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Saginaw Community Foundation

To fulfill donor wishes and enable community initiatives to come to life, now and forever.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
71
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$308k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$4.3MArts & Culture$2.0MHuman Services$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.2MHealth$946kHousing & Shelter$703kFood & Nutrition$654kRecreation & Sports$633kOther$0
02FY2024 · 71 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 71 grants below total $1,926,191, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,990,608 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,064,417 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $173k
  • $10k–50k41 grants · $875k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $571k
  • $250k+1 grant · $308k
$14,967
Median grant
2
States reached
$115M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Saginaw Intermediate School District$307,559
Saginaw Valley State University Foundation$180,316
Hidden Harvest$119,548
Children's Zoo at Celebration Square$106,339
Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra$64,054
Heart of the City Development Center$51,000
Region VII Area Agency on Aging$50,000
Saginaw Arts & Enrichment Commission$41,026
MyMichigan Health Foundation$41,000
Saginaw Public Schools$40,883
Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan$35,098
Families and Children Together$35,000
Saginaw County Youth Protection Council$34,853
Urban Racquet Sports Foundation$33,500
Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity$32,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Families and Children Together: $35k → 16%SAMARITAS: $30k → 21%SAMARITAS: $7k → 21%THE DIAPER ALLIANCE: $12k → 9%SELF LOVE BEAUTY: $9k → 9%THE DIAPER ALLIANCE: $7k → 9%SELF LOVE BEAUTY: $7k → 9%YWCA GREAT LAKES BAY REGION: $10k → 14%GREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION: $39k → 18%YWCA GREAT LAKES BAY REGION: $8k → 14%GREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION: $25k → 18%GREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION: $20k → 18%ADOPTION OPTION: $8k → 9%GREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION: $17k → 18%ADOPTION OPTION: $7k → 9%GREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION: $10k → 18%Region VII Area Agency on Aging: $50k → 14%Underground Railroad: $22k → 18%CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF SAGINAW: $19k → 18%UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: $19k → 18%JUNCTION OF HOPE INC: $30k → 18%YMCA OF SAGINAW: $59k → 18%MISSION IN THE CITY: $50k → 18%YMCA OF SAGINAW: $43k → 18%SAGINAW COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COM: $39k → 18%YMCA OF SAGINAW: $37k → 18%MISSION IN THE CITY: $35k → 18%SAGINAW COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COM: $30k → 18%MISSION IN THE CITY: $27k → 18%Saginaw County Community Action Center: $19k → 18%YMCA OF SAGINAW: $16k → 18%YMCA OF SAGINAW: $16k → 18%YMCA OF SAGINAW: $15k → 18%YMCA of Saginaw: $15k → 18%SAGINAW COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COM: $14k → 18%YMCA OF SAGINAW: $9k → 18%SAGINAW COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COM: $8k → 18%Saginaw County Youth Protection Council: $35k → 18%CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF SAGINAW C: $11k → 18%CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF SAGINAW C: $10k → 18%Hidden Harvest: $120k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $97k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $90k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $63k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $61k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $43k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $27k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $23k → 18%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

MN
IL
MI
NY
OH
NJ
VA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 104 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

104 repeat relationships: 50 still active in FY2024, 54 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

104
63

Total granted

$12M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+18%

Still filing today

66%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $410k 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 ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SV
    SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +69%
  • SS
    SAGINAW SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $420k · revenue +8%
  • HH
    HIDDEN HARVEST
    6× · 2017–2022 · $377k · revenue +360%

Funded once

  • SC
    SAGINAW COUNTY CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAUgraduated
    2× · 2023–2025 · $106k · revenue +28%
  • WT
    WELCOME TABLE
    one grant, 2017 · $56k
  • CA
    COVENANT ACADEMIES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2025 · $52k · revenue +17%
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
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

To be a catalyst for economic and community progress within the great lakes bay region.

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2
Saginaw Community Foundation

To fulfill donor wishes and enable community initiatives to come to life, now and forever.

Philanthropy
3
Michigan Assoc of Community Mental Health Boards

Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.

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4
Midmichigan Health Services

To provide high quality community-oriented, patient-centered health services for all.

Health
5
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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6
Saginaw Community Food Club & Kitchen

To address and improve food equity by providing access to healthy foods and nutritional resources to individuals and communities.

Food & Nutrition
7
Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber of Commerce

Member driven organization working to achieve economy prosperity throughout the region. it's mission is to leverage every available resource within out network for the advancement of our members and the betterment of all who live in our…

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8
Macomb County Chamber of Commerce

The organization's mission is to promote a healthy business climate for its members and all businesses in macomb county, michigan.

Unclassified
9
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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10
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education
11
Saginaw Public Libraries Foundation

Support library activities through materials and services

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12
Home Builders Association of Michigan

A voice of the building industry in Michigan. The primary purpose is to positively influence the legislative, regulatory and legal issues that affect the industry.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saginaw County Community Action Committee Inc; the most unlike its peers is Special Needs Vision Clinic. 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

132 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. 132 of the 189 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
130/132
Grantees still filing
81/132
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Saginaw Intermediate School District: $800,062 · OtherSaginaw Intermediate School DistrictSAGINAW TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $322,366 · OtherCITY OF SAGINAW: $319,560 · OtherSAGINAW PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $318,088 · OtherTHOMAS TOWNSHIP: $269,803 · OtherSAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $237,115 · OtherSAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $374,464 · OtherSAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY+116 more: $3,875,577 · Other+116 moreSAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,888,098 · EducationSAGINAW VALLEY ST…READ Association of Saginaw County: $144,155 · EducationREAD Association …+5 more: $171,687 · Education+5 moreHIDDEN HARVEST: $376,854 · Human ServicesHIDDEN HARVES…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC-SAGINAW: $209,586 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CH…UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $199,891 · Human ServicesUNDERGROUND R…Saginaw County Youth Protection Council: $187,315 · Human ServicesSaginaw Count…HIDDEN HARVEST CORPORATION: $146,048 · Human ServicesHIDDEN HARVES…MISSION IN THE CITY: $112,069 · Human ServicesMISSION IN TH…GREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION: $110,900 · Human ServicesGREAT LAKES B…SAGINAW COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE INC: $109,896 · Human ServicesSAGINAW COUNT…+9 more: $257,911 · Human Services+9 moreSAGINAW SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $419,678 · Arts & CultureSAGINAW SYM…FRANKENMUTH HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $216,878 · Arts & CultureFRANKENMUTH…MID-MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $199,227 · Arts & CultureMID-MICHIGA…TEMPLEARTS: $184,278 · Arts & CultureTEMPLEARTSSAGINAW CHORAL SOCIETY INC: $115,630 · Arts & CultureSAGINAW CHO…MAJOR CHORDS FOR MINORS: $94,255 · Arts & CultureMAJOR CHORD…PIT & BALCONY INC: $73,678 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $142,306 · Arts & Culture+5 moreUNITED WAY OF SAGINAW COUNTY: $770,085 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…Saginaw Community Foundation: $188,857 · PhilanthropySaginaw C…COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $100,200 · PhilanthropyCOUNCIL O…BAY AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $41,400 · Philanthropy+4 more: $76,217 · Philanthropy+4 moreCOVENANT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $158,200 · HealthSAGINAW COOPERATIVE HOSPITALS INC DBA/CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS: $130,804 · HealthGreat Lakes Bay Health Centers: $67,933 · HealthFIELD NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE: $54,980 · HealthSurvivors of Suicide Inc: $46,500 · HealthMYMICHIGAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $41,000 · HealthWestlund Guidance Clinic: $34,124 · HealthHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF SAGINAW: $28,642 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $26,469 · HealthMYMICHIGAN MEDICAL CENTER SAGINAW: $23,300 · Health+6 more: $83,335 · HealthRescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan: $328,953 · Housing & ShelterNew Beginnings Enrichment Center: $61,112 · Housing & ShelterEMMAUS HOUSE OF SAGINAW INC: $48,416 · Housing & ShelterRestoration Community Outreach Inc: $32,484 · Housing & ShelterSAGINAW CATHOLIC MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION: $28,783 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$6,517,035Education$2,203,940Human Services$1,710,470Arts & Culture$1,445,930Philanthropy$1,176,759Health$695,287Housing & Shelter$509,748

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 budgetSAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,888,098 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SAGINAW COUNTY: $770,085 over 7y, 25% of budgetSAGINAW SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $419,678 over 9y, 14% of budgetHIDDEN HARVEST: $376,854 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetSAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $374,464 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetRescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan: $328,953 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetSAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $237,115 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetFRANKENMUTH HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $216,878 over 9y, 11% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC-SAGINAW: $209,586 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetUNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $199,891 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetMID-MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $199,227 over 8y, 16% of budgetSaginaw Community Foundation: $188,857 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetSaginaw County Youth Protection Council: $187,315 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetTEMPLEARTS: $184,278 over 5y, 14% of budgetSAGINAW SPIRIT FOUNDATION: $182,073 over 5y, 69% of budgetCHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT COUNCIL GREAT LAKES BAY REGION: $180,947 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetCOVENANT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $158,200 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetHIDDEN HARVEST CORPORATION: $146,048 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetREAD Association of Saginaw County: $144,155 over 6y, 19% of budgetSAGINAW COOPERATIVE HOSPITALS INC DBA/CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS: $130,804 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFirst Ward Community Service: $125,883 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetSAGINAW COUNTY BUSINESS & EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $121,452 over 3y, 16% of budgetSAGINAW CHORAL SOCIETY INC: $115,630 over 8y, 15% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOYT PARK: $115,112 over 5y, 21% of budgetMISSION IN THE CITY: $112,069 over 3y, 83% of budgetGREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION: $110,900 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetSAGINAW COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE INC: $109,896 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetSAGINAW COUNTY CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU: $105,870 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $100,200 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSAGINAW COUNTY CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $94,505 over 8y, 84% of budgetMAJOR CHORDS FOR MINORS: $94,255 over 7y, 19% of budgetFREELAND SOCCER CLUB: $90,000 over 2y, 77% of budgetSVRC Industries Inc: $74,074 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPIT & BALCONY INC: $73,678 over 4y, 13% of budgetGreat Lakes Bay Health Centers: $67,933 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP CENTER: $65,500 over 3y, 21% of budgetNew Beginnings Enrichment Center: $61,112 over 7y, 10% of budgetFIELD NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE: $54,980 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetMichigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $53,828 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetReaching Our Community Kids: $52,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCOVENANT ACADEMIES FOUNDATION: $52,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetREGION VII AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SAGINAW COUNTY: $49,084 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetEMMAUS HOUSE OF SAGINAW INC: $48,416 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetEast Side Soup Kitchen: $47,916 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetSurvivors of Suicide Inc: $46,500 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetFriends of Theodore Roethke Foundation: $46,031 over 5y, 23% 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 SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SAGINAW COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HIDDEN HARVEST ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds FRANKENMUTH HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC-SAGINAW ↗
  • Who funds UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC ↗
  • Who funds MID-MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Saginaw Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Saginaw County Youth Protection Council ↗
  • Who funds TEMPLEARTS ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW SPIRIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT COUNCIL GREAT LAKES BAY REGION ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HIDDEN HARVEST CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds READ Association of Saginaw County ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW COOPERATIVE HOSPITALS INC DBA/CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds First Ward Community Service ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW COUNTY BUSINESS & EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW CHORAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF HOYT PARK ↗
  • Who funds MISSION IN THE CITY ↗
  • Who funds GREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW COUNTY CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW COUNTY CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAJOR CHORDS FOR MINORS ↗
  • Who funds FREELAND SOCCER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds SVRC Industries 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.

Allen E & Marie A Nic…Wickson-Link Memorial…Bay Area Community Fo…Morley FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…Frank N Andersen Foun…Midland Area Communit…Wm McNally Family Fou…Bierlein Companies Fo…Wallace & Irene Bronn…Alice E Turner Memori…Boutell Memorial Fund
Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial FoundationMI73.9× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial Foundation · Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation · Bay Area Community Foundation · Morley Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Frank N Andersen Foundation · Midland Area Community Foundation · Wm McNally Family Foundation · Bierlein Companies Foundation · Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation · Alice E Turner Memorial Trust · Boutell Memorial 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 Saginaw Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Saginaw Community 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
    37report 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 189 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 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 $4.0M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

    Source object · view filing

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