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The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$204k
Granted FY2025still arriving
51
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$378kEnvironment$302kFood & Nutrition$236kHuman Services$198kPhilanthropy$186kHealth$129kReligion$122kArts & Culture$64kOther$0
02FY2025 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k47 grants · $150k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $54k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF LAREMIR COUNTY$18,500
CARDINAL LAND TRUST$12,000
FREESTORE FOOD BANK$12,000
ARTWORKS CINCINNATI$11,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$9,500
IMPACT 100 CINCINNATI WOMEN TOGETHER CHANGING LIVES$9,400
WEST CHESTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$8,000
YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI ANNUAL FUND$8,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$7,000
MIAMI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$6,000
REACH OUT LAKOTA$6,000
WESLEY CHAPEL MISSION CENTER$6,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI$6,000
ST JOHNS$5,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS CINCINNATI CHAPTER$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $119k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $5k → 11%ASHLIE'S EMBRACE: $1k → 13%CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $3k → 11%CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $3k → 11%CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $3k → 11%CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $3k → 11%CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $3k → 11%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 12%CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $3k → 11%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 12%CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $3k → 11%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 12%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $1k → 16%BEST POINT: $5k → 16%BEST POINT: $5k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI: $5k → 16%BEST POINT: $5k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI: $5k → 16%BEST POINT: $5k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI: $5k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $6k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $5k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $4k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $4k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $3k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $3k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%CHANGING GEARS: $1k → 16%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

IL
NY
IA
OH
CA
CO
KY
MD
AZ
TN
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 87% of the giving stays in OH; by stated purpose, 82%.

The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 52 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

52 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
17

Total granted

$1.6M
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+42%

Still filing today

71%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureFood & 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

  • MU
    Miami University Foundation
    9× · 2017–2025 · $360k · revenue +14%
  • CN
    CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $167k · revenue +39%
  • FF
    FREESTORE FOODBANK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $81k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • RC
    RED CROSS
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • AE
    ASHLIES EMBRACEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +153%
  • CG
    COVERD GREATER CINCINNATI
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%
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
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
2
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
3
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
4
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
5
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
6
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
7
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
8
Columbus Humane

To fight animal cruelty, help animals in need and advocate for their well-being.

Animals
9
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
10
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
11
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
12
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

The cleveland rape crisis center is a non-profit organization which supports survivors of sexual violence, promotes healing and prevention, and advocates for social change.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Dumb Friends League; the most unlike its peers is Ashlies Embrace. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

56 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 56 of the 82 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/56
Grantees still filing
40/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEST CHESTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $71,000 · OtherWEST CHESTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHIMPACT 100 CINCINNATI WOMEN TOGETHER CHANGING LIVES: $64,600 · OtherIMPACT 100 CINCINNATI WOMEN TOGETHER CH…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA: $51,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERIC…ARTWORKS CINCINNATI: $39,000 · OtherARTWORKS CINCINNATIREACH OUT LAKOTA INC: $38,000 · OtherREACH OUT LAKOTA INCCARDINAL LAND TRUST: $33,000 · OtherCARDINAL LAND TRUSTST JOHNS: $32,500 · OtherST JOHNSAMERICAN RED CROSS CINCINNATI CHAPTER: $26,000 · OtherYWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI ANNUAL FUND: $23,000 · OtherWESLEY CHAPEL MISSION CENTER: $51,000 · OtherWESLEY CHAPEL MISSION CENTERROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY: $30,000 · Other+38 more: $141,000 · Other+38 moreMiami University Foundation: $360,000 · EducationMiami University Founda…CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $167,000 · EnvironmentCINCINNATI NATURE CE…CIVIC GARDEN CENTER OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $78,000 · EnvironmentCIVIC GARDEN CENTER …THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $30,000 · EnvironmentTHE OHIO ENVIRONMENT…THREE VALLEY CONSERVATION TRUST: $18,000 · EnvironmentTHREE VALLEY CONSERV…+2 more: $11,000 · EnvironmentUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $84,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Wa…UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY: $41,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC: $14,500 · PhilanthropyCRAYONS A…+3 more: $7,000 · PhilanthropyFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $81,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $19,400 · Food & NutritionLA SOUPE INC: $16,000 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $3,000 · Food & NutritionThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $38,000 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $31,000 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $24,500 · Human ServicesCROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $22,000 · Human Services+3 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $24,500 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $15,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S SUPPORT & WELLNESS INC: $11,500 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · HealthTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthDENVER CHILDREN'S HOME: $4,500 · Health+2 more: $1,500 · Health
Other$600,100Education$360,000Environment$304,000Philanthropy$146,500Food & Nutrition$119,400Human Services$118,500Health$68,000

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 budgetMiami University Foundation: $360,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $167,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $84,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $81,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCIVIC GARDEN CENTER OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $78,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetWESLEY CHAPEL MISSION CENTER: $51,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY: $41,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $38,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetREACH OUT LAKOTA INC: $38,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $31,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $30,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY: $30,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $24,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $24,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK: $22,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $19,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE VALLEY CONSERVATION TRUST: $18,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetLA SOUPE INC: $16,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $15,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC: $14,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE BROTHERS FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $13,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetPets in Need of Greater Cincinnati Inc: $12,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPARKINSON'S SUPPORT & WELLNESS INC: $11,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTHE PLANETARY SOCIETY: $11,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE MIAMI CONSERVANCY: $9,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCINCINNATI OBSERVATORY CENTER: $9,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 24 IN 24: $4,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER CHILDREN'S HOME: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO PET PANTRY: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWave Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF GREATER CINCINN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Poweshiek Community Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHLIES EMBRACE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOVERD GREATER CINCINNATI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE OF THE ROCKIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR SARCOIDOSIS RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHANGINGGEARS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAMILTON COUNTY SPCA INC DBA SPCA CINCINNATI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Miami University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds CIVIC GARDEN CENTER OF GREATER CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds WESLEY CHAPEL MISSION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio ↗
  • Who funds REACH OUT LAKOTA INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS MINISTRY OF ESTES PARK ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds THREE VALLEY CONSERVATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds LA SOUPE INC ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds CRAYONS AND BEYOND INC ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE BROTHERS FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY ↗
  • Who funds Pets in Need of Greater Cincinnati Inc ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S SUPPORT & WELLNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PLANETARY SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE MIAMI CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH31.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Millstone Fund · The Northern Cincinnai Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Miramar Charitable Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Colorado 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 Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    16report 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 82 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-PF 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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