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Robert H Spitz Foundation at a glance

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Robert H Spitz Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$891k
Granted FY2024still arriving
65
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$63k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Human Services$2.1MAnimals$824kReligion$611kHousing & Shelter$413kHealth$386kYouth Development$336kPhilanthropy$318kEducation$252kOther$0
02FY2024 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k29 grants · $147k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $582k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $163k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SCRANTON$62,500
NEW HYTES$50,000
INDRALOKA ANIMAL SANCTUARY$50,000
TEMPLE ISRAEL OF SCRANTON$46,542
ELAN GARDENS INC$30,000
AGENCY FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT OF NEPA$30,000
SCRANTON AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,536
THE BOROUGH OF DICKSON CITY$25,000
JOBSFIRSTNYC$25,000
DISCOVERY MI PRESCHOOL$25,000
TREATMENT COURT ADVOCACY CENTER OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY$25,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NEPA$23,000
JEWISH RESOURCE CENTER OF THE POCONOS INC$20,000
NEIGHBORWORKS NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA$20,000
OUTREACH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES$20,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%OPERATION WARM: $5k → 10%FUTURES COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $3k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%VETERANS HOME ASSOCIATION OF CORTEZ: $10k → 13%PROVIDENCE PREGNANCY CENTER: $5k → 13%GREATER SCRANTON YMCA: $20k → 13%GREATER SCRANTON YMCA: $10k → 13%GREATER SCRANTON YMCA: $10k → 13%THE INSTITUTE: $12k → 15%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $10k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE OF MONROE COUNTY: $8k → 13%THE INSTITUTE: $10k → 15%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOICATION OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $5k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE DIOCESE OF SCRANTON: $20k → 13%ST JOSEPHS CENTER: $1k → 13%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $20k → 13%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $15k → 13%SCRANTON LACKAWANNA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $50k → 13%SCRANTON LACKAWANNA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $50k → 13%OUTREACH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $30k → 13%OUTREACH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $30k → 13%AGENCY FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT OF NEPA: $30k → 13%OUTREACH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $30k → 13%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $12k → 13%OUTREACH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $25k → 13%OUTREACH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $20k → 13%OUTREACH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $20k → 13%SCRANTON LACKAWANNA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $15k → 13%OUTREACH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $15k → 13%DRESS FOR SUCCESS LACKAWANNA: $10k → 13%DRESS FOR SUCCESS LACKAWANNA: $10k → 13%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $8k → 13%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $5k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $350k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $188k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $150k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $80k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $70k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SCRANTON: $63k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN PA: $10k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN PA: $10k → 13%THE INSTITUTE: $10k → 13%HOSPICE OF THE SACRED HEART: $3k → 13%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.
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Robert H Spitz Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 96% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 90%.

Robert H Spitz Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 84 repeat orgs$750k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

84 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

84
61

Total granted

$5.5M
$593k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+2%

Still filing today

56%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k 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
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthEducationReligionEnvironmentOther
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

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SCRANTON
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +16%
  • OC
    OUTREACH - CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES
    7× · 2018–2024 · $170k · revenue +208%
  • AF
    AGENCY FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT OF NEPA
    4× · 2019–2024 · $145k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • GC
    GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +24%
  • CS
    CATHOLIC SOICAL SERVICES OF THE DICOESE OF SCRANTON
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • E
    EOTC
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
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
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
2
Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation
Education
3
Central Pennsylvania Humane Society

To prevent animal neglect and cruelty through education and enforcement while providing a safe haven and finding forever homes for those in need.

Animals
4
Center for Community Resources Inc

To coordinate services among private and government agencies for specialized populations to ensure service continuity, reduce duplication, and assist individuals and families in accessing appropriate mental health, intellectual…

Health
5
Keystone Care

Providing administrative services to its two subsidiaries, keystone hospice and keystone home health, llc. providing social services to medically fragile populations in southeastern pennsylvania.

Health
6
Humane Pennsylvania Foundation

To encourage and motivate the making of gifts and donations by deed, will, or otherwise, for the advancement, promotion, extension, and maintenance of the various causes and objectives fostered by the humane pennsylvania.

Animals
7
South Central Emergency Medical Services Inc

Provide emergency medical services.

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8
Montco Anti-Hunger Network

By leading coordinated action, montco anti-hunger network strengthens the food security safety net system in montgomery county, pa, working to end hunger in montgomery county.

Food & Nutrition
9
Service Coordination Unlimited Inc

Our mission is to provide the highest quality of services to empower all people in their pursuit of independence and interdependence in a full and inclusive community.

Health
10
Skills of Central Pennsylvania Inc

Skills of central pennsylvania, inc., a private, non-profit organization, is committed to creating opportunities and providing support for people who need specialized services to enhance all aspects of their lives. the vision for skills of…

Human Services
11
Center in the Woods Inc

The center in the woods' mission is to provide the highest quality of life for older adults in southwestern pennsylvania.

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12
Lycoming County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Full-service animal shelter, animal care, adoptive services, humane investigaation services and humane education.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Keystone Rescue Mission Alliance Inc; the most unlike its peers is Unite the World. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

92 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. 92 of the 161 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
90/92
Grantees still filing
57/92
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE ISRAEL: $259,216 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAELJEWISH FEDERATION OF NEPA: $153,500 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR THE JEWISH ELDERLY: $150,000 · OtherUNITED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS: $125,000 · OtherVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE: $114,772 · OtherNEW HYTES INC: $126,709 · Other+109 more: $2,351,059 · Other+109 moreJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SCRANTON: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF …OUTREACH - CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $170,000 · Human ServicesOUTREACH - CENTER FOR COMMU…AGENCY FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT OF NEPA: $145,000 · Human ServicesAGENCY FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWE…THE CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $59,500 · Human Services+14 more: $194,500 · Human Services+14 moreINDRALOKA ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $220,000 · AnimalsINDRALOKA A…NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $123,500 · AnimalsNORTH SHORE…NEPA PET FUND AND RESCUE: $76,000 · AnimalsNEPA PET FU…PAWSITIVELY FOR THE ANIMALS: $67,000 · AnimalsPAWSITIVELY…Adopt A Boxer Rescue: $60,000 · AnimalsAdopt A Box…QUIGLEY SHELTER PETS INC: $50,000 · AnimalsQUIGLEY SHE…SCRANTON ANIMAL SHELTER ASSOCIATION INCORPORATION: $30,000 · Animals+5 more: $56,000 · Animals+5 moreSCRANTON AREA FOUNDATION INC: $304,036 · Philanthropy+1 more: $8,000 · PhilanthropyCHABAD OF THE ABINGTONS INC: $130,000 · ReligionJEWISH RESOURCE CENTER OF THE POCONOS: $70,000 · ReligionBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $35,000 · ReligionThe Wright Center Medical Group: $16,000 · Religion+2 more: $7,500 · ReligionTREATMENT COURT ADVOCACY CENTER OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY: $230,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $5,000 · Crime & LegalMarywood University: $68,000 · EducationGEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED: $50,000 · EducationJOHNSON COLLEGE: $30,801 · EducationLACKAWANNA COLLEGE: $29,000 · EducationWILKES UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationUniversity of Scranton: $10,500 · Education
Other$3,280,256Human Services$1,569,000Animals$682,500Philanthropy$312,036Religion$258,500Crime & Legal$235,000Education$213,301

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 budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SCRANTON: $1,000,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetSCRANTON AREA FOUNDATION INC: $304,036 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTREATMENT COURT ADVOCACY CENTER OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY: $230,000 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetINDRALOKA ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $220,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetOUTREACH - CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $170,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetAGENCY FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT OF NEPA: $145,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHABAD OF THE ABINGTONS INC: $130,000 over 5y, 60% of budgetNEW HYTES INC: $126,709 over 3y, 12% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $123,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVALHALLA VETERANS SERVICES: $90,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetNEPA PET FUND AND RESCUE: $76,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetWRC INC: $71,325 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH RESOURCE CENTER OF THE POCONOS: $70,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetMarywood University: $68,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt A Boxer Rescue: $60,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetTHE CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $59,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetGEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetQUIGLEY SHELTER PETS INC: $50,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetEQUINES FOR FREEDOM: $45,500 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Scranton: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSCRANTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC: $37,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $35,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE: $32,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSERVING SENIORS INC: $32,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetKEYSTONE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE INC: $31,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetJOHNSON COLLEGE: $30,801 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetELAN GARDENS INC ELAN SENIOR LIVING A JEWISH SENIOR LIFE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSCRANTON ANIMAL SHELTER ASSOCIATION INCORPORATION: $30,000 over 2y, 71% of budgetLACKAWANNA COLLEGE: $29,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEPA INCLUSIVE: $28,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLACKAWANNA RIVER CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $27,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetALLIED SERVICES FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWILKES UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOBSFIRSTNYC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BREAD BASKET OF NORTHEASTERN PA: $24,500 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF NORTHEASTERN PA INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY: $20,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS LACKAWANNA: $20,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE DIOCESE OF SCRANTON INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY INTERVENTION CENTER OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY: $19,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $18,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWARRIOR STRONG INC: $18,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetCatholic Social Services: $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Wright Center Medical Group: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% 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 JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SCRANTON ↗
  • Who funds SCRANTON AREA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TREATMENT COURT ADVOCACY CENTER OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds INDRALOKA ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTREACH - CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES ↗
  • Who funds AGENCY FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT OF NEPA ↗
  • Who funds CHABAD OF THE ABINGTONS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW HYTES INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds VALHALLA VETERANS SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds NEPA PET FUND AND RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds WRC INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH RESOURCE CENTER OF THE POCONOS ↗
  • Who funds Marywood University ↗
  • Who funds PAWSITIVELY FOR THE ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds Adopt A Boxer Rescue ↗
  • Who funds THE CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED ↗
  • Who funds QUIGLEY SHELTER PETS INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUINES FOR FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Scranton ↗
  • Who funds SCRANTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC ↗

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.

Scranton Area Foundat…Moses Taylor Foundati…The Hawk Family Found…Allone CharitiesAllone FoundationMargaret Briggs Found…The Harry and Jeanett…Ppl FoundationSchwartz-Mack Foundat…Northeastern Pennsylv…William G McGowan Cha…The Luzerne Foundation
Scranton Area Foundation IncPA115× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Scranton Area Foundation Inc · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · The Hawk Family Foundation · Allone Charities · Allone Foundation · Margaret Briggs Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Ppl Foundation · Schwartz-Mack Foundation · Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation · William G McGowan Charitable Fund · The Luzerne 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 Robert H Spitz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert H Spitz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    38report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Robert H Spitz Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Robert H Spitz 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 161 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.

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