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The Barth Foundation at a glance

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The Barth 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.

$379k
Granted FY2023
42
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Barth Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Barth Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 30 organizations, $379k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’18
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’19
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’20
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’21
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’22
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’23
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’24
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’25

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

01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.5MPhilanthropy$730kEnvironment$349kEducation$222kAnimals$125kHealth$95kRecreation & Sports$95kSocial Science$70kOther$0
02FY2023 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k25 grants · $94k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $225k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$6,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Headlands Center of Arts$60,000
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$35,000
VINEYARD THEATRE$29,500
Ensemble Studio Theatre$25,000
PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION$15,000
SAN FRANCISCO PLAYHOUSE$10,000
Jelly's Place$10,000
MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE$10,000
Food Bank of Contra Costa$10,000
EARTH JUSTICE$10,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$10,000
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL$10,000
MARIN THEATRE COMPANY$10,000
THE SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$10,000
BROWN UNIVERSITY$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 52% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%MARIN THEATRE CO: $14k → 8%FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA SOLANO: $20k → 10%THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $35k → 10%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $19k → 14%MARIN THEATRE COMPANY: $12k → 8%THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $35k → 10%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $16k → 14%THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $35k → 10%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $16k → 14%THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $35k → 10%THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $30k → 10%VINEYARD THEATRE: $30k → 17%THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $30k → 10%VINEYARD THEATRE: $30k → 17%THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $30k → 10%VINEYARD THEATRE: $30k → 17%HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $100k → 8%VINEYARD THEATRE: $18k → 17%Headlands Center of Arts: $80k → 8%VINEYARD THEATRE: $18k → 17%HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $68k → 8%HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $60k → 8%VINEYARD THEATRE: $16k → 17%HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $60k → 8%HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $60k → 8%VINEYARD THEATRE: $14k → 17%HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $60k → 8%PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION: $30k → 10%Headlands Center of Arts: $60k → 8%PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%VINEYARD THEATRE: $13k → 17%PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%SAVE MT DIABLO: $18k → 9%PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION: $13k → 10%playwrights foundation: $13k → 10%AURORA THEATRE COMPANY: $15k → 10%BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $12k → 10%ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE: $27k → 17%ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE: $26k → 17%ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE: $25k → 17%ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE: $25k → 17%Ensemble Studio Theatre: $25k → 17%ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE: $25k → 17%ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE: $25k → 17%Ensemble Studio Theatre: $25k → 17%SHOTGUN PLAYERS: $28k → 10%SHOTGUN PLAYERS: $20k → 10%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
NY
MA
IA
PA
RI
CA
VA
DC
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 62 repeat orgs$107k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

62 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2023, 26 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, 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

62
19

Total granted

$2.6M
$92k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
0%

Still filing today

61%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHealthAnimalsEducationInternationalOther
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

  • HC
    HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    6× · 2017–2022 · $408k · revenue +76%
  • THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
    7× · 2017–2023 · $230k · revenue +109%
  • ES
    ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $203k · revenue +201%

Funded once

  • MT
    MARIN THEATRE CO
    one grant, 2017 · $14k
  • BR
    BERKELEY REPETORY THEATRE
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
  • AT
    ACT THEATER SAN FRANCISCO
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
San Francisco Performances Inc

SFP presents internationally acclaimed and emerging performing artists, introduces innovative programs, and builds new and diversified audiences for the arts through education and outreach activities.

Arts & Culture
2
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company

Sfbatco unites artists and audiences through live theatre that is reflective of the authentic perspectives and history of the san francisco bay area.

Arts & Culture
3
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc

The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.

Arts & Culture
4
The American Theatre Guild

The american theatre guild is dedicated to providing the experience of live theatre to foster passion, inspire creativity and empower youth within our communities.

Arts & Culture
5
Stages

Stages makes plays and tells stories that invite everyone to live more deeply and love more boldly.

Arts & Culture
6
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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7
Theatreworks Silicon Valley

Our mission is to ignite imagination and foster meaningful connections as an outstanding professional theatre that celebrates diverse experiences and our shared humanity, enriching silicon valley and beyond.

Arts & Culture
8
American Repertory Theatre Co Inc

Seeks to expand the boundaries of theater, producing, performing and presenting works of literary, experimental and educational value. provide a home for outstanding artists, a training ground for young artists (including an extensive…

Arts & Culture
9
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
10
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
11
Presidio Theatre

The mission of the presidio theatre is to ensure that the magic of live performance is accessible to the entire community.

Philanthropy
12
Silicon Valley Shakespeare

Silicon valley shakespeare is innovating the classics through unique and relevant theatrical experiences that illuminate and inspire modern audiences.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Playground; the most unlike its peers is Animal Refugee Response. 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

51 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. 51 of the 89 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/51
Grantees still filing
37/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $407,500 · Arts & CultureHEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTSENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE INC: $202,730 · Arts & CultureENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE INCPLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $121,515 · Arts & CulturePLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INCShotgun Players: $67,000 · Arts & CultureShotgun PlayersBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $54,000 · Arts & CultureSan Francisco Playhouse: $52,500 · Arts & CultureThe Aurora Theatre Company: $45,900 · Arts & CultureMarin Theatre Company: $42,040 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $39,050 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $129,150 · Arts & Culture+11 moreVINEYARD THEATRE: $166,500 · OtherVINEYARD THEATREHeadlands Center of Arts: $140,000 · OtherHeadlands Center of ArtsHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL: $70,000 · OtherHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $52,000 · OtherMAGIC THEATER: $41,700 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $50,000 · OtherCHILD ADVOCATES OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY: $62,500 · OtherCHILD ADVOCATES OF CONTRA COSTA …Northwestern University: $56,000 · OtherNorthwestern UniversityJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $42,000 · Other+44 more: $335,950 · Other+44 moreVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $700,000 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE END…EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $230,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST …EARTHJUSTICE: $42,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTI…SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $32,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLU…Save The Bay: $23,000 · EnvironmentSave The B…+1 more: $11,000 · EnvironmentMANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY: $70,000 · EducationLUTHER COLLEGE: $22,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $15,000 · EducationBROWN UNIVERSITY: $91,500 · Community ImprovementJELLYS PLACE: $39,000 · AnimalsCONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY: $26,000 · AnimalsLast Chance for Animals: $5,000 · AnimalsAnimal Refugee Response: $5,000 · Animals+1 more: $2,000 · Animals
Arts & Culture$1,161,385Other$1,016,650Philanthropy$730,000Environment$338,000Education$107,000Community Improvement$91,500Animals$77,000

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 budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $700,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $407,500 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $230,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE INC: $202,730 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetPLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $121,515 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $91,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetShotgun Players: $67,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY: $62,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $56,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $54,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Playhouse: $52,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Aurora Theatre Company: $45,900 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetMarin Theatre Company: $42,040 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $42,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $42,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $39,050 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJELLYS PLACE: $39,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY: $26,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetLINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM: $24,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSave The Bay: $23,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLUTHER COLLEGE: $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP INC: $22,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKQED INC: $18,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $16,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMAGIC THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLast Chance for Animals: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAnimal Refugee Response: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCrowded Fire Theater Company: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST BAY SILICON VALLEY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGolden Thread Productions: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetORINDA NETWORK FOR EDUCATION: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSUTTER BAY HOSPITALS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYGROUND: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPUG RESCUE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Shotgun Players ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCATES OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Playhouse ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Aurora Theatre Company ↗
  • Who funds Marin Theatre Company ↗
  • Who funds JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ↗
  • Who funds JELLYS PLACE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Save The Bay ↗
  • Who funds LUTHER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP INC ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS ↗

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 Shubert Foundatio…Phyllis C Wattis Foun…The Bernard Osher Fou…The William & Flora H…Kenneth Rainin Founda…The Sam Mazza Foundat…Fleishhacker Foundati…East Bay Community Fo…The Zellerbach Family…Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…The Rock Foundation
The Shubert Foundation IncNY27.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Shubert Foundation Inc · Phyllis C Wattis Foundation · The Bernard Osher Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Kenneth Rainin Foundation · The Sam Mazza Foundation · Fleishhacker Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The Zellerbach Family Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Rock 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 Barth Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barth Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 89 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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