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National Collegiate Athletic Association

Provide a world-class athletics and academic experience for student-athletes that fosters lifelong well-being.

$705M
Granted FY2024still arriving
823
Grants FY2024still arriving
51
States reached
$66M
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.

Recreation & Sports$2.7BEducation$2.1BPhilanthropy$100MScience & Tech$2.0MArts & Culture$1.6MHousing & Shelter$1.5MHealth$750kInternational$505kOther$0
02FY2024 · 823 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $132k
  • $10k–50k361 grants · $8.4M
  • $50k–250k147 grants · $18M
  • $250k+295 grants · $679M
$66,000
Median grant
51
States reached
$1.1B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG TEN CONFERENCE$65,579,122
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE$62,028,589
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE$53,273,099
BIG 12 CONFERENCE$38,393,021
BIG EAST CONFERENCE$25,047,012
PAC-12 CONFERENCE$24,984,840
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE$18,931,084
MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE$13,390,209
WEST COAST CONFERENCE$13,244,880
ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE$12,269,331
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE$10,977,313
MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE$10,630,074
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE$10,592,674
SUN BELT CONFERENCE$10,449,744
SUMMIT LEAGUE (THE)$10,412,386
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PAC-12 CONFERENCE: $27.8M → 10%BIG EAST CONFERENCE: $25.0M → 17%SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE: $53.6M → 16%ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE: $17.3M → 17%PAC-12 CONFERENCE: $27.4M → 10%BIG EAST CONFERENCE: $24.2M → 17%BIG 12 CONFERENCE: $38.4M → 14%SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE: $53.3M → 16%PAC-12 CONFERENCE: $26.2M → 10%BIG EAST CONFERENCE: $23.4M → 17%BIG 12 CONFERENCE: $35.6M → 14%SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE: $51.5M → 16%BIG TEN CONFERENCE: $66.2M → 14%PAC-12 CONFERENCE: $25.8M → 10%BIG EAST CONFERENCE: $22.7M → 17%BIG 12 CONFERENCE: $34.5M → 14%SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE: $47.0M → 16%BIG TEN CONFERENCE: $65.6M → 14%PAC-12 CONFERENCE: $25.0M → 10%BIG EAST CONFERENCE: $19.0M → 17%BIG 12 CONFERENCE: $31.3M → 14%SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE: $44.5M → 16%BIG TEN CONFERENCE: $64.8M → 14%PAC-12 CONFERENCE: $23.9M → 10%BIG 12 CONFERENCE: $29.7M → 14%SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE: $43.1M → 16%BIG TEN CONFERENCE: $63.4M → 14%PAC-12 CONFERENCE: $23.4M → 10%BIG 12 CONFERENCE: $28.3M → 14%SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE: $38.9M → 16%BIG TEN CONFERENCE: $61.9M → 14%BIG 12 CONFERENCE: $24.9M → 14%SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE: $17.4M → 16%BIG TEN CONFERENCE: $60.8M → 14%ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE: $65.9M → 16%BIG TEN CONFERENCE: $58.3M → 14%ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE: $64.5M → 16%BIG TEN CONFERENCE: $22.4M → 14%ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE: $64.4M → 16%ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE: $62.0M → 16%ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE: $60.1M → 16%ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE: $56.9M → 16%ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE: $50.8M → 16%ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE: $22.6M → 16%AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE: $27.5M → 14%AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE: $24.9M → 14%AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE: $19.7M → 14%AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE: $18.9M → 14%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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CA
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WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
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AR
TN
NC
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DC
HI
OK
LA
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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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8B · 949 repeat orgs$6.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

949 repeat relationships: 744 still active in FY2024, 205 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

949
146

Total granted

$4.8B
$5.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+23%

Still filing today

63%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $476k 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
EducationRecreation & SportsHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • TB
    THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $463M · revenue +186%
  • AC
    ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $447M · revenue +98%
  • SC
    SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $349M · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • CP
    CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $727k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
    one grant, 2017 · $702k
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-BAKERSFIELD
    one grant, 2017 · $530k
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
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
5
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
6
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
7
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
8
University of the South

The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…

Education
9
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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10
Doane University

Doane university creates distinctive educational experiences, immersed in the liberal arts, to prepare our students for careers and lives grounded in inquiry, ethics, and a commitment to lead and serve in the global community.

Education
11
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
12
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sacred Heart University Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Xi Sigma Alumni Chapter of Central Indiana of Phi Beta Sigma. 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

746 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. 746 of the 1,133 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.

72
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
57
Early backer (in before they grew)
730/746
Grantees still filing
587/746
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE INC: $463,368,663 · OtherTHE BIG TEN CONFERENCE INCAMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE: $146,412,003 · OtherAMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCEWest Coast Conference: $87,684,493 · OtherTHE SUMMIT LEAGUE: $73,070,775 · OtherMID-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC: $70,746,632 · Other+123 more: $1,128,244,187 · Other+123 moreATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE: $447,225,803 · Recreation & SportsATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCESOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE: $349,118,094 · Recreation & SportsSOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCEPAC-12 CONFERENCE: $193,870,258 · Recreation & SportsPAC-12 CONFERENCEATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE: $109,677,871 · Recreation & SportsATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCEMOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE: $87,608,106 · Recreation & SportsSOUTHLAND CONFERENCE: $84,547,449 · Recreation & SportsTHE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE: $78,884,937 · Recreation & SportsCONFERENCE USA: $73,810,902 · Recreation & SportsSUN BELT CONFERENCE: $64,741,467 · Recreation & Sports+13 more: $309,318,582 · Recreation & Sports+13 moreTHE BIG 12 CONFERENCE INC: $237,481,614 · EducationTHE BIG 12 CO…The Trustees of Princeton University: $53,731,851 · EducationThe Trustees …+45 more: $258,258,437 · Education+45 moreBIG EAST CONFERENCE INC: $149,095,911 · PhilanthropyBROWN UNIVERSITY: $5,550,036 · Community ImprovementASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: $3,553,542 · Public Benefit
Other$1,969,526,753Recreation & Sports$1,798,803,469Education$549,471,902Philanthropy$149,095,911Community Improvement$5,550,036Public Benefit$3,553,542

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%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BIG TEN CONFERENCE INC: $463,368,663 over 8y, 11% of budgetATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE: $447,225,803 over 8y, 13% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE: $349,118,094 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetTHE BIG 12 CONFERENCE INC: $237,481,614 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetPAC-12 CONFERENCE: $193,870,258 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetBIG EAST CONFERENCE INC: $149,095,911 over 8y, 38% of budgetAMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE: $146,412,003 over 8y, 37% of budgetATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE: $109,677,871 over 8y, 78% of budgetWest Coast Conference: $87,684,493 over 8y, 100% of budgetMOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE: $87,608,106 over 8y, 22% of budgetTHE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE: $78,884,937 over 8y, 98% of budgetCONFERENCE USA: $73,810,902 over 8y, 27% of budgetTHE SUMMIT LEAGUE: $73,070,775 over 8y, 52% of budgetMID-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC: $70,746,632 over 8y, 32% of budgetSUN BELT CONFERENCE: $64,741,467 over 8y, 29% of budgetCOASTAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: $56,038,761 over 8y, 79% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $53,731,851 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE: $52,020,461 over 8y, 77% of budgetOHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE INC: $51,350,305 over 8y, 80% of budgetBIG WEST CONFERENCE: $50,686,842 over 8y, 84% of budgetNORTHEAST CONFERENCE: $50,586,218 over 8y, 90% of budgetMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference Inc: $49,024,389 over 8y, 93% of budgetBIG SKY CONFERENCE INC: $47,944,493 over 8y, 57% of budgetATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE: $47,552,559 over 8y, 68% of budgetAMERICA EAST CONFERENCE: $47,332,068 over 8y, 78% of budgetHORIZON LEAGUE INC: $45,328,868 over 8y, 86% of budgetMid-Eastern Athletic Conference: $45,257,804 over 8y, 54% of budgetTHE BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE INC: $44,007,566 over 8y, 96% of budgetWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE: $39,601,540 over 8y, 72% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $15,110,088 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $11,978,548 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,137,210 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $8,444,399 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $8,263,188 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: $8,096,238 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $7,970,875 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $7,915,208 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBucknell University: $7,410,773 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $7,231,234 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $7,105,142 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $7,028,198 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $6,858,495 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $6,492,972 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $6,461,311 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $6,401,407 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $6,344,409 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUCF Athletics Association Inc: $6,276,068 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetMONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC: $6,256,563 over 8y, 0.4% 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 THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds PAC-12 CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds BIG EAST CONFERENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds West Coast Conference ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds CONFERENCE USA ↗
  • Who funds THE SUMMIT LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds MID-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SUN BELT CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds THE PATRIOT LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG WEST CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIG SKY CONFERENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds HORIZON LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference ↗
  • Who funds THE BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Folds of Honor Founda…American Chemical Soc…Council of Independen…Hispanic Scholarship …Tulsa Community Found…National Writing Proj…Corporation for Publi…Kpmg US Foundation IncLettie Pate Whitehead…The Ohio Foundation o…Strada Education Foun…Howard Hughes Medical…
Folds of Honor FoundationOK180.2× affinity216 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Folds of Honor Foundation · American Chemical Society · Council of Independent Colleges · Hispanic Scholarship Fund · Tulsa Community Foundation · National Writing Project Corporation · Corporation for Public Broadcasting · Kpmg US Foundation Inc · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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 National Collegiate Athletic Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Collegiate Athletic Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Delaware: 25% of income from government
  • Delaware State University: 16% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 5% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 4% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 2% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Quinnipiac University: 0% of income from government
  • Monmouth University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 1133 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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More from the funding graph

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