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Sterling Insurance Company Foundation 008132 at a glance

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Sterling Insurance Company Foundation 008132

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$172k
Granted FY2025still arriving
78
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$51k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$764kHealth$173kEducation$146kPhilanthropy$98kHuman Services$53kPublic Benefit$53kArts & Culture$36kFood & Nutrition$33kOther$0
02FY2025 · 78 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k75 grants · $80k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $42k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $51k
$300
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHOHARIE ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE CORP$50,500
THE JOSHUA PROJECT$31,975
SCHOHARIE COUNTY COUNCIL OF SENIOR$10,000
MARATHON FOR A BETTER LIFE$5,725
COBLESKILL RICHMONDVILLE EDUCATION FDN$5,450
SUNY COBLESKILL FOUNDATION$5,150
COBLESKILL PARTNERSHIP INC$5,150
HELIOS CARE$5,000
SCHOHARIE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
FRIENDS OF BASSETT$5,000
ANIMAL SHELTER OF SCHOHARIE VALLEY$3,075
NEW YORK INSURANCE SCHOLARSHIP FDN$2,500
IROQUOIS INDIAN MUSEUM$2,500
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, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE INSTITUTE: $438 → 6%DNA DOE PROJECT: $25 → 9%CAPTAIN COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES: $250 → 7%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $250 → 7%THE BUS STOP CLUB: $100 → 11%MERCY HOUSE OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $100 → 20%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $600 → 14%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $100 → 8%ARC OF WAYNE FOUNDATION: $100 → 11%Jim Juli Boeheim Foundation: $50 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 → 14%CAPTAIN COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES: $150 → 7%THINGS OF MY VERY OWN: $650 → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $50 → 14%Palmyra Community Center: $1k → 11%THINGS OF MY VERY OWN: $400 → 12%Palmyra Community Center: $100 → 11%THINGS OF MY VERY OWN INC: $400 → 12%THINGS OF MY VERY OWN: $100 → 12%UMBRELLA OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT IN: $100 → 12%THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%HELIOS CARE: $5k → 13%HELIOS CARE: $5k → 13%HELIOS CARE: $5k → 13%HELIOS CARE: $5k → 13%HELIOS CARE: $3k → 13%FIELDS OF GRACE OUTREACH: $125 → 10%Fiends of Grace Outreach: $125 → 10%FIELDS OF GRACE OUTREACH: $125 → 10%HELIOS CARE: $130 → 13%HELIOS CARE: $120 → 13%FIELDS OF GRACE OUTREACH: $100 → 10%PATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $100 → 13%FIELDS OF GRACE OUTREACH: $100 → 10%BRING ON THE SPECTRUM INC: $150 → 14%THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE: $150 → 14%HERO FUND AMERICA INC: $500 → 10%HERO FUND AMERICA INC: $500 → 10%SCHOHARIE COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNC: $2k → 10%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
MN
IL
NY
IA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
AL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 42% of Sterling Insurance Company Foundation 008132’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 57%.

Sterling Insurance Company Foundation 008132lessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 130 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

130 repeat relationships: 57 still active in FY2025, 73 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

130
126

Total granted

$1.5M
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+12%

Still filing today

45%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SE
    SCHOHARIE ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE CORPORATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $526k · revenue +26% · 26% of their budget
  • FO
    Friends of Bassett Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $81k · revenue +11%
  • MF
    MARATHON FOR A BETTER LIFE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $32k · revenue +240%

Funded once

  • HR
    HEALTH RESEARCH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -31%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DELAWARE & OTSEGO
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • NR
    NORTHEAST REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
2
St Joseph's Medical Pc

We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.

Health
3
The Saratoga Hospital

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
4
Als Association Upstate New York Chapter Inc

To lead the fight to cure and treat als through global, cutting edge research and patient care.

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5
Schofield Home Health Care Services Inc

To provide the highest level of professional and paraprofessional home health care services with care, compassion, and allowing patients to remain in their own home. We meet our mission by operating a licensed home care agency providing…

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6
Humane Society of Schuyler County Inc

To eliminate pet overpopulation, prevent animal cruelty, provide quality care for homeless animals, promote responsible pet ownership and help the community to develop humane principles toward all animals.

Animals
7
Community Health Action of Staten Island Inc

Community health action of staten island' drives dramatic improvements in the health of new yorkers.

Unclassified
8
Sunnyview Hospital and Rehabilitation Center

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.sunnyview rehabilitation hospital is a member of st. peter's health…

Health
9
Schuyler Hospital Inc

Schuyler Hospital is a network of providers, programs and services that meets the healthcare needs of a population of over 32,000 residents, through a wide range of medical services, highly skilled medical staff, and our devotion to…

Health
10
Rochester General Health System

Rochester general health system, provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.

Health
11
Humane Society of Yates County

The humane society of yates county exists to promote the welfare of companion and domestic animals through educational programs and initiatives that reduce pet overpopulation, enrich adoptions, and encourage responsible pet ownership.

Animals
12
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates County Inc

Soldiers and sailors memorial hospital is a community based, not-for-profit critical access hospital dedicated to maintaining and improving the health of all people in the central finger lakes region. we are committed to safe, high…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ellenville Regional Hospital Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sunmark Charitable Community Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

144 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. 144 of the 278 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
139/144
Grantees still filing
86/144
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOHARIE ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE CORPORATION: $526,000 · Food & NutritionSCHOHARIE ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE CORPORATIO…REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $18,450 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $1,400 · Food & NutritionJOSHUA FOUNDATION INC: $72,224 · OtherJOSHUA FOUNDATION INCSUNY COBLESKILL FOUNDATION: $69,900 · OtherSUNY COBLESKILL FOUNDATIONSCHOHARIE COUNTY COUNCIL OF SENIOR: $51,750 · OtherSCHOHARIE COUNTY COUNCIL OF SENIORIndividual grant recipient: $39,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $24,145 · OtherLITERACY NEW YORK INC: $19,500 · OtherSCHOHARIE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $26,819 · Other+131 more: $222,864 · Other+131 moreCOBLESKILL PARTNERSHIP INCORPORATED: $208,045 · EducationCOBLESKILL PARTNER…COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $13,625 · EducationCOBLESKILL-RICHMON…THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY: $12,500 · EducationNEW YORK INSURANCE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $10,600 · Education+3 more: $5,950 · EducationFriends of Bassett Inc: $80,733 · Philanthropy+3 more: $1,400 · PhilanthropyMARATHON FOR A BETTER LIFE INC: $31,719 · HealthHEALTH RESEARCH INC: $6,264 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,575 · HealthRICHMONDVILLE VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SQUAD: $2,000 · Health+16 more: $7,275 · HealthIROQUOIS INDIAN MUSEUM: $18,800 · Arts & CultureKLINKHART HALL ARTS CENTER INC: $6,630 · Arts & CultureSCHOPEG ACCESS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSchoharie County Historical Society: $1,750 · Arts & CultureSCHOHARIE RIVER CENTER INC: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $4,675 · Arts & CultureCATSKILL AREA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC DBA HELIOS CARE: $23,375 · Human ServicesSCHOHARIE COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $1,750 · Human ServicesTHINGS OF MY VERY OWN INC: $1,550 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,150 · Human ServicesPalmyra Community Center: $1,100 · Human Services+8 more: $3,463 · Human Services
Food & Nutrition$545,850Other$526,202Education$250,720Philanthropy$82,133Health$51,833Arts & Culture$38,355Human Services$32,388

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 budgetSCHOHARIE ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE CORPORATION: $526,000 over 7y, 26% of budgetCOBLESKILL PARTNERSHIP INCORPORATED: $208,045 over 9y, 86% of budgetFriends of Bassett Inc: $80,733 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetMARATHON FOR A BETTER LIFE INC: $31,719 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetSCHOHARIE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $26,819 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCATSKILL AREA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC DBA HELIOS CARE: $23,375 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY NEW YORK INC: $19,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetIROQUOIS INDIAN MUSEUM: $18,800 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $18,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL SHELTER OF SCHOHARIE VALLEY INC: $17,460 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCOBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $13,625 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY LIBRARY: $12,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNEW YORK INSURANCE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $10,600 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetKLINKHART HALL ARTS CENTER INC: $6,630 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetHEALTH RESEARCH INC: $6,264 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAYRES MEMORIAL ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $5,750 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetLe Moyne College: $5,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOPEG ACCESS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,575 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOBLESKILL RESCUE SQUAD INC: $2,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRICHMONDVILLE VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SQUAD: $2,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetJefferson Historical Society: $1,800 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSchoharie County Historical Society: $1,750 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSCHOHARIE COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY MISSION OF SCHENECTADY: $1,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHINGS OF MY VERY OWN INC: $1,550 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOHARIE RIVER CENTER INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPARROW'S NEST OF THE HUDSON VALLEY: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSharon Springs Free Library: $1,250 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetST CATHERINE'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION OF UTICA INC: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPalmyra Community Center: $1,100 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHero Fund America Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBEAGLE FREEDOM PROJECT: $900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHealthwell Foundation: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSUNMARK CHARITABLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $900 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRICHMONDVILLE VOL FIRE COMPANY INC: $800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLEATHERSTOCKING HONOR FLIGHT INC: $775 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER INC: $750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN MOUNTAIN PUG RESCUE: $650 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFIELDS OF GRACE OUTREACH: $575 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetInsulin For Life USA Inc: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBON SECOURS WARWICK HEALTH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.4% 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 SCHOHARIE ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds COBLESKILL PARTNERSHIP INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Bassett Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARATHON FOR A BETTER LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHOHARIE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds CATSKILL AREA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC DBA HELIOS CARE ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds IROQUOIS INDIAN MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL SHELTER OF SCHOHARIE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK INSURANCE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KLINKHART HALL ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds AYRES MEMORIAL ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Le Moyne College ↗
  • Who funds SCHOPEG ACCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…JM McDonald Foundatio…Pioneer Bank Charitab…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Price Chopper's Golub…William Gundry Brough…The Nycm FoundationRose & Kiernan Charit…Capital District Phys…The John and Kellyann…Review FoundationThe Community Foundat…
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY39.2× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation Inc · The Nycm Foundation · Rose & Kiernan Charitable Foundation Inc · Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc · The John and Kellyanne Murray Charitable Foundation · Review Foundation · The Community Foundation for South Central New York Inc

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 Sterling Insurance Company Foundation 008132 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sterling Insurance Company Foundation 008132. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
36report 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.

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 278 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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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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