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The Foley Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
48
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 FY2017–2024.

Philanthropy$9.4MFood & Nutrition$4.4MArts & Culture$3.6MPublic Benefit$3.1MEducation$2.9MHuman Services$2.4MHealth$1.7MRecreation & Sports$1.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $462k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.5M
$30,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$43M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY$1,500,000
WEST POINT'S MICHIE STADIUM PRESERVATION$1,050,000
THE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION$100,000
ONLY ONE$100,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB SONOMA MARIN$100,000
ALEXANDER VALLEY HEALTHCARE$75,000
SONOMA COUNTY GRAPE GROWERS FOUNDATION$75,000
CORAZON HEALDSBURG$75,000
NAPA VALLEY FARMWORKER FOUNDATION$53,193
NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK$51,600
UNIVERSITY OF CA DAVIS$50,000
TRUE WEST FILM CENTER$50,000
SONOMA COUNTY VINTNERS FOUNDATION$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB SONOMA MARIN$50,000
TRUE WEST FILM CENTER$50,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%WEAR IT FOR BERRETT: $1k → 14%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $20k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION NAPA VALLEY: $100k → 9%LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 13%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $250k → 11%THE LIVING ROOM: $10k → 9%DELORES BARR WEAVER POLICY CENTER: $10k → 14%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $52k → 11%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $52k → 11%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $51k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY: $10k → 9%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $50k → 11%DREAM FOUNDATION: $150k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION NAPA VALLEY: $10k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $300k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $175k → 9%CORAZON HEALDSBURG: $75k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $52k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $26k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $25k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $16k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $15k → 9%LA LUZ CENTER: $30k → 9%LA LUZ CENTER: $26k → 9%SCOPA HAS A DREAM INC: $10k → 9%LA LUZ CENTER: $15k → 9%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.

Which US states your grants reach

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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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$16M · 45 repeat orgs$10M to everyone else

45 repeat relationships — 29 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
65

Total granted

$16M
$9.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+41%

Still filing today

69%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther

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

  • TF
    THE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $3.1M · revenue +67% · 28% of their budget
  • CA
    CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +156% · 54% of their budget
  • VG
    VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $2.5M · revenue +1% · 27% of their budget

Funded once

  • NV
    NAPA VALLEY GRAPEGROWERS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2.1M · revenue +165%
  • ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2.1M · revenue +40%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $1.9M

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.

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The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
2
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
3
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
4
Solano Community Foundation

The Solano Community Foundation strengthens Solano County by advancing equity, supporting nonprofit resilience, and expanding access to philanthropy. We serve as a community leader, responsive grantmaker, and trusted partner for donors who…

Philanthropy
5
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
6
Valley Health Foundation (Vhf)

Valley health foundation (vhf) is a non-profit leader in community health and healthcare that fundraises to support, innovate, and advocate for better health for all in santa clara county. vhf helps patients, families, and dedicated…

Health
7
Green Foothills Foundation dba Green Foothills

Our mission is to protect local nature and farmland to ensure a healthy environment for everyone.

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8
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
9
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
10
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
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Sierra Watch

Sierra watch secures conservation outcomes to protect the natural resources, mountain communities, and timeless values of the tahoe sierra.

Environment
12
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of the Napa Valley and the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals 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 backsteadyCommunity FoundationsCommunity Arts CentersOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Cancer Support ServicesImmigrant Worker SupportSchool District FoundationsAffordable Housing Construc…Community College Foundatio…Animal Rescue and ShelterCommunity FoundationsAffordable Housing Developm…Health Access Advocacy and …Youth Sports ProgramsFood Banks and PantriesMilitary Veterans Support
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 26 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%33%20–35yr13%18%35–55yr16%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%3%<5yr14%18%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%9%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/100
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,465

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

94 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. 94 of the 126 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
91/94
Grantees still filing
63/94
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,675,000 · PhilanthropySONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDA…VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC — $2,450,000 · PhilanthropyVEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATIO…NEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $500,000 · PhilanthropyNEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IN…+7 more — $445,156 · PhilanthropyIndividual grant recipient — $1,883,850 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWEST POINT'S MICHIE STADIUM PRESERVATION — $1,050,000 · OtherWEST POINT'S MICHIE STADIUM PRE…KEEP MEMORY ALIVE-CLEVELAND CLINIC — $525,000 · OtherKEEP MEMORY ALIVE-CLEVELAND CLI…SANTA YNEZ VALLEY FOUNDATION — $425,000 · OtherABBIE SHELTER — $353,978 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $325,000 · OtherSONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY — $315,790 · OtherALPINE THEATRE PROJECT INC — $320,000 · Other+77 more — $3,892,364 · Other+77 moreTHE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION — $3,100,000 · Public BenefitTHE FOLDED FLAG FO…ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY — $2,100,000 · Public BenefitASSOCIATION OF THE…+1 more — $150,000 · Public BenefitNAPA VALLEY GRAPEGROWERS FOUNDATION — $2,150,000 · Food & NutritionNAPA VALLEY …THREE SQUARE — $675,000 · Food & NutritionTHREE SQUAREREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK — $535,000 · Food & NutritionREDWOOD EMPI…FLATHEAD FOOD BANK INC — $250,000 · Food & NutritionFLATHEAD FOO…+3 more — $176,096 · Food & NutritionCATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC — $3,003,634 · EducationCATHEDRAL AR…NAPA VALLEY FARMWORKER FOUNDATION — $416,512 · EducationNAPA VALLEY …AHIVOY — $127,000 · Education+4 more — $141,147 · EducationSCOPA HAS A DREAM INC DBA CORAZON HEALDSBURG — $693,405 · Human ServicesNORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK — $454,325 · Human ServicesDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION — $150,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY — $120,000 · Human ServicesLA LUZ CENTER — $70,901 · Human Services+7 more — $71,327 · Human ServicesSONOMA COUNTY VINTNERS FOUNDATION — $625,961 · Community Improvement+1 more — $15,000 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$9,070,156Other$9,090,982Public Benefit$5,350,000Food & Nutrition$3,786,096Education$3,688,293Human Services$1,559,958Community Improvement$640,961

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,675,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetTHE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION — $3,100,000 over 7y, 28% of budgetCATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC — $3,003,634 over 7y, 54% of budgetVEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC — $2,450,000 over 6y, 27% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY — $2,100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSCOPA HAS A DREAM INC DBA CORAZON HEALDSBURG — $693,405 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetTHREE SQUARE — $675,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY VINTNERS FOUNDATION — $625,961 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK — $535,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetNEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $500,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK — $454,325 over 5y, 13% of budgetSANTA YNEZ VALLEY FOUNDATION — $425,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetNAPA VALLEY FARMWORKER FOUNDATION — $416,512 over 5y, 37% of budgetALPINE THEATRE PROJECT INC — $320,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetONLY ONE INC — $300,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetPOWELL COUNTY MEDICAL FOUNDATION — $265,000 over 1y, 55% of budgetFLATHEAD FOOD BANK INC — $250,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetINJURED POLICE OFFICERS FUND — $200,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetEMPOWERS AFRICA INC — $200,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetEco Defense Group — $190,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NAPA VALLEY — $175,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTRUE WEST FILM CENTER — $165,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetTHE GREATER RENO COMMUNITY ICE SKATING ASSOCIATION — $150,000 over 1y, 87% of budgetDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetAHIVOY — $127,000 over 4y, 30% of budgetSonoma County Grape Growers Foundation — $125,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY — $120,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $112,654 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GLACIER COUNTRY — $102,226 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetHEALDSBURG JAZZ FESTIVAL INC — $100,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetTUALITY HEALTHCARE — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLE HEALTH FOUNDATION — $97,502 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetCATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC — $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGWENDOLYN STRONG FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetHEALDSBURG FFA AG BOOSTERS — $75,000 over 2y, 94% of budgetCOPPERTOWER FAMILY MED CTR INC DBA ALEXANDER VALLEY HEALTHCARE — $75,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLA LUZ CENTER — $70,901 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTUALITY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPEPPERWOOD FOUNDATION — $45,958 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSING WHITEFISH INC — $45,900 over 2y, 15% of budgetINNER CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFLATHEAD VALLEY HOCKEY ASSOCIATION — $35,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan House Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE — $26,096 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCommittee For Catholic Secondary Education — $25,747 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

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.

Sonoma County Communi…Whitefish Community F…Sonoma County Vintner…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…The Angora Ridge Foun…Roundup for Safety IncWynn Resorts Foundati…Marin Community Found…NV Energy Charitable …Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…First Interstate Banc…
Sonoma County Community FoundationCA28.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · The Angora Ridge Foundation · Roundup for Safety Inc · Wynn Resorts Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc

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 Foley Family Charitable 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 · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Ahivoy — 29% of income from government
  • Central City Concern — 10% of income from government
  • Dbwpc Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Tuality Healthcare — 4% of income from government
  • Tuality Healthcare Foundation — 3% of income from government
  • Cathedral Arts Project Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Foley Family Charitable Foundation?

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

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

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 126 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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