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The Redwoods Group Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$44k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$28k
Largest
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 2024.

Human Services$438kPhilanthropy$231kYouth Development$186kRecreation & Sports$61kHealth$31kScience & Tech$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$23kHousing & Shelter$19kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $28k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GATEWAY REGION YMCA$27,741
HIGHER EDUCATION PROTECTION NETWORK$5,000
POSITIVE CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE$5,000
MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR CHILDREN$2,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DEEP EAST TEXAS$2,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA$1,500
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $292k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA: $3k → 11%YMCA OF DELAWARE: $3k → 10%SOUTH SHORE YMCA: $1k → 8%HOCKOMOCK AREA YMCA: $3k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $5k → 16%THE GREATER MISSOULA FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 9%CENTRAL BUCKS FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 6%YWCA TRI-COUNTY AREA: $1k → 7%VALLEY POINTS FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 10%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $15k → 8%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%CHANNEL ISLANDS YMCA: $1k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER SYRACUSE: $2k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $15k → 14%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $5k → 16%JCC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $10k → 17%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $5k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER HOUSTON: $5k → 16%CAMP ARANZAZU INC: $2k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $1k → 16%MONROE FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 10%GATEWAY REGION YMCA: $28k → 21%FOND DU LAC FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 9%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $1k → 7%YMCA OF ROME & FLOYD COUNTY: $1k → 15%YMCA OF COASTAL GEORGIA: $1k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE: $1k → 13%CROSSROADS YMCA INC: $1k → 15%HIGHER EDUCATION PROTECTION NETWORK: $5k → 9%STEPPING STONES: $1k → 16%LAKELAND HILLS FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 4%MEADOWLANDS AREA YMCA: $1k → 7%RARITAN VALLEY YMCA: $1k → 8%PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA: $1k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $5k → 16%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $8k → 8%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%SHASTA COUNTY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $5k → 14%YMCA OF METRO DALLAS: $5k → 14%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $5k → 8%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $5k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $5k → 14%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $25k → 7%YMCA OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM: $25k → 16%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $20k → 7%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $13k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $1k → 8%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

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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 6% of The Redwoods Group Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Redwoods Group Foundation Inclessmore 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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$702k · 59 repeat orgs$373k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 59 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
162

Total granted

$702k
$330k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+38%

Still filing today

76%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

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RenewedFirst-time

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

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Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalEducationPhilanthropyOther
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 CLUBS OF AMERICA
    3× · 2021–2023 · $58k · revenue +5%
  • GP
    Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association
    2× · 2021–2022 · $45k · revenue +38%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $33k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • YO
    YMCA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo Countygraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +265%
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.

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Young Men's Christian Association of Central New Mexico

The mission of the ymca of central new mexico is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. for over 100 years, the ymca of central new mexico has served our community…

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Young Men's Christian Association of Brainerd

The mission of the brainerd family ymca is to enhance the lives in the brainerd lakes area by connecting individuals and families with opportunities based on christian values that build a healthy spirit, mind, & body.

Human Services
3
The Young Men's Christian Association of Delaware County

The young men's christian association of delaware county d/b/a the community ymca of eastern delaware county ("the community ymca or "the organization") was organized on december 14, 1948 under the laws of pennsylvania as a nonprofit…

Human Services
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Young Men's Christian Association of Greensboro Inc

Our mission is to put Judeo-Christian principles into practice though programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The YMCA of Greensboro is a volunteer-led public charity that includes men, women, and children of all ages,…

Human Services
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Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties

The mission of the YMCA is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. We are an inclusive organization, serving all people regardless of background, religion, beliefs,…

Human Services
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The Young Mens Christian Association of the Chippewa Valley

Our mission is to build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities. The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley is a community centered association dedicated to building a healthy spirit, mind and body for all people, while maintaining an…

Human Services
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The Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Des Moines

The y's programs focus on improving people's spiritual, intellectual, and physical well-being to support people as they actualize their fullest potential. the ymca serves community members of all abilities, ages, cultural backgrounds,…

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Lake County Young Men's Christian Association

The mission of the lake county ymca is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
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Family Ymca Association

Providing recreational activities without regard to race, religion, or socio-economic status

Human Services
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Cleveland County Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc

The mission of the ymca is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. the y mission is also to advance our cause of strengthening community through youth development,…

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Young Men's Christian Association of the Virginia Peninsulas

Our mission is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. our focus is on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. we help kids succeed, prepare teens…

Human Services
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Young Men's Christian Association

We build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities with a primary focus on youth activities and programs.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Men's Christian Association of Silicon Valley; the most unlike its peers is Underwater Hypoxic Blackout Prevention Inc. 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

153 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. 153 of the 227 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
148/153
Grantees still filing
128/153
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY: $230,000 · OtherUNITED WAYAMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC: $33,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $27,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherYMCA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $25,000 · OtherBoys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County: $25,000 · Other+99 more: $282,605 · Other+99 moreGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $45,000 · Human ServicesGreater Philadelphia Young Men's …GATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $27,741 · Human ServicesGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRIST…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $27,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION…THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $25,500 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA…Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $25,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association…YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368): $25,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368)The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $15,275 · Human ServicesYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $15,000 · Human Services+54 more: $106,596 · Human Services+54 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $57,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIR…CALIFORNIA STATE ALLIANCE OF YMCAS: $4,500 · Youth Development+20 more: $32,750 · Youth Development+20 moreThe Susan L Curtis Foundation: $1,500 · Recreation & SportsCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $1,275 · Recreation & SportsBRIDGE II SPORTS INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsHAPPY HOLLOW CAMP INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsMONROE CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsCITY SWIM PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE IS A LEGAL DUTY USA: $1,500 · Crime & LegalBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY: $1,000 · Crime & LegalINSPIRING MINDS: $990 · EducationE3 CAMP: $500 · EducationTHE CHESHIRE HALF MARATHON 5K FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$647,855Human Services$312,612Youth Development$94,750Recreation & Sports$6,775Crime & Legal$2,500Education$1,490Philanthropy$1,000

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $57,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC: $33,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $27,741 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $27,250 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $25,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368): $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $15,275 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $10,275 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Bogalusa Louisiana: $8,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetHIGHER EDUCATION PROTECTION NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFROST VALLEY YMCA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE ALLIANCE OF YMCAS: $4,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPositive Childhood Alliance North Carolina: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOISE CITY IDAHO: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF STLUCIE COUNTY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES MOVING FORWARD: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CHATTANOOGA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CATHEDRAL CITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOCKOMOCK YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mount Family YMCA Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENOUGH ABUSE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BLOOMINGTON INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GLACIER COUNTRY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRARITAN VALLEY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION A NJ NON PROFIT CORPORATION: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $2,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEGACY YMCA: $2,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HONOLULU: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association Boothbay Region: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Central New York Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO SOUTH INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Deep East Texas: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA of Westfield NJ: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Shore Young Men's Christian Association: $2,000 over 2y, 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.

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.

National Council of YMCAs of the USAIL129.9× affinity73 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Council of YMCAs of the USA · Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return) · USA Swimming Foundation Inc · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Good Sports Inc · Parkinson's Foundation Inc · Young Men's Christian Association of San Francisco · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Gap Foundation · The Provident Bank 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 Redwoods Group Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Redwoods Group Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Meeting Waters Ymca: 75% of income from government
  • Southington-Cheshire Community Ymca: 23% of income from government
  • Mt Hood Kiwanis Camp: 18% of income from government
  • The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc: 13% of income from government
  • B'nai Brith Men's Camp Association: 7% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Delaware: 1% of income from government
  • West Suburban Young Men's Christian Association: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
84report 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Redwoods Group Foundation Inc 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 227 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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