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The American Center for Philanthropy Inc

Promote philanthropy by providing effective, efficient, and flexible means for individuals to carry out their personal charitable objectives by utilizing donor advised funds.

$3.7M
Granted FY2022
130
Grants FY2022
22
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

68% of The American Center for Philanthropy Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Northfield Shares, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 97 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The American Center for Philanthropy Inc named its own grantees at scale: 116 organizations, $3M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

122
’17
87
’18
108
’19
119
’20
127
’21
116
’22
105
’23
97
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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.

Philanthropy$8.7MEducation$6.1MReligion$5.5MHealth$1.6MHuman Services$977kFood & Nutrition$901kEnvironment$818kArts & Culture$711kOther$0
02FY2022 · 130 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 130 grants below total $3,049,332, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,659,697 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $610,365 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k39 grants · $273k
  • $10k–50k74 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$12,500
Median grant
22
States reached
$41M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY-SALEM WEST$250,000
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY$156,330
UNIVERSITY OF MN FOUNDATION$124,108
SAINT ELIZABETH'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION$110,250
MACALESTER COLLEGE$95,456
CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$75,000
CHRIST COMMUNITY NAPLES$70,000
COMO PARK LUTHERAN CHURCH$70,000
HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS$62,475
CITATION JET PILOTS SAFETY AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$55,000
BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH$53,550
ST DOMINIC CATHOLIC CHURCH$50,500
NATIONAL EAGLE CENTER$50,300
WELCOME US INC$50,000
PROTEZ$50,000
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, $678k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHADDAH INC: $25k → 16%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $6k → 10%CHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES: $10k → 11%FREE INTERNATIONAL INC: $11k → 13%BAPTIST HEALTH RICHMOND FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $6k → 10%FREE INTERNATIONAL INC: $10k → 13%SKY KIDS INCORPORATED: $21k → 11%ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE: $10k → 17%LAKES AREA INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS: $20k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER-NORTHFIELD: $59k → 11%NORTHFIELD COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER: $52k → 11%CANVAS HEALTH INC: $6k → 6%CANVAS HEALTH INC: $5k → 6%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $9k → 14%FOUNDATION FOR ESSENTIAL NEEDS: $10k → 11%HALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER: $6k → 14%YWCA OF ST PAUL: $5k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MN: $58k → 14%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING (PPL): $11k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MN: $15k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MN: $13k → 14%NORTHFIELD DAY CARE: $20k → 11%WABASHA AREA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $6k → 8%COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER OF NORTHFIELD: $18k → 11%WABASHA AREA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 8%NORTHFIELD COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER: $17k → 11%NORTHFIELD AREA YMCA: $17k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER OF NORTHFIELD: $11k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS - TWIN CITIES AREA CHAPTER: $12k → 11%ST PAUL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $6k → 14%PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOUNDATION: $9k → 14%NORTHFIELD COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER: $8k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS PATHWAYS: $36k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS PATHWAYS: $34k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS PATHWAYS: $32k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS PATHWAYS: $27k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS PATHWAYS: $15k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS PATHWAYS: $10k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $5k → 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

VT
WA
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17M · 168 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

168 repeat relationships: 102 still active in FY2022, 66 since wound down; 46 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

168
83

Total granted

$17M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+10%

Still filing today

60%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k 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 ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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
    ST ELIZABETHS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $858k · revenue +10%
  • MACALESTER COLLEGE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $694k · revenue +90%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $505k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • SL
    SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $795k
  • SI
    SNO-SERPENTS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $62k
  • DM
    DES MOINES METRO OPERA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $55k · revenue +9%
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
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
2
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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3
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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4
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…

—
5
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
6
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
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
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
9
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
10
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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11
University of Northwestern - St Paul

See schedule o. founded in 1902, university of northwestern - st. paul is a nondenominational christian university that integrates the educational philosophy of "faith, learning and living" through two focuses: higher education and media.…

Education
12
Grand View University

Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Bear Lake-Haugen Fire Fighters 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

215 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. 215 of the 316 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
40
Early backer (in before they grew)
207/215
Grantees still filing
142/215
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $4,983,040 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INCNORTHFIELD SHARES: $2,511,502 · PhilanthropyNORTHFIELD SHARESST ELIZABETHS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $857,760 · PhilanthropyST ELIZABETHS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOU…CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $446,674 · Philanthropy+8 more: $595,476 · Philanthropy+8 moreSALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH: $795,000 · OtherSALEM LUTHERAN CHURCHHASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $671,756 · OtherHASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONHARVEST BIBLE CHAPEL NAPLES INC: $357,500 · Other+115 more: $8,564,112 · Other+115 moreTRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $704,659 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE HA…MACALESTER COLLEGE: $693,926 · EducationMACALESTER COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $504,534 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINN…SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $222,714 · EducationSOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $222,714 · EducationST OLAF COLLEGE: $213,826 · EducationCitation Jet Pilots Safety & Education Foundation Inc: $150,500 · EducationAUGSBURG UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationLUTHER COLLEGE: $148,754 · Education+24 more: $1,409,189 · Education+24 moreMAYO CLINIC: $298,300 · HealthFairview Foundation: $141,500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $134,000 · HealthMINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $75,000 · HealthHealthFinders Collaborative Inc: $74,450 · HealthVISION TO LEARN: $50,000 · HealthPROTEZ FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $45,650 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $39,000 · Health+3 more: $79,750 · HealthWOLF RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER: $278,500 · EnvironmentFriends of Willow River-Kinnickinnic State Parks: $154,078 · EnvironmentGREENPEACE FUND INC: $113,016 · EnvironmentGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $61,000 · EnvironmentTHE GREATER LEWES FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION MINNESOTA: $30,000 · Environment+1 more: $20,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY ACTION CENTER INC: $165,650 · Human ServicesPATHWAYS NORTH: $153,964 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $85,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $81,550 · Human ServicesBaptist Health Foundation Richmond Inc: $25,744 · Human ServicesCHADDAH INC: $24,500 · Human Services+5 more: $98,300 · Human ServicesMAGNUM CHORUM: $164,250 · Arts & CultureWELCOMEUS INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureDES MOINES METRO OPERA INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureARTREACH ST CROIX: $53,736 · Arts & CultureThe Minnesota Opera: $37,960 · Arts & CultureFILMNORTH: $33,250 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $31,050 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$9,394,452Other$10,388,368Education$4,420,816Health$987,650Environment$696,594Human Services$635,208Arts & Culture$525,246

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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $4,983,040 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHFIELD SHARES: $2,511,502 over 6y, 53% of budgetST ELIZABETHS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $857,760 over 8y, 17% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $704,659 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMACALESTER COLLEGE: $693,926 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $671,756 over 8y, 86% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $504,534 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $446,674 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHASTINGS FAMILY SERVICE: $331,973 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $298,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLEWATCH INC: $291,350 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetWOLF RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER: $278,500 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetST JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH OF NORTHFIELD FOUNDATION: $277,249 over 8y, 57% of budgetNORTHFIELD HEALTHY COMMUNITY INITIATIVE: $231,100 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $222,714 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $222,714 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetST OLAF COLLEGE: $213,826 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHASTINGS ROTARY FOUNDATION: $210,504 over 6y, 95% of budgetCHANNEL ONE INC: $186,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION CENTER INC: $165,650 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetMAGNUM CHORUM: $164,250 over 7y, 24% of budgetFoothills Food Bank: $160,097 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $155,182 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Willow River-Kinnickinnic State Parks: $154,078 over 8y, 25% of budgetPATHWAYS NORTH: $153,964 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetCitation Jet Pilots Safety & Education Foundation Inc: $150,500 over 3y, 10.0% of budgetAUGSBURG UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHER COLLEGE: $148,754 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFairview Foundation: $141,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $134,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS E & EDNA D CARPENTER FOUNDATION: $123,456 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $122,318 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCARLETON COLLEGE: $116,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED HEROES LEAGUE: $114,945 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE: $113,066 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $113,016 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC: $111,866 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTECHNOSERVE INC: $111,866 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMichigan Tech Fund: $105,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetADOPT-A-CLASSROOM INC: $92,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $88,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $85,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNDS PARK ACADEMY: $85,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHFIELD UNION OF YOUTH: $84,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $81,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHealthFinders Collaborative Inc: $74,450 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetDANA HALL SCHOOL: $72,000 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 DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHFIELD SHARES ↗
  • Who funds ST ELIZABETHS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds MACALESTER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HASTINGS FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds EAGLEWATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds WOLF RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH OF NORTHFIELD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHFIELD HEALTHY COMMUNITY INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST OLAF COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HASTINGS ROTARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHANNEL ONE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MAGNUM CHORUM ↗
  • Who funds Foothills Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Willow River-Kinnickinnic State Parks ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS NORTH ↗
  • Who funds Citation Jet Pilots Safety & Education Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WELCOMEUS 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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Minnesota Community F…Catholic Community Fo…Otto Bremer TrustFred C and Katherine …Xcel Energy FoundationHardenbergh FoundationFr Bigelow FoundationThe Hubbard Broadcast…CommunitygivingMardag Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN58.8× affinity60 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Otto Bremer Trust · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · Communitygiving · Mardag 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 The American Center for Philanthropy Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The American Center for Philanthropy Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge: 100% of income from government
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • The Greater Lewes Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 316 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

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