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Sheldon F Reese Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$346k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$675kArts & Culture$383kYouth Development$271kEducation$268kHealth$140kHousing & Shelter$138kPublic Safety & Disaster$113kCivil Rights$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $292k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST DYSMAS OF SOUTH DAKOTA$25,000
HOPE COALITION$24,000
CALL TO FREEDOM INC$24,000
AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIAION$21,400
FRIENDS OF THE LEVITT SHELL SIOUX FALLS INC$20,000
GREAT PLAINS ZOO AND AQUARIUM$20,000
SOUTH DAKOTA VOICES FOR PEACE$20,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER SIOUX FALLS$15,000
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SD$12,500
YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES$10,000
THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH$10,000
FAMILY CONNECTION$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SIOUX EMPIRE$10,000
CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY$10,000
SOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$10,000
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 (FY17–25, $366k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MISSOURI SHORES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $10k → 10%SIOUX FALLS HOPE COALITION: $20k → 9%DAKOTABILITIES: $15k → 9%DAKOTABILITIES: $15k → 9%SIOUX FALLS HOPE COALITION: $10k → 9%DAKOTABILITIES: $10k → 9%DAKOTABILITIES: $5k → 9%BUDDIES AND CO: $6k → 9%BUDDIES AND CO: $5k → 9%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY: $10k → 9%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY: $10k → 9%COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $30k → 9%CALL TO FREEDOM INC: $24k → 9%CALL TO FREEDOM INC: $20k → 9%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $20k → 9%CALL TO FREEDOM INC: $20k → 9%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SIOUX EMPIRE: $15k → 9%CALL TO FREEDOM INC: $15k → 9%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SIOUX EMPIRE: $10k → 9%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SD: $7k → 9%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $5k → 9%THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $20k → 9%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE: $5k → 9%THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $20k → 9%FURNITURE MISSION OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $10k → 9%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SIOUX EMPIRE: $5k → 9%FURNITURE MISSION OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $10k → 9%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SIOUX EMPIRE: $5k → 9%THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $10k → 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.
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 47 repeat orgs$449k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
36

Total granted

$1.9M
$358k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+36%

Still filing today

77%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • AU
    AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2017–2025 · $97k · revenue +79%
  • CT
    CALL TO FREEDOM
    4× · 2019–2025 · $79k · revenue +201%
  • FC
    FAMILY CONNECTION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $73k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BANQUET
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue -3%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF SD PUBLIC BROADCASTING
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • PF
    PROMISING FUTURES FUND (SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION)
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
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
Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency

Southeastern north dakota community action agency (sendcaa) was formed in 1965 to provide a range of services and activities in a six county area designed to alleviate poverty and give low-income people the opportunity to improve their…

Human Services
2
Downtown Sioux Falls

Downtown Sioux Falls boldly leads the downtown community by championing diverse experiences, economic growth, and a healthy environment.

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3
Sd Association of Healthcare Organizations

Advancing healthy communities through a unified voice across the health care continuum.

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4
Western South Dakota Senior Services Inc

To assist seniors in maintaining optimal health, independence, and socialization, deferring admission to long term care facilities and improving their quality of life.

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5
Mitchell Area Development Corporation

Promote economic development in the mitchell, sd area

Community Improvement
6
Watertown Development Company

Economic development in the watertown, south dakota area.

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7
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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8
Victims of Violence Intervention

Providing services to those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault and offering education, advocacy, and awareness to those in lawrence, harding, and butte counties in south dakota.

Human Services
9
South Dakota Retailers Association

Representing the interest of retail businesses who sell retail products and services throughout the state of south dakota.

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10
Credit Union Association of the Dakotas

The association works to promote member credit unions as being safe and sound institutions for insured deposits, responsible lending, and the best place for consumers to receive financial services.

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11
South Dakota Rural Electric Association

To serve the rural electric cooperatives in south dakota, to promote the effective development of rural electrification in south dakota on a cooperative, non-profit basis.

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12
Madison Community Hospital

Madison regional health system serves as a community health focal point through the provision of compassionate, quality, and innovative care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota; the most unlike its peers is Orthopedic Institute Foundation. 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

59 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. 59 of the 91 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/59
Grantees still filing
40/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA: $104,500 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICAFAMILY VISITATION CENTER: $95,000 · OtherFAMILY VISITATION CENTERYOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $70,500 · OtherYOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INCSOUTH DAKOTA VOICES FOR PEACE: $60,000 · OtherST DYSMAS OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $51,680 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $51,500 · OtherREACH LITERACY: $51,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER SIOUX FALLS: $50,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S INN: $45,000 · OtherTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE DAKOTAS: $42,500 · OtherLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SD: $41,500 · Other+44 more: $559,761 · Other+44 moreCOMMUNITY OUTREACH: $79,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY OUTREAC…CALL TO FREEDOM: $79,000 · Human ServicesCALL TO FREEDOMDAKOTABILITIES INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesDAKOTABILITIES IN…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE: $40,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD H…SIOUX FALLS HOPE COALITION: $30,000 · Human ServicesSIOUX FALLS HOPE …FURNITURE MISSION OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $20,000 · Human ServicesFURNITURE MISSION…CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME S…+3 more: $25,550 · Human Services+3 moreTHE BLACK HILLS PLAYHOUSE INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BLACK HIL…SCULPTUREWALK INC: $50,500 · Arts & CultureSCULPTUREWALK…HARMONY SOUTH DAKOTA INC: $36,750 · Arts & CultureHARMONY SOUTH…WASHINGTON PAVILION MANAGEMENT INC: $36,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON PA…SOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $27,500 · Arts & CultureSOUTH DAKOTA …CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $23,000 · Arts & CultureCRAZY HORSE M…BLACK HILLS COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $21,500 · Arts & CultureBLACK HILLS C…STOCKYARDS PLAZA INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSTOCKYARDS PL…AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION: $97,400 · EducationAUGUSTANA …SIOUX FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $56,245 · EducationSIOUX FALL…FRIENDS OF LEVITT SHELL SIOUX FALLS: $40,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF…SOUTHEAST TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationDAKOTA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationFAMILY CONNECTION: $72,755 · Housing & ShelterHOPE COALITION: $24,000 · Housing & ShelterBEACON CENTER: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC: $47,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS - DAKOTA HORIZONS: $24,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTH DAKOTA YOUTH FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE LOST AND FOUND ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · HealthMCCROSSAN BOYS RANCH: $20,000 · HealthAvera McKennan: $15,000 · HealthBETHANY LUTHERAN HOME FOR THE AGED INC: $10,000 · HealthTEDDY BEAR DEN: $3,344 · Health
Other$1,222,941Human Services$371,050Arts & Culture$280,250Education$213,645Housing & Shelter$106,755Youth Development$82,500Health$73,344

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 budgetAUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION: $97,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY VISITATION CENTER: $95,000 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY OUTREACH: $79,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetCALL TO FREEDOM: $79,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetFAMILY CONNECTION: $72,755 over 9y, 10% of budgetYOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $70,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BLACK HILLS PLAYHOUSE INC: $70,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA VOICES FOR PEACE: $60,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSIOUX FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $56,245 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetREACH LITERACY: $51,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetSCULPTUREWALK INC: $50,500 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER SIOUX FALLS: $50,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC: $47,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetDAKOTABILITIES INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE DAKOTAS: $42,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE: $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GLORY HOUSE OF SIOUX FALLS: $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF LEVITT SHELL SIOUX FALLS: $40,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetHARMONY SOUTH DAKOTA INC: $36,750 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetWASHINGTON PAVILION MANAGEMENT INC: $36,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC: $32,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetMITCHELL PREHISTORIC INDIAN VILLAGE: $30,200 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetTHE BANQUET: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSIOUX FALLS HOPE COALITION: $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $27,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE LOST AND FOUND ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS - DAKOTA HORIZONS: $24,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE COALITION: $24,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK HILLS COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $21,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetHELPLINE CENTER INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCCROSSAN BOYS RANCH: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFURNITURE MISSION OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMPASS CENTER: $18,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSTOCKYARDS PLAZA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAvera McKennan: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMulti-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls: $12,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBuddies & Co: $10,550 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetBEACON CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMISSOURI SHORES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBETHANY LUTHERAN HOME FOR THE AGED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHEAST TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBUTTERFLY HOUSE & AQUARIUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDAKOTA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 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 AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY VISITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds CALL TO FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BLACK HILLS PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA VOICES FOR PEACE ↗
  • Who funds SIOUX FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REACH LITERACY ↗
  • Who funds SCULPTUREWALK INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER SIOUX FALLS ↗
  • Who funds CHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds DAKOTABILITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds TEEN CHALLENGE OF THE DAKOTAS ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE ↗
  • Who funds THE GLORY HOUSE OF SIOUX FALLS ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF LEVITT SHELL SIOUX FALLS ↗
  • Who funds HARMONY SOUTH DAKOTA INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON PAVILION MANAGEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC ↗
  • Who funds MITCHELL PREHISTORIC INDIAN VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds THE BANQUET ↗
  • Who funds SIOUX FALLS HOPE COALITION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds THE LOST AND FOUND ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS - DAKOTA HORIZONS ↗
  • Who funds HOPE COALITION ↗
  • Who funds CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLACK HILLS COMMUNITY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds HELPLINE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation IncSD99.6× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · South Dakota Community Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Avera Health · The Mike Cindy and Kylie Huether Family Foundation · Larson Foundation · Sanford Group Return · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Sioux Empire United Way Inc · Levo Cares Foundation · The Robert and Rita Elmen Foundation · Xcel Energy 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 Sheldon F Reese Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sheldon F Reese Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    22report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Sheldon F Reese Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Sheldon F Reese 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 91 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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