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Strada Education Foundation Inc

Strada education foundation, inc.

$28M
Granted FY2024still arriving
182
Grants FY2024still arriving
34
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$129MEmployment$54MPublic Benefit$8.5MYouth Development$7.2MPhilanthropy$6.0MCommunity Improvement$5.0MInternational$2.7MScience & Tech$2.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 182 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $609k
  • $50k–250k103 grants · $12M
  • $250k+35 grants · $15M
$110,177
Median grant
34
States reached
$1.8B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION$1,300,000
NATIONAL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE$1,250,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$1,106,531
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY$656,612
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC$500,000
NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION$500,000
US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION$490,000
EDUCATION DESIGN LAB$481,039
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STUDENT SUCCESS$477,500
COLLEGE IN HIGH SCHOOL ALLIANCE$450,000
THE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY$410,000
THE RAND CORPORATION$406,537
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF SERVICE AND CIVIC INNOVATION$400,000
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$380,687
NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION$370,000
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 (FY17–24, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $11k → 11%THE HOPE CENTER: $10k → 16%DAYTIME ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES & RECREATION INC: $7k → 8%YMCA OF THE ROCKIES-SNOW MOUNTAIN RANCH: $10k → 7%NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION: $15k → 12%DAMAR FOUNDATION: $9k → 8%OHIO EXCELS: $100k → 15%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $106k → 24%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $8k → 11%FUNDERS TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNESS: $75k → 16%YMCA OF THE ROCKIES - SNOW MOUNTAIN RANCH: $7k → 7%DAMAR GUILD INC: $7k → 8%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 24%CHILDREN FIRST: $100k → 22%UTAH REFUGEE CENTER: $10k → 8%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $25k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $25k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $25k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $21k → 9%OPPORTUNITY AMERICA EDUCATIONAL FUND: $25k → 14%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $250k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $250k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $250k → 17%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE: $50k → 16%STREET SENSE INC: $7k → 14%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 16%PILGRIM PLACE: $9k → 14%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS: $20k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $15k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $10k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS: $34k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS: $27k → 16%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $26k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $15k → 16%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $20k → 16%MENTORING WOMEN'S NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $116k → 16%MENTORING WOMEN'S NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $51k → 16%MENTORING WOMEN'S NETWORK: $26k → 16%INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC: $22k → 16%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES: $9k → 16%THE VILLAGES: $10k → 16%MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 16%IMANI AID INC: $15k → 16%IMANI AID INC: $14k → 16%IMANI AID INC: $14k → 16%IMANI AID INC: $14k → 16%IMANI AID INC: $12k → 16%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

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NH
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NV
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IN
OH
PA
NJ
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CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
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AL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$170M · 260 repeat orgs$44M to everyone else

260 repeat relationships: 99 still active in FY2024, 161 since wound down; 68 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

260
205

Total granted

$170M
$32M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+39%

Still filing today

80%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12M 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
EducationHuman ServicesEmploymentYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • RN
    ROADTRIP NATION LTD
    5× · 2017–2021 · $12M · revenue +39% · 49% of their budget
  • SC
    STRADA COLLABORATIVE INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $10M · revenue +106%
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $4.9M · revenue +196%

Funded once

  • RU
    REACH UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1.5M · revenue +129%
  • SI
    SCRIPTED INC DBA CODE NATION
    one grant, 2018 · $1.5M · revenue -95% · 47% of their budget
  • MDRC
    one grant, 2021 · $1.5M · revenue -4%
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
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
7
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
8
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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9
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
10
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
11
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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12
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Century Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fall Creek Little League Inc. 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

453 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. 453 of the 558 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.

22
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
84
Early backer (in before they grew)
440/453
Grantees still filing
323/453
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EDUCATION AT WORK INC: $28,527,892 · OtherEDUCATION AT WORK INCROADTRIP NATION LTD: $11,894,819 · OtherROADTRIP NATION LTDSTRADA COLLABORATIVE INC: $10,045,290 · OtherSTRADA COLLABORATIVE INCJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC: $7,779,999 · OtherJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INCSTATE OF INDIANA: $3,625,000 · Other+69 more: $41,649,464 · Other+69 moreARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $4,886,573 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR …UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $4,319,770 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATIONAMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION: $3,836,420 · EducationAMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATIONThurgood Marshall College Fund: $2,601,334 · Education+91 more: $56,104,934 · Education+91 moreCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $2,308,085 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,025,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMONWEALTH CORPORATION FOUNDATION: $1,014,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $940,510 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $820,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $610,956 · PhilanthropyBROWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · PhilanthropyRODEL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION - DE: $400,000 · PhilanthropyMDRC: $1,500,000 · EmploymentSAN DIEGO WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,148,200 · EmploymentJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $810,000 · EmploymentKINEXUS YOUTH SOLUTIONS: $750,000 · EmploymentCLIMB HIRE INC: $700,000 · EmploymentMIRACOSTA COLLEGE FACULTY ASSEMBLY: $400,000 · EmploymentBURNING GLASS INSTITUTE: $385,000 · EmploymentW E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION: $360,000 · EmploymentJobs for America's Graduates Inc: $355,150 · EmploymentINNER-CITY COMPUTER STARS FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EmploymentBRAVEN INC: $2,487,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $845,000 · Youth DevelopmentEMBARC INC: $362,660 · Youth DevelopmentKINESIS INC: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEADERSUP: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,030,000 · Social ScienceWASHINGTON MONTHLY INSTITUTE: $700,000 · Social ScienceTHE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY: $568,840 · Social ScienceJUST CAPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $354,000 · Social ScienceITHAKA HARBORS INC: $300,000 · Social ScienceNEW PROFIT INC: $2,000,000 · Community ImprovementHAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE: $560,000 · Community ImprovementTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $275,000 · Community Improvement
Other$103,522,464Education$71,749,031Philanthropy$7,518,551Employment$6,658,350Youth Development$4,195,160Social Science$2,952,840Community Improvement$2,835,000

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 budgetROADTRIP NATION LTD: $11,894,819 over 5y, 49% of budgetSTRADA COLLABORATIVE INC: $10,045,290 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC: $7,779,999 over 8y, 34% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $4,886,573 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $4,319,770 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION: $3,836,420 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetNATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR BEST PRACTICES: $3,100,843 over 3y, 12% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $2,601,334 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetEDTECH EVIDENCE EXCHANGE INC: $2,564,000 over 5y, 36% of budgetCOUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $2,500,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetBRAVEN INC: $2,487,500 over 3y, 12% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $2,308,085 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RI FOUNDATION: $2,078,038 over 3y, 63% of budgetTEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,050,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetNEW PROFIT INC: $2,000,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetBay Path University: $1,882,410 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetPaul Quinn College: $1,559,577 over 6y, 10% of budgetREACH UNIVERSITY: $1,500,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetSCRIPTED INC DBA CODE NATION: $1,500,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetMDRC: $1,500,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING: $1,431,252 over 4y, 17% of budgetEDUCATION COMMISSION OF THE STATES: $1,348,500 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $1,300,750 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $1,258,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetNATIONAL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE: $1,250,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAMERICA ACHIEVES INC: $1,200,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetSAN DIEGO WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,148,200 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,080,575 over 5y, 17% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $1,070,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetINSIDE TRACK INC: $1,030,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,030,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,025,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWGU CORPORATION: $1,010,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEXCELENCIA IN EDUCATION INC: $1,008,517 over 2y, 16% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,001,200 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOLUMBUS LEARNING CENTER MANAGEMENT CORP D/B/A COMMUNITY EDUCATION COALITION: $997,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $982,900 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ADMINISTRATORS: $981,500 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $940,510 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEDUCATION DESIGN LAB: $931,039 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetJOBS FOR NEVADAS GRADUATES INC: $900,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $895,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $845,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $840,490 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $820,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $810,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSTATE HIGHER EDUCATION EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION: $807,500 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $775,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Lumina Foundation for…Tom Joyner Foundation…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…National Collegiate A…Ascendium Education S…Gates FoundationEducational Credit Ma…The Indianapolis Foun…Ecmc FoundationMaurer Family Foundat…Lilly Endowment IncRichard M Fairbanks F…
Lumina Foundation for Education IncIN142.7× affinity110 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Tom Joyner Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · Gates Foundation · Educational Credit Management Corporation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Ecmc Foundation · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation 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 Strada Education Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Strada Education Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Rodel Charitable Foundation - De: 20% of income from government
  • Jobs for the Future Inc: 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • The Morgan State University Foundation Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Bay Path University: 3% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
16report 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 558 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 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
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$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