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The Morgan Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$921k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$270k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$2.2MHealth$823kEducation$679kReligion$462kArts & Culture$246kInternational$122kHousing & Shelter$106kRecreation & Sports$97kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $500
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $506k
  • $250k+1 grant · $270k
$40,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$270,000
KANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE$100,000
GIVEWELL$100,000
CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL$85,600
KEHILATH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE$70,000
PRESENT NOW$50,000
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES OF GREATER KC$50,000
SYNERGY SERVICES$50,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM$40,000
NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$20,000
TRUSTBRIDGE HOSPICE$20,000
ACTORS TRAINING CENTER$15,000
BRA COUTURE KC$10,250
CENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS$10,000
VAAD HAKASHRUTH OF KANSAS CITY$10,000
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 (FY20–25, $947k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%MIMI'S PANTRY: $10k → 8%CORNERSTONES OF CARE: $13k → 15%PRESENT NOW: $50k → 14%CORNERSTONES OF CARE: $13k → 15%PRESENT NOW: $50k → 14%SYNERGY SERVICES: $50k → 8%CORNERSTONES OF CARE: $13k → 15%PRESENT NOW: $50k → 14%SYNERGY SERVICES: $2k → 8%CORNERSTONES OF CARE: $13k → 15%PRESENT NOW: $50k → 14%SYNERGY SERVICES: $2k → 8%CAMP ENCOURAGE: $11k → 15%PRESENT NOW: $50k → 14%SYNERGY SERVICES: $2k → 8%CAMP ENCOURAGE: $10k → 15%SYNERGY SERVICES: $2k → 8%CAMP ENCOURAGE: $10k → 15%CAMP ENCOURAGE: $10k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $3k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $3k → 16%SAFE HOME: $10k → 5%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $3k → 16%SAFE HOME: $5k → 5%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $3k → 16%SAFE HOME: $5k → 5%SAFE HOME: $5k → 5%JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMPUS: $50k → 5%JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMPUS: $50k → 5%JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMPUS: $50k → 5%A BETTER CHICAGO: $10k → 14%A BETTER CHICAGO: $5k → 14%SHALVA: $5k → 14%SHALVA: $5k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $25k → 5%VILLAGE SHALOM: $201k → 5%VILLAGE SHALOM: $5k → 5%VILLAGE SHALOM: $5k → 5%VILLAGE SHALOM: $5k → 5%DON BOSCO CENTER: $5k → 15%DON BOSCO CENTER: $5k → 15%DON BOSCO CENTER: $5k → 15%BRA COUTURE KC: $18k → 15%BRA COUTURE KC: $13k → 15%DON BOSCO CENTER: $5k → 15%COMMUNITY SERVICES LEAGUE: $25k → 15%BRA COUTURE KC: $10k → 15%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
NV
CA
CO
MO
VA
AZ
KS
DC
HI
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of The Morgan Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 54% of the giving stays in KS; by stated purpose, 48%.

The Morgan Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.5M · 88 repeat orgs$649k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

88 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 74 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
39

Total granted

$4.5M
$513k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
0%

Still filing today

67%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterAnimalsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +47%
  • HB
    HYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $222k · revenue +18%
  • VS
    VILLAGE SHALOM INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $216k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • ST
    STARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -17%
  • WH
    Welcome House Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -42%
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
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
2
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
3
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.

Health
4
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.

Food & Nutrition
5
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
6
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center

KCSARC is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit provider of sexual assault services in King County and Washington State. Our vision is a community free of sexual violence. Our mission is to: give voice to victims, their families,…

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7
Jewish Community Center

The st. louis jewish community center enriches lives, builds community, promotes inclusivity and creates meaningful jewish experiences.

Human Services
8
Southeast Kansas Community Action P

Addressing the causes and effects of poverty by uniting staff, individuals, families, and community partners to provide quality, comprehensive services through compassionate, respectful relationships.

Community Improvement
9
Cornerhouse

The mission of cornerhouse is to partner with families, communities, and systems - entrusted with the safety of children, youth and vulnerable adults - to reduce trauma and end abuse.

Crime & Legal
10
Kansas Children's Service League Foundation

To protect and promote the well-being of children by providing ongoing support of the charitable mission of the kansas children's service league.

Philanthropy
11
Kansas City Pet Project

Leading the way in creating a compassionate, safe community for pets and people through progressive lifesaving programs and services, community resources, and educational opportunities.

Animals
12
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safehome Inc; the most unlike its peers is La Jolla Parks and Beaches Incorporated. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

91 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. 91 of the 133 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/91
Grantees still filing
63/91
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KEHILATH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE: $275,000 · OtherKEHILATH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUEKANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $200,000 · OtherKANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGEJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES OF GREATER KC: $162,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES OF GREATER K…CHILDREN'S MERCY: $113,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S MERCYTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM: $100,000 · Other+78 more: $1,263,000 · Other+78 moreJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $1,030,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER O…THE CLEAR FUND: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEAR FUND+3 more: $26,000 · PhilanthropyPRESENT NOW: $250,000 · Human ServicesPRESENT NOWVILLAGE SHALOM INC: $216,000 · Human ServicesVILLAGE SHALOM INCJEWISH COMMUNITY CAMPUS OF GREATER KANSAS CITY INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP…SYNERGY SERVICES INC: $58,000 · Human ServicesSYNERGY SERVICES INCCORNERSTONES OF CARE: $50,000 · Human ServicesCamp Encourage: $41,250 · Human ServicesBRA COUTURE KC: $40,300 · Human Services+10 more: $163,500 · Human Services+10 moreHYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $222,000 · EducationHYMAN BRA…UMKC FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationUMKC FOUN…ROSE MORGAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND TRUST: $40,000 · EducationROSE MORG…CHICAGO CITY DAY SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationCHICAGO C…COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $25,000 · EducationCOLLEGE P…STEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationSTEPPINGS…+3 more: $19,500 · EducationThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $110,600 · HealthWelcome House Inc: $50,000 · HealthSTOP THE ADDICTION FATALITY EPIDEMIC (SAFE) PROJECT US: $45,000 · HealthSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $20,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · Health+4 more: $13,500 · HealthLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterFIRST PLACE AZ: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterCity Union Mission: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterSHELTER KC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterCENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $18,000 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY LINC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterRESTART INC: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterSTARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST FILM FORUM: $40,000 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,113,000Philanthropy$1,156,000Human Services$969,050Education$411,500Health$249,100Housing & Shelter$131,000Arts & Culture$100,000

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 budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $1,030,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetPRESENT NOW: $250,000 over 5y, 52% of budgetHYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $222,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetVILLAGE SHALOM INC: $216,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CAMPUS OF GREATER KANSAS CITY INC: $150,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $110,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSYNERGY SERVICES INC: $58,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUMKC FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetWelcome House Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCORNERSTONES OF CARE: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTOP THE ADDICTION FATALITY EPIDEMIC (SAFE) PROJECT US: $45,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetKansas City Soccer Foundation: $42,500 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetCamp Encourage: $41,250 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetBRA COUTURE KC: $40,300 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetNORTHWEST FILM FORUM: $40,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetVAAD HAKASHRUTH OF KANSAS CITY INC: $40,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetNorthwestern University: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROSE MORGAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND TRUST: $40,000 over 4y, 76% of budgetLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCHICAGO CITY DAY SCHOOL: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Services League of Jackson County: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSAFEHOME INC: $24,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFIRST PLACE AZ: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DON BOSCO CENTERS: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMcCarthys Wildlife Sanctuary Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCity Union Mission: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD PROTECTION CENTER INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDELLA LAMB COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCASA OF JOHNSON & WYANDOTTE COUNTIES INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSHELTER KC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNorthland Christmas Store Incorporated: $19,500 over 4y, 11% of budgetCENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY LINC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST CALL ALCOHOLDRUG PREVENTION RECOVERY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetA Better Chicago: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY ↗
  • Who funds PRESENT NOW ↗
  • Who funds HYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE SHALOM INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMPUS OF GREATER KANSAS CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Mercy Hospital ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEAR FUND ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SYNERGY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds UMKC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS INC ↗
  • Who funds Welcome House Inc ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONES OF CARE ↗
  • Who funds STOP THE ADDICTION FATALITY EPIDEMIC (SAFE) PROJECT US ↗
  • Who funds Kansas City Soccer Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Camp Encourage ↗
  • Who funds BRA COUTURE KC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST FILM FORUM ↗
  • Who funds VAAD HAKASHRUTH OF KANSAS CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds ROSE MORGAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO CITY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Community Services League of Jackson County ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE POSSIBLE 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.

Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO70.9× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The Sunderland Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · The H & R Block Foundation · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund · Bluescope Foundation North America

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Steppingstone Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Morgan Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Morgan Family 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 133 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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