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Rocking Moon Foundation Inc at a glance

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Rocking Moon Foundation Inc

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

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$753k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$1.6MHealth$1.3MCrime & Legal$1.2MCivil Rights$1.2MYouth Development$1.1MHuman Services$609kEducation$560kPhilanthropy$427kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $243k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $537k
  • $250k+1 grant · $753k
$40,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Knox County Homeless Coalition (dba Homeworthy)$753,416
The Ali Forney Center$102,885
Tree Street Youth$82,581
Children's National Hospital Foundation$78,360
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund$60,704
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation$60,388
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community Center$52,111
NOPI Inc$50,000
The Level Up Project$50,000
Open City Advocates$40,000
Maine Initiatives$35,525
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project$30,000
Area Interfaith Outreach Food and Energy Assistance$25,782
OUT Maine$25,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%The Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Community Center: $100k → 17%The Afiya Center: $10k → 14%The Level Up Project: $50k → 16%Knox County Homeless Coalition (dba Homeworthy): $753k → 11%The Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: $52k → 17%The Level Up Project: $45k → 16%Knox County Homeless Coalition: $130k → 11%The Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: $51k → 17%The Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: $50k → 17%Knox County Homeless Coalition: $100k → 11%The Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: $50k → 17%Preble Street: $35k → 7%Knox County Homeless Coalition: $100k → 11%The Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: $50k → 17%Knox County Homeless Coalition: $100k → 11%Area Interfaith Outreach Food and Energy Assistance: $70k → 11%Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center: $20k → 7%New Beginnings Inc: $25k → 13%Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center: $20k → 7%Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center: $20k → 7%KNOX COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $60k → 11%Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center: $15k → 7%Knox County Homeless Coalition: $60k → 11%MAINE IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS COALITION: $10k → 7%PREBLE STREET: $10k → 7%Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition: $10k → 7%Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center: $10k → 7%Area Interfaith Outreach Food and Energy Assistance: $26k → 11%ProsperityME The Center for Financial Education: $10k → 7%Area Interfaith Outreach Food and Energy Assistance: $25k → 11%Area Interfaith Outreach Food and Energy Assistance: $25k → 11%Area Interfaith Outreach Food and Energy Assistance: $20k → 11%Area Interfaith Outreach Food and Energy Assistance: $20k → 11%AREA INTERFAITH OUTREACH: $15k → 11%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
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.9M · 35 repeat orgs$732k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
25

Total granted

$7.9M
$594k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+26%

Still filing today

100%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $138k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsHuman ServicesHealthEducationInternationalCrime & LegalOther
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

  • H
    Homeworthy
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +140%
  • AF
    ALI FORNEY CENTER INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $755k · revenue +114%
  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $471k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • CN
    Children's National Hospital
    one grant, 2023 · $77k
  • AO
    ACLU OF MAINE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $70k
  • AF
    ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH
    one grant, 2020 · $60k · revenue -16%
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
Forward Together

Forward Together is a national reproductive justice organization that centers people, families, and communities who experience reproductive oppression. They prioritize queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and other peoples of color and utilize…

Health
2
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
3
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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4
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
5
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
6
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
7
Michigan Advocacy Program

To advance the safety, independence, and economic stability of those most affected by poverty, racism, and other structurally oppressive systems by increasing access to justice and working for systemic solutions.

Crime & Legal
8
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts Inc

Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.

Civil Rights
9
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
10
Maine Equal Justice Partners

Maine Equal Justice is a nonprofit legal aid and economic justice organization working to increase economic security, opportunity and equity for people in Maine.

Crime & Legal
11
Equality Federation Institute

Equality federation institute is an advocacy accelerator rooted in social justice, building power in our network of state-based lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (lgbtq+) advocacy organizations.

Civil Rights
12
Immigration Equality

Immigration equality promotes justice and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and hiv-positive immigrants through direct legal services, policy advocacy, and impact litigation.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Open City Advocates; the most unlike its peers is Area Interfaith Outreach. 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

58 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. 58 of the 65 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/58
Grantees still filing
39/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Homeworthy: $1,303,764 · Human ServicesHomeworthyLesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc: $353,237 · Human ServicesLesbian and Gay Community Se…AREA INTERFAITH OUTREACH: $201,009 · Human ServicesAREA INTERFAITH OUTREACHTHE LEVEL UP PROJECT: $95,000 · Human ServicesPROSPERITYME: $85,463 · Human ServicesGREATER PORTLAND IMMIGRANT WELCOME CENTER: $85,000 · Human Services+4 more: $100,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $470,561 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MAINE FOUNDATION: $284,846 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL…THE RECONCILIATION CENTER INC: $110,000 · Civil RightsTHE RECONCILIA…TREVOR PROJECT INC: $100,000 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT…SPARK REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE NOW: $40,000 · Civil Rights+6 more: $105,000 · Civil Rights+6 moreIMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $460,321 · Crime & LegalIMMIGRANT LEG…OPEN CITY ADVOCATES: $370,000 · Crime & LegalOPEN CITY ADV…MAINE INITIATIVESINC: $270,963 · Crime & LegalMAINE INITIAT…CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $323,378 · HealthCYSTIC FIBRO…BAILEY HOUSE INC: $290,000 · HealthBAILEY HOUSE…CHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $149,626 · HealthCHILDREN'S N…THE CHILDHOOD BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION INC: $125,179 · HealthTHE CHILDHOO…NATIONAL LATINA INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: $40,489 · HealthTHE AUDRE LORDE PROJECT INC: $40,000 · Health+3 more: $50,000 · HealthBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC: $244,907 · OtherBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INCTRANSGENDER LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $100,866 · OtherNEW YORK CITY GAY AND LESBIAN ANTI-VIOLENCE PROJECT: $90,000 · OtherINTEGRATENYC INC: $83,000 · OtherChildren's National Hospital Foundation: $78,360 · OtherChildren's National Hospital: $76,520 · OtherOUT Maine: $356,935 · OtherOUT MaineTREE STREET YOUTH INC: $362,395 · OtherTREE STREET YOUTH INCOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $175,000 · OtherOXFAM-AMERICA INCTREKKERS INC: $151,136 · OtherTREKKERS INC+18 more: $448,000 · Other+18 moreALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $754,676 · Housing & ShelterALI FORNE…THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $315,000 · EducationIsland Institute: $170,000 · EducationHand in Hand Mano en Mano: $80,329 · Education
Human Services$2,223,473Civil Rights$1,110,407Crime & Legal$1,101,284Health$1,018,672Other$2,167,119Housing & Shelter$754,676Education$565,329

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHomeworthy: $1,303,764 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $754,676 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $470,561 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $460,321 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetOPEN CITY ADVOCATES: $370,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetTREE STREET YOUTH INC: $362,395 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetOUT Maine: $356,935 over 7y, 16% of budgetLesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc: $353,237 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $323,378 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $315,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBAILEY HOUSE INC: $290,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MAINE FOUNDATION: $284,846 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetMAINE INITIATIVESINC: $270,963 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC: $244,907 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetAREA INTERFAITH OUTREACH: $201,009 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $175,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIsland Institute: $170,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTREKKERS INC: $151,136 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $149,626 over 2y, 10% of budgetTHE CHILDHOOD BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION INC: $125,179 over 6y, 23% of budgetTHE RECONCILIATION CENTER INC: $110,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTRANSGENDER LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $100,866 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LEVEL UP PROJECT: $95,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetNEW YORK CITY GAY AND LESBIAN ANTI-VIOLENCE PROJECT: $90,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetPROSPERITYME: $85,463 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetGREATER PORTLAND IMMIGRANT WELCOME CENTER: $85,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetINTEGRATENYC INC: $83,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetHand in Hand Mano en Mano: $80,329 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $60,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPREBLE STREET: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL LATINA INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: $40,489 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AUDRE LORDE PROJECT INC: $40,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSPARK REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE NOW: $40,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMALDEF - MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNew Beginnings: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAINE IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS COALITION: $20,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetBERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRO POR LA JUSTICIA: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetURGENT ACTION FUND FOR FEMINIST ACTIVISM: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOPE MEMORIAL HUMANE SOCIETY OF KNOX CO: $11,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDRAMA CLUB INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNEW MAINERS PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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 Homeworthy ↗
  • Who funds ALI FORNEY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds IMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds OPEN CITY ADVOCATES ↗
  • Who funds TREE STREET YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds OUT Maine ↗
  • Who funds Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds BAILEY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MAINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAINE INITIATIVESINC ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds AREA INTERFAITH OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Island Institute ↗
  • Who funds TREKKERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S NATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDHOOD BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RECONCILIATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TRANSGENDER LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LEVEL UP PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK CITY GAY AND LESBIAN ANTI-VIOLENCE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds PROSPERITYME ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PORTLAND IMMIGRANT WELCOME CENTER ↗
  • Who funds INTEGRATENYC INC ↗
  • Who funds Hand in Hand Mano en Mano ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds NOPI INC ↗
  • Who funds PREBLE STREET ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL LATINA INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds THE AUDRE LORDE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds SPARK REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE NOW ↗

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.

Maine Community Found…Elmina B Sewall Found…John T Gorman Foundat…Onion FoundationWellspring Philanthro…Good Shepherd Food Ba…Maine Health Access F…Bangor Savings Bank F…Amalgamated Charitabl…The Ford FoundationFisher Charitable Fou…Tides Foundation
Maine Community Foundation IncME40.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Onion Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Good Shepherd Food Bank · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Tides 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 Rocking Moon Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rocking Moon Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Nopi Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
16report 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 65 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

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

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

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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