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The Russell Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
128
Grants FY2024
97
Organizations funded FY2023
42%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$8,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
97 to 164
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$77M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 42% of the organizations The Russell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $280k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving109$1.9M47%
FY202397$1.2M42%
FY2022131$2.1M34%
FY2021129$2.9M31%
FY2020151$5.0M32%
FY2019132$3.6M40%
FY2018164$5.0M45%
FY2017144$3.2Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$11MPhilanthropy$6.5MEducation$2.0MFood & Nutrition$1.7MArts & Culture$1.7MHuman Services$1.6MYouth Development$1.5MRecreation & Sports$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 332 grantees
All grantees of The Russell Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Puyallup Watershed Initiative$2,745,400492%
United Way of Pierce County$1,300,00035%
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund$579,50065%
Communities in Schools of Peninsula$517,500822%
Stewardship Partners$507,500612%
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance$491,50088%
Foss Waterway Seaport$452,50088%
Museum of Glass$380,00062%
Gig Harbor Peninsula Fish$365,00076%
Re Sources$342,50064%
Tacoma Community Boat Builders Inc$265,000525%
American Rivers Inc$265,00060%
Harbor Wildwatch$252,500634%
Nourish Pierce County$235,00050%
Nw Furniture Bank$215,00052%
Degrees of Change$206,00063%
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties$205,00080%
Port Townsend Marine Science Center$190,03084%
Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children$187,50061%
The Trust for Public Land$186,01260%
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation$185,00048%
Great Peninsula Conservancy$180,50072%
Environmental Science Center$172,500713%
Foundation for Tacoma Students$162,50073%
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition - TAG$158,500514%
R Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship$157,65063%
College Success Foundation$157,65060%
Forgotten Childrens Fund$155,000519%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County$150,00040%
Pure Blue$145,000280%
Friends of North Creek Forest$145,000629%
Nisqually Reach Nature Center$138,000524%
Confluence Philanthropy Inc$135,00052%
Latino Community Fund of Washington State$135,00024%
National Audubon Society Inc$128,00050%
Kitchen Garden Project Inc Garden-Raised Bounty$127,50054%
Oceans Initiative$127,50039%
The Rescue Mission$125,50031%
Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni$125,50050%
Resource Media$120,00031%
The Coffee Oasis$112,50041%
Northwest Maritime Center$110,00032%
Na'ah Illahee Fund$110,00024%
Washington Association of Land Trusts$110,000419%
South Sound Estuary Association$107,23074%
The University of North Carolina Press Inc$100,00012%
Seattle Economic Development Fund Business Impact Nw$100,00011%
Operation Healing Forces Inc$100,00013%
Environmental Coalition of South Seattle$97,50034%
Tacomapierce County Habitat for Humanit$97,50031%
Forterra Nw$95,25020%
Northwest Earth Institute$95,00064%
North Kohala Community Resource Center$92,00054%
Viva Farms$90,80023%
The Mustard Seed Project of Key Peninsula$90,00047%
Pacific Education Institute$87,12032%
Tacoma Community House$87,00021%
Sun Valley Writers' Conference Inc$84,00060%
University of Washington Foundation$83,00020%
The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust$82,50031%
After-School All-Stars$77,50030%
Food Backpacks 4 Kids$77,500315%
Merwin Conservancy Inc$75,00044%
Port Gamble S'Klallam Foundation$75,00032%
Washington Maritime Blue$75,00013%
Puget Sound Restoration Fund$75,00013%
Summer Search$72,50030%
Camp Fire Central Puget Sound$72,50043%
Washington Trails Association$70,10240%
As You Sow$70,00031%
Brightspark Early Learning Services$70,00020%
City Fruit$70,000310%
Kulshan Carbon Trust$70,000152%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$70,00040%
Salish Sea Expenditions$70,00028%
Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association$67,50041%
Wa-Ya Outdoor Institute$67,500317%
Communities for a Healthy Bay$61,121310%
Hilltop Artists in Residence$60,08372%
Puget Sound Voyaging Society$60,0003n/a
Washington Water Trust$60,00012%
Pacific Shellfish Institute$60,00043%
Rural Development Initiatives Inc$60,0002n/a
Comprehensive Mental Health Center of Tacoma-Pierce County$60,00020%
Thurston County Food Bank$60,00020%
Washington State FFA Foundation$60,00024%
Youth With a Mission$60,0003n/a
Northwest Youth Corps$56,00030%
The Tracking Project Inc$55,000514%
Islandwood$52,00030%
Salmon Defense$50,000116%
Harvest Against Hunger$50,00011%
Covenant Youth of Alaska-Ecc of Alaska$49,5007n/a
Gig Harbor High School Band Boosters$48,2003n/a
Centrum Foundation$47,50022%
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians$45,00011%
Spark Northwest$45,00013%
Clean Energy Transition Institute$45,00014%
Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc$45,00011%
Trout Unlimited Inc$42,20020%
University District Service League$42,00070%
Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team$40,000133%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$39,05030%
Northwest Natural Resource Group$37,50031%
Tilth Alliance$36,50041%
Camp Solomon Schechter$36,00050%
Braided Seeds$36,000313%
Young America's Foundation$35,00010%
Green Plate Special$32,50014%
Point Defiance Zoological Society$32,50022%
Got Green$30,00023%
Transportation Choices Coalition$30,00014%
The Foodbank at St Marys$30,0004n/a
Big City Mountaineers$30,00014%
Sustainable Seattle$30,00014%
Puget Sound Sage$30,00023%
Northwest Network Foundation The$30,00027%
Kitsap Cd$30,0002n/a
Mason Conservation District$30,0002n/a
Greenhouse Scholars$30,00040%
Casa Cornelia Legal Services$27,00030%
Full Spectrum Features NFP$25,50034%
Northwest Leadership Foundation$25,0001n/a
Step by Step Family Support Center$25,00040%
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon$25,0001n/a
Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation$25,00011%
Easter Seals Washington$23,67520%
Multicare Foundations$23,67550%
The Food Basket Inc$23,00010%
Solid Ground Washington$22,00040%
Brac USA Inc$21,73330%
Asian Counseling and Referral Service$21,50040%
Rvc Seattle$20,30031%
Rethink Food NYC Inc$20,00010%
Tewa Women United$20,00031%
Western Environmental Law Center$20,00020%
Seattle Public Library$20,0001n/a
Big Homie Ministries International$20,0001n/a
The Kauai Music Festival$20,000410%
Rainier Valley Food Bank$20,00020%
Highline Area Food Bank$20,00021%
The Pachamama Alliance$20,00010%
Earth Economics$20,00011%
Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group$20,00021%
Rocky Mountain Land Library$18,000212%
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church$17,5505n/a
Kailapa Community Association$16,00046%
El Centro de la Raza$16,00030%
Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria$15,63322%
Mary Bridge Children's Foundation$15,10030%
Mary's Place Seattle$15,00010%
Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center$15,00014%
Western Landowners Alliance$15,00031%
Capitol Land Trust$15,00011%
Rtc Impact Fund$15,0001100%
Pacific Marine Research$15,0001n/a
Friends of Lakewood$15,00011%
Seattle Preparatory School$13,0003n/a
Friends of Pierce County$12,5001n/a
Northwest Harvest Emm$12,50010%
Food Lifeline$12,50010%
New York Peace Institute Inc$12,13430%
South Sound Outreach Services$12,12231%
21 Progress$11,00022%
Artist Trust$10,50021%
Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture$10,00012%
Food Connects$10,00010%
Institute for Washingtons Future$10,00015%
Treehouse$10,00020%
Emergency Family Assistance Association$10,00010%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$10,00010%
Friends of Amy B H Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden$10,00011%
Mentoring Urban Students & Teens$10,00012%
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$10,00010%
Mother Africa$10,00012%
Croatan Institute$10,00015%
Boys and Girls Clubs of King County$10,00010%
Northwest Agriculture Business Center$10,00011%
Bluff Lake Nature Center$10,00022%
Pye Global$10,00021%
Trustafrica$10,00010%
Helping Hand House$10,00010%
Cascade Bicycle Club$10,00020%
Community Food Share Inc$10,00010%
Mala'Ai$10,00013%
Spectrum Dance Theater$10,00020%
Seattle Parks Foundation$9,00030%
Pcc Farmland Trust$8,50020%
Sustainable Development Strategies Group$7,00022%
The Tanzanian Childrens Fund Inc$6,00020%
Copper Canyon Press$6,00010%
Humanities Washington$5,50010%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$5,00010%
South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group$5,00010%
HopeSparks$5,00010%
Stone Soup Group$5,00010%
Community Credit Lab$5,00011%
Center for Diversity and the Environment$5,00011%
Good Samaritan Foundation$5,0001n/a
Paicines Ranch Learning Center$5,00013%
Childrens Home Society of Washington$5,00010%
Kohala Mountain Radio$5,000113%
Slow Money Institute Inc$5,00011%
10000 Years Institute$5,00010%
West Seattle Food Bank$5,00010%
Tra Medical Imaging Foundation$5,00011%
Crisis Connections$5,00010%
DBT-Linehan Board of Certification$5,00013%
Key Peninsula Bischoff Food Bank$5,0001n/a
Prince William Sound Science & Technology Institute$5,00010%
The Henry L Stimson Center$5,00010%
Lucky Paws Rescue Inc$5,00015%
Hunger Intervention Program$5,00010%
The Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation Incorporated$5,00010%
Sustainable Connections$5,00010%
Refugee Choir Project$5,00011%
Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region$5,00010%
Redefining You Foundation$5,0001n/a
The George Washington University$5,00010%
Independent Feature Project Inc$5,00010%
The Kohala Center$5,00010%
Roads of Success$5,00010%
C895 Knhc Public Radio Association$5,00011%
Denali Family Services$5,0001n/a
Friends of Transparency International$5,00016%
National Lawyers Guild Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Na Kalai Wa'A$5,0001n/a
Nonprofit Finance Fund$5,00030%
Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition$5,00012%
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc$5,00010%
Hamakua Youth Foundation Inc$5,00013%
Called to Compete Inc$5,00012%
Northwest Network BTLG Survivors Abuse0$4,00010%
Slow Food USA Inc$4,00011%
Boulder Food Rescue$4,00010%
Toy Rescue Mission$3,75015%
Rainbow Center$3,60330%
Pacific Public Media$3,50020%
Common Good Tacoma$3,5001n/a
Asia Pacific Cultural Center$3,50020%
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington$3,00010%
Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship Fund$3,00034%
Key Peninsula Volunteer Firefighters Association$3,0001n/a
Casa Latina$3,00020%
One to World Inc$3,00010%
Black Farmers Collective$3,00010%
YWCA Pierce County$3,00010%
Korean Women's Association$3,00010%
Renewable Energy Alaska Project$2,50020%
Catholic Charities Community Services Archdiocese of New York$2,50010%
Ascend - Leadership Through Athletics Inc$2,50011%
Symphony Tacoma$2,50010%
Kitsap Humane Society$2,09730%
Peninsula Hands On Art Inc$2,0001n/a
Tacoma Housing Development Group$2,00011%
Hilltop Action Coalition$2,00021%
Lewis & Clark College$2,00020%
Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation$2,00021%
Metropolitan Development Council$2,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,00020%
African Community Housing & Development$2,00010%
The League Treatment Center Inc$2,00011%
1 for the Planet Inc$1,53410%
Key Peninsula Civic Center Association$1,50011%
University Child Development School$1,50020%
Tahoma Indian Center$1,50010%
Loving Kindness Buddhist Meditation Center$1,50022%
Humane Society for Tacoma Pierce County Society Prevention Cruelty Animals$1,40030%
Tacoma Urban Land Trust$1,3251n/a
Kitsap Regional Library Foundation$1,22520%
Catherine Place$1,20020%
501 Commons$1,00010%
Working America Education Fund$1,00010%
Food Bank of Alaska$1,00010%
City of Lakewood$1,0001n/a
Board of Trustees of Whitman College$1,00010%
Common Future$1,00010%
Mad Agriculture$1,00010%
Hispanic Federation Inc$1,00010%
Shunpike$1,00010%
Olive Crest$1,00010%
Margarets Village$1,0001n/a
Asian Law Caucus$1,00010%
The Seattle Aquarium Society$1,00010%
The Mountaineers$1,00010%
Ingersoll Gender Center$1,00010%
Greater Gig Harbor Foundation$1,00010%
Foodshed Capital$1,00010%
Aspire Education Project$1,00010%
Anchorage Community Land Trust$1,00010%
Read 718 Inc$1,00010%
Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center$87530%
Wildflowers Institute$75020%
Australian Shepherds Furever Corp$60020%
Billings Middle School$52510%
People for Animal Care and Kindness$52010%
Gig Harbor Now$51510%
Long Live the Kings$51210%
Washington State University Foundation$51220%
Sojourners Inc$50010%
University Preparatory Academy$50010%
Tacoma Urban League$50010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$50010%
Building Youth Through Music$50012%
Pueblo a Pueblo$47520%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$40020%
Maui United Way$25010%
Environmental Grantmakers Association$25010%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$25010%
Phinney Neighborhood Association$23520%
School's Out Washington$22510%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$20810%
Hamilton Middle School Ptsa Seattle Council$20610%
Natik Esperanza$20010%
Agros International$20010%
Central Kitsap Food Bank$20030%
Kitsap Pride Network$1752n/a
Chief Seattle Club$15510%
Grand Tacoma Cine Club Dba the Grand Cinema$15010%
Ballard Food Bank$15010%
Leadership Tomorrow$12910%
Climate Solutions$10510%
Invest for Better Inc$10410%
Justice Outside$10010%
Donaldina Cameron House$1001n/a
Eth-Noh-Tec Creations$10010%
Wing Luke Memorial Foundation$10010%
Africatown Community Land Trust$2710%
Kitsap Community and Agriculturalalliance$251n/a
Young Womens Christian Association$2510%
Seabeck Conference Center$2510%
Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 165 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Russell Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPuyallup Watershed Initiative: $2,745,400 over 4y, 92% of budgetUnited Way of Pierce County: $1,300,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetWashington Conservation Action Education Fund: $579,500 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Peninsula: $517,500 over 8y, 22% of budgetStewardship Partners: $507,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetPuget Soundkeeper Alliance: $491,500 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetFoss Waterway Seaport: $452,500 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetMuseum of Glass: $380,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetGig Harbor Peninsula Fish: $365,000 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetRe Sources: $342,500 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetTacoma Community Boat Builders Inc: $265,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetAmerican Rivers Inc: $265,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHarbor Wildwatch: $252,500 over 6y, 34% of budgetNourish Pierce County: $235,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNw Furniture Bank: $215,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetDegrees of Change: $206,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties: $205,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPort Townsend Marine Science Center: $190,030 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetLindquist Dental Clinic for Children: $187,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $186,012 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation: $185,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetGreat Peninsula Conservancy: $180,500 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetEnvironmental Science Center: $172,500 over 7y, 13% of budgetFoundation for Tacoma Students: $162,500 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetDuwamish River Cleanup Coalition - TAG: $158,500 over 5y, 14% of budgetR Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship: $157,650 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $157,650 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetForgotten Childrens Fund: $155,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetEmergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County: $150,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPure Blue: $145,000 over 2y, 80% of budgetFriends of North Creek Forest: $145,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetNisqually Reach Nature Center: $138,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetConfluence Philanthropy Inc: $135,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetLatino Community Fund of Washington State: $135,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $128,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKitchen Garden Project Inc Garden-Raised Bounty: $127,500 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetOceans Initiative: $127,500 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetThe Rescue Mission: $125,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFoundation for Western Washington University and Alumni: $125,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetResource Media: $120,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetThe Coffee Oasis: $112,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNorthwest Maritime Center: $110,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetNa'ah Illahee Fund: $110,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetWashington Association of Land Trusts: $110,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetSouth Sound Estuary Association: $107,230 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetThe University of North Carolina Press Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSeattle Economic Development Fund Business Impact Nw: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOperation Healing Forces Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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 Tacoma Community FoundationWA132.9× affinity78 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · The Bamford Foundation · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Seattle Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · Medina Foundation · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc · Forest 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.

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About The Russell Family Foundation

How much does The Russell Family Foundation give?
The Russell Family Foundation reported 128 grants totaling $1,951,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 97 and 164 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Russell Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (36%), Philanthropy (21%), Education (7%).
Who are The Russell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Puyallup Watershed Initiative ($2.7M), United Way of Pierce County ($1.3M), Washington Conservation Action Education Fund ($580k).
Does The Russell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Russell Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Russell Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, The Bamford Foundation.
Where is The Russell Family Foundation based?
The Russell Family Foundation is based in WA.

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 511 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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