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Sample Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$555k
Granted FY2024still arriving
76
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.6MHuman Services$540kYouth Development$416kEducation$239kHealth$213kHousing & Shelter$199kFood & Nutrition$152kRecreation & Sports$148kOther$0
02FY2024 · 76 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k50 grants · $197k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $358k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARTNERS HOPE FOUNDATION$20,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MISSOULA$20,000
FORT ELLIS FIRE AND RESCUE$18,178
POVERELLO CENTER INC$15,016
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF YELLOWSTONE COUNTY$15,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY$15,000
MISSOULA FOOD BANK & COMMUNITY CENTER$15,000
EAGLE MOUNT BOZEMAN$15,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - MONTANA$15,000
BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS$15,000
BEAR$15,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION AND LAKE COUNTY$15,000
IMMANUEL FOUNDATION$15,000
BIG SKY SENIOR SERVICES$15,000
FARM TO SCHOOL OF PARK COUNTY$14,400
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 (FY20–24, $351k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA: $12k → 9%CASA OF LAKE & SANDERS COUNTIES: $10k → 18%FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME & SERVICES: $10k → 9%FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME & SERVICES: $10k → 9%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA: $5k → 9%GUADALUPE CENTER: $11k → 10%FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME & SERVICES: $10k → 9%GREAT FALLS SCOTTISH RITE CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE DISORDERS CLINIC: $10k → 14%GUADALUPE CENTER: $5k → 10%HOMAGE: $5k → 9%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA: $4k → 9%BILLINGS FAMILY YMCA: $6k → 9%FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME & SERVICES: $9k → 9%FUN TIME EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY: $10k → 10%FUN TIME EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY: $8k → 10%FAMILY OUTREACH: $2k → 9%BILLINGS FAMILY YMCA: $5k → 9%REACH INC: $6k → 10%CASA OF LAKE COUNTY: $3k → 18%BILLINGS FAMILY YMCA: $5k → 9%REACH INC: $5k → 10%SAFE HARBOR: $12k → 18%BILLINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $5k → 9%BEFRIENDERS: $3k → 10%CASA OF LAKE COUNTY: $3k → 18%FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME & SERVICES: $10k → 9%SAFE HARBOR: $12k → 18%SAFE HARBOR: $3k → 18%FAMILY PROMISE GALLATIN VALLEY: $15k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY: $15k → 10%ANGELA'S PIAZZA: $3k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY: $10k → 10%SAFE HARBOR: $2k → 18%SAFE HARBOR: $2k → 18%WESTERN MONTANA GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 9%FAMILY SERVICES INC: $3k → 9%CHILD BRIDGE: $5k → 18%YWCA MISSOULA: $2k → 9%EAGLE MOUNT BILLINGS: $15k → 9%BIG SKY SENIOR SERVICES: $15k → 9%YWCA MISSOULA: $11k → 9%BIG SKY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $15k → 9%YWCA MISSOULA: $10k → 9%MISSOULA FAMILY YMCA: $5k → 9%YWCA MISSOULA: $5k → 9%THE GREATER MISSOULA FAMILY YMCA: $4k → 9%PED WILLOW LEARNING CENTER: $3k → 9%PED WILLOW LEARNING CENTER: $3k → 9%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

WA
MT
IL
WI
NY
NJ
CA
CO
TN
GA
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 76 repeat orgs$946k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

76 repeat relationships: 48 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
122

Total granted

$3.0M
$758k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+14%

Still filing today

70%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $188k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • YA
    YELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM
    2× · 2021–2023 · $1.5M · revenue +75% · 69% of their budget
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF YELLOWSTONE COUNTY
    4× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +52%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +488%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF MISSOULA COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · $29k · revenue +13%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF YELLOWSTONE
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • MA
    MISSOULA ART MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +163%
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
Empower Mt

Empowermt creates a more just and inclusive society by developing youth and adult leaders who work to end mistreatment, correct systemic inequities, and strengthen communities. empowermt envisions a montana where each person is respected…

Human Services
2
Missoula Community Foundation

To enhance community vitality by inspiring community giving and strengthening nonprofits

Community Improvement
3
Partnership Health Center Inc

Partnership health center ensures that accessible, comprehensive primary healthcare is provided to the medically underserved population in our region, through a partnership of community resources.

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4
Northwest Montana Community Land Trust Inc

Provide permanently affordable homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income families in the flathead valley and nw montana.

Housing & Shelter
5
Montana Chamber of Commerce

To create and sustain an optimal business climate, business prosperity and a strong montana economy through advocacy, education and collaboration, working to provide an empowered and educated workforce, reduce business growth obstacles,…

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6
Montana Budget and Policy Center

To advance responsible tax, budget, and economic policies through credible research and analysis in order to promote opportunity and fairness for all Montanans.

Public Benefit
7
Center for Mental Health

The center for mental health partners with people and communities to produce exceptional mental health and substance abuse services.

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8
Missoula Electric Cooperative Inc

Missoula Electric Cooperative, Inc. strives to uphold a commitment to service excellence, while delivering safe, affordable and reliable electricty to its members.

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9
Scenic Montana Trails
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10
The Montana Land Reliance

The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.

Environment
11
Montana Shares Inc

A partnership of nonprofit groups devoted to improving the quality of life throughout Montana.

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12
Jobs Now Inc Dba Montana West Economic Development

To build upon the economic base in flathead county by assisting business startups and expansion activities with resources and valuable connections. montana west delivers local business economic development services targeted to impact job…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Montana School for the Deaf and Blind Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Instrument Shop. 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

131 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. 131 of the 226 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
37
Early backer (in before they grew)
130/131
Grantees still filing
80/131
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM: $1,547,400 · Arts & CultureYELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM+5 more: $47,985 · Arts & CultureCHILD'S PATH INC (FORMERLY COLLIER CHILD CARE RESOURCES INC - CCCR): $69,500 · OtherBILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $60,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY MISSOULA INC: $55,000 · OtherHAVEN: $49,300 · Other+132 more: $1,229,896 · Other+132 moreFAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PRO…FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME AND SERVICES: $49,300 · Human ServicesFLORENCE C…SAFE HARBOR INC: $30,500 · Human ServicesSAFE HARBO…BIG SKY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesBIG SKY SE…YWCA MISSOULA: $28,147 · Human ServicesYWCA MISSO…MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $21,700 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN H…Fun Time Early Childhood Academy Inc: $18,000 · Human ServicesGuadalupe Center Inc: $16,000 · Human ServicesCASA OF LAKE & SANDERS COUNTIES: $16,000 · Human ServicesBILLINGS FAMILY YMCA INC: $15,991 · Human ServicesEAGLE MOUNT BILLINGS: $15,000 · Human Services+14 more: $81,404 · Human Services+14 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RICHLAND COUNTY: $64,432 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF YELLOWSTONE COUNTY: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - MONTANA: $37,500 · Youth DevelopmentBoys and Girls Club of Missoula County: $37,306 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LEWISTOWN: $11,400 · Youth DevelopmentPROJECT ASCENT: $10,000 · Youth Development+4 more: $23,198 · Youth DevelopmentBLUE MOUNTAIN CLINIC INC: $23,500 · HealthPARTNERS HOPE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $13,100 · HealthHELP COMMITTEE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE HI-LINE: $7,500 · HealthCHINOOK HORSES: $6,375 · HealthMONTANA EMPOWERMENT CENTER INC: $6,200 · HealthNATE CHUTE FOUNDATION INC: $5,493 · HealthMOUNTAIN HEALTH GIVES: $5,000 · HealthButte Cares Inc: $4,120 · Health+2 more: $6,000 · HealthBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION AND LAKE COUNTY: $60,000 · Recreation & SportsOutdoors for all Foundation: $12,500 · Recreation & SportsCHILDRENS ONCOLOGY CAMP FOUNDATION: $9,300 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsMISSOULA FOOD BANK & COMMUNITY CENTER: $21,980 · Food & NutritionMONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionCUSTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionBIGFORK FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN CHEYENNE FOOD PANTRY: $10,000 · Food & NutritionGARDEN CITY HARVEST INC: $7,000 · Food & NutritionLIVINGSTON FOOD PANTRY OF PARK COUNTY: $6,176 · Food & NutritionHELENA FOOD SHARE INC: $3,387 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$1,595,385Other$1,463,696Human Services$382,042Youth Development$243,836Health$97,288Recreation & Sports$84,300Food & Nutrition$83,543

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM: $1,547,400 over 2y, 69% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF RICHLAND COUNTY: $64,432 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION AND LAKE COUNTY: $60,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF YELLOWSTONE COUNTY: $60,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC: $60,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY MISSOULA INC: $55,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME AND SERVICES: $49,300 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHAVEN: $49,300 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HELENA INC: $47,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - MONTANA: $37,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Missoula County: $37,306 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMONTANA WILDERNESS SCHOOL: $37,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetEASTERN MONTANA CASAGAL INC: $34,143 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetEagle Mount: $31,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSAFE HARBOR INC: $30,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBIG SKY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MISSOULA COUNTY: $29,045 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetYWCA MISSOULA: $28,147 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMISSOULA INTERFAITH COLLABORATIVE: $26,244 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetPOVERELLO CENTER INC: $25,032 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBRIDGERCARE: $24,168 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN CLINIC INC: $23,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMISSOULA FOOD BANK & COMMUNITY CENTER: $21,980 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $21,700 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMONTANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND FOUNDATION: $21,132 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetMISSOULA URBAN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT: $20,250 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetPARTNERS HOPE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMISSOULA ART MUSEUM: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetIntermountain Deaconess Childrens Services: $18,345 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFun Time Early Childhood Academy Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF LAKE & SANDERS COUNTIES: $16,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetBILLINGS FAMILY YMCA INC: $15,991 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDISTRICT XI HUMAN RESOURCE COUNCIL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEAGLE MOUNT BILLINGS: $15,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCOUNCIL GROVES APARTMENTS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetIMMANUEL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARM TO SCHOOL OF PARK COUNTY: $14,400 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBILLINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $13,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOutdoors for all Foundation: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSMALL WONDER CHILD CARE INC: $11,603 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LEWISTOWN: $11,400 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFLATHEAD LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $11,400 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGREAT FALLS SCOTTISH RITE CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE DISORDERS CLINIC: $11,023 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetREACH INC: $10,829 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE: $10,500 over 3y, 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.

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.

Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Town Pump Charitable …Montana Community Fou…First Interstate Banc…Treacy FoundationOtto Bremer TrustHeadwaters Health Fou…M J Murdock Charitabl…Gianforte Family Char…The Steele-Reese Foun…Cross Charitable Foun…The High Stakes Found…
Dennis & Phyllis Washington FoundationMT132.4× affinity72 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Treacy Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · The Steele-Reese Foundation Xxxxx1004 · Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark · The High Stakes 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 Sample Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sample Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Naples Community Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Guadalupe Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
44report 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.
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How do I get to Sample Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Sample Foundation Inc 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 226 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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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