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Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
46
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$545k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Philanthropy$4.2MHealth$2.1MHuman Services$1.1MEducation$1.1MEnvironment$920kHousing & Shelter$480kFood & Nutrition$382kReligion$335kOther$0
02FY2025 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $680k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $400k
  • $250k+1 grant · $545k
$20,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPUR FOUNDATION$545,000
TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION$100,000
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ALL SAINTS HEALTH$100,000
AMERICAN WARRIOR ASSOCIATION$100,000
KIDS KICKING CANCER$50,000
MATER DEI SCHOOL INC$50,000
JUDSON CENTER INC$40,000
OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES$30,000
SOUTH OAKLAND SHELTER$30,000
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC$25,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TARRANT COUNTY$25,000
GLEANER FOOD BANK OF SE MICHIGAN$25,000
TRINITY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$25,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$25,000
GRACE CENTER OF HOPE$25,000
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 (FY18–25, $3.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $25k → 11%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $25k → 14%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $25k → 14%BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC: $40k → 7%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 8%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $10k → 14%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 8%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $10k → 14%FLOURISH FOUNDATION: $30k → 7%BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC: $25k → 7%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 8%FLOURISH FOUNDATION: $25k → 7%FLOURISH FOUNDATION: $25k → 7%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 8%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 8%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 8%SAFE HAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $20k → 11%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 8%SPUR FOUNDATION: $545k → 7%SPUR FOUNDATION: $520k → 7%SAFE HAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $20k → 11%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 8%SPUR FOUNDATION: $375k → 7%SPUR FOUNDATION: $323k → 7%SPUR FOUNDATION: $287k → 7%SAFE HAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $10k → 11%SAFE HAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $10k → 11%HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY: $10k → 7%HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY: $10k → 7%HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY: $10k → 7%HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY: $10k → 7%AMERICAN WARRIOR ASSOCIATION: $100k → 11%LENA POPE HOME INC: $25k → 11%SWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER: $10k → 7%LENA POPE HOME INC: $25k → 11%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $5k → 7%LENA POPE HOME INC: $20k → 11%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $5k → 7%LENA POPE HOME INC: $20k → 11%LENA POPE HOME INC: $20k → 11%COMO LIONHEART INC: $20k → 11%JUDSON CENTER INC: $40k → 8%COMO LIONHEART INC: $20k → 11%THE PARENTING CENTER: $10k → 11%JUDSON CENTER INC: $25k → 8%COMO LIONHEART INC: $10k → 11%JUDSON CENTER INC: $20k → 8%JUDSON CENTER INC: $10k → 8%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

ID
IL
WI
MI
NY
WY
IA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.5M · 60 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

60 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

60
29

Total granted

$6.5M
$801k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+14%

Still filing today

75%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $320k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEnvironmentEducationYouth 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • KIDS KICKING CANCER INC
    3× · 2018–2025 · $420k · revenue +7%
  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $300k · revenue +28%
  • TC
    THE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $225k · revenue +184%

Funded once

  • FW
    FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue -6%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +114%
  • TS
    THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +27%
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
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
2
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
3
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
4
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
5
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
6
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
7
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
8
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
9
Senior Life Resources Northwest

To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.

Human Services
10
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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11
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
12
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alliance for the Great Lakes; the most unlike its peers is Little Red Foundation % Alisse Thomas. 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

77 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. 77 of the 101 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/77
Grantees still filing
55/77
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ALL SAINTS HEALTH: $1,100,000 · OtherBAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ALL SAINTS HEALT…UNION GOSPEL MISSION OF TC: $260,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION OF TCBLAINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $222,125 · OtherBLAINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 EDU…GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $180,000 · OtherGLEANER FOOD BANK OF SE MICHIGAN: $170,000 · OtherFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $250,000 · OtherFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTOR…GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER DETROIT: $140,000 · Other+47 more: $1,750,200 · Other+47 moreSPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,050,515 · Human ServicesSPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IN…OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $165,000 · Human ServicesOAKLAND FAMILY SERVICESLENA POPE HOME INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN WARRIOR ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · Human Services+12 more: $535,000 · Human Services+12 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS (TAX: $2,123,850 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION…KIDS KICKING CANCER INC: $420,000 · HealthROSE HILL CENTER INC: $135,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $80,000 · HealthTHE INSTITUTE FOR ETHNOMEDICINE INC DBA BRAIN CHEMISTRY LABS: $75,000 · HealthDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $60,000 · Health+7 more: $90,000 · HealthUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $300,000 · EducationMATER DEI SCHOOL INC: $189,500 · EducationSun Valley Community School Inc: $135,000 · EducationTexas A&M Foundation: $100,000 · EducationBook Em: $37,480 · Education+2 more: $35,000 · EducationTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EnvironmentSIX RIVERS LAND CONSERVANCY FKA SIX RIVERS REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $95,000 · EnvironmentSTREAMS & VALLEYS INC: $80,000 · EnvironmentMICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS: $70,000 · EnvironmentSAWTOOTH SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · Environment+3 more: $35,000 · EnvironmentSOUTH OAKLAND SHELTER: $170,000 · Housing & ShelterCOTS: $165,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$4,072,325Human Services$2,960,515Philanthropy$2,123,850Health$860,000Education$796,980Environment$630,000Housing & Shelter$335,000

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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS (TAX: $2,123,850 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,050,515 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetKIDS KICKING CANCER INC: $420,000 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $250,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $222,125 over 3y, 34% of budgetMATER DEI SCHOOL INC: $189,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $180,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH OAKLAND SHELTER: $170,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCOTS: $165,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetOAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $165,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER DETROIT: $140,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetROSE HILL CENTER INC: $135,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSun Valley Community School Inc: $135,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLENA POPE HOME INC: $110,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $105,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES: $105,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN WARRIOR ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSIX RIVERS LAND CONSERVANCY FKA SIX RIVERS REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $95,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetJUDSON CENTER INC: $95,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFLOURISH FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetSTREAMS & VALLEYS INC: $80,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR ETHNOMEDICINE INC DBA BRAIN CHEMISTRY LABS: $75,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHospice of Michigan Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED MICHIGAN COUNCIL: $70,000 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetMICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS: $70,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $65,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCOMO LIONS HEART: $60,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $60,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MACC: $50,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetHOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBook Em: $37,480 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSUN VALLEY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetROTARUN SKI CLUB: $35,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetFORT WORTH REPORT: $35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFeeding America: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAWTOOTH SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE OUDOLF GARDEN: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetMichigan Colleges Alliance: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS (TAX ↗
  • Who funds SPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS KICKING CANCER INC ↗
  • Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds THE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLAINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MATER DEI SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH OAKLAND SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds COTS ↗
  • Who funds OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds ROSE HILL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Sun Valley Community School Inc ↗
  • Who funds LENA POPE HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN WARRIOR ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SIX RIVERS LAND CONSERVANCY FKA SIX RIVERS REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds JUDSON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds FLOURISH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STREAMS & VALLEYS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INSTITUTE FOR ETHNOMEDICINE INC DBA BRAIN CHEMISTRY LABS ↗
  • Who funds BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of Michigan Inc ↗
  • Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED MICHIGAN COUNCIL ↗

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.

Boswell Family FoundationID30.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 3 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boswell Family Foundation · Spur Community Foundation Inc · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Leo Potishman Foundation Xxxxx3002 · Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund · The Morris Foundation · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Amon G Carter Foundation · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Rainwater Charitable 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 Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nicholas Martin Jr Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
18report 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 101 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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