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Sorenson Legacy Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$28M
Granted FY2024still arriving
266
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$5.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$63MPhilanthropy$48MHealth$30MHuman Services$14MInternational$9.2MArts & Culture$8.7MHousing & Shelter$5.8MFood & Nutrition$5.8MOther$0
02FY2024 · 266 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k33 grants · $183k
  • $10k–50k179 grants · $3.6M
  • $50k–250k42 grants · $3.4M
  • $250k+12 grants · $21M
$20,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$466M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CROCKER CATALYST FOUNDATION$5,675,000
DESERET TRUST COMPANY$5,000,000
INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC$1,800,000
U OF U - SCMI BUILDING$1,750,000
JDRF INTERNATIONAL$1,500,000
THOM & GAIL WILLIAMSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION$1,161,000
ELIZABETH ACADEMY$1,030,000
U OF U - COLLEGE OF EDUCATION$826,200
AMERICAN HERITAGE SCHOOLS INC$775,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF UTAH$666,667
UTAH FOOD BANK$381,333
U OF U - TANNER DANCE$260,000
TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION$210,000
BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE$200,000
THE ROAD HOME$200,000
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, $13.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THRIVE GULU INC: $175k → 8%OPERATION WARM INC: $200k → 6%THRIVE GULU INC: $115k → 8%OPERATION WARM INC: $100k → 6%OPERATION WARM INC: $100k → 6%OPERATION WARM INC: $80k → 6%FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $100k → 10%FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $90k → 10%SENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $75k → 6%CITIZENS AGAINST PHYSICAL & SEXUAL ABUSE: $125k → 12%CAPSA: $125k → 12%CITIZENS AGAINST PHYSICAL & SEXUAL ABUSE: $75k → 12%CAPSA: $75k → 12%FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $70k → 8%FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $70k → 8%FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $70k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $775k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $280k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $275k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $230k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $175k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $150k → 8%RACING FOR ORPHANS WITH DOWN SYNDROME: $75k → 8%RACING FOR ORPHANS WITH DOWN SYNDROME: $75k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $75k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $75k → 8%ENCIRCLE FAMILY AND YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER: $100k → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $130k → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY: $115k → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY: $105k → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $95k → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY: $90k → 8%SOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY: $80k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $454k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $450k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $400k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $265k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $235k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $200k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $200k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $85k → 8%RISE AND REBUILD FOUNDATION: $75k → 8%RISE AND REBUILD FOUNDATION: $71k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $760k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $275k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $150k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $85k → 8%THE INN BETWEEN: $75k → 8%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
ID
MT
IL
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
NC
DC
HI
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$200M · 502 repeat orgs$14M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

502 repeat relationships: 246 still active in FY2024, 256 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

502
240

Total granted

$200M
$10M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+13%

Still filing today

71%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.6M 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 ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • EA
    ELIZABETH ACADEMY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $22M · revenue +182% · 62% of their budget
  • CC
    CROCKER CATALYST FOUNDATION FKA THE ONEIRIC FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $20M · revenue +142% · 100% of their budget
  • TG
    THOM & GAIL WILLIAMSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2024 · $4.6M · revenue ×1,150 · 100% of their budget

Funded once

  • IH
    INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE
    one grant, 2017 · $750k
  • MA
    MOUNTAINLAND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2018 · $555k
  • EC
    ENSIGN COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $500k
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
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
2
Autism Foundation of Utah
Health
3
Utah Geological Foundation
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4
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
5
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Foundation

To serve as a catalyst for quality job growth and increased capital investment in the state.

Community Improvement
6
University of Utah Foundation

Provide support to the University of Utah Growth Capital Partners Foundation in Charitable, Educational and Scientific purposes.

Philanthropy
7
The Center for Economic Opportunity and Belonging

Our mission is to engage with communities and catalyze private, public, and philanthropic partnerships to remedy opportunity gaps in economic opportunity, education, health, and housing in Utah.

Community Improvement
8
Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake

To serve The People by honoring Native cultures, strengthening health and wellness programs, and cultivating community. We envision all Native peoples living balanced, prosperous, and healthy lives in diverse communities for Seven…

—
9
Utah's Promise

Utah's promise (up) is committed to 100% of kids and families thriving. we unify leaders, partners, communities and systems to achieve that promise.

Philanthropy
10
Utah Humanities Council

Utah Humanities collaborates with libraries, museums, historical societies, schools, colleges, and cultural and civic groups; provides capacity-building opportunities for volunteers and professionals in the cultural sector; presents…

Arts & Culture
11
Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce

Stimulate local business establishment, growth, and development by facilitating business to business and business to community relationships throughout Utah County.

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12
Trauma-Informed Utah

The primary purpose of Trauma-Informed Utah is to respond to requests for education, resources and training around implementing a Trauma-Informed approach within their organization. The focus includes any and all sectors of society seeking…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc; the most unlike its peers is Skyward Symphony. 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

505 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. 505 of the 763 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.

45
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
181
Early backer (in before they grew)
475/505
Grantees still filing
353/505
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DESERET TRUST CO: $11,100,000 · OtherDESERET TRUST COUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $10,184,671 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $5,583,393 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYUTAH VALLEY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $5,250,000 · OtherUTAH VALLEY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY-HAWAII: $4,450,000 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANK: $3,654,084 · OtherTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: $3,290,907 · OtherUTAH STATE UNIVERSITY: $3,098,784 · Other+99 more: $39,274,028 · Other+99 moreCROCKER CATALYST FOUNDATION FKA THE ONEIRIC FOUNDATION: $20,350,000 · PhilanthropyCROCKER CATALYST FOUN…THOM & GAIL WILLIAMSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,645,124 · PhilanthropyTHOM & GAIL WILLIAMSE…JKS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,640,000 · PhilanthropyJKS FAMILY FOUNDATIONJOSEPH AND KATHLEEN SORENSON LEGACY FOUN: $2,913,006 · PhilanthropyJOSEPH AND KATHLEEN S…JOAN AND TIM FENTON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,231,752 · Philanthropy+3 more: $1,676,667 · PhilanthropyELIZABETH ACADEMY: $21,596,082 · EducationELIZABETH ACADEMYAmerican Heritage Schools Inc: $2,275,000 · EducationAmerican Heritage…+16 more: $5,335,326 · Education+16 moreINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $6,910,000 · HealthINTERMOUNTA…The Rachel Covey Foundation: $1,750,000 · HealthThe Rachel …BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,500,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUG…MOBILE SURGERY INTERNATIONAL: $1,475,000 · HealthMOBILE SURG…Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $825,000 · HealthZahara Charity: $825,000 · HealthYOUTH FUTURES: $695,000 · Health+18 more: $5,218,443 · Health+18 moreTHE ROAD HOME: $2,289,000 · Human ServicesUTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $1,910,000 · Human ServicesNeighborhood House Association: $975,000 · Human ServicesTHE INN BETWEEN: $790,705 · Human ServicesSOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $695,000 · Human ServicesOperation Warm Inc: $590,000 · Human ServicesCITIZENS AGAINST PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE: $450,000 · Human Services+18 more: $4,227,646 · Human ServicesUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA: $1,610,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ORRIN G HATCH FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureTUACAHN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $565,000 · Arts & CultureZION CANYON MESA: $435,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET WEST: $325,000 · Arts & CultureWILFORD WOODRUFF PAPERS FOUNDATION: $300,000 · Arts & CultureJUMP THE MOON FOUNDATION: $237,200 · Arts & CultureHEART & SOUL: $195,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $300,000 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $970,000 · InternationalMULLY CHILDRENS FAMILY USA INC: $875,000 · InternationalAcademy for Creating Enterprise: $846,000 · InternationalWHOLIVES INC: $210,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $186,000 · InternationalEMERGENCY USA: $145,000 · InternationalWATTS OF LOVE: $145,000 · International
Other$85,885,867Philanthropy$35,456,549Education$29,206,408Health$19,198,443Human Services$11,927,351Arts & Culture$4,967,200International$3,377,000

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetELIZABETH ACADEMY: $21,596,082 over 8y, 62% of budgetCROCKER CATALYST FOUNDATION FKA THE ONEIRIC FOUNDATION: $20,350,000 over 5y, 100% of budgetINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $6,910,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetTHOM & GAIL WILLIAMSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,645,124 over 5y, 100% of budgetJKS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,640,000 over 2y, 96% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $3,654,084 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetJOSEPH AND KATHLEEN SORENSON LEGACY FOUN: $2,913,006 over 2y, 42% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $2,289,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetAmerican Heritage Schools Inc: $2,275,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetUTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $1,910,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetThe Rachel Covey Foundation: $1,750,000 over 8y, 24% of budgetUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA: $1,610,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,500,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMOBILE SURGERY INTERNATIONAL: $1,475,000 over 6y, 69% of budgetJOAN AND TIM FENTON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,231,752 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetTHE ORRIN G HATCH FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetNeighborhood House Association: $975,000 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $970,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBill of Rights Institute: $900,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetKids on the Move Inc: $880,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION: $877,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetMULLY CHILDRENS FAMILY USA INC: $875,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetAcademy for Creating Enterprise: $846,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $825,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetZahara Charity: $825,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $820,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE INN BETWEEN: $790,705 over 8y, 24% of budgetTHANKSGIVING POINT INSTITUTE INC: $780,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetYOUTH FUTURES: $695,000 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetSOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $695,000 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetBountiful Children's Foundation: $692,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetThe Community Foundation of Utah: $666,667 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S SERVICE SOCIETY OF UTAH: $660,000 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetMaliheh Free Clinic: $620,000 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetThe Becket Fund: $615,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $595,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetBRENT & CHERI ANDRUS CHARITABLE TRUST: $590,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $590,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWasatch Homeless Health Care: $585,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetTUACAHN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $565,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetSCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP-AFGHANISTAN INC: $550,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE COALITION FKA FOOD & CARE COALITION OF UTAH VALLEY: $540,000 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetSALT LAKE CITY BICYCLE COLLECTIVE: $525,000 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetWESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY: $515,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH: $510,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION: $496,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $495,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS AGAINST PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE: $450,000 over 5y, 4.7% 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 ELIZABETH ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds CROCKER CATALYST FOUNDATION FKA THE ONEIRIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THOM & GAIL WILLIAMSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JKS FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds JOSEPH AND KATHLEEN SORENSON LEGACY FOUN ↗
  • Who funds THE ROAD HOME ↗
  • Who funds American Heritage Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds The Rachel Covey Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE SURGERY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds JOAN AND TIM FENTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ORRIN G HATCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Neighborhood House Association ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Bill of Rights Institute ↗
  • Who funds Kids on the Move Inc ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MULLY CHILDRENS FAMILY USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Academy for Creating Enterprise ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc ↗
  • Who funds Zahara Charity ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE 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.

George S and Dolores …Larry H Miller and Ga…Lawrence & Janet Dee …The Community Foundat…Ihc Health Services I…McCarthey Family Foun…Thom & Gail Williamse…Intermountain Communi…Kennecott Utah Copper…The Miner FoundationThe Ashton Family Fou…Marriner S Eccles Fou…
George S and Dolores Dore Eccles FoundationUT306× affinity195 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Ihc Health Services Inc · McCarthey Family Foundation · Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation · Intermountain Community Care Foundation Inc · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · The Miner Foundation · The Ashton Family Foundation · Marriner S Eccles 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 Sorenson Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sorenson Legacy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%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
    3get no government money at all
    76report 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 Sorenson Legacy Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Sorenson Legacy 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 763 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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