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The Salmon Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$915k
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$50k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.6MHuman Services$1.2MHealth$453kHousing & Shelter$326kYouth Development$305kFood & Nutrition$298kArts & Culture$192kCrime & Legal$181kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $855k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GUNSTON DAY SCHOOL$50,000
CHANGING PERSPECTIVES$40,000
Individual grant recipient$40,000
THE COUNTRY SCHOOL$35,000
SALISBURY SCHOOL$35,000
ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL$35,000
MARTINS HOUSE & BARN$30,000
ORANGE COUNTY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM$30,000
THE FAMILY PLACE$30,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
ASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION$30,000
MADONNA PLACE INC$30,000
OPERATION SECOND CHANCE$30,000
BRENT ELEY FOUNDATION$30,000
EVERYBODY WINS VERMONT$30,000
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 (FY20–24, $608k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC & EDUCATIONAL RIDING: $18k → 10%TRUST FUNDS FOR ALL CHILDREN: $5k → 14%MADONNA PLACE INC: $30k → 9%FREEDOM READS: $3k → 12%ONE MISSION CAMBRIDGE: $20k → 15%THE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC & EDUCATIONAL RIDING INC: $5k → 10%MADONNA PLACE INC: $30k → 9%ONE MISSION CAMBRIDGE: $20k → 15%CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC & EDUCATIONAL RIDING: $5k → 10%MADONNA PLACE INC: $30k → 9%MADONNA PLACE INC: $30k → 9%WILLING HANDS: $30k → 9%CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: $100k → 10%MADONNA PLACE INC: $30k → 9%CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: $40k → 10%CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: $40k → 10%WILLING HANDS: $7k → 10%WILLING HANDS: $25k → 9%CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: $30k → 10%WILLING HANDS: $25k → 9%WILLING HANDS: $5k → 10%HEARTS YOU HOLD: $30k → 10%HEARTS YOU HOLD: $25k → 10%HEARTS YOU HOLD: $10k → 10%HEARTS YOU HOLD: $10k → 10%HEARTS YOU HOLD: $5k → 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

VT
NH
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
MD
DE
NC
DC
AL
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.
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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 Salmon Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Salmon Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.9% 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.6M · 42 repeat orgs$310k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
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Total granted

$4.6M
$247k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
-8%

Still filing today

83%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • CP
    CHANGING PERSPECTIVES
    4× · 2020–2023 · $210k · revenue +195%
  • TF
    THE FAMILY PLACE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $195k · revenue +29%
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $195k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • TY
    THE YMCA QUEEN ANNES COUNTY
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
  • CF
    CHILD & FAMILY AGENCY OF SOUTHEASTERN CT INC
    one grant, 2020 · $35k
  • GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue -40%
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
Hampshire Country School

Hampshire country school is a place of possibilities for high-ability, neurodiverse students enrolling in later elementary or middle school who have not found success in traditional educational environments. hampshire country school offers…

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2
The Oliverian School Inc

Oliverian is a non-profit, alternative, college-prep boarding school for adolescents who have not thrived in traditional settings. we fill the gap between traditional and therapeutic schools, providing the right mix of support and guided…

Education
3
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
4
The Mountain School At Winhall Inc

Our purpose is to establish an educational foundation of curiosity, confidence, and competence while practicing kindness to oneself, the community and nature.

Education
5
The Bement School Inc

The bement school provides an education based on time-honored school traditions and values for children in kindergarten through ninth grade, day and boarding. from the classrooms to the dorms, we live and learn as a family, while…

Education
6
Vermont Public Co

Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.

Arts & Culture
7
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
8
Compass Charter School

Compass charter school is a safe and nurturing educational environment that honors the individuality of each learner. by engaging in a process of inquiry, our graduates will be equipped with the necessary skills to lead fulfilling personal…

Education
9
Hilltop Montessori School Inc

Hilltop montessori school's mission is for students to practice responsible independence in a caring community of curious, critical learners and thoughtful citizens.

Education
10
Cape Henry Collegiate School Inc

We know, value, and challenge each student. we commit to building a diverse and inclusive community. we graduate independent thinkers and globally aware citizens.

Education
11
The Williams School

The williams school builds with each child the foundation for academic, moral and social success. a williams school student embodies confidence, integrity and a love of learning.

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12
Harvard-Westlake School

Harvard-westlake strives to be a diverse and inclusive community united by the joyful pursuit of educational excellence, living and learning with integrity, and purpose beyond ourselves.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

57 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. 57 of the 73 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/57
Grantees still filing
40/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $258,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE FAMILY PLACE INC: $195,000 · OtherTHE FAMILY PLACE INCTHE GUNSTON SCHOOL INC: $190,000 · OtherTHE GUNSTON SCHOOL INCSAINT MARTINS MINISTRIES INC: $170,000 · OtherSAINT MARTINS MINISTRIES INCTHE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $110,000 · OtherKILLINGTON MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $105,000 · OtherORANGE COUNTY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM: $95,000 · OtherCOMPASS REGIONAL HOSPICE INC: $92,500 · OtherETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $85,000 · OtherASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $163,000 · OtherASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATIONHAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $143,000 · OtherHAVEN MINISTRIES INCPAUL'S PLACE INC: $105,000 · Other+33 more: $725,500 · Other+33 moreTRUSTEES OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL INC: $195,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF WESTMINST…SALISBURY SCHOOL INC: $175,000 · EducationSALISBURY SCHOOL INCCORPORATION OF ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL: $175,000 · EducationCORPORATION OF ST TIM…WYE RIVER UPPER SCHOOL INC: $170,000 · EducationWYE RIVER UPPER SCHOO…KENT SCHOOL INC: $140,000 · EducationKENT SCHOOL INCUNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO FOUNDATION: $90,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MONTEVA…+3 more: $22,000 · EducationCHANGING PERSPECTIVES: $210,000 · Human ServicesCHANGING PERS…Madonna Place Inc: $150,000 · Human ServicesMadonna Place…WILLING HANDS ENTERPRISES INC: $92,000 · Human ServicesWILLING HANDS…HEARTS YOU HOLD INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesHEARTS YOU HO…ONE MISSION CAMBRIDGE INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesONE MISSION C…CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC & EDUCATIONA TIONAL RIDING: $27,500 · Human Services+2 more: $8,000 · Human ServicesEVERYBODY WINS VERMONT INC: $145,000 · Youth DevelopmentASPEN YOUTH CENTER: $115,000 · Youth DevelopmentLET'S GROW KIDS INC: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $180,000 · HealthDAVID'S HOUSE INC: $125,000 · HealthBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $115,000 · Arts & CultureWHARTON ESHERICK MUSEUM: $70,000 · Arts & CultureSULTANA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $7,500 · Arts & CultureOperation Second Chance Inc: $177,500 · Public Benefit
Other$2,437,000Education$967,000Human Services$607,500Youth Development$340,000Health$305,000Arts & Culture$222,500Public Benefit$177,500

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 budgetCHANGING PERSPECTIVES: $210,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetTHE FAMILY PLACE INC: $195,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTRUSTEES OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL INC: $195,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GUNSTON SCHOOL INC: $190,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetOperation Second Chance Inc: $177,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetSALISBURY SCHOOL INC: $175,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCORPORATION OF ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL: $175,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWYE RIVER UPPER SCHOOL INC: $170,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetSAINT MARTINS MINISTRIES INC: $170,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $163,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetMadonna Place Inc: $150,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetEVERYBODY WINS VERMONT INC: $145,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetHAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $143,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetKENT SCHOOL INC: $140,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetDAVID'S HOUSE INC: $125,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetASPEN YOUTH CENTER: $115,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $115,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $110,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKILLINGTON MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $105,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPAUL'S PLACE INC: $105,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCOMPASS REGIONAL HOSPICE INC: $92,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWILLING HANDS ENTERPRISES INC: $92,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLET'S GROW KIDS INC: $80,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHEARTS YOU HOLD INC: $80,000 over 5y, 29% of budgetWHARTON ESHERICK MUSEUM: $70,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetHARTFORD COMMUNITY RESORATIVE JUSTICE CENTER INC: $60,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $56,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC: $54,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetUnion Institute & University: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetONE MISSION CAMBRIDGE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFINDING OUR STRIDE: $30,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARMERS & HUNTERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY INC: $30,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSULTANA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC & EDUCATIONA TIONAL RIDING: $27,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetMID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBASALT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUS COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Life Experience School Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY SETTLEMENT: $5,000 over 1y, 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 CHANGING PERSPECTIVES ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GUNSTON SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds BRENT ELEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Operation Second Chance Inc ↗
  • Who funds SALISBURY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WYE RIVER UPPER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT MARTINS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Madonna Place Inc ↗
  • Who funds EVERYBODY WINS VERMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds KENT SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds DAVID'S HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN YOUTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds KILLINGTON MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds PAUL'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS REGIONAL HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds WILLING HANDS ENTERPRISES INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LET'S GROW KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTS YOU HOLD INC ↗
  • Who funds WHARTON ESHERICK MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds HARTFORD COMMUNITY RESORATIVE JUSTICE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Union Institute & University ↗
  • Who funds ONE MISSION CAMBRIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA 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.

Mid Shore Community Foundation IncMD25.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The May Foundation of Maryland · David a Bramble Foundation Inc · The Couch Family Foundation · Mascoma Bank Foundation · Hypertherm Hope Foundation Inc · Emily Landecker Foundation Inc · The Clifton Foundation Inc · Flora R and Isidor M Stettenheim Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • The Life Experience School Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Vermont Works for Women Inc: 52% of income from government
  • The Family Place Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Madonna Place Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Willing Hands Enterprises Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
  • Freedom Reads Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Clemmons Family Farm Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Sultana Education Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Killington Mountain School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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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How do I get to The Salmon Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Salmon 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 73 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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