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Sacharuna Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$777k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$140k
Largest
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$1.8MEducation$400kAnimals$366kCivil Rights$140kInternational$111kArts & Culture$68kFood & Nutrition$55kYouth Development$47kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $388k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $371k
$25,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$140,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$113,000
PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL$67,500
THE PUTNEY SCHOOL$50,000
YEW MOUNTAIN CENTER$43,000
ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION$30,000
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN ADVOCATES$25,000
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTRPRENEURS$25,000
SAN JUAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE$25,000
CHILDREN OF TIBET TRUST FOUNDATION$25,000
EARTHWORKS$25,000
WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$25,000
CHAMA PEAK LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE$25,000
SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION$25,000
THE CONSERVATION FUND$24,632
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF PROJECT: $50k → 10%LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $25k → 8%WILDAID: $25k → 10%SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTRPRENEURS: $25k → 14%THE MERWIN CONSERVANCY: $25k → 9%UNM FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $25k → 18%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $205k → 14%FOREST COLLECTIVE: $48k → 7%CHAMA PEAK LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE: $25k → 12%CHENGETA WILDLIFE USA: $25k → 9%THE CONSERVATION FUND: $32k → 9%YEW MOUNTAIN CENTER: $43k → 20%PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $68k → 6%UMA INSTITUTE FOR TIBETAN STUDIES: $30k → 8%APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN ADVOCATES: $50k → 8%CHILDREN OF THE TIBET TRUST FUND: $36k → 10%ND PHONICS: $50k → 12%ALLEGHENY BLUE RIDGE ALLIANCE: $50k → 13%THE PUTNEY SCHOOL: $50k → 11%SMOKEY HOUSE: $27k → 12%UPSTREAM ALLIANCE: $25k → 6%BIOPHILIA FOUNDATION: $50k → 7%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $140k → 11%WILDAID: $25k → 10%WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $25k → 18%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $113k → 14%CHAMA PEAK LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE: $25k → 12%YEW MOUNTAIN CENTER: $28k → 20%PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $35k → 6%APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN ADVOCATES: $40k → 8%CHILDREN OF TIBET TRUST FOUNDATION: $30k → 10%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK: $30k → 10%WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $25k → 18%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $101k → 14%CHAMA PEAK LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE: $25k → 12%PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $30k → 6%APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN ADVOCATES: $25k → 8%CHILDREN OF THE TRUST FUND: $27k → 10%WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $25k → 18%CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY: $40k → 14%PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $25k → 6%APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN ADVOCATES: $25k → 8%CHILDREN OF TIBET TRUST FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $25k → 18%FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $25k → 14%PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $25k → 6%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

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VT
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MT
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PA
NJ
CA
CO
KY
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VA
MD
NM
DC
HI
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 26 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
30

Total granted

$2.2M
$752k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+21%

Still filing today

65%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $290k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentAnimalsEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionPublic BenefitOther
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

  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $419k · revenue +28%
  • TP
    THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $183k · revenue +108%
  • WE
    WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER
    6× · 2019–2024 · $150k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • CS
    COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +28%
  • TB
    THE BIOPHILIA FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -57%
  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF PROJECT
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
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.

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Environment Now
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2
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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3
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
4
Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation

We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)

Environment
5
The Nature Conservancy

The mission of the nature conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.

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6
Wilderness Conservation Foundation
Environment
7
The Mountain Institute Inc

Advance the well- being of mountain people and conservation of mountain environments.

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8
The Nature Institute
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9
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
10
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
11
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
12
Natura Bolivia Foundation

The Natura Bolivia Foundation is dedicated to implementing, and evaluating the impact of conservation and development programs, with a focus on watershed conservation, protected areas, and incentive based conservation in Bolivia. We work…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ndponics. 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

43 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. 43 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
31/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $419,169 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $182,500 · EnvironmentTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCILYEW MOUNTAIN CENTER: $113,000 · EnvironmentYEW MOUNTAIN CENTERALLEGHENY-BLUE RIDGE ALLIANCE: $90,000 · EnvironmentALLEGHENY-BLUE RIDGE ALLIANCESan Juan Citizens Alliance: $80,000 · EnvironmentSan Juan Citizens AllianceSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS …+9 more: $178,160 · Environment+9 moreWESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $150,000 · OtherWESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERAPPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN ADVOCATES: $140,000 · OtherAPPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN ADVOCATESCHAMA PEAK LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE: $100,000 · OtherCHAMA PEAK LANDOWNERS ALLIANCEIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherREWILDING INSTITUTE: $54,000 · OtherROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF PROJECT: $50,000 · OtherPUTNEY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · OtherWILDLANDS NETWORK: $47,000 · OtherCHILDREN OF THE TRUST FUND: $46,500 · OtherSMOKEY HOUSE CENTER: $40,000 · OtherFRESHWATER INSTITUTE: $40,000 · OtherTHE CHILDREN OF TIBET TRUST FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Other+19 more: $365,083 · Other+19 moreENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION: $125,000 · AnimalsENDANGERED S…Forest Collective: $56,700 · AnimalsForest Colle…WILDAID INC: $50,000 · AnimalsWILDAID INCTHE BIOPHILIA FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · AnimalsTHE BIOPHILI…WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $48,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CON…CHENGETA WILDLIFE: $25,000 · AnimalsCHENGETA WIL…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $140,000 · EducationJOHNS HOP…COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationCOLORADO …THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationTHE BOARD…MCKENNA ACADEMY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY INC: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationEarthworks: $100,000 · Public BenefitNDPONICS: $50,000 · Food & NutritionCenter for Food Safety: $40,000 · Food & NutritionMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Food & NutritionTIBET HOUSE US INC: $33,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHWEST LEARNING CENTERS INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Environment$1,122,829Other$1,197,583Animals$354,700Education$285,000Public Benefit$100,000Food & Nutrition$100,000Arts & Culture$75,500

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 budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $419,169 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $182,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetWESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $150,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $140,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION: $125,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetYEW MOUNTAIN CENTER: $113,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEarthworks: $100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetALLEGHENY-BLUE RIDGE ALLIANCE: $90,000 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetSan Juan Citizens Alliance: $80,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetForest Collective: $56,700 over 2y, 38% of budgetTHE CHILDREN OF TIBET TRUST FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetWILDAID INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BIOPHILIA FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPUTNEY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $48,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSMOKEY HOUSE CENTER: $40,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetCenter for Food Safety: $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTIBET HOUSE US INC: $33,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUMA INSTITUTE FOR TIBETAN STUDIES: $30,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetMERWIN CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE AMAZON BIODIVERSITY CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUpstream Alliance Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHENGETA WILDLIFE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPNM TNMP FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $24,632 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRANT FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHWEST LEARNING CENTERS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAINA MOMONA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMCKENNA ACADEMY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBULL RUN MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY INC: $6,350 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2,178 over 1y, 0.0% 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 WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION ↗
  • Who funds YEW MOUNTAIN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Earthworks ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGHENY-BLUE RIDGE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds San Juan Citizens Alliance ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC ↗
  • Who funds Forest Collective ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN OF TIBET TRUST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILDAID INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BIOPHILIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NDPONICS ↗
  • Who funds PUTNEY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds SMOKEY HOUSE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Center for Food Safety ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds TIBET HOUSE US INC ↗
  • Who funds UMA INSTITUTE FOR TIBETAN STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds MERWIN CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMAZON BIODIVERSITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ↗
  • Who funds Upstream Alliance 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.

PatagoniaorgCA14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · Alchemy Charitable Foundation Co Johnson Financial Grp LLC · Virginia S Warner Foundation Inc · Marin Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Sacharuna Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sacharuna Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 54%
  • Smokey House Center: 54% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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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How do I get to Sacharuna Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sacharuna 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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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