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The Powell Foundation at a glance

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The Powell Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$20M
Granted FY2025still arriving
271
Grants FY2025still arriving
22
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$41MArts & Culture$14MYouth Development$8.1MRecreation & Sports$6.7MEnvironment$6.4MHealth$5.1MHuman Services$4.8MPhilanthropy$3.7MOther$0
02FY2025 · 271 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k107 grants · $426k
  • $10k–50k64 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k80 grants · $7.6M
  • $250k+20 grants · $11M
$15,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$492M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Precinct4Forward$1,500,000
Boys & Girls Club of Walker County$1,262,295
The Holdsworth Center$981,164
BridgeYear$949,815
The Bridgespan Group$838,175
Catalyst Education DBA Catalyst Exchange$700,000
United Way for Greater Austin$655,729
University of Houston Foundation$399,000
Education First$372,313
40 Schools$370,000
AVANCE Inc$365,000
National Association for Family Child Care$350,000
Creative Action$350,000
Arts Connect Houston$350,000
Trust for Learning a project of New Venture Fund$350,000
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 (FY21–25, $7.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%One Simple Wish: $25k → 11%Boys & Girls Club of Walker County: $1.3M → 20%Boys & Girls Club of Walker County: $75k → 20%Boys & Girls Club of Walker County: $75k → 20%Boys & Girls Club of Walker County TX Inc: $75k → 20%Boys & Girls Club of Walker County: $50k → 20%Youth and Family Alliance DBA LifeWorks: $50k → 10%Casa Mateo: $100k → 16%Memorial Assistance Ministries Inc: $100k → 16%Memorial Assistance Ministries Inc: $50k → 16%Memorial Assistance Ministries Inc: $30k → 16%Memorial Assistance Ministries Inc: $25k → 16%Kids' Meals Inc: $250k → 16%Kids' Meals Inc: $100k → 16%Kids' Meals Inc: $100k → 16%Kids' Meals Inc: $50k → 16%Wesley Community Center: $50k → 16%Wesley Community Center: $50k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center: $50k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center: $30k → 16%Collaborative for Children: $150k → 16%Collaborative for Children: $1.0M → 16%Collaborative for Children: $50k → 16%Target Hunger: $100k → 16%Target Hunger: $100k → 16%Target Hunger: $30k → 16%BakerRipley: $50k → 16%Chinese Community Center Inc: $75k → 16%Chinese Community Center Inc: $50k → 16%Chinese Community Center Inc: $50k → 16%Chinese Community Center Inc: $30k → 16%DePelchin Children's Center: $100k → 16%DePelchin Children's Center: $100k → 16%DePelchin Children's Center: $50k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center: $50k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center: $50k → 16%Houston Area Women's Center: $50k → 16%Literacy Now: $300k → 16%Literacy Now: $100k → 16%Making It Better: $50k → 16%BridgeYear: $950k → 16%BridgeYear: $200k → 16%BridgeYear: $100k → 16%BridgeYear: $100k → 16%LIFE Houston: $40k → 16%Local Infant Formula For Emergencies Inc: $40k → 16%LIFE Houston: $40k → 16%BridgeYear: $150k → 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

NH
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
MS
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 8% of The Powell Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Powell Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$81M · 283 repeat orgs$22M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

283 repeat relationships: 141 still active in FY2025, 142 since wound down; 66 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

283
164

Total granted

$81M
$15M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+10%

Still filing today

82%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthRecreation & 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

  • BG
    Boys & Girls Club of Walker County Texas Inc
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +2%
  • GR
    Good Reason Houston Inc
    3× · 2019–2025 · $1.6M · revenue ×24
  • B
    BRIDGEYEAR
    6× · 2019–2025 · $1.5M · revenue ×13

Funded once

  • KI
    KABOOM INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1.5M · revenue -22%
  • HA
    Houston Arts Alliance
    one grant, 2021 · $993k · revenue -2%
  • EO
    EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $867k · revenue +31%
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
Houston Local Information Initiative Inc

The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.

Arts & Culture
2
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
3
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
4
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
5
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
6
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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7
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
8
Wonderworks

Wonderworks educates students to become better-qualified college applicants and better equipped to succeed in undergraduate studies by exploring challenging subject matter and techniques in a college setting.

Education
9
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
10
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston

See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…

Philanthropy
11
Community Information Now

Community information now (cinow) provides data, tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve texas communities. cinow's vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data.

Community Improvement
12
Central Houston Inc

See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grantmakers for Education; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation At Shield Ranch. 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

370 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. 370 of the 524 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)
64
Early backer (in before they grew)
365/370
Grantees still filing
240/370
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Austin Ed Fund: $1,524,779 · OtherAVANCE Inc: $1,414,456 · OtherTHE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC: $1,948,533 · OtherTHE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC+88 more: $31,558,129 · Other+88 moreGood Reason Houston Inc: $1,550,000 · EducationGood Reason Houston IncBREAKTHROUGH: $1,098,384 · EducationBREAKTHROUGHCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC: $1,069,800 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS …Collegespring Inc: $972,115 · EducationBreakthrough Houston: $964,151 · EducationYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $950,000 · EducationEQUAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLS: $866,570 · EducationE3 ALLIANCE: $750,000 · EducationDISCOVERU: $645,000 · Education+30 more: $10,221,188 · Education+30 moreMINDPOP: $2,048,032 · Arts & CultureMINDPOPHouston Arts Alliance: $993,405 · Arts & CultureHouston Arts A…CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $854,605 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUS…Arts Connect Houston: $675,000 · Arts & CultureArts Connect H…Creative Action: $597,700 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $509,000 · Arts & CultureHouston Ballet Foundation: $409,000 · Arts & CultureHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $390,100 · Arts & Culture+20 more: $5,215,443 · Arts & Culture+20 moreBoys & Girls Club of Walker County Texas Inc: $1,677,295 · Human ServicesBoys & Girl…BRIDGEYEAR: $1,529,815 · Human ServicesBRIDGEYEARPRECINCT4FORWARD: $1,510,000 · Human ServicesPRECINCT4FO…Collaborative for Children: $1,216,916 · Human ServicesCollaborati…KIDS' MEALS INC: $575,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS…Making It Better dba Literacy Now: $450,000 · Human ServicesTarget Hunger Inc: $372,500 · Human ServicesHouston Area Women's Center: $312,000 · Human ServicesDEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $305,000 · Human Services+5 more: $1,162,000 · Human Services+5 moreHermann Park Conservancy: $1,298,890 · EnvironmentHermann P…Memorial Park Conservancy Inc: $861,000 · EnvironmentMemorial …Houston Arboretum & Nature Center: $785,000 · EnvironmentHouston A…Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $733,730 · EnvironmentBuffalo B…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $612,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONME…Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy: $592,960 · EnvironmentWillow Wa…HILL COUNTRY CONSERVANCY: $491,527 · EnvironmentHILL COUN…The Trail Conservancy: $330,000 · EnvironmentHouston Botanic Garden: $325,000 · EnvironmentUrban Harvest Inc: $300,000 · EnvironmentThe Houston Audubon Society: $285,668 · EnvironmentTravis Audubon Society Inc: $285,000 · EnvironmentCoastal Prairie Conservancy: $285,000 · Environment+3 more: $615,000 · Environment+3 moreTHE HOLDSWORTH CENTER: $1,481,164 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN: $1,255,729 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Greater Houston: $1,100,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $716,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $225,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $150,000 · PhilanthropyKABOOM INC: $1,495,256 · Recreation & SportsSPARK: $1,461,814 · Recreation & SportsTHE WOODS PROJECT: $543,500 · Recreation & SportsAUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION: $503,085 · Recreation & SportsBarton Springs Conservancy: $215,000 · Recreation & SportsEmancipation Park Conservancy: $200,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$36,445,897Education$19,087,208Arts & Culture$11,692,285Human Services$9,110,526Environment$7,800,775Philanthropy$4,927,893Recreation & Sports$4,418,655

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMINDPOP: $2,048,032 over 6y, 60% of budgetTHE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC: $1,948,533 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Walker County Texas Inc: $1,677,295 over 7y, 8.4% of budgetGood Reason Houston Inc: $1,550,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetBRIDGEYEAR: $1,529,815 over 6y, 19% of budgetPRECINCT4FORWARD: $1,510,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetKABOOM INC: $1,495,256 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetTHE HOLDSWORTH CENTER: $1,481,164 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetSPARK: $1,461,814 over 5y, 18% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $1,298,890 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN: $1,255,729 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetCollaborative for Children: $1,216,916 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetMEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE FOR TEXAS: $1,199,947 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $1,100,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH: $1,098,384 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC: $1,069,800 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetHAY Center Foundation: $1,000,000 over 2y, 64% of budgetHouston Arts Alliance: $993,405 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCollegespring Inc: $972,115 over 3y, 29% of budgetBreakthrough Houston: $964,151 over 4y, 53% of budgetYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $950,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $872,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetEQUAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLS: $866,570 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $861,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $854,605 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetThe W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation: $786,500 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetHouston Arboretum & Nature Center: $785,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $755,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetE3 ALLIANCE: $750,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $733,730 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $716,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArts Connect Houston: $675,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetDISCOVERU: $645,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetNew Hope Housing Inc: $625,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $612,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCreative Action: $597,700 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetWillow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy: $592,960 over 2y, 32% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES INC OF HOUSTON: $590,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $575,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetCamp Allen Camp & Conference Center: $572,500 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetFIRST3YEARS: $555,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetIMPROVING EDUCATION INC: $551,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetTexans Care For Children Inc: $550,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetTHE WOODS PROJECT: $543,500 over 6y, 24% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc: $530,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH: $528,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFuelEd Schools Inc: $525,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetMental Health America of Greater Houston Inc: $520,000 over 5y, 12% 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 MINDPOP ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of Walker County Texas Inc ↗
  • Who funds Good Reason Houston Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEYEAR ↗
  • Who funds PRECINCT4FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds KABOOM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SPARK ↗
  • Who funds Hermann Park Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds Collaborative for Children ↗
  • Who funds MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE FOR TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Houston ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds HAY Center Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Houston Arts Alliance ↗
  • Who funds Collegespring Inc ↗
  • Who funds Breakthrough Houston ↗
  • Who funds YES Prep Public Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds Houston Zoo Inc ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds Memorial Park Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Houston Arboretum & Nature Center ↗
  • Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds E3 ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Arts Connect Houston ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERU ↗
  • Who funds New Hope Housing Inc ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗

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.

Houston Endowment IncThe Brown Foundation …Albert & Ethel Herzst…Strake FoundationThe Elkins FoundationGreater Houston Commu…Vivian L Smith Founda…United Way of Greater…The William Stamps Fa…Centerpoint Energy Fo…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…The Methodist Hospital
Houston Endowment IncTX153.8× affinity90 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Houston Endowment Inc · The Brown Foundation Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Strake Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · The Methodist Hospital

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    7get no government money at all
    77report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 Powell Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Powell 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 524 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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