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National Geographic Society

To increase and diffuse geographic knowledge in the broadest sense, using the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of the world.

$31M
Granted FY2024still arriving
74
Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$1.3M
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.

Environment$15MEducation$12MAnimals$12MScience & Tech$10MArts & Culture$3.5MHealth$751kPhilanthropy$656kSocial Science$556kOther$0
02FY2024 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 74 grants below total $8,865,814, the rows itemized in this filing. The $31,410,378 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $22,544,564 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $737k
  • $50k–250k32 grants · $3.3M
  • $250k+11 grants · $4.8M
$64,674
Median grant
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States reached
$2.0B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Wildpath LLC$1,250,000
Regents Of The University Of California$576,409
Blue Grass Community Foundation$444,427
Great Plains Conservation Foundation$400,000
State of Hawaii DLNR$350,000
The Peregrine Fund Inc$349,047
The Regents Of The University Of California Davis$348,780
Conservation Through Public Health$342,454
Oregon State University$279,443
Archaeology in the Community$256,270
Project Ceti$250,000
Zambian Carnivore Programme$225,000
ReWild$200,000
University of Hawaii$190,035
University of Hawaii Foundation$157,902
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 (FY19–21, $233k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Define American: $58k → 15%SDSN Association Inc: $131k → 17%SDSN Association Inc: $44k → 17%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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $18M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 9 regions, $13M to organizations and $5.0M to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-Saharan Africa$7.6M · 43% · 6 grants · 27 people

Stated purpose: Buffett Award · Explorers At Large Grant · Okavango Wilderness Project

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$4.4M · 25% · 8 grants · 22 people

Stated purpose: Education Grant · Meridian Grant · Ocean Conservation

South America$1.9M · 11% · 6 grants · 16 people

Stated purpose: Education Grant · Meridian Grant · Ocean Conservation

East Asia and the Pacific$1.4M · 8% · 4 grants · 19 people

Stated purpose: Ocean Conservation · Research Grant · Wayfinder Award

North America (Canada and Mexico)$1.0M · 6% · 5 grants · 10 people

Stated purpose: Education Grant · Meridian Grant · Storytelling Grant

South Asia$763k · 4% · 2 grants · 14 people

Stated purpose: Research Grant · Storytelling Grant · The Climate Pledge

Middle East and North Africa$548k · 3% · 3 grants · 10 people

Stated purpose: Education Grant · Research Grant · Ocean Conservation

Region not stated$50k · 0% · 1 person

Stated purpose: Wayfinder Awards

Central America and the Caribbean$10k · 0% · 1 person

Stated purpose: Young Explorers

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$36M · 154 repeat orgs$18M to everyone else

154 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2024, 109 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

154
336

Total granted

$36M
$15M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+44%

Still filing today

63%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.2M 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
EducationEnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureScience & TechSocial ScienceOther
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

  • REWILD
    3× · 2018–2020 · $1.2M · revenue +236%
  • TP
    THE PEREGRINE FUND INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $882k · revenue +122%
  • CT
    CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH
    3× · 2022–2024 · $785k · revenue +86% · 28% of their budget

Funded once

  • TW
    Two Wolves Films LLC
    one grant, 2023 · $565k
  • The University of Tulsa
    one grant, 2022 · $390k · revenue -2%
  • LF
    Looking For Satyrus LLC
    one grant, 2023 · $379k
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
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
2
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
5
Schmidt Ocean Institute
Science & Tech
6
The Wildlife Society

The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.

Animals
7
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
8
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
9
American Geosciences Institute

The american geosciences institute (agi) was founded in 1948, under a directive of the national academy of sciences, as a network of associations representing geoscientists with a diverse array of skills and knowledge of our planet. the…

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10
INaturalist

iNaturalist's mission is to connect people to nature and advance biodiversity science and conservation. Its vision is a world where everyone can understand and sustain biodiversity through the practice of observing wild organisms and…

Environment
11
Nature and Culture International

Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.

Environment
12
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Marine Sanctuary Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Khaled Bin Sultan Living Oceans 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

343 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. 343 of the 528 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.

28
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
77
Early backer (in before they grew)
341/343
Grantees still filing
257/343
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS: $1,465,374 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVISWildpath LLC: $1,250,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $1,155,652 · OtherAPPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,091,974 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI: $1,040,400 · OtherTHE PEREGRINE FUND INC: $881,781 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $810,818 · Other+95 more: $15,905,963 · Other+95 moreREWILD: $1,246,364 · AnimalsREWILDCONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH: $784,908 · AnimalsCONSERVATION THROUGH…WILDAID INC: $771,860 · AnimalsWILDAID INCWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $717,259 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CONSERVATIO…ZAMBIA CARNIVORE PROGRAMME: $675,000 · AnimalsZAMBIA CARNIVORE PRO…Wildlife Conservation Society: $648,215 · AnimalsWildlife Conservatio…GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $623,700 · AnimalsGREAT PLAINS CONSERV…AFRICAN PEOPLE & WILDLIFE FUND INC: $486,425 · AnimalsAFRICAN PEOPLE & WIL…INTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST: $323,685 · Animals+16 more: $2,251,499 · Animals+16 moreUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $738,511 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…The University of Tulsa: $389,568 · EducationThe Universi…Cornell University: $353,624 · EducationCornell Univ…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $351,035 · EducationTHE BOARD OF…Trustees of Dartmouth College: $336,575 · EducationTrustees of …WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $269,900 · EducationThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $243,891 · EducationTENNESSEE GEOGRAPHIC ALLIANCE: $231,656 · EducationChildren's Enviromental Literacy Fdn: $214,615 · EducationVanderbilt University: $184,020 · EducationCSU BAKERSFIELD AUXILIARY FOR SPONSORED PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION: $178,000 · Education+18 more: $1,808,455 · Education+18 moreRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $1,300,600 · EnvironmentRESOURCES …ISLAND CONSERVATION: $440,421 · EnvironmentISLAND CON…CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $323,815 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE…GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC: $300,000 · EnvironmentGLOBAL FIS…FRIENDS OF THE OSA: $288,126 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF…AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $215,000 · EnvironmentNATUREBRIDGE: $209,078 · EnvironmentMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $170,323 · EnvironmentWISE TROPICS INC: $150,000 · Environment+12 more: $1,051,626 · Environment+12 moreARCHAEOLOGY IN THE COMMUNITY: $475,097 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $337,324 · Arts & CultureWALTER ANDERSON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $283,164 · Arts & CultureColorado Museum of Natural History: $250,000 · Arts & CultureGLOBAL XPLORER: $225,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE NC STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES: $146,563 · Arts & CultureANCIENT ART ARCHIVE: $140,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VII FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PEOPLE'S PORTFOLIO INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $859,654 · PhilanthropyWHAT IS MISSING FOUNDATION FKA THE EXTINCTION PROJECT: $250,000 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $154,685 · PhilanthropyGreg Carr Foundation Inc: $101,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyWorld Food Prize Foundation: $98,750 · PhilanthropyPROJECT CETI INC: $450,000 · Science & TechOcean Discovery League Inc: $274,000 · Science & TechFriends of Fossil Forests: $150,000 · Science & TechNorthStar of GIS: $100,000 · Science & TechConservation Science Partners Inc: $99,912 · Science & TechRAINFOREST CONNECTION: $96,000 · Science & TechAMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM: $75,000 · Science & TechGeography Educators Network of Indiana: $70,383 · Science & Tech
Other$23,601,962Animals$8,528,915Education$5,299,850Environment$4,448,989Arts & Culture$2,027,148Philanthropy$1,564,089Science & Tech$1,315,295

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 budgetRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $1,300,600 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetREWILD: $1,246,364 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetTHE PEREGRINE FUND INC: $881,781 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $859,654 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH: $784,908 over 3y, 28% of budgetWILDAID INC: $771,860 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $738,511 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $717,259 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetZAMBIA CARNIVORE PROGRAMME: $675,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $648,215 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $623,700 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetAFRICAN PEOPLE & WILDLIFE FUND INC: $486,425 over 6y, 29% of budgetPROJECT CETI INC: $450,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetISLAND CONSERVATION: $440,421 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetThe University of Tulsa: $389,568 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $353,624 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $351,035 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Inst for Regional Conservation: $350,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $337,324 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $336,575 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $323,815 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST: $323,685 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetGLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC: $300,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCONSORTIUM OF OKLAHOMA GEOGRAPHERS INC: $290,449 over 5y, 98% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE OSA: $288,126 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetWALTER ANDERSON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $283,164 over 4y, 11% of budgetOcean Discovery League Inc: $274,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetCONSERVATION X LABS INC: $272,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $269,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $250,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWHAT IS MISSING FOUNDATION FKA THE EXTINCTION PROJECT: $250,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $243,891 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE GEOGRAPHIC ALLIANCE: $231,656 over 3y, 53% of budgetGLOBAL XPLORER: $225,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetGorongosa Project Inc: $220,040 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $215,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetChildren's Enviromental Literacy Fdn: $214,615 over 5y, 15% of budgetNATUREBRIDGE: $209,078 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCommunities Living Among Wildlife Sustainably Conservancy: $204,400 over 3y, 40% of budgetSR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research: $194,890 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetWOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS: $192,631 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetVanderbilt University: $184,020 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD FREE PRESS INSTITUTE: $181,500 over 2y, 20% of budgetCSU BAKERSFIELD AUXILIARY FOR SPONSORED PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION: $178,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $175,323 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSDSN ASSOCIATION INC: $175,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $170,323 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES INC: $160,000 over 1y, 16% 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 RESOURCES LEGACY FUND ↗
  • Who funds REWILD ↗
  • Who funds THE PEREGRINE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds WILDAID INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds ZAMBIA CARNIVORE PROGRAMME ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN PEOPLE & WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT CETI INC ↗
  • Who funds ISLAND CONSERVATION ↗
  • Who funds The University of Tulsa ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Inst for Regional Conservation ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Dartmouth College ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST ↗

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.

American Chemical Soc…National Collegiate A…Folds of Honor Founda…National Writing Proj…American Council of L…The Nature ConservancyThe Trustees of Colum…The Pew Charitable Tr…National Fish and Wil…National Collegiate I…Conservation Food and…Gordon E and Betty I …
American Chemical SocietyDC51.7× affinity27 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Chemical Society · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · National Writing Project Corporation · American Council of Learned Societies · The Nature Conservancy · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · The Pew Charitable Trusts · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance Inc · Conservation Food and Health Foundation Inc C/O Gma Foundations · Gordon E and Betty I Moore 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 National Geographic Society funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Geographic Society. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • African Aquatic Conservation Fund Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Ramsey Research Foundation Inc: 37% of income from government
  • The Inst for Regional Conservation: 35% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • African People & Wildlife Fund Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Centre for Wildlife Studies Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Florida Institute of Technology Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Ocean Exploration Trust Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 528 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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