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The Long Lewis Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$845k
Granted FY2024still arriving
318
Grants FY2024still arriving
19
States reached
$62k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$1.1MHealth$682kHuman Services$474kInternational$421kRecreation & Sports$319kEducation$157kYouth Development$130kPhilanthropy$128kOther$0
02FY2024 · 318 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k302 grants · $551k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $231k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $62k
$1,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANGEL TREE$62,450
FCA$31,700
THE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION$25,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$25,000
EMBRACE ALABAMA KIDS$20,000
HIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST CHURCH$17,250
TRINITY MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME$13,560
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE SHOALS$12,500
THE RESCUE ME PROJECT$12,400
LIFESOURCE$12,076
TRI-STATE INSPIRATIONAL BROADCASTING$11,200
REAL LIFE CHURCH$10,500
RUSSELLVILLE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH$10,306
COMMON GROUND SHOALS$10,000
ARC OF THE SHOALS SPECIAL OLYMPICS$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $162k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MISSION OF MERCY: $1k → 17%CHILDREN'S HARBOR INC: $3k → 13%EMBRACE ALABAMA KIDS: $20k → 18%PROJECT GRACE CENTRAL AL INC: $2k → 36%PROJECT SWEET PEA'S: $1k → 7%FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $850 → 8%WELLS OF HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $2k → 17%WELLS OF HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $1k → 17%KIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%LIFESOURCE: $12k → 13%AGAPE OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $750 → 7%THE LOVELADY CENTER: $3k → 16%THE WINGS OF HOPE PEDIATRIC FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%YMCA: $10k → 13%THE ROVERCHASE FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%THE LADDER: $3k → 16%AUTAUGA INTERFAITH CARE CENTER: $1k → 12%THE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES INC: $2k → 16%ALABAMA SHERIFFS YOUTH RANCHES INC: $7k → 18%ALABAMA SHERIFFS YOUTH RANCHES INC: $7k → 18%ALABAMA SHERIFFS YOUTH RANCHES INC: $5k → 18%ALABAMA SHERIFFS YOUTH RANCHES INC: $3k → 18%YMCA: $7k → 13%ATTENTION HOMES OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC: $5k → 13%CARINGPLACE OF THE SHOALS INC: $5k → 13%CARINGPLACE OF THE SHOALS INC: $5k → 13%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $1k → 18%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $1k → 18%CHANGED LIVES CHRISTIAN CENTER: $2k → 16%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $1k → 18%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $750 → 18%ONE PLACE OF THE SHOALS: $3k → 13%ONE PLACE OF THE SHOALS: $3k → 13%CARINGPLACE OF THE SHOALS INC: $3k → 13%ONE PLACE OF THE SHOALS: $3k → 13%ONE PLACE OF THE SHOALS: $3k → 13%ONE PLACE OF THE SHOALS: $3k → 13%POWER OF LIFE FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%POWER OF LIFE FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE SHOALS: $2k → 17%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE SHOALS: $2k → 17%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE SHOALS: $2k → 17%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE SHOALS: $2k → 17%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE SHOALS: $1k → 17%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE SHOALS: $1k → 17%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE SHOALS: $1k → 17%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE SHOALS: $1k → 17%BRIDGE MINISTRIES: $2k → 13%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

AK
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MI
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OH
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NJ
RI
CA
UT
CO
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AR
TN
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DC
LA
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AL
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 293 repeat orgs$744k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

293 repeat relationships: 173 still active in FY2024, 120 since wound down; 144 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

293
360

Total granted

$3.2M
$464k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+17%

Still filing today

27%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $280k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthReligionInternationalPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    6× · 2018–2024 · $185k · revenue +100%
  • TR
    THE RESCUE ME PROJECT
    7× · 2018–2024 · $153k · revenue +93% · 82% of their budget
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE SHOALS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $81k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • GW
    GRACE WAY BIBLE CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $71k
  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTAIN ATHLETES
    one grant, 2021 · $51k
  • FB
    Food Bank of North Alabama Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $13k · revenue +86%
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
Christian Mission Centers Inc

The christian mission centers seeks to meet the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of all people to whom we minister.

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2
Dale County Rescue Mission

The rescue missions purpose is to provide food, housing , and transportation in emergency situations to local residents and transients, Those served are spiritually ministered.

Human Services
3
Christian Services for Children in Alabama

The mission of christian services for children in alabama is to show the love of christ by providing counseling and other related services to children and their families.

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4
Habitat for Humanity of Baldwin County Inc

Habitat for humanity of baldwin county, inc. is an ecumenical, christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing by partnering with the community to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

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5
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame
Arts & Culture
6
Alabama Regional Medical Services

To provide quality healthcare and related services to all communities, including the underserved and homeless persons, regardless of language, culture, or financial barriers

Health
7
Caring for Citizens of Alabama

Social services

Human Services
8
Alpha International Ministries

Ministry is a cristian church focusing on spreading the word of god, humanitarian help, reaching out to communities in need, provide financial help, build new churches.

Religion
9
African Children's Mission Inc

Reaching out to children in east africa living in destitute circumstances, both physically and with the gospel of jesus christ, to enable them to grow and develop in a secure environment.

Religion
10
Family Services of North Alabama

Strengthens families and serve sexual assault victims

Human Services
11
North Al Christian Childrens Home

Provides foster care for children placed in home by family court lauderdale county

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12
Augusta Rescue Mission

Rebuilding lives in christ - we are a faith-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that shelters homeless men and provides them with food, clothing and life-skills training. the mission provides the assistance to them at no cost and we…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Connection Inc; the most unlike its peers is Angels Among Us. 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

188 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. 188 of the 799 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)
47
Early backer (in before they grew)
174/188
Grantees still filing
123/188
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNA FOUNDATION: $301,500 · OtherUNA FOUNDATIONHIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST CHURCH: $275,330 · OtherHIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST CHURCHANGEL TREE: $176,551 · OtherANGEL TREEFCA: $99,300 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE SHOALS INC: $81,435 · Other+149 more: $1,365,648 · Other+149 moreTHE RESCUE ME PROJECT: $153,192 · HealthTHE RESCU…American Heart Association Inc: $25,053 · HealthAmerican …RUSSELLVILLE DREAM CENTER INC: $23,800 · HealthRUSSELLVI…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $13,529 · HealthAlabama Kidney Foundation Inc: $13,500 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $12,250 · HealthSMILE-A-MILE: $12,000 · Health+7 more: $36,100 · Health+7 moreFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $184,970 · Youth DevelopmentFIRST PRIORITY OF NORTH ALABAMA INC: $49,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BIRTHDAY FAIRY INC: $11,500 · Youth Development+1 more: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMON GROUND SHOALS INC: $73,301 · ReligionONWARD CAMPUS MINISTRIES: $52,500 · ReligionKINGDOM CONNECTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,900 · ReligionSHOALS SAV-A-LIFE INC: $20,500 · ReligionHANDS OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $7,000 · Religion+1 more: $4,400 · ReligionALABAMA SHERIFFS' YOUTH RANCHES INC: $23,000 · Human ServicesUNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $20,000 · Human ServicesYMCA: $16,500 · Human ServicesATTENTION HOMES OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesJUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE SHOALS: $13,400 · Human ServicesONE PLACE OF THE SHOALS INC: $12,525 · Human ServicesCARINGPLACE OF THE SHOALS INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesLIFESOURCE INC: $12,076 · Human ServicesAGAPE OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $8,500 · Human Services+4 more: $15,250 · Human ServicesUnited Way of Northwest Alabama: $72,110 · PhilanthropyTHE BAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $12,600 · PhilanthropyHelen Keller Foundation Inc: $5,900 · PhilanthropyWELCOME INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyGLOBAL MISSIONS OF MERCY INC: $38,100 · InternationalBUILDING BELIEVERS IN CHRIST: $20,100 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $15,195 · InternationalHEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC: $7,500 · InternationalNEVERTHIRST INC: $5,000 · International
Other$2,299,764Health$289,424Youth Development$251,470Religion$183,601Human Services$148,751Philanthropy$95,610International$85,895

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 budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $184,970 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RESCUE ME PROJECT: $153,192 over 7y, 82% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE SHOALS INC: $81,435 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetCOMMON GROUND SHOALS INC: $73,301 over 7y, 10.0% of budgetUnited Way of Northwest Alabama: $72,110 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetONWARD CAMPUS MINISTRIES: $52,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFIRST PRIORITY OF NORTH ALABAMA INC: $49,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetGLOBAL MISSIONS OF MERCY INC: $38,100 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetKINGDOM CONNECTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,900 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,053 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRUSSELLVILLE DREAM CENTER INC: $23,800 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetALABAMA SHERIFFS' YOUTH RANCHES INC: $23,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTRI-STATE INSPIRATIONAL BROADCASTING: $21,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetSHOALS SAV-A-LIFE INC: $20,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBUILDING BELIEVERS IN CHRIST: $20,100 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetUNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYMCA: $16,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSHOALS DREAM CENTER INC: $16,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $15,195 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRATTVILLE ALABAMA INC: $15,135 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetATTENTION HOMES OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA INC: $15,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $13,529 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAlabama Kidney Foundation Inc: $13,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE SHOALS: $13,400 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetTHE BAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $12,600 over 5y, 18% of budgetONE PLACE OF THE SHOALS INC: $12,525 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCARINGPLACE OF THE SHOALS INC: $12,500 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $12,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIFESOURCE INC: $12,076 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSMILE-A-MILE: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BIRTHDAY FAIRY INC: $11,500 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetFLORENCE ALL STARS: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF AUTAUGA & CHILTON COUNTIES: $9,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetAGAPE OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $8,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLibbys Friends: $8,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMUSCLE SHOALS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $7,750 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetHILLS RECOVERY CENTER: $7,600 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetHEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHOALS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHANDS OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $7,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetBear Creek Collaborative: $6,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetLEGACY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $6,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCRAMER CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHome Free Haven Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetTHE MARLON AND MARCUS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $6,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetHelen Keller Foundation Inc: $5,900 over 2y, 11% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.4% 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 FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds THE RESCUE ME PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE SHOALS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMON GROUND SHOALS INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Northwest Alabama ↗
  • Who funds ONWARD CAMPUS MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds FIRST PRIORITY OF NORTH ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds A NEW BEGINNING INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL MISSIONS OF MERCY INC ↗
  • Who funds KINGDOM CONNECTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds RUSSELLVILLE DREAM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA SHERIFFS' YOUTH RANCHES INC ↗
  • Who funds TRI-STATE INSPIRATIONAL BROADCASTING ↗
  • Who funds SHOALS SAV-A-LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING BELIEVERS IN CHRIST ↗
  • Who funds UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds YMCA ↗
  • Who funds SHOALS DREAM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRATTVILLE ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds ATTENTION HOMES OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA 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 Daniel Foundation…Alabama Power Foundat…The Joel R Anderson F…The Community Foundat…Protective Life Found…Alfa FoundationHill Crest Foundation…Community Foundation …Susan Mott Webb Chari…Goodwyn Mills & Cawoo…Altecstyslinger Found…Joe Lee Griffin Found…
The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL61.9× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Joel R Anderson Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Protective Life Foundation · Alfa Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Goodwyn Mills & Cawood Charitable Foundation · Altecstyslinger Foundation · Joe Lee Griffin 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 Long Lewis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Long Lewis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    29report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Long Lewis 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 799 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.

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