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The Elkins Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$17M
Granted FY2025still arriving
76
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$23MEducation$21MArts & Culture$10MHuman Services$7.7MRecreation & Sports$3.7MYouth Development$2.4MEnvironment$2.3MFood & Nutrition$2.1MOther$0
02FY2025 · 76 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k17 grants · $419k
  • $50k–250k38 grants · $3.8M
  • $250k+21 grants · $13M
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$207M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER$1,500,000
ST JOHN'S SCHOOL$1,000,000
HARRIS HEALTH STRATEGIC FUND$1,000,000
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$765,000
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$750,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MCCOMBS SCHOOL$750,000
FRIENDS OF PUMPKIN PARK$750,000
TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$750,000
RIVER OAKS BAPTIST SCHOOL$600,000
RICE UNIVERSITY$500,000
HOUSTON FOOD BANK$500,000
THE MONARCH COMMUNITY INC$500,000
FOUNDATION FOR JONES HALL$500,000
YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS$500,000
HOUSTON ZOO INC$500,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $7.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FORT BEND SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS: $30k → 8%CAMP ARANZAZU INC: $125k → 17%INSPIRATION RANCH: $50k → 9%GALVESTON URBAN MINISTRIES: $50k → 14%DELIVERFUND: $100k → 14%WONDERS & WORRIES: $100k → 10%WONDERS AND WORRIES: $25k → 10%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $100k → 16%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $30k → 16%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $30k → 16%TODAY'S HARBOR FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER HOUSTON: $250k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER HOUSTON: $250k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER HOUSTON: $250k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER HOUSTON: $250k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER HOUSTON: $250k → 16%BAKER RIPLEY: $100k → 16%BAKER RIPLEY: $50k → 16%PRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM: $40k → 16%NEIGHBORS IN ACTION: $50k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1.5M → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $750k → 16%BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS: $100k → 16%DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $100k → 16%FAMILY HOUSTON: $25k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-HOUSTON: $25k → 16%REACH UNLIMITED: $40k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $50k → 16%PRECINCT2GETHER INC: $35k → 16%KIDS' MEALS: $500k → 16%UNITED AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING: $100k → 16%BRIDGE YEAR: $50k → 16%BRIDGEYEAR: $30k → 16%BAY AREA TURNING POINT: $40k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $250k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $250k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $125k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $125k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $250k → 16%THE CENTER FOR PURSUIT: $150k → 16%THE WOMEN'S HOME: $50k → 16%THE WOMEN'S HOME: $50k → 16%CASA MATEO: $200k → 16%HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $125k → 16%HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $100k → 16%MAIN STREET MINISTRIES HOUSTON: $25k → 16%BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS: $100k → 16%THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS: $50k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$64M · 116 repeat orgs$19M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +26% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

116 repeat relationships — 46 still active in FY2025, 70 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

116
137

Total granted

$64M
$14M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
0%

Still filing today

78%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.8M 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 ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BC
    Baylor College of Medicine
    6× · 2020–2025 · $5.3M · revenue +47%
  • TC
    Texas Children's Hospital
    5× · 2020–2025 · $4.5M · revenue +47%
  • WM
    William Marsh Rice University
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3.4M · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • EH
    EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • Houston Museum of Natural Science
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue -10%
  • AO
    ANNUNCIATION ORTHODOX SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $500k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
2
Rebuilding Together Houston

Rebuilding Together Houston is the only organization in Houston and Harris County providing free home repairs to hundreds of families each year. We employ licensed contractors to restore homes to safe, livable conditions, extending each…

Housing & Shelter
3
The Heritage Society

The Heritage Society (THS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 whose mission is to tell the stories of the diverse history of Houston and Texas through collections, exhibits, the arts, educational programs, film, video, and other…

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4
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

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5
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

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6
Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston

As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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7
Houston's Amazing Place Inc

Amazing Place empowers families facing the challenges of dementia and Alzheimer's and advances brain health for all. The Organization serves adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild to moderate dementia, caregiving families and…

Human Services
8
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston's mission is to inspire and enable all youth, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

Youth Development
9
Houston Area Parkinson Society

The mission of the Houston Area Parkinson Society is to use a whole-human approach to community building, which reduces the fear and isolation associated with a Parkinson's diagnosis.

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10
Collaborative for Children

The mission of Collaborative for Children is to meaningfully improve the quality of early childhood education and care for Greater Houston's children through those most influential in their lives.

Human Services
11
Houston MediaSource

Houston MediaSource aspires to be the community media center for the City of Houston. HMS provides public access to media platforms that promote citizen engagement, protect the right to free expression, and provide opportunities to advance…

Arts & Culture
12
Central Houston Inc

See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Houston Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Emerging Grace Ministries Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyGrantmaking FoundationsChristian Missionary and Ev…Youth Support and Foster Ca…Performing Arts Organizatio…Houston Parks & Nature Cons…Residential Community Assoc…First Responder Support Org…Developmental Disabilities …Community Health & Social S…Independent K-12 SchoolsAffordable Housing ProvidersChild Care and Nutrition Se…Crisis Support & Stabilizat…Healthcare Research and Cli…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number30%4%<5yr17%5%5–10yr21%13%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr8%29%35–55yr8%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value30%6%<5yr17%2%5–10yr21%4%10–20yr17%21%20–35yr8%29%35–55yr8%38%55yr+

The field is 30% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 6% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 19% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/218
the rest of the field
19%
3,802/20,223

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

206 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 206 of the 284 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
204/206
Grantees still filing
121/206
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — $3,250,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERHOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL — $3,250,000 · OtherHOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITALTHE SALVATION ARMY — $2,750,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MCCOMBS SCHOOL — $2,500,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MCCOMBS SCHOOLSt John's School — $2,100,000 · OtherSt John's SchoolTHE FOUNDATION FOR JONES HALL — $2,000,000 · Other+94 more — $23,431,560 · Other+94 moreBaylor College of Medicine — $5,250,000 · EducationBaylor College of Me…William Marsh Rice University — $3,400,000 · EducationWilliam Marsh Rice U…The Trustees of Princeton University — $900,000 · EducationThe Trustees of Prin…YES Prep Public Schools Inc — $750,000 · EducationUniversity of St Thomas — $600,000 · EducationWashington and Lee University — $500,000 · EducationJoy Development School — $500,000 · Education+16 more — $2,940,000 · Education+16 moreTexas Children's Hospital — $4,500,000 · HealthTexas Chil…HARRIS HEALTH STRATEGIC FUND — $1,000,000 · HealthHARRIS HEA…THE MONARCH COMMUNITY INC — $500,000 · HealthTHE MONARC…+12 more — $1,700,000 · Health+12 moreDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — $2,350,000 · Human ServicesDEPELCHIN…Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area — $1,250,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men…COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS — $750,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT …KIDS' MEALS INC — $500,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEA…THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC — $250,000 · Human ServicesHouston Area Women's Center — $250,000 · Human Services+15 more — $1,770,000 · Human Services+15 moreMenil Foundation Inc — $1,050,000 · Arts & CultureMenil Fou…Houston Museum of Natural Science — $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureHouston M…Houston Grand Opera Association Inc — $800,000 · Arts & CultureHouston G…ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER — $500,000 · Arts & CultureASIA SOCI…BATTLESHIP TEXAS FOUNDATION — $500,000 · Arts & CultureBATTLESHI…The Hobby Center Foundation — $450,000 · Arts & CultureThe Hobby…Houston Symphony Society — $275,000 · Arts & Culture+21 more — $2,098,000 · Arts & Culture+21 moreBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc — $1,500,000 · EnvironmentThe Houston Audubon Society — $500,000 · EnvironmentHermann Park Conservancy — $500,000 · EnvironmentMemorial Park Conservancy Inc — $250,000 · EnvironmentHouston Botanic Garden — $230,000 · EnvironmentHouston Arboretum & Nature Center — $155,000 · EnvironmentPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS — $145,000 · Environment+3 more — $310,000 · EnvironmentFriends of Pumpkin Park — $1,750,000 · Recreation & SportsCamp Aranzazu Foundation — $200,000 · Recreation & SportsSpringSpirit Inc — $150,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$39,281,560Education$14,840,000Health$7,700,000Human Services$7,120,000Arts & Culture$6,673,000Environment$3,590,000Recreation & Sports$2,100,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBaylor College of Medicine — $5,250,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital — $4,500,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University — $3,400,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — $2,350,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSt John's School — $2,100,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR JONES HALL — $2,000,000 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetFriends of Pumpkin Park — $1,750,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc — $1,500,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area — $1,250,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank — $1,250,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc — $1,050,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetHARRIS HEALTH STRATEGIC FUND — $1,000,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science — $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University — $900,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc — $850,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc — $800,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetCamp For All Foundation — $750,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetYES Prep Public Schools Inc — $750,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS — $750,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetHouston Habitat for Humanity Inc — $600,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas — $600,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Houston Audubon Society — $500,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy — $500,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHouston Parks Board — $500,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWashington and Lee University — $500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJoy Development School — $500,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC — $500,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER — $500,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetBATTLESHIP TEXAS FOUNDATION — $500,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCamp Allen Camp & Conference Center — $450,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetTHE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF AUSTIN — $450,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION — $450,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetThe Hobby Center Foundation — $450,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $425,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc — $400,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Kinkaid School Inc — $400,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston — $400,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetInstitute for Girls Education Inc DBA Magnolia School — $330,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $302,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBreakthrough Houston — $300,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetCombined Arms — $300,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR — $300,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHouston Symphony Society — $275,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Hospice — $267,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWonderworks — $250,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetTHE MENNINGER CLINIC — $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC — $250,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc — $250,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Baylor College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
  • Who funds DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds St John's School ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR JONES HALL ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Pumpkin Park ↗
  • Who funds Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area ↗
  • Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds Menil Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds HARRIS HEALTH STRATEGIC FUND ↗
  • Who funds Houston Museum of Natural Science ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds Houston Zoo Inc ↗
  • Who funds Houston Grand Opera Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Camp For All Foundation ↗
  • Who funds YES Prep Public Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds The Houston Audubon Society ↗
  • Who funds Hermann Park Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds Houston Parks Board ↗
  • Who funds Washington and Lee University ↗
  • Who funds THE MONARCH COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Joy Development School ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' MEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Albert & Ethel Herzst…The Brown Foundation …Vivian L Smith Founda…Houston Endowment IncStrake FoundationGreater Houston Commu…The William Stamps Fa…MD Anderson FoundationHarry S & Isabel C Ca…The Powell FoundationJohn P McGovern Found…Marek Family Foundati…
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationTX150× affinity78 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Strake Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · MD Anderson Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The Powell Foundation · John P McGovern Foundation · Marek Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Elkins Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University — 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
62report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 284 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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the interactive map of money crossing state lines