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The Ahearn Family Foundation at a glance

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The Ahearn Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$67k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
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.

Human Services$104kArts & Culture$71kEducation$60kHousing & Shelter$27kHealth$19kYouth Development$18kCommunity Improvement$16kEnvironment$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,635
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HANDS ON HARTFORD$6,262
SOUTHINGTON COMMUNITY CULTURAL ARTS$6,000
BRISTOL BRASS AND WIND ENSEMBLE$5,362
CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$5,000
PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER$4,925
AMERICAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF$4,063
INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES$3,917
THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$3,126
CONNECTIKIDS INC$3,000
AMERICAN CLOCK & WATCH MUSEUM$3,000
RIVERFRONT RECAPTURE$2,767
GIRL SCOUTS OF CONNECTICUT INC$2,635
THE BRIDGE FAMILY CENTER INC$2,500
HARTFORD INTERVAL HOUSE INC$2,000
HEALING MEALS FOUNDATION CORPORATION$1,991
02The need
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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, $66k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $4k → 11%THE COVE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $450 → 12%THE COVE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $447 → 12%GREATER NEW BRITAIN TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION INC: $6k → 11%THE COVE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $340 → 12%GREATER NEW BRITAIN TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION INC: $4k → 11%GREATER NEW BRITIAIN TEEN PREGANANCY PREVENTION INC: $1k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $6k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $4k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $4k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $3k → 11%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $3k → 11%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN RESOURCES: $3k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $2k → 11%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER: $5k → 11%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER: $5k → 11%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER: $3k → 11%NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE INC: $3k → 11%GIFTS OF LOVE: $4k → 11%GIFTS OF LOVE: $3k → 11%THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $3k → 11%THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $2k → 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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 12% of The Ahearn Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in CT; by stated purpose, 95%.

The Ahearn Family Foundationlessmore 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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$268k · 31 repeat orgs$86k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
27

Total granted

$268k
$72k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+19%

Still filing today

90%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • HO
    HANDS ON HARTFORD INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $19k · revenue +125%
  • KI
    KNOX INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $16k · revenue +26%
  • SC
    SOUTHINGTON COMMUNITY CULTURAL ARTS INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • REACH OUT AND READ INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +26%
  • AC
    ADVANCING CONNECTICUT TOGETHER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +23%
  • CC
    CHRYSALIS CENTER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +13%
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
Connecticut Housing Coalition Inc

The connecticut housing coalition works to expand housing opportunity and to increase the quantity and quality of affordable housing available to people with low and moderate incomes in connecticut through advocacy, education and…

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2
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
3
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
4
Community Health Services Inc

To provide medical services for the residents of the greater hartford connecticut area. to provide quality health care services to low and moderate income individuals in the greater hartford connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.

Health
5
Hartford Artisans Weaving Center Inc

The Hartford Artisans Weaving Center is a supportive and creative community that preserves, promotes and teaches the craft of hand-weaving. We teach fiber-related classes for all ages, curate exhibits and sales, and run a unique artisan…

Human Services
6
Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc

The mission of the connecticut association for community action is to strengthen the capacities of its members to empower people in need and improve the communities in which they live.

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7
Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities Inc

The association is the leader in providing services to and advocating for, the state's providers of long-term, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living care. additionally, the association serves as a clearing house for information…

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8
The Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce Inc

To foster collaborations to ensure a highly educated, diverse and sustainable nursing workforce to support the healthcare needs of connecticut residents.

Health
9
Community Action Agency of New Haven Inc

Community action agency of new haven, inc. offers pathways to prosperity to those in poverty in the greater new haven area through: service - collaboration - advocacy - knowledge generation.

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10
The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut Inc

The community action agency of western connecticut is a private non-profit corporation serving western connecticut. its primary purpose is to operate a multi-purpose organization to combat poverty and promote self sufficiency among low…

Community Improvement
11
Connecticut Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Empower a statewide network of caring, consistent volunteer court appointed special advocates to advance the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect so every child can find a safe, permanent home to thrive.

Crime & Legal
12
Capitol Child Development Center Inc

Non-profit organization which was founded by the state of ct general assembly as a model for employer - sponsored childcare programs.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Advancing Connecticut Together Inc; the most unlike its peers is Princen Sammy Eduful & Herty 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

51 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. 51 of the 64 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/51
Grantees still filing
40/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HARTFORD INTERVAL HOUSE INC: $13,605 · OtherHARTFORD INTERVAL HOUSE INCCONNECTIKIDS INC: $11,500 · OtherCONNECTIKIDS INCGirl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: $9,051 · OtherGirl Scouts of Connecticut IncBRISTOL BRASS & WIND ENSEMBLE: $8,862 · OtherBRISTOL BRASS & WIND ENSEMBLEBallet Theatre Company: $7,100 · OtherBallet Theatre CompanyYWCA HARTFORD REGION INC: $5,143 · OtherTHE BRIDGE FAMILY CENTER INC: $5,000 · OtherFAMILY LIFE EDUCATION INC: $4,558 · OtherHEALING MEALS FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $5,941 · Other+23 more: $55,656 · Other+23 moreHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $18,531 · Human ServicesHANDS ON HARTFORD INCPRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC: $12,653 · Human ServicesPRUDENCE CRANDALL CEN…GREATER NEW BRITAIN TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION INC: $10,300 · Human ServicesGREATER NEW BRITAIN T…THE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $7,750 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE FOR FAMIL…GIFTS OF LOVE INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesGIFTS OF LOVE INCCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATI…NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE INC: $2,680 · Human Services+1 more: $1,237 · Human ServicesAMERICAN SCHOOL AT HARTFORD FOR THE DEAF: $10,713 · EducationAMERICAN SCHO…READ TO GROW INC: $10,000 · EducationREAD TO GROW …HARTFORD YOUTH SCHOLARS INC: $8,500 · EducationHARTFORD YOUT…UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH: $6,900 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…REACH OUT AND READ INC: $5,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND…LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT INC: $2,175 · EducationSOUTHINGTON COMMUNITY CULTURAL ARTS INC: $16,100 · Arts & CultureSOUTHINGTON C…THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $11,157 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDREN'…AMERICAN CLOCK AND WATCH MUSEUMINC: $5,400 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN CLOC…JUSTICE DANCE PERFORMANCE PROJECT INC: $3,500 · Arts & CultureJUSTICE DANCE…NEW ENGLAND CAROUSEL MUSEUM INC: $2,479 · Arts & CultureNEW ENGLAND C…CONNECTICUT STORYTELLING CENTER INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureARTS FOR LEARNING CONNECTICUT: $1,500 · Arts & CultureKNOX INC: $16,229 · Recreation & SportsKNOX INCRIVERFRONT RECAPTURE INC: $13,814 · Recreation & SportsRIVERFRONT …ALMADA LODGE TIMES FARM CAMP CORPORATION: $4,798 · Recreation & SportsALMADA LODG…SOUTH PARK INN INC: $11,735 · Housing & ShelterSt Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol Inc: $6,765 · Housing & ShelterTHE OPEN HEARTH ASSOCIATION: $5,035 · Housing & ShelterMERCY HOUSING & SHELTER CORPORATION: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthADVANCING CONNECTICUT TOGETHER INC: $4,634 · HealthIntegrated Health Services Inc: $3,917 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH CONNECTICUT INC: $1,700 · Health
Other$126,416Human Services$66,151Education$43,288Arts & Culture$42,136Recreation & Sports$34,841Housing & Shelter$26,535Health$15,251

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $18,531 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKNOX INC: $16,229 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHINGTON COMMUNITY CULTURAL ARTS INC: $16,100 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetRIVERFRONT RECAPTURE INC: $13,814 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHARTFORD INTERVAL HOUSE INC: $13,605 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC: $12,653 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH PARK INN INC: $11,735 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTIKIDS INC: $11,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $11,157 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN SCHOOL AT HARTFORD FOR THE DEAF: $10,713 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER NEW BRITAIN TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION INC: $10,300 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetREAD TO GROW INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGirl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: $9,051 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHARTFORD YOUTH SCHOLARS INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE VILLAGE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $7,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBallet Theatre Company: $7,100 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH: $6,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol Inc: $6,765 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGIFTS OF LOVE INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHEALING MEALS FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $5,941 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CLOCK AND WATCH MUSEUMINC: $5,400 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYWCA HARTFORD REGION INC: $5,143 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OPEN HEARTH ASSOCIATION: $5,035 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FAMILY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALMADA LODGE TIMES FARM CAMP CORPORATION: $4,798 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetADVANCING CONNECTICUT TOGETHER INC: $4,634 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY LIFE EDUCATION INC: $4,558 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHRYSALIS CENTER INC: $3,998 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIntegrated Health Services Inc: $3,917 over 1y, 0.3% of budget4-H EDUCATION CENTER AT AUERFARM INC: $3,598 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetADELBROOK INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTICE DANCE PERFORMANCE PROJECT INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NEW BRITAIN INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLoaves and Fishes Ministries Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGreater Hartford Arts Council Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPrincen Sammy Eduful & Herty Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetMERCY HOUSING & SHELTER CORPORATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE INC: $2,680 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ENGLAND CAROUSEL MUSEUM INC: $2,479 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHARTFORD FOOD SYSTEM INC: $2,124 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCONNECTICUT STORYTELLING CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH CONNECTICUT INC: $1,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTS FOR LEARNING CONNECTICUT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT INVENTION CONVENTION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Cove Center for Grieving Children Inc: $1,237 over 3y, 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.

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.

Hartford Foundation f…Farmington Bank Commu…J Walton Bissell Foun…Liberty Bank Foundati…American Savings Foun…United Way Inc United…Aetna Foundation IncThe William and Alice…Sbm Charitable Founda…Ion Bank Foundation I…William Caspar Graust…The Fund for Greater …
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingCT77.2× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · American Savings Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Aetna Foundation Inc · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · The Fund for Greater Hartford 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 The Ahearn Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ahearn Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Advancing Connecticut Together Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Chrysalis Center Inc: 93% of income from government
  • Mental Health Connecticut Inc: 82% of income from government
  • Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation: 77% of income from government
  • The Bridge Family Center Inc: 61% of income from government
  • The Open Hearth Association: 59% of income from government
  • The Village for Families and Children: 50% of income from government
  • American School at Hartford for the Deaf: 32% of income from government
  • St Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Prudence Crandall Center Inc: 30% of income from government
  • South Park Inn Inc: 29% of income from government
  • 4-H Education Center at Auerfarm Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Connecticut Council for Philanthropy: 24% of income from government
  • Hands On Hartford Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Connecticut: 14% of income from government
  • Adelbrook Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Ywca Hartford Region Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Justice Dance Performance Project Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Riverfront Recapture Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Knox Inc: 2% of income from government
  • University of Saint Joseph: 2% of income from government
  • Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: 2% of income from government
  • New England Carousel Museum Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Connecticut Storytelling Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Healing Meals Foundation Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Integrated Health Services Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
6rely 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 64 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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