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The Kay Family Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

The Kay Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
188
Grants FY2024still arriving
19
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$4.5MHuman Services$4.1MEnvironment$1.8MAnimals$1.7MInternational$1.7MCivil Rights$1.4MArts & Culture$1.3MReligion$1.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 188 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 188 grants below total $5,556,250, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,616,750 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,060,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $83k
  • $10k–50k168 grants · $4.2M
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $681k
  • $250k+2 grants · $550k
$26,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$86M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Anti-Defamation League$300,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museum$250,000
Holy Cross Foundation$200,000
Washington Institute Near East Policy$106,000
Hadassah$100,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington$100,000
Jewish Foundation for Group Homes$75,000
JCC of Greater Washington$50,000
Jewish Social Service Agency$50,000
Jewish Council for the Aging$48,000
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation$48,000
Wounded Warrior Project$47,000
Montgomery Countryside Alliance$45,000
Hebrew Home of Greater Washington$45,000
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center$45,000
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 (FY17–18, $204k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Pajama Program: $15k → 17%The Task Force for Global Health: $15k → 14%House of Ruth Maryland: $15k → 19%Guide Dogs of America: $9k → 14%Shoes That Fit: $15k → 14%Jewish Foundation for Group Homes: $50k → 8%Jewish Foundation for Group Homes: $40k → 8%Jewish Council for the Aging: $10k → 8%Montgomery Hospice: $10k → 8%Sugarloaf Citizens Association: $540 → 8%THE BARKER ADOPTION FOUNDATION: $15k → 8%WUMCO Help Inc: $8k → 8%WUMCO Help Inc: $3k → 8%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

MN
IL
NY
MA
IA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
OK
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.
$22M · 202 repeat orgs$854k to everyone else

202 repeat relationships: 177 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

202
40

Total granted

$22M
$736k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+40%

Still filing today

75%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $118k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalAnimalsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    4× · 2017–2024 · $776k · revenue +78%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    4× · 2021–2024 · $612k · revenue +13%
  • JF
    JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $409k · revenue +148%

Funded once

  • BS
    BULLIS SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +60%
  • WI
    WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +39%
  • WW
    Wounded Warrior Project
    one grant, 2021 · $45k
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
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
4
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International
7
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
9
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
10
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
11
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Partnership to End Addiction; the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Conservation Society. 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

187 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. 187 of the 255 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
185/187
Grantees still filing
135/187
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Washington Institute Near East Policy: $432,000 · OtherHadassah: $426,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $776,205 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE+97 more: $10,421,500 · Other+97 moreJEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC: $409,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FOUNDATI…JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $229,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH SOCIAL S…JEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $205,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COUNCIL …BEYOND BEDTIME INC: $166,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $148,000 · Human ServicesThe Barker Adoption Foundation: $145,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC: $145,000 · Human ServicesWUMCO HELP INC: $139,000 · Human ServicesA Mothers Rest Charitable Respite Foundation: $130,000 · Human ServicesTHE TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INC: $122,000 · Human ServicesInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $115,500 · Human ServicesRED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $107,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $107,000 · Human ServicesMAIN STAY THERAPEUTIC FARM INC: $107,000 · Human Services+13 more: $911,240 · Human Services+13 moreHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $237,000 · HealthHEBREW HOME O…SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $195,000 · HealthSIBLEY MEMORI…THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $172,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS'…FOOD & FRIENDS INC: $151,000 · HealthFOOD & FRIEND…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $130,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $117,000 · HealthTHE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND: $107,000 · HealthGLOBAL HEALTH CORPS INC: $107,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $107,000 · HealthPARTNERSHIP TO END ADDICTION: $107,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $107,000 · HealthEVERYMIND INC: $107,000 · HealthTHE GLAUCOMA FOUNDATION INC: $96,000 · Health+14 more: $967,000 · Health+14 moreOPERATION SMILE INC: $174,000 · InternationalWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $145,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $107,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST TRUST: $107,000 · InternationalTHE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT: $107,000 · InternationalHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $107,000 · InternationalRELIEF INTERNATIONAL INC: $107,000 · InternationalGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $86,000 · InternationalONE ACRE FUND: $86,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $86,000 · InternationalMercy Corps: $86,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $82,000 · InternationalOPERATION CALIFORNIA INC: $65,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $65,000 · InternationalWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $65,000 · InternationalCHILDREN INCORPORATED: $65,000 · International+4 more: $140,000 · InternationalTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $186,000 · PhilanthropyUSEA FOUNDATION: $151,000 · PhilanthropyTHE OFFICER DOWN MEMORIAL PAGE INC: $122,000 · PhilanthropyYELLOW RIBBON FUND INC: $122,000 · PhilanthropyHope For The Warriors: $86,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $86,000 · PhilanthropyKIDNEY CANCER RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $76,000 · PhilanthropyTHE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $65,000 · PhilanthropyThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $612,000 · Arts & CultureDANCE PLACE: $113,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $96,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH ART FOR HEALING INC: $84,000 · Arts & CultureDC YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM: $65,000 · Arts & CultureMOCO KIDSCO INC: $48,600 · Arts & CultureK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $151,000 · AnimalsMONTGOMERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $147,500 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Society: $145,000 · AnimalsHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $130,000 · AnimalsWILDAID INC: $86,000 · AnimalsTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $65,000 · AnimalsPETSMART CHARITIES INC: $65,000 · AnimalsEQUUS FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 · AnimalsRETIRED RACEHORSE PROJECT LTD: $51,000 · AnimalsPETCONNECT RESCUE INC: $42,000 · AnimalsPAW WARRIORS INC: $42,000 · Animals
Other$12,055,705Human Services$3,185,740Health$2,707,000International$1,680,000Philanthropy$1,094,000Arts & Culture$1,018,600Animals$989,500

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 budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $776,205 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $612,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC: $409,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $237,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $229,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $205,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $195,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $191,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $186,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $186,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $174,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $172,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $171,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE INC: $167,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetBEYOND BEDTIME INC: $166,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetNational Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $166,000 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF CENTRAL MARYLANDINC: $161,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $151,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $151,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUSEA FOUNDATION: $151,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $151,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $148,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $147,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetThe Barker Adoption Foundation: $145,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $145,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $145,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $145,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $145,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $145,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC: $145,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $140,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWUMCO HELP INC: $139,000 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $130,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $130,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS: $130,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $130,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $130,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA: $130,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetA Mothers Rest Charitable Respite Foundation: $130,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $129,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR GAZING FARM: $128,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetFREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC: $122,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of the National Arboretum: $122,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INC: $122,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OFFICER DOWN MEMORIAL PAGE INC: $122,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetYELLOW RIBBON FUND INC: $122,000 over 5y, 1.1% 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 ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC ↗
  • Who funds HEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND BEDTIME INC ↗
  • Who funds National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF CENTRAL MARYLANDINC ↗
  • Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD & FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds USEA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Barker Adoption Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENPEACE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY ↗

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.

Greater Washington Co…The Ina Kay Foundatio…United Way of the Nat…Philip L Graham Fund …Clark-Winchcole Found…The Morris and Gwendo…Dimick Foundation Joh…Nora Roberts Foundati…John Edward Fowler Me…Healthcare Initiative…Robert I Schattner Fo…William S Abell Found…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC46.7× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Ina Kay Foundation Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Nora Roberts Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Healthcare Initiative Foundation · Robert I Schattner Foundation Inc aka Schattner Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The House of Ruth Maryland Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Kay Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Kay Family 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.

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 255 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $7.6M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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