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Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz 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.

$1k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$5.8MPhilanthropy$2.9MCivil Rights$2.2MEducation$1.8MPublic Benefit$1.0MReligion$924kArts & Culture$395kCrime & Legal$317kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$1,000
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 (FY17–22, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $2k → 6%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $2k → 6%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $2k → 6%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $2k → 6%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $2k → 6%CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $2k → 17%CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $250 → 17%CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $250 → 17%CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $250 → 17%CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $250 → 17%CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $250 → 17%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $200 → 17%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $200 → 17%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $150 → 17%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $150 → 17%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $150 → 17%NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMES INC: $150 → 17%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE: $500 → 17%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE: $360 → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $150 → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $150 → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $125 → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $125 → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $100 → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $100 → 17%SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $300 → 17%SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $200 → 17%SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $200 → 17%SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $150 → 17%SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $150 → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $500 → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $500 → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $500 → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $500 → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC: $500 → 17%THE MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF CLEVELAND: $10k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $250 → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $100 → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $5k → 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

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 168 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.

168 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 167 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

168
48

Total granted

$13M
$116k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+48%

Still filing today

79%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CT
    CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $3.5M · revenue +73%
  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2022 · $205k · revenue +50%
  • N
    NFX
    6× · 2017–2022 · $160k · revenue +181%

Funded once

  • UH
    UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $24k
  • PI
    PIANO INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF NORTHERN OHgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $14k · revenue +77%
  • RB
    RAINBOW BABIES & CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2018 · $11k
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
7
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
8
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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10
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
11
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
12
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Orange School Boosters Club Inc. 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

170 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. 170 of the 224 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
40
Early backer (in before they grew)
166/170
Grantees still filing
140/170
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DUKE UNIVERSITY OF LAW SCHOOL: $4,711,000 · OtherDUKE UNIVERSITY OF LAW SCHOOLUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $751,180 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALSCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $530,500 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SEIDMAN CANCER CENTER: $500,360 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SEIDMAN CANCER CENTERTEMPLE EMANU EL: $454,776 · OtherTEMPLE EMANU ELAISH HATORAH: $378,000 · Other+106 more: $631,305 · Other+106 moreCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $3,498,240 · HealthCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATIONNFX: $160,000 · Health+16 more: $160,190 · HealthJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $2,648,560 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF …UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $247,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER…+5 more: $47,000 · PhilanthropyCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $205,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY SCHOOL: $138,500 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton University: $50,300 · EducationFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $44,700 · EducationCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $35,000 · EducationHATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL: $33,000 · EducationJOSEPH & FLORENCE MANDEL JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $30,000 · Education+10 more: $48,100 · EducationThe Musical Arts Association: $62,500 · Arts & CulturePlayhouse Square Foundation: $53,000 · Arts & CultureCLARION PROJECT INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $19,375 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $15,000 · Arts & CultureNU DECO ENSEMBLE INC: $13,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE: $12,500 · Arts & Culture+19 more: $53,025 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $126,000 · InternationalINVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM FOUNDATION: $12,500 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $12,200 · InternationalFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $6,500 · International+9 more: $13,350 · InternationalGROSS SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL: $28,360 · ReligionJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $27,220 · ReligionZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: $7,500 · ReligionFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF CLEVELAND INC: $3,000 · Religion+1 more: $1,200 · Religion
Other$7,957,121Health$3,818,430Philanthropy$2,942,560Education$584,600Arts & Culture$305,900International$170,550Religion$67,280

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 budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $3,498,240 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $2,648,560 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $247,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $205,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNFX: $160,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY SCHOOL: $138,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $126,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHORDOMA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $62,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPlayhouse Square Foundation: $53,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $50,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFLASHES OF HOPE: $45,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCLARION PROJECT INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $44,700 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL: $33,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJOSEPH & FLORENCE MANDEL JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGROSS SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL: $28,360 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $27,220 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW ACADEMY OF CLEVELAND: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFUCHS MIZRACHI SCHOOLS: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $19,375 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBELLEFAIRE JEWISH CHILDREN'S BUREAU: $16,680 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLAUREL SCHOOL: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPIANO INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF NORTHERN OH: $13,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNU DECO ENSEMBLE INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetINVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $12,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAspen Jewish Center: $10,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $9,680 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHALLENGE ASPEN: $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: $7,500 over 6y, 0.1% 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 CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NFX ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds CHORDOMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
  • Who funds Playhouse Square Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds FLASHES OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds CLARION PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JOSEPH & FLORENCE MANDEL JEWISH DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GROSS SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO ↗
  • Who funds HEBREW ACADEMY OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FUCHS MIZRACHI SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds STATE POLICY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds BELLEFAIRE JEWISH CHILDREN'S BUREAU ↗

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.

Rdm FoundationOH99.6× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rdm Foundation · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Leonard and Joan Horvitz Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Giant Eagle Foundation · The Wuliger Foundation · Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds · Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel 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 Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Legal Services of North Florida Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Gottesman Rtw Academy: 2% of income from government
  • Nu Deco Ensemble Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
48report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 224 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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