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The Bessemer Giving Fund

To receive public contributions and make grants to qualified charitable organizations.

$143M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,653
Grants FY2024still arriving
49
States reached
$8.1M
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.

Philanthropy$138MEducation$137MHealth$123MArts & Culture$65MEnvironment$61MReligion$38MInternational$26MHuman Services$26MOther$0
02FY2024 · 1653 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1,653 grants below total $138,508,537, the rows itemized in this filing. The $142,942,173 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,433,636 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k164 grants · $1.1M
  • $10k–50k980 grants · $18M
  • $50k–250k405 grants · $38M
  • $250k+104 grants · $81M
$22,000
Median grant
49
States reached
$948M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$8,132,111
ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC$4,000,000
GOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND$3,263,416
POTOMAC SCHOOL$3,000,000
ENGINEERING TOMORROW CO$2,000,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$1,975,500
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS$1,869,600
TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST$1,800,000
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUND$1,600,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES$1,599,000
WALKERTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,578,500
SANT BANI SCHOOL$1,500,000
SHARP HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$1,425,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$1,377,500
THE CITADEL FOUNDATION$1,335,000
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, $16.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NET OF COMPASSION CORP: $155k → 11%COMMUNITY CONCERN OF NORFOLK INC: $100k → 13%TULARE COUNTY HOPE FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $500k → 18%CHRISTIAN HOMES OF ABILENE: $150k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $1.3M → 9%K9 PARTNERS FOR PATRIOTS INC: $100k → 12%REALIZE IMPACT: $301k → 10%SMILE OF HOPATCONG: $100k → 6%SERVICE DOGS OF VIRGINIA INC: $900k → 8%HEROES AND HORSES INC: $150k → 10%VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF SAINT LUKES HOME HEALTHHOSPICE INC: $135k → 11%INTEGRITY FOUNDATION: $1.1M → 14%SEAMARK RANCH INC: $110k → 14%CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $145k → 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE: $200k → 10%COURAGEOUS FACES FOUNDATION: $200k → 8%REALIZE IMPACT: $300k → 10%SERVICE DOGS OF VIRGINIA INC: $150k → 8%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $250k → 10%FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $761k → 12%COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $110k → 18%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC: $200k → 10%PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE: $100k → 10%CHILDREN'S GLOBAL HEALTH FUND INC: $500k → 9%CHILDREN'S GLOBAL HEALTH FUND INC: $150k → 9%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $500k → 11%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $100k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF JERUSALEM: $102k → 9%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF JERUSALEM: $100k → 9%HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY INC: $900k → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $300k → 10%HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY INC: $220k → 7%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $375k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $300k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $275k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $250k → 11%THE MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION INC: $325k → 10%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $125k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $158k → 14%SERVING SENIORS: $350k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $300k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $250k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $235k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $200k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $150k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE INTERNATIONAL: $132k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $115k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $150k → 17%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
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$443M · 1476 repeat orgs$67M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

1476 repeat relationships: 1024 still active in FY2024, 452 since wound down; 147 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1476
279

Total granted

$443M
$42M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+20%

Still filing today

88%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentOther
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

  • AH
    ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $6.0M · revenue +131% · 32% of their budget
  • Purdue Research Foundation
    6× · 2019–2024 · $5.3M · revenue +11%
  • SH
    Sharp Healthcare Foundation
    6× · 2019–2024 · $5.2M · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2020 · $5.0M · revenue -89%
  • RC
    ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE NC
    one grant, 2019 · $2.0M
  • IG
    INTEGRITY GROUP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $1.1M · revenue -83% · 64% of their budget
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
Boston Architectural College

Founded 131 years ago, the boston architectural college is a recognized institution providing excellence in practice-integrated design education to members of diverse communities with students representing 35 countries. the bac offers…

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2
United States Naval Institute

To advance professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power.

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3
University of New Haven

See schedule ouniversity of new haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts & professional education.

Education
4
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

the organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the UCSF Foundation.

Education
5
Npr Foundation
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6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Augustana College

Offer a challenging education that develops the qualities of mind, spirit and body for students.

Education
8
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
9
Foreign Policy Research Institute

Highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on u.s. foreign policy

International
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Basic Fund; the most unlike its peers is 42ND Street Moon. 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

1754 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. 1754 of the 2,000 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.

90
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
293
Early backer (in before they grew)
1731/1754
Grantees still filing
1283/1754
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $21,005,750 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,295,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA U…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $7,194,900 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF T…Purdue Research Foundation: $5,256,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $5,142,550 · EducationTHE SAGE SCHOOL INC: $5,100,500 · Education+39 more: $58,796,811 · Education+39 moreDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $58,908,939 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE …GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $5,904,375 · PhilanthropyGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTH…THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES: $5,000,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $4,064,581 · PhilanthropyRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $3,820,000 · Philanthropy+19 more: $28,916,856 · Philanthropy+19 moreSHRINE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE INC: $4,177,668 · OtherAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $4,401,926 · OtherBarnabas Foundation: $5,800,000 · Other+78 more: $108,102,872 · Other+78 moreWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC: $36,823,000 · EnvironmentWATERKEEPER…NEW VENTURE FUND: $6,010,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE…SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $2,001,500 · Environment+5 more: $4,408,562 · Environment+5 moreMAYO CLINIC: $6,256,244 · HealthSharp Healthcare Foundation: $5,225,000 · HealthMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,585,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,679,500 · HealthNCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC: $2,057,500 · HealthVanderbilt University Medical Center: $1,501,000 · HealthONE MIND: $1,494,150 · HealthTISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC: $1,400,000 · HealthVISTA HILL FOUNDATION: $1,350,000 · HealthNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $1,273,375 · Health+9 more: $8,052,700 · HealthABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC: $6,000,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS: $3,148,445 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $2,338,505 · Arts & CultureSEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY CONSERVANCY INC: $1,715,000 · Arts & CultureTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $1,520,600 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $1,405,100 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,230,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $1,165,000 · Arts & CultureOAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA: $1,150,000 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR LOS ANGELES JOURNALISM: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureCICERO RESEARCH: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER FILM SOCIETY: $1,000,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $6,929,240 · Arts & CultureFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $20,102,563 · Community ImprovementSIGNAL TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Community Improvement
Education$112,792,011Philanthropy$106,614,751Other$122,482,466Environment$49,243,062Health$35,874,469Arts & Culture$29,601,890Community Improvement$21,102,563

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $58,908,939 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC: $36,823,000 over 6y, 75% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $21,005,750 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $20,102,563 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,295,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $7,194,900 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $6,256,244 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $6,010,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE INC: $6,000,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $5,904,375 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $5,256,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetSharp Healthcare Foundation: $5,225,000 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $5,142,550 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAGE SCHOOL INC: $5,100,500 over 6y, 41% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES: $5,000,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,585,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $4,401,926 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSHRINE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE INC: $4,177,668 over 4y, 88% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $4,064,581 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $3,820,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,606,632 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $3,506,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $3,339,279 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Chicago Community Trust: $3,259,622 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetStifel Charitable Inc: $3,258,205 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS: $3,148,445 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetUNITE AMERICA INSTITUTE INC: $3,100,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER LA CROSS: $3,055,957 over 5y, 49% of budgetThe Potomac School: $3,015,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $3,000,818 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWellesley College: $2,984,543 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GLOBAL ORPHAN PROJECT INC: $2,800,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,777,952 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,679,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,674,982 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $2,556,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,372,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $2,338,505 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $2,338,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $2,309,333 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO INC: $2,225,000 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $2,125,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetAMERICA ACHIEVES INC: $2,125,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetNorthwestern University: $2,058,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC: $2,057,500 over 2y, 30% of budgetRepresentUs Education Fund: $2,020,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC: $2,002,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $2,001,500 over 2y, 4.3% 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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

The Thompson Family F…Benton Community Foun…Spur Community Founda…Good Samaritan Hospit…United Way of Linn Be…The Pamela Howard Fam…The Tang FundBoswell Family Founda…Robert and Dana Emery…Indian River Communit…Nancy Eccles and Home…Charina Foundation In…
The Thompson Family Foundation IncNY57.7× affinity42 shared granteesties to 2 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Thompson Family Foundation Inc · Benton Community Foundation · Spur Community Foundation Inc · Good Samaritan Hospital Corvallis · United Way of Linn Benton and Lincoln Counties · The Pamela Howard Family Foundation Inc · The Tang Fund · Boswell Family Foundation · Robert and Dana Emery Family Foundation Rockefeller Trust Company · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · Nancy Eccles and Homer M Hayward Family Foundation · Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel

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 Bessemer Giving Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bessemer Giving Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Friends Center for Children Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Historical Society of Delaware: 18% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Tall Timbers Research Inc: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Center Stage Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Jupiter Medical Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County: 2% of income from government
  • Ramapo College Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Gordon College: 1% of income from government
  • Saddle River Day School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Silver Hill Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
35report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 2000 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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