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The Avista Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
577
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.0MPhilanthropy$1.1MArts & Culture$1.1MHuman Services$878kHealth$800kYouth Development$586kFood & Nutrition$545kCommunity Improvement$404kOther$0
02FY2025 · 577 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k522 grants · $837k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $736k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $320k
  • $250k+1 grant · $350k
$1,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Eastern Washington University Foundation$350,000
Upper Columbia Resource Conservation and Development District$60,000
Gonzaga University$55,000
Spokane Symphony$55,000
Spokane Area Business Foundation$50,000
Spokane Area Business Foundation$50,000
Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation$50,000
Inland Northwest Land Conservancy$41,666
Friends of KSPS$40,000
United Human Services of AK$31,250
Community Cancer Fund$30,000
Washington State University Foundation$27,150
Providence INW Foundation$25,000
Community Cancer Fund$25,000
Gonzaga University$25,000
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 (FY21–25, $401k) 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%Columbia Basin Foundation: $10k → 14%Sanders County Council on Aging: $3k → 17%Rayce Rudeen Foundation: $4k → 12%Lewiston Independent Fdtn for Education: $10k → 11%Silver Valley Seniors: $3k → 13%Asian Counseling Referral Service: $5k → 9%RISE Network Inc: $3k → 13%Valley Community Center: $5k → 16%Mockingbird Society: $4k → 9%WA ID Volunteer Center: $3k → 11%Pioneer Human Services: $8k → 9%Childrens Village Inc: $4k → 10%Family Promise of the Palouse: $5k → 16%Global Neighborhood: $10k → 12%Spokane Eastside Reunion Association: $10k → 12%Spokane Eastside Reunion Assoc: $8k → 12%Embrace Washington: $8k → 12%Spokane Eastside Reunion Association: $5k → 12%Spokane Eastside Reunion Association: $5k → 12%Martin Luther King Jr Family Outreach Ct: $5k → 12%GIZMO CDA Inc: $5k → 10%The Womens Center Inc dba Safe Passage: $5k → 10%Spokane Eastside Reunion Association: $5k → 12%GIZMO CDA Inc: $3k → 10%Thrive International: $4k → 12%Global Neighborhood: $4k → 12%Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners SNAP: $25k → 12%Northeast Community Center Assn: $4k → 12%Art Salvage: $3k → 12%Operation Healthy Family: $5k → 12%Mid-City Concerns: $20k → 12%YWCA Spokane: $10k → 12%YWCA Spokane: $10k → 12%YWCA Spokane: $10k → 12%Pioneer Human Services: $5k → 12%YWCA Spokane: $5k → 12%Pioneer Human Services: $5k → 12%YWCA Spokane: $5k → 12%YWCA Spokane: $5k → 12%YWCA Spokane: $5k → 12%Embrace Washington: $3k → 12%Active4youth: $4k → 12%Operation Healthy Family: $3k → 12%Operation Healthy Family: $3k → 12%Friends of the Children Eastern Washington: $3k → 12%Transitions: $5k → 12%Spokane Valley Partners: $15k → 12%Transitions: $5k → 12%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

AK
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.9M · 428 repeat orgs$4.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

428 repeat relationships: 292 still active in FY2025, 136 since wound down; 152 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

428
352

Total granted

$7.9M
$3.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+10%

Still filing today

65%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $566k 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
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • EW
    Eastern Washington University Foundation
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +28%
  • CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $277k · revenue +40%
  • UO
    University of Idaho Foundation Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $236k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • LA
    List Available Upon Request
    one grant, 2020 · $2.5M
  • PA
    Panhandle Affordable Housing Alliance
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • IN
    Inland NW Museum of Arts and Culture
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
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
Spokane River Forum

The Spokane River Forums mission is to create materials, events and activities that promote regional dialogues for sustaining a healthy river system while meeting the needs of a growing population.

Environment
2
Visit Spokane

The mission of Visit Spokane is to help promote economic development for Spokane County through tourism and tourism promotion.

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3
Spokane Turbine Center Dba Parkwater Foundation
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4
Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce

Committed to fostering relationships between members and the community. to serve the interest of members by acting as a catalyst for a vibrant sustainable economy.

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5
Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership
Environment
6
Spokane Interactive Arts

we're an arts non profit that serves underserved artists through our residency program

Arts & Culture
7
Rural Idaho & Mountain West Primary Care
Health
8
Read Northwest

Read Northwest exists to elevate Early Childhood Literacy in Southwest Washington.

Education
9
Community Foundation of Snohomish County

The Community Foundation of Snohomish County (the Foundation) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington. The Foundation serves as a community foundation, supporting a broad spectrum of…

Philanthropy
10
Lake Chelan Food Bank

The mission of Lake Chelan Food Bank is to treat each person we serve with dignity and respect and to provide balanced and varied options that give each person the liberty to meet the specific food needs for themsevles and/or their family.

Food & Nutrition
11
Family Promise of Cowlitz County

To help families with children in our community who are situationally homeless achieve sustainable independence through a community based response by providing temporary housing, usually 60-90 days, along with case management.

Human Services
12
Puyallup Kiwanis Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Idaho; the most unlike its peers is Lake City Fastpitch Nc. 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

548 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. 548 of the 940 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
118
Early backer (in before they grew)
536/548
Grantees still filing
301/548
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

List Available Upon Request: $2,525,128 · OtherList Available Upon RequestEastern Washington University: $350,200 · OtherEastern Washington University+125 more: $3,266,984 · Other+125 moreEastern Washington University Foundation: $1,148,300 · EducationEastern Washington Uni…CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $277,375 · EducationCORPORATION OF GONZAGA…University of Idaho Foundation Inc: $236,000 · EducationUniversity of Idaho Fo…WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $198,100 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE UNIVE…WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: $120,250 · EducationWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY+11 more: $230,001 · Education+11 moreUnited Way of Spokane County: $418,006 · PhilanthropyUnited Way …Innovia Foundation: $373,000 · PhilanthropyInnovia Fou…PULLMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $136,600 · PhilanthropyPULLMAN REG…UNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $53,000 · PhilanthropyJUNEAU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $53,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $102,080 · Philanthropy+6 moreSpokane Symphony Society: $171,105 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF KSPS: $99,760 · Arts & CultureCHENEY DEPOT SOCIETY: $50,600 · Arts & CultureThe Festival at Sandpoint Inc: $38,000 · Arts & CultureIDAHO CENTRAL SPOKANE VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCarl Maxey Center: $30,000 · Arts & CultureSPOKANE HOOPFEST ASSOCIATION: $28,200 · Arts & CultureTerrain Programs: $27,000 · Arts & CultureSpark Central: $22,400 · Arts & CultureSpokane Public Radio: $20,600 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $89,500 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY CANCER FUND: $55,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $53,030 · Human ServicesPARTNERS INLAND NORTHWEST: $33,200 · Human ServicesSPOKANE EASTSIDE REUNION ASSOCIATION: $32,500 · Human ServicesSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $25,350 · Human ServicesMID-CITY CONCERNS INC: $25,135 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF JUNEAU: $25,000 · Human ServicesPIONEER HUMAN SERVICES INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesEMBRACE WASHINGTON: $16,550 · Human ServicesTransitions: $15,960 · Human ServicesGLOBAL NEIGHBORHOOD: $13,500 · Human ServicesCOLUMBIA BASIN FOUNDATION: $12,000 · Human Services+3 more: $32,750 · Human ServicesUNITED HUMAN SERVICES OF SE ALASKA: $125,000 · Community ImprovementSpokane Area Business Foundation: $101,500 · Community ImprovementSPRUCE ROOT INC: $39,500 · Community Improvement501 Commons: $25,000 · Community ImprovementPRIEST COMMUNITY FOREST CONNECTION: $23,500 · Community Improvement+2 more: $20,000 · Community ImprovementSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $149,431 · Food & NutritionINLAND NORTHWEST FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · Food & NutritionIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $27,200 · Food & NutritionGREATER SPOKANE COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS: $14,620 · Food & NutritionSOUTHEAST ALASKA FOOD BANK: $12,400 · Food & NutritionMONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC: $9,600 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $8,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$6,142,312Education$2,210,026Philanthropy$1,135,686Arts & Culture$607,165Human Services$357,475Community Improvement$334,500Food & Nutrition$251,251

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 budgetEastern Washington University Foundation: $1,148,300 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetUnited Way of Spokane County: $418,006 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetInnovia Foundation: $373,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $277,375 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Idaho Foundation Inc: $236,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $198,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSpokane Symphony Society: $171,105 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $149,431 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPULLMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $136,600 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED HUMAN SERVICES OF SE ALASKA: $125,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: $120,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST: $113,997 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF KSPS: $99,760 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetVANESSA BEHAN: $53,511 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $53,030 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $53,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetJUNEAU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $53,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFamily Promise of Spokane: $51,100 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCHENEY DEPOT SOCIETY: $50,600 over 3y, 28% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $47,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC: $45,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $43,020 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetASOTIN COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $42,978 over 5y, 53% of budgetSpokane Parks Foundation: $41,750 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSPRUCE ROOT INC: $39,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Festival at Sandpoint Inc: $38,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHIP OF SPOKANE COUNTY DBA COMMUNITY MINDED ENTERPRISES: $37,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMADDIE'S PLACE: $36,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Spokane County: $34,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPARTNERS INLAND NORTHWEST: $33,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSPOKANE EASTSIDE REUNION ASSOCIATION: $32,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetNortheast Youth Center: $30,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetASANTE FOUNDATION: $30,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetINLAND NORTHWEST FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetTWIN COUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $30,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetIDAHO CENTRAL SPOKANE VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCarl Maxey Center: $30,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSPOKANE HOOPFEST ASSOCIATION: $28,200 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetLEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $27,800 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $27,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTerrain Programs: $27,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCDAIDE Inc: $26,500 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetWomen Helping Women Fund: $26,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $25,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMID-CITY CONCERNS INC: $25,135 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCAREER PATH SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF JUNEAU: $25,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetINVESTED: $23,350 over 4y, 1.7% 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 Eastern Washington University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Spokane County ↗
  • Who funds Innovia Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds University of Idaho Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Spokane Symphony Society ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds PULLMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED HUMAN SERVICES OF SE ALASKA ↗
  • Who funds WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds INLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Spokane Area Business Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF KSPS ↗
  • Who funds Upper Columbia RC&D ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CANCER FUND ↗
  • Who funds VANESSA BEHAN ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNEAU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Family Promise of Spokane ↗
  • Who funds CHENEY DEPOT SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
  • Who funds ASOTIN COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Innovia FoundationSmith-Barbieri Progre…Numerica Credit UnionSecond Harvest Inland…Women Helping Women F…Project Beauty ShareEmpire Health Foundat…United Way of Spokane…Multicare Health Syst…Pierce Charitable Tru…Better Health TogetherLewis-Clark Valley He…
Innovia FoundationWA146.7× affinity270 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Innovia Foundation · Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund a Charitable Foundation · Numerica Credit Union · Second Harvest Inland Northwest · Women Helping Women Fund · Project Beauty Share · Empire Health Foundation · United Way of Spokane County · Multicare Health System · Pierce Charitable Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Better Health Together · Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare 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 Avista Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Avista Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Klamath Watershed Partnership Bill Lehman: 100% of income from government
  • Oregon Center for Creative Learning Dba Kid Time: 42% of income from government
  • Douglas County Children's Center Inc: 24% of income from government
  • United Way of Jackson County Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Ross Ragland Theater and Cultural C: 11% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Historical Society Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
66report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Avista Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Avista Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 940 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 unnamed billions
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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