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Pasadena Community Foundation

Pasadena Community Foundation builds and preserves permanently endowed charitable funds, provides grants and assistance to nurture and strengthen community organizations, serves donors to meet their philanthropic goals and promotes and participates in community partnerships.

$31M
Granted FY2025still arriving
275
Grants FY2025still arriving
26
States reached
$5.0M
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 2025.

Education$19MHealth$13MHousing & Shelter$11MArts & Culture$8.2MHuman Services$5.9MPhilanthropy$3.3MYouth Development$3.2MEnvironment$2.9MOther$0
02FY2025 · 275 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 275 grants below total $27,913,462, the rows itemized in this filing. The $31,096,525 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,183,063 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k34 grants · $242k
  • $10k–50k158 grants · $3.1M
  • $50k–250k54 grants · $5.8M
  • $250k+29 grants · $19M
$20,000
Median grant
26
States reached
$225M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Altadena Builds Back Foundation$5,010,619
Pacific Oaks College & Children's School$1,351,250
California Community Foundation$1,040,000
Door of Hope$775,000
Greenline Housing Foundation$735,670
Pasadena Hospital Association (Huntington Hospital)$633,233
Beacon Housing Inc$620,400
Pasadena Humane$451,177
International Rescue Committee$429,333
Union Station Homeless Services$420,250
Smile Train$413,433
Wounded Warrior Project$409,933
Habitat for Humanity International$408,933
Union Rescue Mission$408,833
St Jude Children's Research Hospital$408,633
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 (FY17–25, $4.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Spur Community Foundation: $57k → 7%Spur Community Foundation: $50k → 7%Richstone Family Center: $55k → 14%Richstone Family Center: $45k → 14%Richstone Family Center: $45k → 14%David & Margaret Youth and Family Services: $106k → 14%David & Margaret Youth and Family Services: $103k → 14%David & Margaret Youth and Family Services: $100k → 14%David & Margaret Youth and Family Services: $95k → 14%David & Margaret Youth and Family Services: $89k → 14%David & Margaret Youth and Family Services: $88k → 14%David & Margaret Youth and Family Services: $60k → 14%Shoes That Fit: $65k → 14%Foothill Family Service: $60k → 14%Foothill Family Service: $51k → 14%Foothill Family Service: $51k → 14%Foothill Family Service: $51k → 14%Foothill Family Service: $28k → 14%Hillsides: $32k → 14%Hillsides: $26k → 14%Union Station Homeless Services: $420k → 14%Journey House: $150k → 14%Union Station Homeless Services: $114k → 14%Union Station Homeless Services: $94k → 14%Union Station Homeless Services: $94k → 14%Union Station Homeless Services: $92k → 14%Union Station Homeless Services: $80k → 14%Union Station Homeless Services: $67k → 14%Union Station Homeless Services: $34k → 14%Sycamores: $31k → 14%Pasadena Altadena Coalition of Transformative Leaders: $72k → 14%Pasadena Senior Center: $67k → 14%Pasadena Senior Center: $53k → 14%Pasadena Senior Center: $52k → 14%Stars: $121k → 14%Pasadena Senior Center: $43k → 14%Stars: $94k → 14%Pasadena Senior Center: $38k → 14%AbilityFirst: $36k → 14%Pasadena Senior Center: $36k → 14%Pasadena Altadena Coalition of Transformative Leaders: $35k → 14%Pasadena Senior Center: $34k → 14%Stars: $50k → 14%Pasadena Altadena Coalition of Transformative Leaders (PACTL): $32k → 14%Stars: $45k → 14%Stars: $39k → 14%Stars: $25k → 14%Stars: $25k → 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

ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$60M · 327 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

327 repeat relationships: 189 still active in FY2025, 138 since wound down; 62 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

327
309

Total granted

$60M
$4.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+22%

Still filing today

87%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • PH
    Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +25%
  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +50%
  • PO
    Pacific Oaks Education Corporation
    2× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • UN
    US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $260k · revenue +19%
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF GRACE CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $229k
  • SW
    SWIM WITH MIKE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $176k · revenue 0%
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
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
2
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
3
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
4
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
5
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
6
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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7
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
8
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

—
9
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
10
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

—
11
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
12
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young & Healthy; the most unlike its peers is University of Melbourne Usa 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

538 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. 538 of the 720 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.

16
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
117
Early backer (in before they grew)
529/538
Grantees still filing
375/538
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $4,647,708 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALI…Pacific Oaks Education Corporation: $1,356,250 · EducationPacific Oaks Education Corp…Pasadena City College Foundation: $1,321,021 · EducationPasadena City College Found…POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL: $1,091,709 · EducationPOLYTECHNIC SCHOOLFLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $801,650 · EducationCOLLEGE ACCESS PLAN: $767,200 · Education+32 more: $7,275,481 · Education+32 moreDOOR OF HOPE: $1,135,263 · OtherYWCA OF GLENDALE AND PASADENA: $1,086,906 · OtherWESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PASADENA: $1,022,505 · OtherNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $887,050 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD INC: $983,602 · Other+90 more: $20,033,985 · Other+90 morePasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $3,110,772 · HealthPasadena Hosp…CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $1,391,830 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI …YOUNG & HEALTHY: $739,513 · HealthYOUNG & HEALT…Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc: $460,900 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $438,703 · HealthCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $435,833 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $425,833 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $418,733 · HealthHUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES: $305,250 · Health+8 more: $977,519 · Health+8 moreHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $1,169,447 · Arts & CultureHENRY E HU…SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $1,068,569 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN C…MuseIque: $594,500 · Arts & CultureMuseIqueA Noise Within: $395,280 · Arts & CultureA Noise Wi…ARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $366,966 · Arts & CultureARMORY CEN…Pasadena Conservatory of Music: $324,300 · Arts & CultureTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $288,900 · Arts & CultureCHARLES W BOWERS MUSEUM CORPORATION: $265,000 · Arts & CulturePASADENA ART ALLIANCE: $230,498 · Arts & CulturePASADENA HERITAGE: $223,719 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $1,485,010 · Arts & Culture+13 moreUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $1,071,492 · Human ServicesDavid and Margaret Home Inc: $640,534 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $511,462 · Human ServicesLAKE AVENUE FOUNDATION INC DBA STARS ILLUMINATE EDUCATE ADVOCATE: $460,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $432,433 · Human ServicesUNION RESCUE MISSION: $415,633 · Human ServicesPASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $394,530 · Human ServicesFoothill Family Service: $325,400 · Human ServicesTHE RICHSTONE CENTER INC: $213,352 · Human ServicesJOURNEY HOUSE INC: $190,850 · Human Services+8 more: $898,337 · Human ServicesAltadena Builds Back Foundation: $5,010,619 · Public Safety & DisasterCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,040,000 · PhilanthropyPASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,020,844 · PhilanthropyFlintridge Center: $362,250 · PhilanthropyGOFUNDMEORG: $325,000 · PhilanthropyJEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $304,000 · PhilanthropyCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $144,250 · PhilanthropyCivic Soul: $120,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $103,638 · Philanthropy
Education$17,261,019Other$25,149,311Health$8,704,886Arts & Culture$6,412,189Human Services$5,554,523Public Safety & Disaster$5,010,619Philanthropy$3,419,982

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 budgetAltadena Builds Back Foundation: $5,010,619 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $4,647,708 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $3,110,772 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $1,391,830 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Oaks Education Corporation: $1,356,250 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetPasadena City College Foundation: $1,321,021 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $1,169,447 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetDOOR OF HOPE: $1,135,263 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetPOLYTECHNIC SCHOOL: $1,091,709 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetYWCA OF GLENDALE AND PASADENA: $1,086,906 over 5y, 12% of budgetUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $1,071,492 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $1,068,569 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,040,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,020,844 over 9y, 5.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD INC: $983,602 over 9y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $887,050 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $801,650 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCOLLEGE ACCESS PLAN: $767,200 over 9y, 9.4% of budgetYOUNG & HEALTHY: $739,513 over 8y, 14% of budgetBEACON HOUSINGINC: $680,872 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetDavid and Margaret Home Inc: $640,534 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetPASADENA HUMANE: $623,422 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetMuseIque: $594,500 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetEMILY GRIFFITH FOUNDATION: $565,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetVILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES: $551,691 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD LEARNING CENTER: $530,809 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $523,333 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $511,462 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA: $499,350 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $484,233 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc: $460,900 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetLAKE AVENUE FOUNDATION INC DBA STARS ILLUMINATE EDUCATE ADVOCATE: $460,500 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetLegacy Connections: $449,204 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $448,466 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $438,703 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDARROW SCHOOL: $435,833 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetCAMP PASQUANEY: $435,833 over 5y, 11% of budgetCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $435,833 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetTHE FUND FOR PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS: $432,450 over 8y, 22% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $432,433 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $432,083 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFLYING KITES INC: $430,833 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $425,833 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $418,733 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $415,633 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGREEN VALE SCHOOL: $413,333 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $408,933 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $408,679 over 1y, 1.2% 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 Altadena Builds Back Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Pacific Oaks Education Corporation ↗
  • Who funds Pasadena City College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY ↗
  • Who funds DOOR OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds YWCA OF GLENDALE AND PASADENA ↗
  • Who funds UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds FLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE ACCESS PLAN ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG & HEALTHY ↗
  • Who funds GREENLINE HOUSING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEACON HOUSINGINC ↗
  • Who funds David and Margaret Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds MuseIque ↗
  • Who funds EMILY GRIFFITH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc ↗
  • Who funds LAKE AVENUE FOUNDATION INC DBA STARS ILLUMINATE EDUCATE ADVOCATE ↗
  • Who funds Legacy Connections ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DARROW SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CAMP PASQUANEY ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTOPHER REEVE 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.

The Ahmanson Foundati…The Rose Hills Founda…The Ralph M Parsons F…Ann Peppers FoundationThe Green FoundationWeingart FoundationS Mark Taper Foundati…California Community …Pasadena Showcase Hou…Wm Keck FoundationJohn Jewett & Helen C…Harvey and Ellen Knel…
The Ahmanson FoundationCA126.1× affinity102 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Ann Peppers Foundation · The Green Foundation · Weingart Foundation · S Mark Taper Foundation · California Community Foundation · Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts · Wm Keck Foundation · John Jewett & Helen Chandler Garland Fou Ndation · Harvey and Ellen Knell 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 Pasadena Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pasadena Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
59report 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 720 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 2025, released 2025. 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