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The McCune Foundation at a glance

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The McCune Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
131
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$1.4MCivil Rights$1.2MHuman Services$926kPhilanthropy$898kEnvironment$871kCommunity Improvement$693kHealth$691kEducation$660kOther$0
02FY2025 · 131 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k91 grants · $181k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $854k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $310k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA$60,000
CAUSE (CENTRAL COAST ALLIANCE UNITED FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY)$50,000
FUTURE LEADERS OF AMERICA$50,000
CAUSE (CENTRAL COAST ALLIANCE UNITED FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY)$50,000
MIXTECOINDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT$50,000
FUTURE LEADERS OF AMERICA$50,000
WESTMINSTER FREE CLINIC$45,000
FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA$40,000
FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY$40,000
GIRLS INC CARPINTERIA$35,000
CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY$35,000
BUEN VECINO$35,000
CAUSE (CENTRAL COAST ALLIANCE UNITED FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY)$30,000
ONE STEP A LA VEZ$30,000
THE ARC OF VENTURA COUNTY$30,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $461k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%SHE SHOULD RUN: $2k → 14%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 8%THE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE: $20k → 17%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%THE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE: $1k → 17%COMMONWEAL: $10k → 10%PARENT VOICES OAKLAND: $1k → 10%GOLD COAST VETERANS FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%SANTA YNEZ VALLEY PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $20k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 14%COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN CARING: $2k → 14%COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN CARING: $1k → 14%COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN CARING: $1k → 14%CUYAMA VALLEY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 14%CUYAMA VALLEY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 14%CUYAMA VALLEY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 14%CUYAMA VALLEY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 14%AWAKENING GIANTZ INC: $4k → 14%AWAKENING GIANTZ INC: $2k → 14%AWAKENING GIANTZ INC: $1k → 14%THE ARC OF VENTURA COUNTY: $30k → 10%THE ARC OF VENTURA COUNTY: $30k → 10%THE ARC OF VENTURA COUNTY: $20k → 10%THE ARC OF VENTURA COUNTY: $15k → 10%THE ARC OF VENTURA COUNTY: $15k → 10%ALPHA RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA: $11k → 14%THE ARC OF VENTURA COUNTY: $15k → 10%ALPHA RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA: $10k → 14%ARC FOUNDATION OF VENTURA COUNTY: $15k → 10%ALPHA RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA: $4k → 14%THE ARC OF VENTURA COUNTY: $15k → 10%ALPHA RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA: $4k → 14%THE ARC OF VENTURA COUNTY: $13k → 10%ALPHA RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA: $3k → 14%805 UNDOCUFUND: $5k → 10%805 UNDOCUFUND: $2k → 10%ALPHA RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA: $1k → 14%805 UNDOCUFUND: $2k → 10%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA: $40k → 14%NEW BEGINNINGS COUNSELING CENTER: $3k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $3k → 14%NEW BEGINNINGS COUNSELING CENTER: $3k → 14%NEW BEGINNINGS COUNSELING CENTER: $3k → 14%NEW BEGINNINGS COUNSELING CENTER: $3k → 14%COMMUNIFY: $2k → 14%GUADALUPE KIDS COME FIRST FOUNDATION: $32k → 14%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
NY
MA
OR
IN
CT
CA
VA
AZ
DC
AL
GA
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 108 repeat orgs$716k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

108 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2025, 57 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

108
119

Total granted

$7.4M
$597k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+8%

Still filing today

76%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $119k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentEducationCivil RightsOther
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

  • FL
    Future Leaders of America
    9× · 2017–2025 · $804k · revenue +935%
  • FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $568k · revenue +134%
  • MIXTECO INDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT
    9× · 2017–2025 · $410k · revenue +231%

Funded once

  • NEO Philanthropy Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +1%
  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
    one grant, 2024 · $41k · revenue -10%
  • GK
    Guadalupe Kids Come First Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · $32k · revenue -12% · 27% of their budget
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
Active San Gabriel Valley

Active San Gabriel Valley (ActiveSGV) is a community-based environmental advocacy and public health non-profit organization. Our mission is to promote a more sustainable, equitable, and livable San Gabriel Valley.

Community Improvement
2
California Donor Table

California Donor Table anchors a hub of donors, foundations, and community leaders. We pool together our resources to shape California into a truly democratic state that works for the people, not the powerful. Rooted in our commitment to…

Civil Rights
3
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

—
4
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
5
Instituto De Educacion Popular Del Sur De California

strengthening the leadership and workforce skills of Day Laborers and Domestic Workers. through 5 Day Labor Centers, Workers Health Program & Mujeres en Accion using Education & outreach empowerment tools

Unclassified
6
Institute for Public Strategies

Institute of Public Strategies (IPS) is a nonprofit corporation that receives its funding from local and federal governmental agencies and private foundations, through long-term grants or contracts to provide community-level services…

Health
7
California Budget & Policy Center

The budget center provides dependable, timely, policy guidance and public education through our independent research and analysis, public education, strategic collaborations, and communications to expand economic opportunities and promote…

Education
8
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy

CAUSE's mission is to build grassroots power to realize social, economic and environmental justice for the people of the Central Coast Region through policy research, leadership development, organizing and advocacy.

Community Improvement
9
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
10
California Walks

Statewide voice for pedestrian safety and healthy, walkable communities for people of all ages and abilities. California Walks partners with state agencies, community-based organizations and residents.

Public Safety & Disaster
11
Legal Link

Legal Link removes legal barriers that prolong poverty by adding critically needed capacity to the legal ecosystem.

Crime & Legal
12
Community Impact Central Valley

To deliver comprehensive health and human service programs that improve the health and well-being of under-served california residents.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Partners; the most unlike its peers is Corazon Latino. 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

203 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. 203 of the 260 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
57
Early backer (in before they grew)
194/203
Grantees still filing
129/203
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAUSE (CENTRAL COAST ALLIANCE UNITED FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY): $892,550 · OtherCAUSE (CENTRAL COAST ALLIANCE UNITED FOR A SUSTAINABLE …One Step A La Vez: $240,744 · OtherOne Step A La VezFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY: $160,000 · OtherWESTMINSTER FREE CLINIC: $270,000 · OtherWESTMINSTER FREE CLINICNEO Philanthropy Inc: $150,000 · OtherFOOD & WATER WATCH: $256,500 · OtherFOOD & WATER WATCHOrganizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas Inc: $154,820 · Other+115 more: $2,063,996 · Other+115 moreMIXTECO INDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT: $410,137 · Human ServicesMIXTECO INDIG…THE ARC OF VENTURA COUNTY INC: $152,500 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF VE…SANTA YNEZ VALLEY PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $75,000 · Human ServicesSANTA YNEZ VA…CUYAMA VALLEY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $65,322 · Human ServicesCUYAMA VALLEY…Autism Society Ventura County: $52,500 · Human Services805 UNDOCUFUND: $43,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $41,134 · Human Services+17 more: $171,650 · Human Services+17 moreFuture Leaders of America: $803,640 · Youth DevelopmentFuture Leade…ENCAMPMENT FOR CITIZENSHIP: $89,236 · Youth DevelopmentENCAMPMENT F…LA HERMANDAD HANK LACAYO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $52,000 · Youth DevelopmentLA HERMANDAD…+4 more: $11,750 · Youth DevelopmentFUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $568,250 · PhilanthropyFUND FOR S…SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $92,800 · PhilanthropySANTA BARB…VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,297 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $30,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $30,850 · PhilanthropyJust Communities Central Coast: $315,250 · Civil RightsSOCIAL JUSTICE FUND FOR VENTURA COUNTY: $98,000 · Civil RightsBUEN VECINO: $92,285 · Civil RightsONE COMMUNITY ACTION OF SANTA MARIA VALLEY: $80,305 · Civil RightsDIVERSITY COLLECTIVE VENTURA COUNTY: $51,800 · Civil Rights+3 more: $18,335 · Civil RightsLeading from Within: $122,250 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $120,500 · EnvironmentPesticide Action Network North America: $91,685 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $77,500 · EnvironmentCLIMATE FIRST REPLACING OIL & GAS: $73,577 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $20,000 · Environment+9 more: $36,670 · EnvironmentCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $208,000 · EducationFREEDOM 4 YOUTH: $109,500 · EducationVISION Y COMPROMISO: $20,000 · EducationUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $17,750 · EducationGATEWAY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES: $14,500 · Education+9 more: $23,300 · Education
Other$4,188,610Human Services$1,011,743Youth Development$956,626Philanthropy$757,197Civil Rights$655,975Environment$542,182Education$393,050

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 budgetFuture Leaders of America: $803,640 over 9y, 8.7% of budgetFUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $568,250 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetMIXTECO INDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT: $410,137 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetJust Communities Central Coast: $315,250 over 7y, 9.6% of budgetWESTMINSTER FREE CLINIC: $270,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetFOOD & WATER WATCH: $256,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetOne Step A La Vez: $240,744 over 9y, 11% of budgetCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $208,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOrganizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas Inc: $154,820 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF VENTURA COUNTY INC: $152,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BICYCLE COALITION DBA MOVE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $135,000 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetPACIFIC PRIDE FOUNDATION: $129,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetLeading from Within: $122,250 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $120,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFREEDOM 4 YOUTH: $109,500 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetFAMILIES ACT: $100,000 over 4y, 91% of budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE FUND FOR VENTURA COUNTY: $98,000 over 5y, 28% of budgetTRANSITIONSMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $94,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $92,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBUEN VECINO: $92,285 over 3y, 23% of budgetPesticide Action Network North America: $91,685 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetENCAMPMENT FOR CITIZENSHIP: $89,236 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetCOALITION FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION: $84,700 over 5y, 12% of budgetONE COMMUNITY ACTION OF SANTA MARIA VALLEY: $80,305 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $77,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA YNEZ VALLEY PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $75,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCLIMATE FIRST REPLACING OIL & GAS: $73,577 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetPEOPLE'S SELF HELP HOUSING CORP: $72,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCUYAMA VALLEY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $65,322 over 3y, 13% of budgetCULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS CENTER OF THE SMV: $63,500 over 5y, 23% of budgetEL CENTRITO FAMILY LEARNING CENTERS: $61,523 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetTHE LITTLE HOUSE BY THE PARK CO FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY: $55,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetSANTA BARBARA COUNTY ACTION NETWORK: $54,155 over 8y, 12% of budgetAutism Society Ventura County: $52,500 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetLA HERMANDAD HANK LACAYO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $52,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetDIVERSITY COLLECTIVE VENTURA COUNTY: $51,800 over 7y, 8.1% of budget805 UNDOCUFUND: $43,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST: $42,150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $41,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $41,134 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWISHTOYO FOUNDATION DBA WISHTOYO CHUMASH FOUNDATION: $41,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHealing Justice Santa Barbara: $36,300 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetVENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,297 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALPHA RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA: $32,100 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGuadalupe Kids Come First Foundation: $31,500 over 1y, 27% of budgetSanta Barbara County Immigrant Legal Defense Center: $31,500 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $30,000 over 1y, 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 Future Leaders of America ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
  • Who funds MIXTECO INDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Just Communities Central Coast ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER FREE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD & WATER WATCH ↗
  • Who funds One Step A La Vez ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF VENTURA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEO Philanthropy Inc ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA BICYCLE COALITION DBA MOVE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC PRIDE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Leading from Within ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM 4 YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES ACT ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND FOR VENTURA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds TRANSITIONSMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BUEN VECINO ↗
  • Who funds Pesticide Action Network North America ↗
  • Who funds ENCAMPMENT FOR CITIZENSHIP ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION ↗
  • Who funds ONE COMMUNITY ACTION OF SANTA MARIA VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA YNEZ VALLEY PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE FIRST REPLACING OIL & GAS ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S SELF HELP HOUSING CORP ↗
  • Who funds CUYAMA VALLEY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS CENTER OF THE SMV ↗
  • Who funds EL CENTRITO FAMILY LEARNING CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds THE LITTLE HOUSE BY THE PARK CO FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ACTION NETWORK ↗

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.

Fund for Santa Barbar…Santa Barbara Foundat…Hutton Foundation Dba…Ventura County Commun…James S Bower Foundat…Towbes FoundationThe Wood-Claeyssens F…Williams-Corbett Foun…Weingart FoundationAnn Jackson Family Fo…Latkin Charitable Fou…Edwin and Jeanne Wood…
Fund for Santa Barbara IncCA125.7× affinity60 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fund for Santa Barbara Inc · Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Ventura County Community Foundation · James S Bower Foundation · Towbes Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Latkin Charitable Foundation · Edwin and Jeanne Woods Family 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 McCune Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The McCune Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Capaces Leadership Institute: 20% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
62report 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.

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 260 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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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