists in Residence$61,50052%
Misspits Rescue$60,000510%
Cancer Pathways$60,00042%
Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children$60,00051%
Matters Athletic$58,500342%
Fallbrook Sports Association$57,50054%
Reality Sports Foundation$56,11152%
Washington Trails Association$55,00030%
Permission to Start Dreaming Foundation$55,00043%
Evergreenhealth Foundation$55,00021%
Washington State Fair Foundation$54,450511%
The Brave Warrior Project$54,34537%
The Yakima Youth Golf Organization$51,50056%
Tacoma Community Boat Builders Inc$51,50031%
Northwest Trek Foundation$50,50026%
Community Health Care$50,00010%
Eb Research Partnership Inc$50,00011%
Girls on the Run of Westsound$50,00045%
Sunny Skys Animal Rescue and Hospital$48,00043%
The University of Puget Sound$43,04140%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$41,00040%
A Place Called Home$40,00060%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles$40,00030%
Families Unlimited Network$36,17541%
Wahoops$35,0003n/a
Eatonville Kitten Mission$35,000355%
Alliance for Community Empowerment Inc$35,0002n/a
Conquest Self Defense$35,00026%
Tacoma Art Museum$31,00030%
Puyallup Food Bank$30,50020%
South Sound Christian Schools$30,28031%
Humane Society for Tacoma Pierce County Society Prevention Cruelty Animals$30,00030%
Maui Food Bank Inc$30,00010%
Cheetah Athletic Association$30,0004n/a
Washington Golf Foundation$30,000125%
Swedish Medical Center Foundation$30,00010%
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement$30,00010%
Wake for Warriors Inc$30,00033%
HopeSparks$30,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$30,00010%
Austen Everett Foundation$30,00028%
Soldier's Wish$30,00032%
American Heart Association Inc$27,66130%
Reigning Grace Ranch$27,59112%
Alatheia Riding Center$27,50031%
Opportunity Center of Orting Dba - the Haven Teen Center$27,500233%
Youth for Christtacoma Area Inc$26,50021%
Olive Crest$25,52620%
Mission Ridge Ski Education Foundation$25,30551%
Communities in Schools of Puyallup$25,00041%
Community Youth Services$25,00010%
Youth Empowerment Services for Dine Bikeyah Inc$25,00013%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$25,00030%
Blood Cancer United Inc$25,00010%
Friends of the Children$25,00010%
Westmont College$25,00010%
Pacific Ballroom Dance$25,00031%
New Life Community Development Center$25,00013%
Pacific Northwest Alternative Peer Groups$22,50023%
The Rescue Mission$22,00030%
Junior Achievement of Washington$21,38530%
The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy$20,55020%
Mountain View Lutheran Church$20,0034n/a
Hope for Heroes Horsemanship Center$20,00018%
Big Sky Community Organization$20,00010%
Parkinsons Research and Education Foundation Inc$20,0001n/a
ForeverGreen Trails$20,000123%
The Asher House$20,00020%
TERI Inc$20,00020%
Tacoma Arts Live$20,00030%
Lend a Hand Community Outreach$20,0002n/a
Casa of Los Angeles$20,00010%
John Sedgwick Ptsa$20,0002n/a
Northwest Infant Survival Alliance Sids Foundation$17,500317%
Washington's National Park Fund$16,00011%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$15,75020%
Soulumination$15,00032%
Angel Wings Foundation$15,00037%
The Ocean Foundation$15,00020%
Glacier Skate Association$15,0001n/a
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance$15,00021%
Northwest Pandas Pans Network$15,00029%
LADY V BASKETBALL CLUB aka Puyallup Basketball Club$15,0001n/a
Harmony Project$15,00020%
COTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association$15,00010%
Recovery Cafe Orting Valley$15,0001n/a
Shooting Touch Inc$15,00012%
Asia Pacific Cultural Center$15,00010%
Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center$15,00016%
George Pocock Rowing Foundation$15,00011%
Museum of Glass$15,00010%
Amor Ministries Inc$15,00010%
Oregon State University Foundation$12,50010%
Friends of the Tonto National Forest Inc$11,50027%
Donald B Slocum Research & Educational Foundation$11,19818%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County$10,64220%
Courts for Kids$10,60024%
Team Wilder Basketball$10,50015%
The Mountaineers$10,00010%
The Mustard Seed Project of Key Peninsula$10,00010%
Maui Humane Society$10,00010%
Twloha Inc$10,00010%
Concussion Legacy Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Washington Ladyhawks Fastpitch Organization$10,00012%
Give Back Yoga Foundation$10,00013%
Holocaust Center For Humanity$10,00011%
Create Now Inc$10,00014%
Alchemy Indoor Skate Park & Education Center$10,00014%
Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths$10,00011%
Zee Speed$10,000116%
Grassroot Soccer Inc$10,00010%
Skagit Valley College Foundation$10,00010%
Ncw Veterans Serving Vetrans$10,0003n/a
Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara$10,00010%
Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center$10,00010%
The Dwelling$10,0002n/a
Let Me Run Inc$10,00011%
Los Angeles House of Ruth$10,00020%
Downtown Athletic Club Hawaii$10,00012%
Miraclefeet$10,00020%
Behind the Badge Foundation$10,00021%
Nw Thunder Hoops$10,000114%
Shelter Partnership Inc$10,00010%
Wishing Well Foundation$10,00014%
Foss Waterway Seaport$10,00011%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington$10,00020%
National Eating Disorders Association$10,00010%
Numerica Performing Arts Center$9,86431%
Chelan County Historical Society$8,00015%
Vikings Baseball Club$8,00039%
Mission Create$7,50021%
Chelan-Douglas Community Action Cou$7,50030%
Northwest Battle Buddies$7,50020%
Cashmere Schools Foundation$7,50052%
Lake Tapps PTA$6,31832%
Tacoma Community House$6,20020%
Lake Wenatchee Fire & Rescue Auxiliary$6,00032%
Catholic Secondary Education- Diocese of San Diego Incorporated$5,5402n/a
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$5,50020%
Young Life$5,12620%
Seattle Theatre Group$5,08820%
Sports Leadership Ministries$5,00011%
Serge Global Inc$5,00020%
The Bridge Restoration Ministry$5,00010%
The Goodtimes Project$5,0001n/a
National Institute for Children's Health Quality Inc$5,00010%
The Hope for Fertility Foundation$5,00011%
Third Option Foundation$5,00010%
Montana State University Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Food Backpacks 4 Kids$5,00011%
Lincoln Hoopsters Inc$5,0001n/a
My Stuff Bags Foundation$5,00010%
Young Black and Brilliant$5,0001n/a
Sumner Community Food Bank$5,00010%
Childhood Cancer Coalition$5,00012%
Hawaiian Music and Dance Foundation$5,00016%
Tennis Lovers for Charity$5,0001n/a
Casa Dog$5,00011%
Flint and Iron$5,00013%
Catholic Charities Hawaii$5,00010%
Hawaii Pacific University$5,00010%
Bluepearl Cares Inc$5,00010%
South Colby Parent Teacher Student Organization$5,000215%
Project Heal Help to Eat Accept & Live$5,00011%
The Seabury School$5,00010%
Second Cycle Community Bicycle Shop$5,00011%
Life Without Limbs$5,00010%
Upower$5,00011%
All-American Heroes Foundation$5,00014%
Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers Prog$5,00012%
Thomas Jefferson Raider Parent Movement DBA THOMAS JEFFERSON RPM$5,00013%
Dmac Enterprises$5,0001n/a
Campfire USA Ncw Council$5,00011%
Beneficial Sound$5,0001n/a
Access Youth Academy$5,00010%
Creative Player Sports Foundation$5,00013%
Food on Foot$5,00010%
Wenatchee Rotary Foundation Inc$5,000111%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$4,00020%
Montlake Futures Fund$3,60520%
University of Portland$3,50030%
Serve Wenatchee Valley$3,26420%
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii$3,12010%
McDowell Sonoran Conservancy$3,00030%
Salt River Wild Horse Management Group Inc$3,00030%
Communities in Schools of Tacoma$3,00011%
California Lutheran University$3,00020%
South Sound Outreach Services$2,51920%
The Soup Ladies$2,50012%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$2,50010%
Mask Mothers Awareness on School Age Kids$2,50011%
Johnson Family Stewardship Foundation$2,50013%
Sip and Savor$2,5001n/a
Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum$2,5001n/a
Grace City Church$2,5001n/a
Natalie Giorgi Sunshine Foundation$2,500160%
Tacoma Rotary 8 Foundation$2,22920%
College Success Foundation$2,20010%
Communities for a Healthy Bay$2,07520%
Friends of Kexp$2,07040%
Lake Chelan Rec Development Founda Lake Chelan Community Pool Foundati$2,03031%
Angel One Foundation$2,03020%
Raising Girls$2,00012%
Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni$2,00020%
Upper Valley Mend$1,50010%
Ascend Gymnastics Boosters$1,50021%
Catalyst Public Schools$1,50030%
South Kitsap Southern Little League$1,25021%
American Leadership Forum Tacoma Pierce County Chapter$1,20010%
Foundation for Tacoma Students$1,00010%
Catholic Daughters of the Americas$1,0001n/a
Childrens Home Society of Washington$1,00020%
Corporation of Gonzaga University$1,00020%
Humane Society of Ventura County$1,00010%
Chelan Valley Hope$1,00010%
Centerforce$1,00010%
Cure Childhood Cancer Inc$1,00010%
Puyallup School District$1,0001n/a
Santa Anita Little League Inc$85011%
Wellness Place$75010%
Kitsap Regional Library Foundation$60010%
The Painted Turtle$53610%
CRISTA Ministries$5281n/a
Northwest Harvest Emm$52710%
Camp Kesem National$51410%
American Cancer Society Inc$50010%
Los Padres Forestwatch Inc$50010%
Nfl Foundation Inc$50010%
Central Washington University Foundation$50010%
Defeat Msa Alliance Defeat Multiple System Atrophy All$50010%
Eastern Washington University Foundation$50010%
Breakthrough T1d$50010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$50010%
Montana Pool Service Foundation$50010%
Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolut$50010%
Samaritan's Purse$50010%
Living Desert The$50010%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$50010%
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation$50010%
Animal Rez-Q Inc$50010%
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington$50010%
Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona$50010%
Delight Foundation$50012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 83 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Names Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties: $3,567,168 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetMulticare Foundations: $3,115,534 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $2,812,091 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $1,666,100 over 6y, 81% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $1,250,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of American Lake Veterans Golf Course: $840,000 over 6y, 32% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $801,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSeven Acres Foundation: $734,104 over 5y, 20% of budgetCascade Christian Schools: $711,845 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $642,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Game Time Way: $450,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetGig Harbor Canoe Kayak Racing Team: $385,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $294,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFirst Tee of South Puget Sound: $285,650 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetGreentrike: $282,391 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego: $268,995 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetAmputee Blade Runners: $262,800 over 5y, 17% of budgetMulticultural Child and Family Hope Center: $240,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetThe Coffee Oasis: $234,182 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetOutdoors for all Foundation: $230,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetTaking the Reins: $225,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetThe Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetStep by Step Family Support Center: $199,560 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $185,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rape Foundation: $180,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetRainier Adaptive Sports: $180,000 over 2y, 70% of budgetTacoma Athletic Commission: $170,500 over 5y, 64% of budgetThe Bar X Project Inc: $160,000 over 6y, 34% of budgetLighthouse Christian School: $145,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWenatchee Valley College Foundation Inc: $140,510 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetCamp Korey: $135,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSouth Sound Care Foundation: $126,665 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetSupreme Foundation: $125,000 over 5y, 56% of budgetFriends of Sequoia Therapeutic Recreation: $120,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetTacomapierce County Habitat for Humanit: $115,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSundance Circle Hippothery Foundation: $115,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetMountain View Community Center: $106,208 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetCamp Spalding: $100,500 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetPartners for Parks: $100,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMomco Global Inc: $99,925 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOnly 7 Seconds: $96,040 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetSpecial Olympics Washington: $92,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNW Hearts United: $85,500 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetUsta-Pacific Northwest Section: $85,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetYWCA Pierce County: $83,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetLewy Body Dementia Association Inc: $82,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPhoto Center Nw: $67,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetChelan- Douglas County Casagal: $67,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Greater Tacoma Community FoundationWA94.7× affinity53 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · Korum for Kids Foundation · The Bamford Foundation · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · The Norcliffe Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · Woodworth Family Foundation · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc · Forest Foundation · The Dimmer 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.

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How do I get to Names Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Names Family Foundation 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.

About Names Family Foundation

How much does Names Family Foundation give?
Names Family Foundation reported 177 grants totaling $7,020,410 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 122 and 135 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Names Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (23%), Recreation & Sports (19%), Human Services (16%).
Who are Names Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties ($3.6M), Multicare Foundations ($3.1M), The Trust for Public Land ($2.8M).
Does Names Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Names Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Names Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Korum for Kids Foundation, The Bamford Foundation.
Where is Names Family Foundation based?
Names Family Foundation is based in WA.

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 391 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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