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The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles And

The jack miller center is a non-partisan organization dedicated to reinvigorating the teaching of america's founding principles and history across american education.

$485k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$66k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 44% of THE JACK MILLER CENTER FOR TEACHING AMERICA'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES AND’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $238k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $228k
$20,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON$65,586
COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY$60,639
LEE UNIVERSITY$51,890
XAVIER UNIVERSITY$50,000
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$33,910
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$27,500
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA$22,718
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY$21,222
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$20,000
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO$17,500
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY$14,450
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIR$13,500
TUFTS UNIVERSITY$12,300
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:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TUFTS UNIVERSITY: $37k → 8%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $54k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-OMAHA: $66k → 12%COLUMBIA CENTER AMERICAN STUDIES: $220k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS: $43k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN: $200k → 10%BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $117k → 16%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $53k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $177k → 10%LEE UNIVERSITY: $52k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $93k → 13%MIAMI UNIVERSITY OF OHIO: $109k → 12%XAVIER UNIVERSITY: $50k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF OHIO: $184k → 22%LAKE FOREST COLLEGE: $70k → 8%ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY: $38k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $246k → 8%CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY: $63k → 17%JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $48k → 29%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $54k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $150k → 22%COLUMBIA CENTER AMERICAN STUDIES: $110k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN: $125k → 10%BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $76k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $100k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $75k → 13%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $75k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $216k → 8%CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $50k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $75k → 22%COLUMBIA CENTER AMERICAN STUDIES: $110k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN: $125k → 10%BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $52k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $100k → 10%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $60k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $200k → 8%CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY: $45k → 17%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $50k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $75k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN: $50k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $71k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $122k → 8%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $50k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $66k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $100k → 8%SEFARIA: $200k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $50k → 14%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.0M · 58 repeat orgs$862k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +30% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

58 repeat relationships — 17 still active in FY2024, 41 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
32

Total granted

$6.0M
$844k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+9%

Still filing today

62%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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
EducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsCivil RightsHealthYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • TM
    THE MILLER CENTER FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2022 · $884k · revenue +74%
  • BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $288k · revenue +24%
  • CN
    CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $215k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • SI
    SEFARIA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue -4%
  • MU
    MIAMI UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $109k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-OMAHA
    one grant, 2022 · $66k

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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Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
5
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
6
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
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Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
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Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
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Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
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Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
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Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Portland and the most unlike its peers is Yeshiva University. 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 backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Community FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…Local History MuseumsJewish Community Organizati…Health Access Advocacy and …Public Library OperationsPolicy Research and Advocacy
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 74 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%9%10–20yr16%11%20–35yr13%20%35–55yr16%60%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%7%10–20yr16%11%20–35yr13%36%35–55yr16%46%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/94
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,471

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

62 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 62 of the 95 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
62/62
Grantees still filing
51/62
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Yale University — $700,000 · EducationYale UniversityTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $300,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIABAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $288,242 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITYPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $283,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $214,500 · EducationCHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOUNDATIONSEFARIA INC — $200,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago — $179,595 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac — $168,000 · Education+41 more — $1,552,043 · Education+41 moreTHE MILLER CENTER FOUNDATION — $883,810 · OtherTHE MILLER CENTER FOUNDATIONUniversity of Wisconsin Madison — $578,150 · OtherUniversity of Wisconsin MadisonUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS — $526,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXASOhio University — $259,500 · OtherOhio UniversityCOASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY — $153,650 · Other+35 more — $1,331,694 · Other+35 moreCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — $465,000 · Civil RightsNorthwestern University — $135,000 · Recreation & SportsMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — $30,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY — $11,037 · Arts & CultureAmerica's Future Foundation — $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE — $25,000 · Religion
Education$3,885,380Other$3,732,804Civil Rights$465,000Recreation & Sports$135,000Arts & Culture$41,037Youth Development$35,000Religion$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE MILLER CENTER FOUNDATION — $883,810 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetYale University — $700,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — $465,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $288,242 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $283,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $214,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSEFARIA INC — $200,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetUniversity of Chicago — $179,595 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac — $168,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University — $135,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College — $104,137 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLEE UNIVERSITY — $93,890 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEWBERRY LIBRARY — $92,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY — $91,248 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest College — $91,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLinfield University — $84,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $83,031 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY — $76,288 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $62,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE — $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC — $54,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY — $53,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY — $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION — $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $44,640 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College — $42,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PROVIDENCE — $39,720 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSamford University — $38,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRoosevelt University — $38,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica's Future Foundation — $35,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetKENYON COLLEGE — $33,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGENT UNIVERSITY — $33,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University — $32,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCARTHAGE COLLEGE — $31,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADMIRAL FARRAGUT ACADEMY INC — $29,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBenedictine College — $25,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - EAU CLAIRE FOUNDATION INC — $23,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC — $21,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology — $21,110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Dallas — $20,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS — $17,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY — $16,969 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTENDOM EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION — $16,450 over 2y, 0.0% 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 THE MILLER CENTER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Yale University
  • Who funds CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College
  • Who funds CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SEFARIA INC
  • Who funds University of Chicago
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac
  • Who funds Northwestern University
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College
  • Who funds LEE UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
  • Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds Lake Forest College
  • Who funds Linfield University
  • Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE
  • Who funds BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC
  • Who funds YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC

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.

Tulsa Community FoundationOK29.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tulsa Community Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Kpmg US Foundation Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · American Chemical Society · Columbus Foundation · Institute for Humane Studies · Charles Koch Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc · American Council of Learned Societies · Ibm International 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 Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles And 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 3%
  • Trustees of Tufts College13% of income from government
  • Yale University12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College7% of income from government
  • Linfield University4% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College3% of income from government
  • George Fox University2% of income from government
  • University of Portland1% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College1% of income from government
  • Assumption University0% of income from government
  • Washington College0% of income from government
  • Ave Maria University Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 95 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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