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· Private foundation

The John a Hartford Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$25M
Granted FY2025still arriving
197
Grants FY2025still arriving
24
States reached
$2.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$76MEducation$27MHuman Services$17MEmployment$4.2MHousing & Shelter$2.4MScience & Tech$2.4MInternational$1.7MArts & Culture$1.2MOther$0
02FY2025 · 197 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k113 grants · $163k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $732k
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $2.8M
  • $250k+31 grants · $22M
$2,500
Median grant
24
States reached
$776M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT$2,162,631
INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT$2,066,102
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$1,231,153
YALE UNIVERSITY$935,808
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO$894,883
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$815,990
CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR STATE HEALTH POL$798,108
HEALTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST$777,357
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC$776,895
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$769,839
TRUST FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH$769,158
AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY INC$733,474
COUNCIL OF MEDICAL SPECIALTY SOCIETIES$727,992
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC$697,673
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$689,650
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 (FY19–25, $5.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $137k → 10%Rosalynn Carter Institute For Caregivers Inc: $10k → 22%Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging: $450k → 17%National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Inc: $100k → 6%Alosa Health Inc: $40k → 16%AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $112k → 10%Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging: $236k → 17%Grantmakers In Aging: $154k → 7%National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Inc: $15k → 6%American Society on Aging: $104k → 10%Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging: $214k → 17%Alosa Health Inc: $36k → 16%American Society on Aging: $20k → 10%Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging: $211k → 17%Grantmakers In Aging: $78k → 7%Alosa Health Inc: $4k → 16%American Society on Aging: $20k → 10%Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging: $167k → 17%GRANTMAKERS IN AGING: $132k → 9%Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging: $133k → 17%Grantmakers In Aging: $40k → 7%GRANTMAKERS IN AGING: $128k → 9%Grantmakers In Aging: $125k → 9%Grantmakers In Aging: $25k → 7%Grantmakers In Aging: $77k → 9%Grantmakers In Aging: $30k → 9%Grantmakers In Aging: $25k → 7%Grantmakers In Aging: $25k → 9%Tides Center: $100k → 10%Grantmakers In Aging: $10k → 9%Grantmakers In Aging: $10k → 7%American Society on Aging: $125k → 10%International Association for Indigenous Aging: $20k → 8%Grantmakers In Aging: $10k → 7%Age Friendly Foundation Inc: $500k → 8%Age Friendly Foundation Inc: $500k → 8%Age Friendly Foundation Inc: $30k → 8%Age Friendly Foundation Inc: $15k → 8%Age Friendly Foundation Inc: $12k → 8%Age Friendly Foundation Inc: $5k → 8%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING: $587k → 14%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING: $497k → 14%National Alliance for Caregiving: $459k → 14%National Alliance for Caregiving: $30k → 14%National Alliance for Caregiving: $20k → 14%YMCA of Greater New York: $50k → 17%YMCA of Greater New York: $50k → 17%National Alliance for Caregiving: $10k → 14%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

ME
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$154M · 129 repeat orgs$6.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

129 repeat relationships: 94 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 51 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

129
88

Total granted

$154M
$6.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
0%

Still filing today

82%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $641k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    7× · 2019–2025 · $9.5M · revenue +41%
  • U
    USAGING
    7× · 2019–2025 · $6.6M · revenue +217%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
    6× · 2019–2025 · $5.9M · revenue +22% · 30% of their budget

Funded once

  • RO
    Regents of the University of California Los Angeles
    one grant, 2021 · $1.2M
  • CF
    Center for Health Policy DevelopmentNational Academy State Health Policy
    one grant, 2020 · $1.2M
  • CF
    Center for Health Policy DevelopmentNational Academy for State Health Poli
    one grant, 2019 · $1.1M
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
3
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Alliance for Aging Research

The alliance for aging research is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the narrative to achieve healthy aging and equitable access to care.

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5
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
7
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
8
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
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
11
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
12
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Catalyst Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ensemble Ipse Inc. 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

226 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. 226 of the 279 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
224/226
Grantees still filing
124/226
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

USAGING: $6,638,189 · OtherUSAGINGUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $6,347,029 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONTHE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY: $5,891,796 · OtherTHE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETYEDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $4,473,543 · OtherEDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INCUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $3,741,217 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $3,564,507 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITY: $3,420,698 · Other+94 more: $37,362,316 · Other+94 moreHealth Research and Educational Trust: $5,229,731 · HealthHealth Research and Ed…RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC: $5,193,708 · HealthRESEARCH FOUNDATION FO…HEALTH CAREERS FUTURES: $3,927,143 · HealthHEALTH CAREERS FUTURESRush University Medical Center: $3,016,104 · HealthRush University Medica…NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE: $2,974,175 · HealthNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR…FAIR HEALTH INC: $2,065,064 · HealthFAIR HEALTH INCEMERGENCY MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $2,035,331 · HealthEMERGENCY MEDICINE FOU…HOME CENTERED CARE INSTITUTE: $1,615,656 · HealthBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $1,476,784 · HealthCENTER FOR HEALTH CARE STRATEGIES INC: $1,180,406 · Health+34 more: $3,319,051 · Health+34 moreICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $9,531,555 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDI…TRUST FOR AMERICAS HEALTH: $5,486,094 · EducationTRUST FOR AMERICAS H…CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $5,092,313 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE…AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS: $3,297,487 · EducationAMERICAN COLLEGE OF …JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $2,179,642 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVER…+24 more: $3,879,385 · Education+24 moreINSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT: $16,063,429 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE F…+1 more: $20,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING: $1,603,174 · Human ServicesBENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE: $1,411,433 · Human ServicesTHE AGE FRIENDLY FOUNDATION INC: $1,062,150 · Human ServicesGRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC: $870,236 · Human ServicesAMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $523,050 · Human ServicesAARP FOUNDATION: $481,518 · Human Services+10 more: $434,600 · Human ServicesHENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $3,648,414 · PhilanthropyGRANTMAKERS IN HEALTH: $146,400 · Philanthropy+4 more: $259,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $2,533,182 · Science & Tech+1 more: $45,408 · Science & Tech
Other$71,439,295Health$32,033,153Education$29,466,476Civil Rights$16,083,429Human Services$6,386,161Philanthropy$4,053,814Science & Tech$2,578,590

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 budgetINSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT: $16,063,429 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $9,531,555 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUSAGING: $6,638,189 over 7y, 16% of budgetTHE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY: $5,891,796 over 6y, 30% of budgetTRUST FOR AMERICAS HEALTH: $5,486,094 over 7y, 75% of budgetHealth Research and Educational Trust: $5,229,731 over 7y, 14% of budgetRESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC: $5,193,708 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $5,092,313 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $4,473,543 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetHEALTH CAREERS FUTURES: $3,927,143 over 5y, 100% of budgetHENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $3,648,414 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS: $3,297,487 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $3,016,104 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE: $2,974,175 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $2,533,182 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetLEADINGAGE INC: $2,329,892 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $2,179,642 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $2,175,891 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $2,075,946 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFAIR HEALTH INC: $2,065,064 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetEMERGENCY MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $2,035,331 over 5y, 36% of budgetNATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $1,808,994 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetHOME CENTERED CARE INSTITUTE: $1,615,656 over 6y, 18% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING: $1,603,174 over 4y, 26% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $1,476,784 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE: $1,411,433 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetCENTER FOR HEALTH CARE STRATEGIES INC: $1,180,406 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH INC: $1,073,463 over 3y, 18% of budgetSERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC: $982,829 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetNATIONAL PACE ASSOCIATION: $969,972 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetCENTER FOR MEDICARE ADVOCACY INC: $932,500 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetCouncil of Medical Specialty Societies: $927,992 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF HOME CARE MEDICINE: $871,003 over 5y, 15% of budgetGRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC: $870,236 over 6y, 15% of budgetNew York University: $706,919 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTICE IN AGING: $625,100 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetPARAPROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE INC: $574,599 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $523,050 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetCONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION: $513,777 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY CATALYST INC: $500,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFRAMEWORKS INSTITUTE: $499,883 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $481,518 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $466,702 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS IN MEDICINE INC: $438,084 over 2y, 17% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $424,455 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $311,872 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale Foundation Inc: $268,835 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $245,084 over 2y, 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 INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds USAGING ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds TRUST FOR AMERICAS HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds Health Research and Educational Trust ↗
  • Who funds RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH CAREERS FUTURES ↗
  • Who funds HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS ↗
  • Who funds Rush University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds LEADINGAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FAIR HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY MEDICINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HOME CENTERED CARE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING ↗
  • Who funds BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE STRATEGIES 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 Commonwealth FundThe Scan FoundationGordon E and Betty I …Laura and John Arnold…The Robert Wood Johns…AARPCalifornia Healthcare…National Council on A…The New York Communit…New York State Health…Gary and Mary West He…Pharmaceutical Resear…
The Commonwealth FundNY45.7× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Commonwealth Fund · The Scan Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Laura and John Arnold Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · AARP · California Healthcare Foundation · National Council on Aging Inc · The New York Community Trust · New York State Health Fdn D/B/A New York Health Foundation · Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

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 John a Hartford Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The John a Hartford Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • International Association for Indigenous Aging: 100% of income from government
  • Upper Housatonic Valley National He: 80% of income from government
  • Education Development Center Inc: 65% of income from government
  • Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Housatonic Youth Service Bureau Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Health Care for All Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Community Catalyst Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Center for Health Care Strategies Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Alosa Health Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Young Men's Christian Association of the Oranges Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Documentary Educational Resources Inc: 1% of income from government
  • National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement: 0% of income from government
  • The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to The John a Hartford Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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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 279 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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