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Shady Maple Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$416k
Granted FY2024still arriving
65
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Religion$1.4MEducation$538kHuman Services$416kHealth$179kHousing & Shelter$133kInternational$117kYouth Development$65kFood & Nutrition$57kOther$0
02FY2024 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k56 grants · $288k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $128k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REVELATIONS OF FREEDOM MINISTRIES$26,000
CONESTOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$20,000
WELSH MOUNTAIN HOME$15,000
CROSSNET MINISTRIES$15,000
SILVER SPRINGS MINISTRIES$12,000
COBYS FAMILY SERVICES$10,000
INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL OPPURTUNITIES$10,000
YWAM - ORLANDO$10,000
LINVILLE HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$10,000
DAY SEVEN MINISTRIES$8,000
GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES$8,000
THE PEACEMAKER CENTER$7,000
BREATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATI$5,000
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS$5,000
SUNNY CREST HOME INC$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $347k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHRIST'S HOME: $5k → 6%CHRIST'S HOME: $5k → 6%CHRIST'S HOME: $5k → 6%SUNNY CREST HOME INC: $5k → 11%SUNNY CREST HOME INC: $5k → 11%SUNNY CREST HOME: $5k → 11%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $8k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $5k → 9%BREATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATI: $5k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $5k → 9%SUNNY CREST HOME INC: $5k → 11%BREATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATI: $5k → 9%BREATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATI: $5k → 9%SUNNY CREST HOME INC: $5k → 11%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $5k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $5k → 9%BREATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATI: $5k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $5k → 9%CHAZAK RESCUE: $5k → 9%CHAZAK RESCUE: $5k → 9%COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 9%GREEN MEADOW FARM: $5k → 9%GREEN MEADOW FARM: $5k → 9%GREEN MEADOW FARM: $5k → 9%GREEN MEADOW FARM: $5k → 9%COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 9%GREEN MEADOWS FARM: $5k → 9%GREEN MEADOW FARM: $5k → 9%GREEN MEADOW FARM: $5k → 9%WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $10k → 9%WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $5k → 9%WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $5k → 9%WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $5k → 9%HOPE INSPIRE LOVE: $5k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $10k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $10k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $5k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $5k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $5k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $5k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $5k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $5k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $5k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $5k → 9%UPWARD CALL COUNSELING SERVICES: $15k → 9%UPWARD CALL COUNSELING SERVICES: $10k → 9%HOSPICE & COMMUNITY CARE: $10k → 9%UPWARD CALL COUNSELING SERVICES: $9k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
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MI
NY
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CA
MD
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HI
OK
AL
TX
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.9M · 82 repeat orgs$157k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +53% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

82 repeat relationships — 61 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

82
20

Total granted

$2.9M
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+21%

Still filing today

61%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
ReligionHuman ServicesEducationHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • RO
    REVELATIONS OF FREEDOM MINISTRIES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $198k · revenue +427%
  • WM
    WELSH MOUNTAIN HOME
    8× · 2017–2024 · $107k · revenue +42%
  • CM
    CROSSNET MINISTRIES
    7× · 2018–2024 · $95k · revenue +352%

Funded once

  • CA
    Christian Aid Ministriesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $31k · revenue +30%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • SU
    SIM USA INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2017 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Biblical Counseling and Training Ministries

To teach individuals how to apply the wisdom and depth of the bible's grace-centered message to the problems of daily living; and through various means, work to restore chirst to counseling and christ-centered counseling to the church.

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2
Christian Life Ministries

Counsel beleivers who are in need of spiritual and mental healing. bring non believers the good news of the gospel of grace. educate others on how to counsel through the word of god. provide seminars and conferences to enhance christian…

Human Services
3
Lighthouse Christian Home and Services Inc

For god's love to be expressed for and by individuals with developmental disabilities through faith based programs and services.

Human Services
4
Freedom That Lasts Ministries

Ftlm seeks to equip churches to minister to those who are suffering from addiction and equip christians with the resources needed to facilitate spiritual growth in christlike character and biblical wisdom.

Human Services
5
Life Training Ministries Inc

Christian counseling for individuals with anxiety depression or other emotional struggles. Christian counseling for marriages and other couples.

Human Services
6
Safe Haven Counseling Associates in

Biblical counseling

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7
Come to Him Ministries

To help those struggling in a personal crisis find relief and disciple them into a christ-centered lifestyle through a ministry of reconciliation, applying the truth of scripture, working with others and sharing in fellowship with those…

Health
8
One Another Ministries International

One another ministries provides member care, counseling, training,and crisis management services to christian organizations and ministries.

Religion
9
Door of Hope Ministry Inc

Door of hope discipleship ministry is a biblical counseling ministry located in columbus, north carolina, offering discipleship both in group settings at various conferences and teaching ministries and on a personal level through…

Religion
10
Worldserve Ministries

To advance the gospel in closed and hard-to-reach nations and to impact those nations for christ.

International
11
Christlife Ministries

Christlife ministries is a non-denominational program dedicated to the discipleship & restoration of ex-offenders, their families, & the imprisoned. mission begins with turning hearts, minds, and souls of parents to their children and…

Crime & Legal
12
Liberty Ministries

The ministry exists to serve offenders in prison and ex-offenders in the community by showing god's love, providing practical assistance, and supporting biblical standards of justice.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Faith Friendship Ministries and the most unlike its peers is Pathways Hybrid Learning. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%4%<5yr16%12%5–10yr20%13%10–20yr17%26%20–35yr10%33%35–55yr12%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%3%<5yr16%8%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr17%29%20–35yr10%32%35–55yr12%11%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/84
the rest of the field
15%
8,609/57,120

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

65 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 65 of the 106 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/65
Grantees still filing
58/65
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CONESTOGA CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION — $168,000 · OtherCONESTOGA CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONPETRA CHURCH — $87,000 · OtherTERRE HILL MENNONITE SCHOOL — $72,000 · OtherLINVILLE HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — $70,000 · Other+65 more — $1,335,800 · Other+65 moreREVELATIONS OF FREEDOM MINISTRIES — $198,000 · ReligionREVELATIONS OF FREEDO…CROSSNET MINISTRIES — $95,000 · ReligionCROSSNET MINISTRIESINSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES — $45,000 · ReligionINSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL …DYNAMIS WORLD MINISTRIES — $40,000 · ReligionDYNAMIS WORLD MINISTR…WHY NOT YOU MINISTRIES INC — $35,000 · ReligionWHY NOT YOU MINISTRIE…JUBILEE MINISTRIES — $35,000 · ReligionJUBILEE MINISTRIESChristian Aid Ministries — $31,329 · ReligionChristian Aid Ministr…Restart Training Center Ministry Inc — $25,000 · ReligionTEN MILLION FOR CHRIST — $25,000 · ReligionBLACK ROCK RETREAT — $20,000 · Religion+4 more — $28,500 · ReligionWATER STREET MINISTRIES — $55,000 · Human ServicesWATER STREET M…UPWARD CALL COUNSELING SERVICES INC — $44,000 · Human ServicesUPWARD CALL CO…FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY — $40,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP COM…CHRISTS HOME — $35,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTS HOMEGREEN MEADOW FARM — $35,000 · Human ServicesGREEN MEADOW F…GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES — $33,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN…CHOICES HEALTHCARE — $25,000 · Human ServicesCHOICES HEALTH…Sunny Crest Home Inc — $25,000 · Human ServicesSunny Crest Ho…NORTH STAR INITIATIVE — $25,000 · Human ServicesNORTH STAR INI…BREATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesCOBYS FAMILY SERVICES — $15,000 · Human Services+3 more — $25,000 · Human Services+3 moreWELSH MOUNTAIN HOME — $107,000 · Housing & ShelterFAITH FRIENDSHIP MINISTRIES — $40,000 · HealthFAIRMOUNT HOMES — $35,000 · HealthPEACEMAKER CENTER INC — $24,000 · HealthCORNERSTONE PREGNANCY CARE SERVICES — $5,000 · HealthORPHAN RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL — $60,000 · InternationalOPEN HANDS — $30,000 · InternationalIRIS GLOBAL — $7,000 · InternationalLIGHTHOUSE VOCATIONAL SERVICES — $50,000 · Employment
Other$1,732,800Religion$577,829Human Services$377,000Housing & Shelter$107,000Health$104,000International$97,000Employment$50,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetREVELATIONS OF FREEDOM MINISTRIES — $198,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetWELSH MOUNTAIN HOME — $107,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetCROSSNET MINISTRIES — $95,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetLINVILLE HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — $70,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetORPHAN RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL — $60,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetWATER STREET MINISTRIES — $55,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP ANDREWS — $55,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE VOCATIONAL SERVICES — $50,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES — $45,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetUPWARD CALL COUNSELING SERVICES INC — $44,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetDYNAMIS WORLD MINISTRIES — $40,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetFAITH FRIENDSHIP MINISTRIES — $40,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY — $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWHY NOT YOU MINISTRIES INC — $35,000 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetHERALDS OF HOPE INC — $35,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE — $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTS HOME — $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTENFOLD — $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN MEADOW FARM — $35,000 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetCAMP HEBRON INC — $35,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FACTORY MINISTRIES — $35,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetJUBILEE MINISTRIES — $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFAIRMOUNT HOMES — $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES — $33,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetChristian Aid Ministries — $31,329 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH BUILDERS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INC — $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWE CARE PROGRAM — $30,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetALIGN LIFE MINISTRIES — $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CLINIC FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN INC — $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOPEN HANDS — $30,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS — $27,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetCHOICES HEALTHCARE — $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSunny Crest Home Inc — $25,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetRestart Training Center Ministry Inc — $25,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTEN MILLION FOR CHRIST — $25,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetNORTH STAR INITIATIVE — $25,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPEACEMAKER CENTER INC — $24,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSUPPORT FOR PRISON MINISTRIES — $20,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetOpen Door Project — $20,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetBREATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC — $20,000 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetBLACK ROCK RETREAT — $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDAY SEVEN MINISTRIES INC — $18,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetGLOBAL DISCIPLES — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBIBLE VISUALS INTERNATIONAL INC — $15,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCOBYS FAMILY SERVICES — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJONI AND FRIENDS — $10,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHAZAK — $10,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetZOE INTERNATIONAL — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds REVELATIONS OF FREEDOM MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds WELSH MOUNTAIN HOME ↗
  • Who funds CROSSNET MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds LINVILLE HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ORPHAN RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds WATER STREET MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds CAMP ANDREWS ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE VOCATIONAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds UPWARD CALL COUNSELING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds DYNAMIS WORLD MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds FAITH FRIENDSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds WHY NOT YOU MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds HERALDS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTS HOME ↗
  • Who funds TENFOLD ↗
  • Who funds GREEN MEADOW FARM ↗
  • Who funds CAMP HEBRON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FACTORY MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds JUBILEE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds FAIRMOUNT HOMES ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Christian Aid Ministries ↗
  • Who funds FAITH BUILDERS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Anabaptist FoundationLancaster County Comm…The Norman & Elizabet…Clark Associates Char…Eden Bridge FoundationBurkholder Family Fou…Robert C Wenger Chari…North Foundation IncCrels FoundationFaithful Journey Foun…Christian Community F…Central Pennsylvania …
Anabaptist FoundationPA81.8× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Anabaptist Foundation · Lancaster County Community Foundation · The Norman & Elizabeth Hahn Family Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Eden Bridge Foundation · Burkholder Family Foundation · Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust · North Foundation Inc · Crels Foundation · Faithful Journey Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Shady Maple Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 106 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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