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The Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus

Support of religious, educational, and charitable activities in furtherance of the catholic church and catholic diocese of columbus.

$15M
Granted FY2025still arriving
235
Grants FY2025still arriving
27
States reached
$1.7M
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$49MEducation$30MHuman Services$7.4MHealth$3.6MYouth Development$2.0MInternational$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.4MHousing & Shelter$1.2MOther$0
02FY2025 · 235 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 235 grants below total $12,624,457, the rows itemized in this filing. The $14,759,974 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,135,517 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 $10k39 grants · $288k
  • $10k–50k138 grants · $2.9M
  • $50k–250k49 grants · $4.6M
  • $250k+9 grants · $4.8M
$20,000
Median grant
27
States reached
$289M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS - FINANCE OFFICE$1,717,576
ST PAUL'S OUTREACH INCORPORATED$803,708
OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY$504,626
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES$447,550
ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY HOUSE$302,550
ST VINCENT DE PAUL HOUSING FACILITY INC$272,700
THE APPEAL$266,580
DAMASCUS CATHOLIC MISSION CAMPUS$255,534
BISHOP MCCORT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$250,000
CATHOLIC YOUTH SUMMER CAMP INC$243,373
THE BRIAN MUHA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC$198,300
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$173,650
ST PAUL THE APOSTLE PARISH$155,320
HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS$153,500
MERCY SHIPS$151,300
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 (FY17–25, $5.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MOMMIES MATTER: $40k → 5%BOTTOMS UP DIAPER DRIVE: $66k → 9%Catholic Social Services: $39k → 22%Mommies Matter: $37k → 5%MOMMIES MATTER: $37k → 5%BOTTOMS UP DIAPER DRIVE: $47k → 9%MOMMIES MATTER: $35k → 5%BOTTOMS UP DIAPER DRIVE: $42k → 9%Bottoms Up Diaper Drive: $41k → 9%BOTTOMS UP DIAPER DRIVE: $41k → 9%PEOPLE IN NEED INC: $150k → 5%ST VINCENT DE PAUL HOUSING FACILITY INC: $273k → 10%PEOPLE IN NEED INC: $100k → 5%ST VINCENT DE PAUL HOUSING FACILITY INC ST VINCENT HAVEN: $187k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL HOUSING FACILITY INC: $93k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL HOUSING FACILITY INC ST VINCENT HAVEN: $75k → 10%St Vincent de Paul Housing Facility Inc: $65k → 10%St Vincent de Paul Housing Facility Inc: $43k → 10%ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $303k → 15%St Stephen's Community House: $109k → 15%St Stephen's Community House: $84k → 15%ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $81k → 15%St Stephen's Community House: $46k → 15%FAMILIES FLOURISH: $67k → 15%FAMILIES FLOURISH: $48k → 15%Pregnancy Decision Health Center: $152k → 15%Pregnancy Decision Health Center: $139k → 15%PREGNANCY DECISION HEALTH CENTER: $114k → 15%PREGNANCY DECISION HEALTH CENTER: $96k → 15%PREGNANCY DECISION HEALTH CENTER: $82k → 15%Pregnancy Decision Health Center: $77k → 15%PREGNANCY DECISION HEALTH CENTER: $74k → 15%Pregnancy Decision Health Center: $70k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $448k → 15%Catholic Social Services: $351k → 15%Catholic Social Services: $319k → 15%Catholic Social Services: $245k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $234k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $139k → 15%Pregnancy Decision Health Center: $136k → 15%Catholic Social Services: $117k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $102k → 15%St Stephen's Community House: $95k → 15%Catholic Social Services: $70k → 15%St Vincent de Paul Housing Facility Inc: $49k → 15%Cornerstone of Hope: $40k → 15%Back in His Arms Again: $38k → 15%Cornerstone of Hope: $45k → 15%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

WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$94M · 304 repeat orgs$6.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

304 repeat relationships: 166 still active in FY2025, 138 since wound down; 55 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

304
225

Total granted

$94M
$5.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+11%

Still filing today

37%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesReligionHealthInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • DI
    DAMASCUS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.4M · revenue +181%
  • CS
    CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +35%
  • BG
    BISHOP GRIFFIN RESOURCE CENTER SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +124% · 43% of their budget

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $412k
  • DO
    Diocese of Columbus - Tribunal Office
    one grant, 2017 · $208k
  • 6W
    6401 WOODLAWN HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $201k · revenue -100% · 43% 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
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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2
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
3
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
4
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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5
Ave Maria University Inc

University education grounded in the traditions and faith of the roman catholic church

Education
6
University of Dayton

The university of dayton is a top-tier independent, catholic research educational institution founded in 1850. the primary exempt purpose is providing post secondary education through undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and continuing…

Education
7
Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley

To provide social services to those in need, focusing on nine areas: behavioral health, family stabilization & success, guardianship, hispanic outreach, pregnancy & parenting, refugee resettlement, services for older adults, supervised…

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8
Ohio Christian University

Ohio christian university (ocu) is committed to offering a complete education that develops students intellectually, professionally, and spiritually. (continued on schedule o)ocu offers degree programs designed to equip students to become…

Education
9
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
10
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

University is a 4 year private catholic institution, offering degrees in nursing, health/behavioral sciences, & humanities. the college is an integral part of the fmol health system.

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11
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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12
St John's University New York

St. john's university is a catholic, vincentian, metropolitan, and global institution of higher education (continued on schedule o).

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Faith Mission Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Lindy Infante Foundation. 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

212 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. 212 of the 594 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
42
Early backer (in before they grew)
207/212
Grantees still filing
132/212
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS - FINANCE OFFICE: $15,930,458 · OtherDIOCESE OF COLUMBUS - FINANCE OFFICECATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS: $12,645,686 · OtherCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUSST PAULS OUTREACH INC: $5,277,254 · OtherST PAULS OUTREACH INCSt Paul the Apostle Parish: $2,470,575 · Other+148 more: $34,867,017 · Other+148 moreCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $2,101,996 · Human ServicesPREGNANCY DECISION HEALTH CENTERS: $939,786 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE PAUL HOUSING FACILITIES INC: $813,693 · Human ServicesST STEPHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $767,050 · Human ServicesPEOPLE IN NEED INC OF DELAWARE COUNTY OHIO: $256,000 · Human ServicesBOTTOMS UP DIAPER DRIVE: $255,160 · Human ServicesMOMMIES MATTER: $219,475 · Human ServicesCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF COLUMBUS: $214,981 · Human ServicesBACK IN HIS ARMS AGAIN: $203,070 · Human Services+2 more: $227,350 · Human ServicesOHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $2,202,484 · EducationBISHOP MCCORT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $1,263,000 · EducationPONTIFICAL COLLEGE JOSEPHINUM: $743,720 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $396,550 · Education+5 more: $558,195 · EducationBISHOP GRIFFIN RESOURCE CENTER SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $1,420,940 · ReligionTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $554,650 · ReligionETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $356,150 · ReligionST GABRIEL RADIO INC: $322,945 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $318,650 · ReligionMASS OF THE AGES SOCIETY LIMITED: $187,500 · ReligionThe Daughters of Saint Eliae Inc: $179,500 · ReligionHeart to Heart Inc A Catholic Media Ministry: $165,500 · ReligionBETHESDA HEALING MINISTRY INC: $155,250 · ReligionPARADISUS DEI INC: $146,575 · Religion+4 more: $438,046 · ReligionDAMASCUS INC: $3,359,577 · Youth DevelopmentRUN THE RACE CLUB: $413,270 · Youth Development+1 more: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $539,441 · HealthMOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $425,518 · HealthHope Hollow: $180,575 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $174,235 · HealthLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR SACRED HEART HOME: $133,748 · HealthMercy Ships International: $271,300 · InternationalSCHOOL OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $170,000 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $132,555 · InternationalMary's Meals USA Inc: $114,627 · InternationalFRANCISCAN FOUNDATION FOR THE HOLY LAND: $107,195 · InternationalCENTRAL AMERICAN MEDICAL OUTREACH INC: $70,000 · International
Other$71,190,990Human Services$5,998,561Education$5,163,949Religion$4,245,706Youth Development$3,882,847Health$1,453,517International$865,677

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDAMASCUS INC: $3,359,577 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetOHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $2,202,484 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $2,101,996 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetBISHOP GRIFFIN RESOURCE CENTER SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $1,420,940 over 6y, 43% of budgetBISHOP MCCORT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $1,263,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetPREGNANCY DECISION HEALTH CENTERS: $939,786 over 9y, 11% of budgetST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES: $859,286 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL HOUSING FACILITIES INC: $813,693 over 9y, 15% of budgetST STEPHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $767,050 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetPONTIFICAL COLLEGE JOSEPHINUM: $743,720 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetHEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL INC: $733,500 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetBRIAN MUHA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $683,247 over 8y, 19% of budgetTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $554,650 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $539,441 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $425,518 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $396,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC CENTRAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $372,692 over 7y, 31% of budgetETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $356,150 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetST GABRIEL RADIO INC: $322,945 over 4y, 10% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $318,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $271,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCONVENT OF ST BIRGITTA: $262,217 over 3y, 12% of budgetPEOPLE IN NEED INC OF DELAWARE COUNTY OHIO: $256,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetBOTTOMS UP DIAPER DRIVE: $255,160 over 6y, 10% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $253,601 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $221,661 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMOMMIES MATTER: $219,475 over 7y, 35% of budgetLITTLE EAGLE WRESTLING CLUB: $218,000 over 5y, 70% of budgetCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF COLUMBUS: $214,981 over 9y, 19% of budgetBACK IN HIS ARMS AGAIN: $203,070 over 7y, 68% of budget6401 WOODLAWN HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $201,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetMASS OF THE AGES SOCIETY LIMITED: $187,500 over 3y, 10% of budgetHope Hollow: $180,575 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetThe Daughters of Saint Eliae Inc: $179,500 over 6y, 16% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $174,235 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $170,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetHeart to Heart Inc A Catholic Media Ministry: $165,500 over 6y, 42% of budgetBETHESDA HEALING MINISTRY INC: $155,250 over 5y, 25% of budgetThe University of Findlay: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARADISUS DEI INC: $146,575 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMOUNT ST JOSEPH UNIVERSITY: $145,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHonorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc: $145,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE OF NURSING: $135,904 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR SACRED HEART HOME: $133,748 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $132,555 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCONGREGATION OF THE ORATORY OF ST PHILIP NERI INC: $122,395 over 3y, 17% of budgetSACRED HEART ENTHRONEMENT NETWORK: $117,900 over 5y, 22% of budgetFAMILIES FLOURISH INC: $115,050 over 2y, 2.7% 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.

  • Who funds DAMASCUS INC ↗
  • Who funds OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BISHOP GRIFFIN RESOURCE CENTER SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ↗
  • Who funds BISHOP MCCORT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PREGNANCY DECISION HEALTH CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT DE PAUL HOUSING FACILITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ST STEPHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds PONTIFICAL COLLEGE JOSEPHINUM ↗
  • Who funds HEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIAN MUHA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RUN THE RACE CLUB ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗

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.

Columbus FoundationOH75.4× affinity98 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Harry C Moores Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Margaret and Robert Walter Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · American Electric Power Foundation · Kelley Family 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 Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 594 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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