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The Ludes Family Foundation at a glance

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The Ludes Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$139k
Granted FY2024still arriving
91
Grants FY2024still arriving
19
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$237kInternational$165kHealth$132kArts & Culture$67kFood & Nutrition$62kHuman Services$59kEnvironment$31kReligion$29kOther$0
02FY2024 · 91 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k90 grants · $124k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$1,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHCOAST HEALTH SYSTEM INC$15,000
ALMA DEL MAR FOUNDATION$5,000
OUR SISTERS' SCHOOL$5,000
NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$5,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$5,000
MERCY SHIPS$5,000
NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM$3,500
FRIENDS OF MARION COA$3,000
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY$2,500
ST GABRIEL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$2,500
SIPPICAN LANDS TRUST$2,000
NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM$2,000
GATHER - PORTMOUTH'S FOOD$2,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD$2,000
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 (FY17–24, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%Dennison Memorial Community Center: $500 → 11%Unbound: $1k → 16%Unbound: $1k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $1k → 16%Pine Street Inn: $1k → 16%Pine Street Inn: $1k → 16%Gather - Portmouth's Food Bank: $3k → 5%THE FAMILY PANTRY - DAMIENS PLACE: $2k → 8%Gather: $2k → 5%Gather - Portmouth's Food Bank: $2k → 5%Gather - Portmouth's Food Bank: $2k → 5%Gather: $1k → 5%The Family Pantry-Damien's Place: $4k → 11%The Family Pantry-Damien's Place: $2k → 11%Home for Little Wanderers: $1k → 16%GATHER - PORTSMOUTH'S FOOD: $1k → 5%Friends of Marion COA: $3k → 8%Home for Little Wanderers: $1k → 16%FRIENDS OF MARION COA: $3k → 8%Gather - Portmouth's Food Bank: $1k → 5%The Family Pantry-Damien's Place: $1k → 11%The Family Pantry-Damien's Place: $1k → 11%The Family Pantry-Damien's Place: $500 → 11%Friends of Marion COA: $2k → 8%Gather - Portmouth's Food Bank: $1k → 5%Friends of Marion COA: $2k → 8%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $500 → 16%Horizons for Homeless Children: $500 → 16%Friends of Marion COA: $1k → 8%Christopher's Haven: $500 → 16%Christopher's Haven: $500 → 16%Christopher's Haven: $500 → 16%CHRISTOPHER'S HAVEN: $500 → 16%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
VT
NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
SC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$820k · 128 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

128 repeat relationships: 62 still active in FY2024, 66 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

128
53

Total granted

$820k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+31%

Still filing today

61%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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
HealthEducationInternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • OS
    OUR SISTERS SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $44k · revenue +52%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $42k · revenue +98%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $42k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • SH
    SOUTHCOAST HOSPITALS GROUP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +54%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • WC
    WORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +61%
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
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
3
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
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
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
7
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.

—
8
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
9
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
10
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
11
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
12
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Impact Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chase Home for Children. 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

121 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. 121 of the 204 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/121
Grantees still filing
89/121
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIVITY PREPARATION SCHOOL OF NEW: $41,500 · OtherNATIVITY PREPARATION SCHOOL OF NEWALMA del MAR CHARTER SCHOOL: $35,000 · OtherALMA del MAR CHARTER SCHOOLSouthcoast Health System-Tobey Hosp: $30,000 · OtherSouthcoast Health System-Tobey HospST GABRIELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $21,990 · Other+125 more: $323,300 · Other+125 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $42,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTI…Save The Children Federation Inc: $42,000 · InternationalSave The Children Fe…Mercy Ships International: $35,500 · InternationalMercy Ships Internat…AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $19,500 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATIO…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $7,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,625 · International+8 more: $14,125 · International+8 moreOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $43,500 · EducationOUR SISTERS …TABOR ACADEMY: $12,250 · EducationTABOR ACADEM…The President and Trustees of Colby College: $9,500 · EducationThe Presiden…ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC: $7,750 · EducationST MARK'S SC…UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $5,750 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…ALMA DEL MAR FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationNEW BEDFORD STAR KIDS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: $4,000 · Education+6 more: $9,100 · Education+6 moreSOUTHCOAST HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $15,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $7,000 · HealthJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC: $6,500 · HealthSOUTHCOAST HOSPITALS GROUP INC: $5,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthCommunity Nurse Inc: $4,500 · HealthRonald McDonald House Global: $4,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF JACK FOUNDATION INC: $3,800 · HealthGreater Seacoast Community Health: $3,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $3,000 · Health+7 more: $7,625 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,125 · Human ServicesGather: $12,750 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF MARION COA INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY PANTRY- DAMIEN'S PLACE: $10,000 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesChristopher's Haven Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesUnbound: $2,000 · Human Services+4 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $20,500 · Arts & CultureDiscovery Language Academy Inc: $11,500 · Arts & CultureMarion Art Center Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBUZZARDS BAY MUSICFEST INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureSIPPICAN LANDS TRUST INC: $7,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $6,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $3,500 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $2,000 · EnvironmentWHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATIONINC: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $850 · Environment+2 more: $1,000 · Environment
Other$451,790International$165,750Education$96,850Health$64,425Human Services$58,375Arts & Culture$51,000Environment$21,350

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 budgetOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $43,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $42,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $42,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $35,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $20,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $19,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHCOAST HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,125 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGather: $12,750 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTABOR ACADEMY: $12,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDiscovery Language Academy Inc: $11,500 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF MARION COA INC: $10,500 over 5y, 31% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $10,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY PANTRY- DAMIEN'S PLACE: $10,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMarion Art Center Inc: $10,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTKE FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChase Home for Children: $8,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetNew Generation Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC: $7,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARION INSTITUTE INC: $7,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIPPICAN LANDS TRUST INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC: $6,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHCOAST INC: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $5,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,625 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCross Roads House Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY MUSICFEST INC: $5,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetALMA DEL MAR FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHCOAST HOSPITALS GROUP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSippican Historical Society: $4,750 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCommunity Nurse Inc: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTENACITY INC: $4,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWATERORG: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNEW BEDFORD STAR KIDS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: $4,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $4,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF JACK FOUNDATION INC: $3,800 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $3,500 over 6y, 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 OUR SISTERS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds Old Dartmouth Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHCOAST HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Gather ↗
  • Who funds TABOR ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Discovery Language Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF MARION COA INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY PANTRY- DAMIEN'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds Marion Art Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds The President and Trustees of Colby College ↗
  • Who funds TKE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Chase Home for Children ↗
  • Who funds New Generation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARION INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds SIPPICAN LANDS TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER 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.

Willow Creek Charitab…Southcoast Community …Bristol County Saving…Eastern Bank Foundati…The Carney Family Cha…Bascom Charitable Fou…Island Foundation IncBoston Foundation IncThe Quarterdeck Found…The Croll FoundationThe Maurice and Anne …United Way of Greater…
Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002MA42.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 · Southcoast Community Foundation Inc · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · Bascom Charitable Foundation · Island Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · The Quarterdeck Foundation · The Croll Foundation · The Maurice and Anne Makepeace Family Foundation · United Way of Greater New Bedford 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 Ludes Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ludes Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 180%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • New England Forestry Foundation Inc: 88% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Friends of Jack Foundation Inc: 36% of income from government
  • The Family Pantry- Damien's Place: 36% of income from government
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Dennison Memorial Community Center Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Discovery Language Academy Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Southcoast Hospitals Group Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Calmer Choice Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Courageous Sailing Center for Youth Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Southcoast Community Foundation Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • New England Life Flight Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Zeiterion Theatre Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservationinc: 3% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Old Dartmouth Historical Society: 2% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Marion Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Simmons University: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Community Boating Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester County Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Marion Art Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Our Sisters School: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
18get no government money at all
16report 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 204 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home