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The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc

The community foundation of western north carolina promotes and expands regional philanthropy and develops local funds that address changing needs and opportunities in the 18 counties of western north carolina.

$62M
Granted FY2025still arriving
793
Grants FY2025still arriving
30
States reached
$3.9M
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$21MHuman Services$17MEnvironment$14MHealth$13MReligion$11MCommunity Improvement$11MArts & Culture$9.1MFood & Nutrition$8.2MOther$0
02FY2025 · 793 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 793 grants below total $59,393,771, the rows itemized in this filing. The $61,908,745 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,514,974 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k115 grants · $828k
  • $10k–50k414 grants · $9.4M
  • $50k–250k221 grants · $21M
  • $250k+43 grants · $29M
$25,000
Median grant
30
States reached
$481M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MANNA FOODBANK$3,940,967
NORTH CAROLINA SYNOD$2,025,000
ASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC$2,021,538
ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY (ABCCM)$1,974,905
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST MEN$1,525,000
MOUNTAIN BIZWORKS (MOUNTAIN BIZCAPITAL INC)$1,151,250
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA REGIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION (WRESA)$1,059,800
GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION$750,000
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY$714,320
PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES$646,034
WNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION$559,605
DBA ARTSAVL (ASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL)$556,180
CENTER FOR CRAFT & DESIGN$554,500
FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY OF NORTH CAROLINA$545,763
HELPMATE$526,770
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $8.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CALDWELL HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: $55k → 16%MERCY CHEFS: $80k → 20%BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $75k → 13%COMSERV: $50k → 16%HIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVER FOUNDATION: $117k → 21%GATEWAY WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $100k → 16%BROKEN WHEEL MINISTRIES: $100k → 15%VOLUNTEER AVERY COUNTY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $50k → 15%DBA MISSION MINISTRIES ALLIANCE: $60k → 16%DBA COMPASSIONATE CARE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (HOSPICE OF YANCEY CO): $129k → 15%BEACON OF HOPE SERVICES: $94k → 15%RUTHERFORD HOUSING PARTNERSHIP: $158k → 16%GRAHAMTOWN TEAM: $129k → 16%DBA HOSPICE OF THE CAROLINA FOOTHILLS (HOCF): $68k → 16%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $451k → 12%FAMILY PLACE OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY: $114k → 13%YMCA BLUE RIDGE ASSEMBLY: $118k → 12%FAMILY PLACE OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY: $80k → 13%OUT OF THE ASHES: $50k → 16%BLACKMOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES: $82k → 12%ADULTS WORKING AND ADVOCATING FOR KIDS EMPOWERMENT (AWAKE): $113k → 18%FAMILY PLACE OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY: $65k → 13%CHILDREN'S CENTER OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY: $58k → 13%FOUR SEASONS COMPASSION FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $134k → 12%KARE (KIDS ADVOCACY RESOURCE EFFORT): $73k → 12%FOUR SEASONS COMPASSION FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $80k → 12%KARE (KIDS ADVOCACY RESOURCE EFFORT): $54k → 12%HAYWOOD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INC: $53k → 12%FOUR SEASONS COMPASSION FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $67k → 12%LATINO ADVOCACY COALITION OF HENDERSON COUNTY: $58k → 12%FOUR SEASONS COMPASSION FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $53k → 12%LATINO ADVOCACY COALITION OF HENDERSON COUNTY: $51k → 12%WORKING WHEELS (W4H ASHEVILLE): $522k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $193k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS WNC CHAPTER: $188k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $164k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS WNC CHAPTER: $160k → 12%WORKING WHEELS: $104k → 12%WORKING WHEELS: $76k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS WNC CHAPTER: $73k → 12%ONTRACK FINANCIAL EDUCATION & COUNSELING: $319k → 12%ONTRACK FINANCIAL EDUCATION & COUNSELING: $292k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC: $103k → 12%ONTRACK FINANCIAL EDUCATION & COUNSELING: $103k → 12%THE SPARC FOUNDATION: $85k → 12%THE SPARC FOUNDATION: $60k → 12%THE SPARC FOUNDATION: $55k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC: $51k → 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

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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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$108M · 611 repeat orgs$20M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

611 repeat relationships: 479 still active in FY2025, 132 since wound down; 274 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

611
232

Total granted

$108M
$4.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+6%

Still filing today

81%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MANNA FOOD BANK INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $4.9M · revenue +82%
  • AA
    ASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +129%
  • PL
    PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +122%

Funded once

  • NS
    NC STATE NATURAL RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue +5%
  • BV
    Barnardsville Volunteer Fire Department
    one grant, 2024 · $200k · revenue +5%
  • MB
    MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $123k · revenue -42%
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
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

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2
NourishNC Inc

NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community

Food & Nutrition
3
Humane Society of Charlotte Inc

Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.

Animals
4
TreesCharlotte

Public/private collaborative to plant trees, raise awareness of the canopy, and educate about tree care.

Environment
5
Research Triangle Regional Partnership

The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…

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6
Avery County Long Term Recovery Group Inc

ACLTRG serves as the central coordinating hub for long-term recovery in Avery County, aligning nonprofit organizations, faith-based partners, volunteers, public agencies, and funders to reduce duplication, maximize resources, and ensure…

Public Safety & Disaster
7
CleanAIRE Nc

To advocate for the health of all North Carolinians by pursuing equitable and collaborative solutions that address climate change and air pollution.

Environment
8
The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Nccadv leads the state's movement to end domestic violence and to enhance work with survivors through collaborations, innovative trainings, prevention, technical assistance, state policy development and legal advocacy.

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9
Feeding the Carolinas

The mission of the Organization is to coordinate, support, and advocate for member Food Banks across the Carolinas to create lasting solutions to address hunger.

Food & Nutrition
10
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
11
Foundation for the Carolinas

Inspiring philanthropy and strengthening our region through innovative community initiatives and quality services to donors and constituents.

Philanthropy
12
North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Foundation Inc

In collaboration with the legal community, NCEAJF empowers North Carolinians to navigate the civil justice system.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wnc Bridge Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Save Valley Conservancy Fund. 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

888 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. 888 of the 1,144 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.

59
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
232
Early backer (in before they grew)
868/888
Grantees still filing
540/888
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INC: $2,741,241 · OtherASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INCNORTH CAROLINA SYNOD OF THE ELCA: $2,025,000 · OtherPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $2,126,088 · Other+102 more: $38,999,978 · Other+102 moreNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,976,774 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA ST…The University of North Carolina at Asheville Foundation Inc: $1,856,390 · EducationThe University of…WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA REGIONAL: $1,059,800 · EducationWESTERN NORTH CAR…NC STATE NATURAL RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 · EducationNC STATE NATURAL …GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $955,000 · EducationGEORGIA TECH FOUN…WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $803,660 · EducationWESTERN CAROLINA …ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $688,482 · EducationOSHUN MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY INC: $525,000 · Education+19 more: $5,815,508 · Education+19 moreFOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $1,958,077 · EnvironmentFOOTHILLS …Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy: $1,633,857 · EnvironmentSouthern A…Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project: $776,333 · EnvironmentAppalachia…MountainTrue: $754,263 · EnvironmentMountainTr…Mountain Valleys Resource Conservation & Development Council: $608,950 · EnvironmentMountain V…HAYWOOD WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION INC: $580,260 · EnvironmentHAYWOOD WA…ASHEVILLE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $489,894 · EnvironmentASHEVILLE …EcoForesters: $351,200 · EnvironmentHIGHTS Inc: $285,868 · EnvironmentThe North Carolina Arboretum Society: $284,430 · Environment+4 more: $716,470 · Environment+4 moreHELPMATE INC: $1,174,775 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $794,838 · Human ServicesW4H ASHEVILLE: $793,000 · Human ServicesConsumer Credit Counseling Service of Western North Carolina Inc: $765,000 · Human ServicesBLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $595,640 · Human ServicesFour Seasons Compassion for Life Foundation: $334,590 · Human ServicesFamily Place of Transylvania County: $259,000 · Human ServicesRUTHERFORD HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC: $231,200 · Human Services+10 more: $1,822,833 · Human ServicesMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $4,910,234 · Food & NutritionWNC Communities: $337,263 · Food & NutritionBounty & Soul: $228,802 · Food & NutritionToe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional Inc: $223,500 · Food & NutritionMeals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc: $208,547 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $317,751 · Food & NutritionASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $2,393,901 · Housing & ShelterHOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $1,638,189 · Housing & ShelterMOUNTAIN HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $616,900 · Housing & ShelterBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $477,458 · Housing & ShelterTHE HOUSING ASSISTANCE CORPORATION: $290,000 · Housing & ShelterCommunity Housing Coalition of Madison County Inc: $218,500 · Housing & Shelter+3 more: $508,492 · Housing & ShelterASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $644,270 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR CRAFT CREATIVITY & DESIGN INC: $578,000 · Arts & CultureAsheville Symphony Society Inc: $555,715 · Arts & CultureTHE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HIGHLANDS: $453,430 · Arts & CultureBLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTER INC: $408,750 · Arts & CultureEAGLE MARKET STREETS DEVELOPMENT CO: $355,750 · Arts & CultureCentro Unido Latino Americano: $347,750 · Arts & CulturePACK PLACE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $335,849 · Arts & CultureWESTERN N CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO: $315,145 · Arts & CultureThe Bascom Corporation: $247,380 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $1,697,636 · Arts & Culture
Other$45,892,307Education$14,680,614Environment$8,439,602Human Services$6,770,876Food & Nutrition$6,226,097Housing & Shelter$6,143,440Arts & Culture$5,939,675

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 budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $4,910,234 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetASHEVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $2,393,901 over 5y, 12% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $2,126,088 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,976,774 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $1,958,077 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetThe University of North Carolina at Asheville Foundation Inc: $1,856,390 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $1,638,189 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetSouthern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy: $1,633,857 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $1,356,360 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetMOUNTAIN BIZCAPITAL INC: $1,354,800 over 5y, 11% of budgetKL TRAINING SOLUTIONS: $1,257,000 over 5y, 44% of budgetBREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED: $1,199,503 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetHELPMATE INC: $1,174,775 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $1,060,500 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA REGIONAL: $1,059,800 over 1y, 47% of budgetNC STATE NATURAL RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetRiverLink Inc: $983,008 over 5y, 20% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC: $980,569 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $955,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HENDERSON COUNTY/HENDERSONVILLE INC: $870,801 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $861,949 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $803,660 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $794,838 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetW4H ASHEVILLE: $793,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetAppalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project: $776,333 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetConsumer Credit Counseling Service of Western North Carolina Inc: $765,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetMountainTrue: $754,263 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $722,179 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $688,482 over 5y, 14% of budgetASHEVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $644,270 over 5y, 17% of budgetAsheville GreenWorks: $637,007 over 5y, 18% of budgetMUSICWORKS INC: $635,291 over 5y, 91% of budgetMOUNTAIN HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $616,900 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetMountain Valleys Resource Conservation & Development Council: $608,950 over 5y, 64% of budgetMemoryCare Inc: $596,506 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetBLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $595,640 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetWNC BRIDGE FOUNDATION: $593,637 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHAYWOOD WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION INC: $580,260 over 5y, 45% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CRAFT CREATIVITY & DESIGN INC: $578,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetAsheville Symphony Society Inc: $555,715 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetYWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc: $540,130 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetOSHUN MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY INC: $525,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetRise Disaster Relief and Recovery Inc: $519,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetPEAK Academy Charter School: $511,750 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $502,886 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASHEVILLE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $489,894 over 5y, 33% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $477,458 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc: $470,241 over 5y, 3.7% 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.

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.

Dogwood Health TrustWnc Bridge FoundationManna Food Bank IncCommunity Foundation …Pisgah Health Foundat…The Cannon Foundation…Impact HealthUnited Way of Ashevil…Gateway Wellness Foun…Walnut Cove Members A…Highlands Cashiers He…Nantahala Health Foun…
Dogwood Health TrustNC321× affinity341 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dogwood Health Trust · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Manna Food Bank Inc · Community Foundation of Henderson County Inc · Pisgah Health Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Impact Health · United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc · Gateway Wellness Foundation · Walnut Cove Members Association Inc · Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc · Nantahala Health 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 Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    87report 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 1144 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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