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Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated at a glance

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Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$45M
Granted FY2024still arriving
176
Grants FY2024still arriving
31
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$47MEducation$43MSocial Science$32MCivil Rights$24MInternational$22MArts & Culture$19MCrime & Legal$11MPhilanthropy$6.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 176 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $57k
  • $50k–250k96 grants · $13M
  • $250k+78 grants · $33M
$200,000
Median grant
31
States reached
$588M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HERITAGE FOUNDATION$1,200,000
FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INC$1,000,000
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY THE$1,000,000
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC$800,000
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$750,000
COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES THE$600,000
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC$600,000
TAX FOUNDATION$600,000
VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC$600,000
FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW & PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES$550,000
HERITAGE FOUNDATION$550,000
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$550,000
SPIRIT OF AMERICA WORLDWIDE$525,000
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY COUNCIL$520,000
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INC$500,000
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 (FY21–22, $250k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN VALUES: $150k → 17%BRAVER ANGELS INC: $100k → 17%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

VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
NC
DC
OK
LA
MS
GA
TX
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$207M · 174 repeat orgs$4.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

174 repeat relationships: 140 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

174
22

Total granted

$207M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
-5%

Still filing today

91%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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
EducationPublic BenefitArts & CultureCivil RightsInternationalSocial ScienceOther
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

  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $7.8M · revenue +12%
  • GM
    GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $7.4M · revenue +3%
  • AE
    AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
    5× · 2020–2024 · $7.2M · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE THE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW & DIPLOMACY
    one grant, 2022 · $420k
  • MS
    MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $335k
  • OC
    OKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue -6%
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
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
2
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
3
Frontiers of Freedom Institute

To educate the public on constitutional issues and public policy matters. We are dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, peace through strength, limited government, free enterprise, and the values embodied in the Declaration of…

Public Benefit
4
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
5
International Republican Institute

Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.

Education
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
7
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
8
The American Assembly

A national non partisan public policy forum to illuminate issues of public policy.

—
9
R Street Institute

The r street institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on…

Education
10
Center for the National Interest

The center is a non-partisan public policy institution established by former president richard nixon. its current programs focus on energy, security, climate change and u.s. relations with china, japan, russia and the middle east.

Public Benefit
11
American-German Institute Inc

The American-German Institute is a center for policy research and scholarship dedicated to the most important political, economic, and security issues confronting Germany and the United States in the global arena. AGI anticipates…

Social Science
12
Institute for Public Accuracy

To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Center for Advanced China Research. 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

181 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. 181 of the 207 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.

20
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
42
Early backer (in before they grew)
178/181
Grantees still filing
135/181
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $3,550,000 · OtherHudson Institute Inc: $3,115,000 · OtherFoundation For Excellence in Higher Education: $5,000,000 · OtherFoundation For Excellence in Higher E…+86 more: $61,009,575 · Other+86 moreGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,390,000 · EducationGEORGE MASON UNIVERS…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $5,683,740 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEE…INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $2,890,000 · EducationINTERCOLLEGIATE STUD…THE REASON FOUNDATION: $2,600,000 · EducationTHE REASON FOUNDATIO…FRANKLIN NEWS FOUNDATION: $1,870,000 · EducationASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $1,850,000 · EducationThe George Washington University: $1,365,500 · EducationMISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,340,000 · EducationREAL CLEAR FOUNDATION: $1,300,000 · Education+28 more: $12,452,736 · Education+28 moreTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $7,750,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOU…FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $3,850,000 · Public BenefitFOUNDATION FOR G…TAX FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 · Public BenefitTAX FOUNDATIONMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $2,880,000 · Public BenefitMANHATTAN INSTIT…THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES: $2,875,000 · Public BenefitTHE COMMONWEALTH…ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC: $1,660,000 · Public BenefitETHICS AND PUBLI…LUCY BURNS INSTITUTE INC: $1,600,000 · Public BenefitINSTITUTE FOR FREE SPEECH: $1,480,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND BUDGETARY ASSESSMENTS: $1,100,000 · Public Benefit+9 more: $4,895,000 · Public Benefit+9 moreCENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $5,000,000 · InternationalCENTER FOR …AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY COUNCIL: $2,428,800 · InternationalAMERICAN FO…Spirit of America Worldwide: $2,400,000 · InternationalSpirit of A…Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $2,050,000 · InternationalFoundation …CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY INC: $1,550,000 · InternationalCENTER FOR …THE ALEXANDER HAMILTON SOCIETY: $1,520,000 · InternationalTHE ALEXAND…FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,440,000 · InternationalFOREIGN POL…JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION: $1,282,707 · InternationalJAMESTOWN F…FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM: $1,200,000 · InternationalFEDERATION …CERTELL INC: $1,100,000 · InternationalTHE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS: $1,060,000 · International+2 more: $1,275,000 · International+2 moreVICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,990,000 · Arts & CultureVICTIMS OF…MOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE: $1,800,000 · Arts & CultureMOVING PIC…FOUNDATION FOR CULTURAL REVIEW: $1,800,000 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION…THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION: $1,710,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DAILY …MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $1,650,000 · Arts & CultureMEDIA RESE…New Civil Liberties Alliance: $1,570,000 · Arts & CultureNew Civil …COLLEGIATE NETWORK INC: $1,560,000 · Arts & CultureCOLLEGIATE…FREE TO CHOOSE NETWORK INC: $1,500,000 · Arts & CultureFREE TO CH…ALLEGHENY INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureENCOUNTER FOR CULTURE AND EDUCATION: $960,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN PRIVATE RADIO: $925,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $2,225,000 · Arts & Culture+6 moreAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $7,225,000 · Social ScienceAtlas Economic Research Foundation: $2,700,000 · Social ScienceMercatus Center Inc: $1,900,000 · Social ScienceInternational Freedom Educational Foundation Inc: $1,420,000 · Social ScienceThe Becket Fund: $1,325,000 · Social ScienceFoundation for Economic Education Inc: $1,250,000 · Social Science+4 more: $1,301,575 · Social ScienceSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $2,000,000 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $1,725,000 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $1,670,000 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE ON RELIGION & DEMOCRACY INC: $1,650,000 · Civil RightsIndependent Women's Forum: $1,465,000 · Civil RightsActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $1,330,000 · Civil RightsGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTE: $1,270,000 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,200,000 · Civil RightsCenter for Immigration Studies Inc: $1,150,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS: $785,000 · Civil Rights+6 more: $2,620,000 · Civil Rights
Other$72,674,575Education$38,741,976Public Benefit$31,090,000International$22,306,507Arts & Culture$19,690,000Social Science$17,121,575Civil Rights$16,865,000

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $7,750,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,390,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $7,225,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $5,683,740 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $5,000,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetFoundation For Excellence in Higher Education: $5,000,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $3,850,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $3,550,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetHudson Institute Inc: $3,115,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetTAX FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetVICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,990,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $2,890,000 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $2,880,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetTHE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES: $2,875,000 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetAtlas Economic Research Foundation: $2,700,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $2,600,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetAMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY COUNCIL: $2,428,800 over 5y, 20% of budgetSpirit of America Worldwide: $2,400,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $2,400,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $2,330,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $2,310,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $2,075,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetEVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $2,050,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $2,050,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $2,000,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC: $1,965,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $1,930,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $1,900,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFRANKLIN NEWS FOUNDATION: $1,870,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $1,850,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetInstitute for Humane Studies: $1,825,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetMOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE: $1,800,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CULTURAL REVIEW: $1,800,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $1,725,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $1,710,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION: $1,710,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $1,670,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC: $1,660,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $1,650,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetINSTITUTE ON RELIGION & DEMOCRACY INC: $1,650,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetPUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION: $1,625,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetLUCY BURNS INSTITUTE INC: $1,600,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetNew Civil Liberties Alliance: $1,570,000 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetCOLLEGIATE NETWORK INC: $1,560,000 over 4y, 52% of budgetCENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY INC: $1,550,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetTHE ALEXANDER HAMILTON SOCIETY: $1,520,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetTHE FAIRNESS CENTER INC: $1,515,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetFREE TO CHOOSE NETWORK INC: $1,500,000 over 5y, 10% 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.

Donors Trust IncThe Lynde and Harry B…Bradley Impact Fund I…Adolph Coors Foundati…The Searle Freedom Tr…John William Pope Fou…Charles Koch Foundati…Triad Foundation IncDiana Davis Spencer F…Charles Koch InstituteThe Seminar Network I…Garvey Kansas Foundat…
Donors Trust IncVA135× affinity78 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Adolph Coors Foundation · The Searle Freedom Trust · John William Pope Foundation · Charles Koch Foundation · Triad Foundation Inc · Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc · Charles Koch Institute · The Seminar Network Inc · Garvey Kansas 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 Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
9report 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 Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated?

Find your warmest path to Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated 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 207 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
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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