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The Joseph & Mercedes McMicking Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Joseph & Mercedes McMicking Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$665k
Granted FY2025still arriving
72
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$25k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.1MArts & Culture$531kHuman Services$448kYouth Development$211kFood & Nutrition$140kCommunity Improvement$138kInternational$137kScience & Tech$118kOther$0
02FY2025 · 72 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $138k
  • $10k–50k45 grants · $527k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAVE OUR ALLIES$25,000
ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL$20,000
SAINT ELIZABETH'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$20,000
ST EDWARD SCHOOL$15,000
SCIENTIFIC ADVENTURES FOR GIRLS$15,000
MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$15,000
YMCA OF GREATER SAN FRANCISCO$15,000
JAZZ EDUCATION ENSEMBLE$15,000
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES$15,000
PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL AID$15,000
ST GABRIEL SCHOOL$15,000
ST PAUL'S SCHOOL$12,000
COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER$10,000
REAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS$10,000
ST PHILLIP SCHOOL$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $382k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PEDIATRIC DENTAL INITIATIVE: $5k → 9%SAVE OUR ALLIES: $25k → 11%SAVE OUR ALLIES: $25k → 13%BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%SAVE OUR ALLIES: $25k → 11%SAVE OUR ALLIES: $25k → 13%PEDIATRIC DENTAL INITIATIVE: $4k → 9%PEDIATRIC DENTAL INITIATIVE: $3k → 9%PEDIATRIC DENTAL INITIATIVE: $3k → 9%YOUTH HOMES: $5k → 9%YOUTH HOMES: $5k → 9%YOUTH HOMES: $3k → 9%POINT BONITA YMCA: $10k → 8%YOUTH HOMES: $3k → 9%POINT BONITA YMCA: $8k → 8%POINT BONITA YMCA: $8k → 8%POINT BONITA YMCA: $8k → 8%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $10k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $10k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $10k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $10k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $10k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $10k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $10k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $8k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $8k → 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $5k → 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $5k → 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $5k → 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $3k → 10%LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 10%FAMILY CONNECTIONS CENTERS: $10k → 10%FAMILY CONNECTIONS CENTERS: $10k → 10%CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT: $10k → 10%AIM HIGH: $10k → 10%CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT: $10k → 10%AIM HIGH: $10k → 10%CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT: $10k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO: $10k → 10%CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT: $5k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO: $8k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO: $8k → 10%PRESIDIO YMCA: $5k → 10%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

NY
OR
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
LA
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 127 repeat orgs$445k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

127 repeat relationships: 63 still active in FY2025, 64 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

127
48

Total granted

$5.0M
$366k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+4%

Still filing today

46%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k 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 ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $130k · revenue +254%
  • TB
    THE BASIC FUND
    9× · 2017–2025 · $110k · revenue +82%
  • RP
    READING PARTNERS
    7× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • ST
    SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • YT
    YOUTH TENNIS ADVANTAGE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +20%
  • SB
    ST BRIGID SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
2
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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3
Mark Day School

Innovative and full of heart, mark day school nurtures each child to pursue their curiosity, think critically, embrace challenge with courage and joy, and work in partnership with others to build more caring and inclusive communities.

—
4
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
5
Presidio Hill School

Presidio hill school is a co-ed k-8 independent, progressive school. learning is collaborative and an active experience with an emphasis on inquiry. students are engaged in their own learning and guided by an expert faculty through a…

Education
6
Marin Academy

Marin academy asks every individual to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion, and challenges each person to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society.

Education
7
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

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8
Millennium School of San Francisco

See schedule oto realize the transformative potential of middle school. millennium school believes in developing each student to their fullest potential, this involves providing both a rigorous academic program and a science-based…

Education
9
San Francisco High School of the Arts

San Francisco Arts and Science Academy (ASA) provides TK5 grade students with a strong foundation in the arts, language, math, and science, fostering creativity, curiosity, and character development. Our bilingual, hands-on curriculum…

Education
10
The College Preparatory School

At college prep we believe in the foundational importance of scholarship, the value of dialogue, and the need for academically curious young people to belong to a kind, creative, diverse and joyful community. we challenge our students to…

Education
11
Cypress School of San Francisco F/K/a Cow Hollow Preschool

Cypress school of san francisco is a play based full day program, serving children aged 2-5.9 years old. we are a parent participation school with a low teacher to child ratio and licensed master teachers on staff.

Education
12
San Francisco University High School

At san franicisco university high school, we engage our community of diverse voices in a transformational experience that embraces the spirited pursuit of learning and empowers purpose larger than self.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Basic Fund; the most unlike its peers is Centre LOubradou 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

93 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. 93 of the 185 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
91/93
Grantees still filing
57/93
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN HIGH SCHOOL: $140,000 · OtherMARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $123,250 · Other+117 more: $2,966,500 · Other+117 moreTHE BASIC FUND: $110,000 · EducationTHE BASIC FUNDREADING PARTNERS: $85,000 · EducationREADING PARTNERSNorthern Light School: $65,000 · EducationNorthern Light S…Homework Central: $55,000 · EducationHomework CentralSouth of Market Child Care Inc: $47,500 · EducationSouth of Market …REAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS: $45,000 · EducationREAL OPTIONS FOR…826 Valencia: $40,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR HEARING RESEARCH INC WEINGARTEN CHILDRENS CENTER: $40,000 · EducationCommunity Resources for Science: $35,000 · EducationJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $30,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $30,000 · EducationSCHOOLS MENTORING AND RESOURCES TEAM INC (SMART): $27,500 · EducationPACIFIC BAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $27,500 · EducationThe Practice Space Inc: $27,500 · Education+18 more: $148,250 · Education+18 moreASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $85,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN ART…SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $85,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANC…CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $80,000 · Arts & CultureCORPORATI…COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $57,500 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY…OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA: $40,000 · Arts & CultureOAKLAND M…Intersection for the Arts: $40,000 · Arts & CultureIntersect…CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $35,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNI…+2 more: $18,500 · Arts & CultureSave Our Allies: $100,000 · Human ServicesHOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $85,000 · Human ServicesAIM HIGH: $40,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $37,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT: $35,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO: $25,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY CONNECTIONS CENTERS: $20,000 · Human ServicesFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $17,500 · Human ServicesYouth Homes Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesPEDIATRIC DENTAL INITIATIVE OF THE NORTH COAST INC: $13,500 · Human Services+2 more: $13,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $130,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE: $57,500 · PhilanthropyMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $32,000 · PhilanthropyKRISTI YAMAGUCHI'S ALWAYS DREAM: $25,000 · PhilanthropyPHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL AID: $135,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM INC: $12,915 · International+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentBridge the Gap College Prep: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentDrawBridge: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentYES Nature to Neighborhoods: $22,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS HEART OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $2,500 · Youth Development
Other$3,229,750Education$813,250Arts & Culture$441,000Human Services$401,500Philanthropy$244,500International$149,915Youth Development$145,000

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 budgetPHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL AID: $135,000 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $130,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BASIC FUND: $110,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSave Our Allies: $100,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $85,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $85,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $85,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $85,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY AT STRYBING ARBORETUM: $67,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNorthern Light School: $65,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE: $57,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $57,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHomework Central: $55,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetST PAUL'S DAY SCHOOL OF OAKLAND DBA ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $52,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $50,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSouth of Market Child Care Inc: $47,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetREAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS: $45,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOLD MCDONALDS FARM INC: $45,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $45,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAIM HIGH: $40,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budget826 Valencia: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR HEARING RESEARCH INC WEINGARTEN CHILDRENS CENTER: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetIntersection for the Arts: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $37,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHEADWATERS SCIENCE INSTITUTE: $37,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Resources for Science: $35,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT: $35,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetBridge the Gap College Prep: $35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDrawBridge: $30,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOLS MENTORING AND RESOURCES TEAM INC (SMART): $27,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPACIFIC BAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $27,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Practice Space Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetRISE UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY: $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKRISTI YAMAGUCHI'S ALWAYS DREAM: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetYES Nature to Neighborhoods: $22,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRICHMOND PROMISE INC: $22,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFAMILY CONNECTIONS CENTERS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSUPER STARS LITERACY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Homes Inc: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% 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 PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL AID ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ↗
  • Who funds THE BASIC FUND ↗
  • Who funds Save Our Allies ↗
  • Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY AT STRYBING ARBORETUM ↗
  • Who funds Northern Light School ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Homework Central ↗
  • Who funds ST PAUL'S DAY SCHOOL OF OAKLAND DBA ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds South of Market Child Care Inc ↗
  • Who funds REAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS ↗
  • Who funds OLD MCDONALDS FARM 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.

Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…East Bay Community Fo…Jewish Community Fede…The Morris Stulsaft F…Odell Rs & Hp Fund Tu…Trust Funds Incorpora…The William G Irwin C…Quest FoundationOlympic Club Foundati…McNabb FoundationBothin Foundation
Marin Community FoundationCA51.6× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Morris Stulsaft Foundation · Odell Rs & Hp Fund Tua-Main · Trust Funds Incorporated · The William G Irwin Charity Foundation · Quest Foundation · Olympic Club Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Bothin 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 Joseph & Mercedes McMicking Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joseph & Mercedes McMicking Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    34report 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
    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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    How do I get to The Joseph & Mercedes McMicking Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Joseph & Mercedes McMicking 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 185 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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