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The Llewellyn Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
51
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.1MEnvironment$988kFood & Nutrition$877kHuman Services$834kYouth Development$832kHealth$688kArts & Culture$655kHousing & Shelter$439kOther$0
02FY2025 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k46 grants · $894k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CCF$100,000
MISSOULA INTERFAITH COLABORATIVE$35,000
Individual grant recipient$35,000
EDVESTORS$30,000
MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION$30,000
BSFI$28,000
YWCA MISSOULA$28,000
TRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS$25,000
JEANETTE RANKIN PEACE CENTER$25,000
MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK$25,000
YOUTH HOMES$25,000
CYCLE KIDS$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
FOUND IN TRANSLATION$25,000
MONTANA LAND RELIANCE$25,000
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, $711k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HELPING OUR WOMAN: $5k → 8%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA: $30k → 9%HOMEWARD: $20k → 22%HOMEWARD: $18k → 22%DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $29k → 11%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA: $20k → 9%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA: $20k → 9%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA: $15k → 9%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $30k → 14%HOPE RESCUE MISSION: $50k → 9%ON THE RISE: $20k → 8%YOUTH HOMES: $25k → 9%EMPOWERMT: $20k → 9%ECUMENICAL SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE: $30k → 16%EMPOWERMT: $10k → 9%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN BOSTON: $25k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN BOSTON: $25k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN BOSTON: $25k → 16%YWCA MISSOULA: $42k → 9%YWCA MISSOULA: $28k → 9%YWCA MISSOULA: $25k → 9%EMPOWER MT: $25k → 9%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MA INC: $30k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MA INC: $25k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MA INC: $25k → 16%EMPOWER MT: $20k → 9%EMPOWER MT: $18k → 9%RED WILLOW LEARNING CENTER: $15k → 9%RED WILLOW LEARNING CENTER: $15k → 9%EMPOWER MT: $15k → 9%MISSOULA FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 9%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
MT
WI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
AR
DC
TX
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.2M · 88 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

88 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2025, 51 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
95

Total granted

$6.2M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+15%

Still filing today

63%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $212k 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
EnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • CK
    CYCLE KIDS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $205k · revenue +28%
  • MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $186k · revenue +415%
  • S
    SPOONFULS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $180k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • PH
    PARTNERS HOPE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • UG
    UNION GOSPEL MISSION OF MISSOULA
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • SHARE OUR STRENGTH
    one grant, 2021 · $45k · revenue -38%
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
Montana Chamber of Commerce

To create and sustain an optimal business climate, business prosperity and a strong montana economy through advocacy, education and collaboration, working to provide an empowered and educated workforce, reduce business growth obstacles,…

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2
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
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
5
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
6
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

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

Community Improvement
7
The Commons Inc

To partner with individuals and organizations to access, organize, and share data that inspires action that restores our environment.

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8
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

The minnesota center for environmental advocacy is a nonprofit organization that uses law, science and research to protect minnesota's environment, its natural resources and the health of its people.

Environment
9
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
10
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
11
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
12
Boulder Watershed Collective

The Boulder Watershed Collective is a 501c3 non-profit stakeholder-driven organization established to address forested watershed health,resiliency and stewardship. We have three program areas: ClimateAdaptation and Resilience Watershed…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Building Audacity. 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

109 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. 109 of the 199 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)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
107/109
Grantees still filing
75/109
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: $150,000 · OtherPOVERELLO CENTER INC: $159,000 · OtherCYCLE KIDS INC: $205,000 · Other+128 more: $3,839,330 · Other+128 moreMYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $186,000 · EnvironmentMYSTIC RIVER …CITYSPROUTS INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentCITYSPROUTS I…HOME RESOURCE INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentHOME RESOURCE…ECOLOGY PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $87,000 · EnvironmentECOLOGY PROJE…CLARK FORK COALITION: $80,000 · EnvironmentCLARK FORK CO…CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION …BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC: $58,000 · EnvironmentBLACKFOOT CHA…CLIMATE SMART MISSOULA INC: $57,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE SMART…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $45,000 · EnvironmentTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE: $40,000 · Environment+8 more: $140,000 · Environment+8 moreEDVESTORS INC: $180,000 · EducationEDVESTORS …826 BOSTON INC: $165,000 · Education826 BOSTON…BREAKTHROUGH GREATER BOSTON INC: $150,000 · EducationBREAKTHROU…Found in Translation Inc: $60,000 · EducationFound in T…CRAYONS TO CLASSROOMS: $55,000 · EducationCRAYONS TO…LET'S GET READY INC: $55,000 · EducationLET'S GET …CITIZEN SCHOOLS INC: $40,000 · Education+5 more: $60,000 · Education+5 moreEMPOWER MT: $108,000 · Human ServicesEMPOWER MTYWCA MISSOULA: $95,250 · Human ServicesYWCA MISSO…MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN H…FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY NUR…FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF…UNION GOSPEL MISSION OF MISSOULA: $50,000 · Human ServicesUNION GOSP…HOMEWARD: $38,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE ECUMENICAL SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE INC (ESAC): $30,000 · Human ServicesRED WILLOW LEARNING CENTER INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesDOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $29,300 · Human ServicesYOUTH HOMES: $25,000 · Human Services+4 more: $55,000 · Human Services+4 moreSPOONFULS: $180,000 · Food & NutritionMISSOULA FOOD BANK & COMMUNITY CENTER: $124,000 · Food & NutritionThe Food Project Inc: $115,000 · Food & NutritionGARDEN CITY HARVEST INC: $94,000 · Food & NutritionMONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $10,000 · Food & NutritionTRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INC: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $125,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOCIEDAD LATINA INC: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBUILDING AUDACITY: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentON-THE-RISE: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentMISSOULA WRITING COLLABORATIVE: $109,820 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureMISSOULA ART MUSEUM: $28,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureBIG SKY FILM INSTITUTE: $23,565 · Arts & CultureZUMIX INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureFROM THE TOP INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM & NATURAL RESOURCES: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $12,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$4,353,330Environment$968,000Education$765,000Human Services$730,550Food & Nutrition$548,000Youth Development$445,000Arts & Culture$303,385

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 budgetCYCLE KIDS INC: $205,000 over 9y, 4.8% of budgetMYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $186,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetSPOONFULS: $180,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetEDVESTORS INC: $180,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budget826 BOSTON INC: $165,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetPOVERELLO CENTER INC: $159,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH GREATER BOSTON INC: $150,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INC: $150,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $125,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH END COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMISSOULA FOOD BANK & COMMUNITY CENTER: $124,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMISSOULA INTERFAITH COLLABORATIVE: $117,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetThe Food Project Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMISSOULA WRITING COLLABORATIVE: $109,820 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetEMPOWER MT: $108,000 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetTRUST MONTANA INC: $107,000 over 6y, 33% of budgetCITYSPROUTS INC: $100,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetHOME RESOURCE INC: $100,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetYWCA MISSOULA: $95,250 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGARDEN CITY HARVEST INC: $94,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetECOLOGY PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $87,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetMOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $85,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetHOMEWORD INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $80,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCLARK FORK COALITION: $80,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $72,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFound in Translation Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC: $58,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetCLIMATE SMART MISSOULA INC: $57,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetSOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCRAYONS TO CLASSROOMS: $55,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIEDAD LATINA INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLET'S GET READY INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPARTNERS HOPE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION OF MISSOULA: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWTON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBUILDING AUDACITY: $45,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCITIZEN SCHOOLS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetHOMEWARD: $38,000 over 2y, 1.4% 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 CYCLE KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SPOONFULS ↗
  • Who funds EDVESTORS INC ↗
  • Who funds 826 BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds POVERELLO CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH GREATER BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH END COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSOULA FOOD BANK & COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MISSOULA INTERFAITH COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds The Food Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds MISSOULA WRITING COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds EMPOWER MT ↗
  • Who funds TRUST MONTANA INC ↗
  • Who funds CITYSPROUTS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOME RESOURCE INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA MISSOULA ↗
  • Who funds GARDEN CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds ECOLOGY PROJECT INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMEWORD INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CLARK FORK COALITION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOTTOM LINE INC ↗
  • Who funds Found in Translation Inc ↗
  • Who funds DAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE 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.

Dennis & Phyllis Washington FoundationMT49.9× affinity24 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · The High Stakes Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Sample Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Max and Betty Swanson Foundation · Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark · Treacy Foundation · Montana Community 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 Llewellyn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Llewellyn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • The Hyde Square Task Force Inc: 52% of income from government
  • On the Rise Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Lowell Community Health Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Sherrill House Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Building Audacity: 24% of income from government
  • Newton Community Service Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Mystic River Watershed Association Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Sociedad Latina Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Helping Our Women Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Groundwork Somerville Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Citizen Schools Inc: 8% of income from government
  • From the Top Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Citysprouts Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Zumix Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children - Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • 826 Boston Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Edvestors Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 199 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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