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The Physicians Foundation Inc

The mission of the physicians foundation is to support and empower all physicians to provide high quality care, to maintain the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and to take an active leadership role in shaping the future of healthcare.

$692k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$150k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$18MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.2MEducation$800kCrime & Legal$729kPhilanthropy$150k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$75,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$141M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UMASS CHAN MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION$150,000
FEDERATION OF STATE PHYSICIAN HEALTH PROGRAMS$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CA$100,000
WSMA FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT$75,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FOUNDATION$75,000
METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$75,000
TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$67,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY HEALTH CENTER OF WORCESTER: $150k → 11%NEBRASKA MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $175k → 13%MONTANA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $150k → 9%BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JR UNIVERSITY: $225k → 8%ACCMA COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $150k → 10%INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL QUALITY: $150k → 10%PHYSICIANS FOR A HEALTHY CALIFORNIA: $150k → 12%MEDICAL EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION OF NY: $230k → 6%PAGNY HEALTH AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $150k → 17%TRAVIS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $150k → 10%PALM BEACH COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY SERVICES: $150k → 11%FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY FLORIDIANS: $500k → 19%DOCS FOR PATIENT CARE FOUNDATION: $262k → 14%MICHIGAN STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $150k → 16%KANSAS HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK: $500k → 14%MEDICAL SOCIETY OF SEDGWICK COUNTY PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE: $150k → 16%WISCONSIN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $150k → 10%CONNECTICUT STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY PHYSICIAN HEALTH & EDUCATION FUND: $150k → 12%KNOXVILLE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $150k → 12%TENNESSEE MEDICAL EDUCATION FUND INC: $150k → 14%MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $150k → 8%INDIANA MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $150k → 16%WSMA FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT: $191k → 9%FUTURE ALASKA MEDICAL LEADERS: $150k → 10%MISSISSIPPI STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $223k → 11%INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC & NEW JERSEY: $150k → 11%DR LORNA BREEN HEROES' FOUNDATION: $750k → 8%MEDICAL SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION: $150k → 9%WYOMING MEDICAL SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $150k → 10%CENTER FOR A HEALTHY MARYLAND: $150k → 19%JOHN P BOWLER MD MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $150k → 7%HEALTH LEADS: $340k → 16%NEBRASKA MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $150k → 13%MONTANA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $150k → 9%ACCMA COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $150k → 10%PHYSICIANS FOR A HEALTHY CALIFORNIA: $150k → 12%MEDICAL EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION OF NY: $150k → 6%FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY FLORIDIANS: $500k → 19%DOCS FOR PATIENT CARE FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%CONNECTICUT STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY PHYSICIAN HEALTH AND EDUCATION FUND: $150k → 12%TENNESSEE MEDICAL EDUCATION FUND: $150k → 14%MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $150k → 8%INDIANA MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $150k → 16%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $377k → 14%DOCS FOR PATIENT CARE FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%PHYSICIANS BENEVOLENT FUND: $500k → 10%TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SPECIAL FUNDS FOUNDATION: $250k → 10%TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SPECIAL FUNDS FOUNDATION: $250k → 10%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
ME
VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
HI
LA
MS
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 31 repeat orgs$7.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
48

Total granted

$14M
$6.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
0%

Still filing today

97%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $517k 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
HealthEducationPhilanthropyCrime & LegalInternationalOther
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

  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $930k · revenue +37%
  • DL
    DR LORNA BREEN HEROES' FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2023 · $825k · revenue ×13 · 49% of their budget
  • ME
    MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL & SCIENTIFIC FDN OF NY INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $729k · revenue +81% · 68% of their budget

Funded once

  • KH
    KANSAS HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $500k · revenue +227%
  • PB
    PHYSICIANS BENEVOLENT FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $500k · revenue -33%
  • HL
    HEALTH LEADS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $340k · revenue -16%
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
The Administrators in Medicine Foundation
Health
2
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
3
Massachusetts Medical Society

To advance medical knowledge, to develop and maintain the highest professional and ethical standards of medical practice and health care, and to promote medical institutions formed on liberal principles for the health, benefit, and welfare…

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4
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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5
Missouri State Medical Association

Msma's mission is to serve its members through promotion of the science & art of medicine, protection of the health of the public & betterment of the medical profession in missouri.

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6
Associated Medical Schools of New York

Amsny, the statewide consortium of medical schools in new york, works with its academic, scientific, healthcare, patient advocacy and business partners to advance medical education, biomedical research, and healthcare delivery. this unique…

Education
7
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education
8
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
9
Pennsylvania Medical Society

The pennsylvania medical society is the voice of pennsylvania's physicians and the patients they serve. we advance quality patient care and the ethical practice of medicine. we promote physician leadership, education, professional…

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10
Chicago Medical Society Foundation

The cultivation of the science and art of medicine, the interchange of professional experience, the education of its members and the public in current medical trends and techniques

Health
11
Abim Foundation

See schedule o.as an operating charity, the abim foundation develops and implements projects in support of our mission to advance the core values of medical professionalism as a force to improve the quality of health care.

Health
12
Hawaii Medical Association

Hawaii medical association is dedicated to serving physicians, their patients and community through representation, advocacy, and public service. core activities: advocacy, education

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Washington State Medical Association Foundation for Health Care Improvement; the most unlike its peers is Daniel Hanley Center for Health Lea. 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

77 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. 77 of the 88 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.

25
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
73/77
Grantees still filing
38/77
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY FLORIDIANS: $1,305,000 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY FLORIDIANSDOCS 4 PATIENT CARE FOUNDATION INC: $912,488 · HealthDOCS 4 PATIENT CARE FOUNDATION INCDR LORNA BREEN HEROES' FOUNDATION: $825,000 · HealthDR LORNA BREEN HEROES' FOUNDATIONAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $676,971 · HealthAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICSNEBRASKA MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $550,000 · HealthKANSAS HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK INC: $500,000 · HealthPHYSICIANS BENEVOLENT FUND: $500,000 · HealthTHE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION: $475,000 · HealthPALM BEACH COUNTY MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $447,600 · HealthWASHINGTON STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT: $416,145 · HealthPHYSICIANS FOR A HEALTHY CALIFORNIA: $400,000 · Health+29 more: $4,888,120 · Health+29 moreNORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $930,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL SOCIETY FOU…WYOMING MEDICAL SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $525,000 · OtherWYOMING MEDICAL SOCIETY SCHOLARSHI…INDIANA MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC: $450,000 · OtherINDIANA MEDICAL FOUNDATION INCMISSISSIPPI STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $373,000 · OtherMISSISSIPPI STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIAT…ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH - THE FOUNDATION: $337,384 · OtherTRAVIS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $315,000 · OtherFUTURE ALASKA MEDICAL LEADERS INC: $300,000 · OtherTENNESSEE MEDICAL EDUCATION FUND INC: $300,000 · Other+26 more: $3,258,025 · Other+26 moreTEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SPECIAL FUNDS FOUNDATION: $650,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $374,998 · EducationCOMMUNITY SERVICE EDUCATION & RESEARCH FUND OF THE SEDMS: $278,491 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $100,000 · EducationASSOCIATION OF WOMEN SURGEONS FOUNDATION: $99,556 · EducationMEDICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationVERMONT MEDICAL SOCIETY EDUC& RESEARCH FDTNINC: $450,000 · PhilanthropyUMASS CHAN MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyMETRO OMAHA MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $149,620 · PhilanthropyPROVIDENCE ST JOSEPH HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyMEDICAL EDUCATIONAL & SCIENTIFIC FDN OF NY INC: $729,300 · Crime & LegalBROWN UNIVERSITY: $125,000 · Community ImprovementAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · International
Health$11,896,324Other$6,788,409Education$1,678,045Philanthropy$849,620Crime & Legal$729,300Community Improvement$125,000International$100,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY FLORIDIANS: $1,305,000 over 3y, 91% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $930,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetDOCS 4 PATIENT CARE FOUNDATION INC: $912,488 over 4y, 94% of budgetDR LORNA BREEN HEROES' FOUNDATION: $825,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetMEDICAL EDUCATIONAL & SCIENTIFIC FDN OF NY INC: $729,300 over 5y, 68% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $676,971 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SPECIAL FUNDS FOUNDATION: $650,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetNEBRASKA MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $550,000 over 4y, 67% of budgetWYOMING MEDICAL SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $525,000 over 4y, 90% of budgetKANSAS HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK INC: $500,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION: $475,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetVERMONT MEDICAL SOCIETY EDUC& RESEARCH FDTNINC: $450,000 over 3y, 75% of budgetINDIANA MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC: $450,000 over 4y, 86% of budgetPALM BEACH COUNTY MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $447,600 over 3y, 12% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT: $416,145 over 3y, 25% of budgetPHYSICIANS FOR A HEALTHY CALIFORNIA: $400,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetOHIO STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (OSMA) FOUNDATION: $386,890 over 4y, 97% of budgetMEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC: $375,000 over 3y, 48% of budgetACCMA COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $375,000 over 3y, 95% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $374,998 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSISSIPPI STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $373,000 over 2y, 63% of budgetMONTANA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $350,000 over 3y, 64% of budgetHEALTH LEADS INC: $340,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH - THE FOUNDATION: $337,384 over 4y, 66% of budgetTRAVIS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $315,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetTENNESSEE MEDICAL EDUCATION FUND INC: $300,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH OF NEW JERSEY INC: $280,000 over 2y, 68% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICE EDUCATION & RESEARCH FUND OF THE SEDMS: $278,491 over 2y, 20% of budgetCENTER FOR A HEALTHY MARYLAND INC: $225,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $182,449 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetHANLEY CENTER FOR HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION: $155,000 over 2y, 68% of budgetFEDERATION OF STATE PHYSICIAN HEALTH PROGRAMS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetMICHIGAN STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetFAMILY HEALTH CENTER OF WORCESTERINC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKNOXVILLE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetWISCONSIN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetPAGNY HEALTH AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetMEDICAL SOCIETY OF SEDGWICK COUNTY PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL QUALITY: $150,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetScott & White Healthcare Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetACADEMY OF MEDICINE JACKSONVILLE FL: $150,000 over 1y, 98% of budgetMaine Quality Counts: $149,996 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMETRO OMAHA MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $149,620 over 1y, 61% of budgetTHE MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $148,397 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetINLAND EMPIRE HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION: $141,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $131,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS: $129,850 over 1y, 3.9% 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.

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.

Public Health InstituteCA15.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Public Health Institute · California Healthcare Foundation · American Cancer Society Inc · The California Endowment · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Family Health Center of Worcesterinc: 39% of income from government
  • Center for a Healthy Maryland Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
10report 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 88 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 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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