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Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology (rit) shapes the future and improves the world through creativity and innovation.

$421M
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$708kHealth$599kCommunity Improvement$563kPublic Safety & Disaster$415kEnvironment$255kArts & Culture$237kRecreation & Sports$223kYouth Development$149kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 22 grants below total $306,763 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $421,007,940 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $420,701,177 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $87k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $220k
$9,356
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.0B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HENRIETTA FIRE DISTRICT$45,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF$40,000
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$26,250
ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$25,000
AACSB INTERNATIONAL - THE ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF BUSI$21,600
NEW YORK BATTERY AND ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIUM INC$13,975
GREATER ROCHESTER ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION INC$13,750
DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUBS OF AMERICA INC$12,981
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING$11,000
NATIONAL DEAF INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION$10,000
THE LEARNING CENTER FOR THE DEAF INC$9,356
GRASP INC$9,001
INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CENTER INC$9,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL UPSTATE NEW YORK INC$8,000
BREAST CANCER COALITION OF ROCHESTER INC$7,800
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $139k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR THE DEAF INC: $12k → 10%DEAF SENIORS OF AMERICA INC: $8k → 11%ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING: $15k → 14%ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING: $12k → 14%ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING: $11k → 14%ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING: $11k → 14%THE CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES INC: $15k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $11k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES INC: $8k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $8k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
ID
MN
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
OK
AL
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.7M · 32 repeat orgs$774k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +42% since the first grant, against +8% for the ones you funded once.

32 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
39

Total granted

$2.7M
$708k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+8%

Still filing today

84%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k 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
EducationHealthCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • GR
    GREATER ROCHESTER ENTERPRISE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $307k · revenue +73%
  • SM
    SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING INNOVATION ALLIANCE CORP
    2× · 2017–2018 · $255k · revenue ×17 · 27% of their budget
  • NA
    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF
    9× · 2017–2025 · $206k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • TL
    The Lexington School for the Deaf Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $157k · revenue +7%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY SERVICES CORPORATION
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -63%
  • AS
    ALABAMA SPACE SCIENCE EXHIBIT COMM
    one grant, 2024 · $57k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester institute of technology (rit) shapes the future and improves the world through creativity and innovation. as an engaged, intellectually curious, and socially conscious community, rit leverages the power of technology, the arts,…

Education
2
Rochester School for the Deaf

Mission: rochester school for the deaf (rsd) provides exemplary opportunities in a bilingual environment to meet students' unique learning. together, as a community, rsd challenges and prepares students for participation in the…

Education
3
Global Deaf Research Institute

create, develop, and conduct deaf focus assessment and data gathering

International
4
Rit Global Delivery Corporation

Provide administrative and other support services to academic programs sponsored by rochester institute of technology both in the united states and abroad.

Education
5
Rochester Deaf Festival Inc

Fund raising for deafhard of hearing people needs

Human Services
6
Rochester General College of Health Careers

The rochester general college of health careers is dedicated to preparing adult learners with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to pursue health careers, advanced education, and lifelong learning.

Education
7
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
8
Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester Inc

To preserve the uniquely human right to enjoy communication for life by helping children and adults achieve dreams through innovative, caring speech and hearing services.

Health
9
Rochester General Health System

Rochester general health system, provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.

Health
10
Rochester Downtown Alliance

To create, enhance, and promote a downtown experience that is welcoming, fun, and livable.

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11
National Association of Corporate Directors New England Chapter Inc

The organization promotes high professional standards and provides governance education to boards of directors and senior corporate management.

Philanthropy
12
Regional Center for Independent Living Inc

To empower people with disabilities to self-advocate, live independently, and enhance the quality of community life. Services and programs are of an advocacy nature, seeking to overcome the barriers faced by people with disabilities who…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communication Service for the Deaf Inc and the most unlike its peers is National Deaf Interscholastic Athletic Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsYouth Mentoring ProgramsLocal History MuseumsYouth Sports ProgramsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Women & Girls Leadership De…Youth Development ServicesHealth Access Advocacy and …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr14%8%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr19%29%20–35yr13%16%35–55yr16%37%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%13%5–10yr20%11%10–20yr19%23%20–35yr13%20%35–55yr16%33%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/82
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,678

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

66 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 66 of the 81 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/66
Grantees still filing
44/66
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HENRIETTA FIRE DISTRICT — $415,000 · OtherHENRIETTA FIRE DISTRICTNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF — $206,025 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAFAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR DEAF CHILDREN — $90,000 · OtherAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR DEAF CHILDRENHOCKEY WESTERN NEW YORK LLC — $86,500 · OtherHOCKEY WESTERN NEW YORK LLCCALIFORNIA EDUCATORS OF THE DEAF — $70,000 · OtherALABAMA SPACE SCIENCE EXHIBIT COMM — $56,913 · OtherMark Seven Deaf Foundation — $55,800 · OtherUNITED WAY SERVICES CORPORATION — $100,000 · OtherUNITED WAY SERVICES CORPORATION+38 more — $530,304 · Other+38 moreThe Lexington School for the Deaf Inc — $157,360 · EducationThe Lexington Scho…AACSB INTERNATIONAL - THE ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS — $131,700 · EducationAACSB INTERNATIONA…HANDS & VOICES INC — $64,500 · EducationHANDS & VOICES INCDISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUBS OF AMERICA INC — $47,681 · EducationDISTRIBUTIVE EDUCA…Women In Cyber Security — $39,740 · EducationWomen In Cyber Sec…UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER — $34,250 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCH…ATOMIC HANDS — $32,000 · EducationATOMIC HANDS+5 more — $62,914 · Education+5 moreGREATER ROCHESTER ENTERPRISE INC — $306,500 · Community ImprovementGREATER ROCHEST…NEW YORK BATTERY AND ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIUM INC — $92,950 · Community ImprovementNEW YORK BATTER…GREATER ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $61,500 · Community ImprovementGREATER ROCHEST…+3 more — $29,675 · Community Improvement+3 moreROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — $150,075 · HealthROCHESTER…CONFERENCE OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS OF SCHOOLS — $41,500 · HealthCONFERENC…SOUTHEAST REGIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS — $30,000 · HealthSOUTHEAST…American Heart Association Inc — $22,000 · HealthAmerican …MARCH OF DIMES INC — $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN DEAFNESS & REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · Health+4 more — $30,334 · Health+4 moreSUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING INNOVATION ALLIANCE CORP — $254,876 · Science & TechRochester Fringe Festival Inc — $150,000 · Recreation & SportsNational Deaf Interscholastic Athletic Association — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsThe Center for Youth Services Inc — $71,330 · Human ServicesALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING — $48,500 · Human ServicesCommunication Service For The Deaf Inc — $12,000 · Human ServicesDeaf Seniors of America Inc — $7,500 · Human Services
Other$1,610,542Education$570,145Community Improvement$490,625Health$293,909Science & Tech$254,876Recreation & Sports$160,000Human Services$139,330

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGREATER ROCHESTER ENTERPRISE INC — $306,500 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING INNOVATION ALLIANCE CORP — $254,876 over 2y, 27% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF — $206,025 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetThe Lexington School for the Deaf Inc — $157,360 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — $150,075 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetRochester Fringe Festival Inc — $150,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetAACSB INTERNATIONAL - THE ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS — $131,700 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK BATTERY AND ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIUM INC — $92,950 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR DEAF CHILDREN — $90,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetThe Center for Youth Services Inc — $71,330 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA EDUCATORS OF THE DEAF — $70,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetHANDS & VOICES INC — $64,500 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetGREATER ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $61,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMark Seven Deaf Foundation — $55,800 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING — $48,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetDISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUBS OF AMERICA INC — $47,681 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCONFERENCE OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS OF SCHOOLS — $41,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetWomen In Cyber Security — $39,740 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER — $34,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGENESEE COUNTRY MUSEUM — $33,268 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetATOMIC HANDS — $32,000 over 3y, 34% of budgetNEXTCORPS INC — $30,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHEAST REGIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS — $30,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetNational Black Deaf Advocates Inc — $28,500 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetIdaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind Foundation Inc — $27,010 over 1y, 43% of budgetTHE LEARNING CENTER FOR THE DEAF INC — $24,198 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSENECA PARK ZOO SOCIETY — $19,120 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLeadership Rochester Inc — $17,500 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetGREATER ROCHESTER ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION INC — $13,750 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL UPSTATE NEW YORK INC — $13,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUBS OF AMERICA INC GROUP RETURN — $13,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUSA DEAF SPORTS FEDERATION INC — $12,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCommunication Service For The Deaf Inc — $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH — $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER — $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetON COURSE FOUNDATION USA — $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetDEAF KIDS CODE — $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN DEAFNESS & REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetSIGNLIGHT INC — $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetNew York School for the Deaf — $9,914 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALABAMA INSTITUTE FOR DEAF & BLIND FOUND — $9,134 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CENTER INC — $9,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PARTNERSHIPS IN EQUITY — $8,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH — $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDeaf Seniors of America Inc — $7,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Esl Charitable Founda…Max and Marian Farash…Rochester Area Commun…Rochester Area Commun…William & Sheila Kona…Paychex Charitable Fo…Daisy Marquis Jones F…Greater Rochester Hea…The Riedman FoundationFinger Lakes Area Com…United Way of Greater…Ames-Amzalak Memorial…
Esl Charitable FoundationNY36.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Esl Charitable Foundation · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · The Riedman Foundation · Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Rochester Institute of Technology funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • National Association of the Deaf — 58% of income from government
  • Atomic Hands — 51% of income from government
  • The Learning Center for the Deaf Inc — 9% of income from government
  • The Clarke School for the Deaf Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech — 1% of income from government
  • Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business — 0% of income from government
  • American Society for Deaf Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 81 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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$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