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Tankenoff Families Foundation at a glance

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Tankenoff Families Foundation

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.

$887k
Granted FY2025still arriving
70
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$2.1MReligion$876kHuman Services$668kInternational$320kArts & Culture$278kYouth Development$209kHealth$207kHousing & Shelter$170kOther$0
02FY2025 · 70 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k49 grants · $129k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $231k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $527k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION$175,000
AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION$100,000
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF MN$77,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL$75,000
OPEN BOOK$50,000
SECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK$50,000
HERZL CAMP$30,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
MINNESOTA HILLEL FOUNDATION$20,000
SABES JCC OF MINNEAPOLIS$20,000
MINNPOST$16,000
TEMPLE ISRAEL$15,700
MINNESOTA ACTS NOW$15,000
NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS ARTS ASSOCIATION$15,000
PRAIRIECARE FUND$14,000
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 (FY20–25, $241k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MYOSITIS ASSOCIATION: $50 → 6%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $8k → 11%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $8k → 11%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $8k → 11%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $8k → 11%OPEN ARMS: $5k → 14%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $8k → 11%INTERACT CENTER FOR THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS: $7k → 14%INTERACT CENTER FOR THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS: $7k → 14%INTERACT CENTER FOR THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS: $7k → 14%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $300 → 11%INTERACT CENTER FOR THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS: $7k → 14%INTERACT CENTER FOR THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS: $7k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST PAUL: $8k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST PAUL: $8k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST PAUL: $8k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST PAUL: $8k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST PAUL: $8k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST PAUL: $8k → 14%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: $10k → 11%PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: $10k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: $10k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: $5k → 11%CRESCENT COVE: $8k → 11%CRESCENT COVE: $8k → 11%CRESCENT COVE: $8k → 11%CRESCENT COVE: $8k → 11%CRESCENT COVE: $8k → 11%CRESCENT COVE: $8k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $5k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $5k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $5k → 11%EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES: $8k → 11%EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES: $5k → 11%EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES: $5k → 11%EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES: $3k → 11%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

MN
IL
WI
NY
NJ
CA
KY
MD
AZ
DC
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 88 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

88 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
30

Total granted

$3.8M
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+18%

Still filing today

65%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $460k · revenue +266%
  • HC
    HERZL CAMP ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $190k · revenue +112%
  • M
    MinnPost
    6× · 2020–2025 · $77k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • CY
    CHABAD YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • UF
    UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1Dgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +42%
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
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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2
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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3
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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4
The Minneapolis Foundation

The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…

Philanthropy
5
Minnesota Jewish Community Center

The minnesota jcc is dedicated to strengthening our community by providing inclusive programs that inspire personal growth, foster connection, and promote well-being through arts, culture, education, fitness, early childhood, day camp and…

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6
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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7
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment
8
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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9
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
10
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.

Education
11
Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth

Mity's mission is to inspire and challenge intellectually curious students to pursue their passions within a diverse, inclusive community and empower them by building skills and relationships for lifelong success.

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12
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minneapolis Jewish Federation; the most unlike its peers is Prairiecare Fund. 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

85 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. 85 of the 132 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
82/85
Grantees still filing
52/85
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE ISRAEL: $475,884 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAELJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS: $460,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE…JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF MN: $407,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF MNSABES JCC OF MINNEAPOLIS: $108,000 · OtherMINNESOTA HILLEL: $107,500 · OtherSECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $90,000 · Other+85 more: $1,043,471 · Other+85 moreMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $1,426,500 · PhilanthropyMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATIONJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $100,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SO…+4 more: $92,950 · Philanthropy+4 moreAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalMinnPost: $77,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS ARTS ASSOC: $63,950 · Arts & CultureOpen Book: $50,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $29,500 · Arts & CultureSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS: $22,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $15,250 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $18,700 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION: $46,750 · Human ServicesCRESCENT COVE: $45,000 · Human ServicesSojourner Project Inc: $37,800 · Human ServicesINTERACT CENTER FOR THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS: $35,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC: $20,500 · Human ServicesAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INC: $15,000 · Human Services+3 more: $6,050 · Human ServicesHERZL CAMP ASSOCIATION INC: $190,000 · Recreation & SportsPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA: $55,500 · HealthGILDA'S CLUB TWIN CITIES INC: $31,000 · HealthCaringBridge: $12,000 · HealthMinnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc: $6,500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $5,000 · Health+5 more: $1,700 · Health
Other$2,691,855Philanthropy$1,619,450International$320,100Arts & Culture$276,400Human Services$241,100Recreation & Sports$190,000Health$111,700

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 budgetMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $1,426,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS: $460,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHERZL CAMP ASSOCIATION INC: $190,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetMINNESOTA HILLEL: $107,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $90,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMinnPost: $77,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $72,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLAND BANK TWIN CITIES INC: $64,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS ARTS ASSOC: $63,950 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA: $55,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPRAIRIECARE FUND: $48,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetMINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION: $46,750 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCRESCENT COVE: $45,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSojourner Project Inc: $37,800 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $35,750 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJEWFOLK MEDIA INC: $35,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetINTERACT CENTER FOR THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS: $35,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB TWIN CITIES INC: $31,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $29,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $25,709 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES TOO: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $23,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTwin Cities Rise: $22,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS: $22,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC: $20,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAROLD AND MICKEY SMITH JEWISH ACADEMY: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetResourcewest: $17,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $15,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPACER CENTER INC: $15,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetREVE ACADEMY: $13,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $11,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Council on Foundations: $10,025 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EDINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BLAKE SCHOOL: $8,783 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOPKINS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMINNESOTA BROWNFIELDS: $8,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE EDINA ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetGUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc: $6,500 over 6y, 0.1% 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 MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HERZL CAMP ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA HILLEL ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds SECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds MinnPost ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds LAND BANK TWIN CITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS ARTS ASSOC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA ↗
  • Who funds Open Book ↗
  • Who funds PRAIRIECARE FUND ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CRESCENT COVE ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA ACTS NOW ↗
  • Who funds Sojourner Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND ↗
  • Who funds JEWFOLK MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERACT CENTER FOR THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds GILDA'S CLUB TWIN CITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds LOAVES AND FISHES TOO ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Twin Cities Rise ↗
  • Who funds SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds AGATE HOUSING & SERVICES 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 Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Otto Bremer TrustPohlad Family Foundat…Mightycause Charitabl…The K FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…Mike & Linda Fiterman…The McKnight Foundati…Xcel Energy FoundationLinsmayer James B Fdn…Russell T Lund Charit…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN48.6× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Pohlad Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The K Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mike & Linda Fiterman Family Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Linsmayer James B Fdn Tr-Main · Russell T Lund Charitable Trust

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 Tankenoff Families Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tankenoff Families Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 132 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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