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The Starbucks Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$17M
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$5.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$46MPhilanthropy$27MPublic Safety & Disaster$15MYouth Development$6.1MHuman Services$3.7MEducation$3.3MEnvironment$2.9MFood & Nutrition$2.3MOther$0
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+13 grants · $15M
$175,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE$4,989,160
MYRIAD USA$2,990,412
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,100,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT WORLDWIDE$1,050,000
MERCY CORPS$1,000,000
VANCOUVER FOUNDATION$804,013
RIPPLE EFFECT$599,758
PLANET WATER FOUNDATION$469,300
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$448,000
CARE INC$401,364
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA$350,000
WORLD RELIEF$330,000
MENTOR$250,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEAN VOYAGE$215,938
IMPACTASSETS$200,000
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 (FY19–25, $11.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WAKAMI FOUNDATION: $100k → 5%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $80k → 11%Friends of Barefoot College International: $84k → 15%HOPE VIBES INC: $50k → 10%GENEROSITY GLOBAL INC: $100k → 6%WAKAMI FOUNDATION: $100k → 5%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $100k → 22%BROOKLYN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $100k → 20%HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA: $50k → 13%PUBLIC ALLIES: $225k → 17%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $200k → 9%GENEROSITY GLOBAL: $50k → 6%WAKAMI FOUNDATION: $70k → 5%EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $100k → 11%PUBLIC ALLIES: $225k → 17%Wellspring Family Services: $150k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $150k → 9%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $40k → 22%Catholic Community Services of Western Washington: $150k → 9%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $35k → 22%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $100k → 9%BROOKLYN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $50k → 20%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $100k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $75k → 9%Catholic Community Services of Western Washington: $50k → 9%Wellspring Family Services: $50k → 9%Turning Points for Children: $48k → 22%COVENANT HOUSE: $500k → 17%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $50k → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $150k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $150k → 17%SocialWorks: $100k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1.4M → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1.2M → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1.1M → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $600k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $400k → 14%American Red Cross: $250k → 14%Operation Sack Lunch: $150k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250k → 14%American Red Cross: $250k → 14%YWCA USA: $400k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%YWCA USA: $400k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%American Red Cross: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
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CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
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AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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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 33% of The Starbucks Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Starbucks Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.3% 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$74M · 99 repeat orgs$7.8M to everyone else

99 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2025, 66 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

99
251

Total granted

$74M
$6.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+34%

Still filing today

91%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionPhilanthropyEmploymentEducationOther
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

  • MC
    Mercy Corps
    7× · 2019–2025 · $8.1M · revenue +21%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    7× · 2019–2025 · $6.2M · revenue +39%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $4.1M · revenue ×11

Funded once

  • GF
    GLOBAL FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $500k
  • IA
    INTERFAITH AMERICAgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $500k · revenue +158%
  • DL
    DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDUCATION
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
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
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
2
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
3
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
4
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
5
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
6
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
7
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
8
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
9
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
10
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
11
Women First Inc

Women first invests in grassroots initiatives driven by women in developing economies that sustainably advance their lives.

International
12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadersup; the most unlike its peers is Flamboyan Foundation 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

329 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. 329 of the 382 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)
62
Early backer (in before they grew)
319/329
Grantees still filing
224/329
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GIVE2ASIA: $14,516,174 · InternationalGIVE2ASIAMercy Corps: $8,073,980 · InternationalMercy CorpsMYRIAD USA INC: $4,722,456 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INCWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,067,033 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $2,507,245 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,677,638 · International+22 more: $11,608,500 · International+22 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $23,111,435 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS…+3 more: $100,000 · Community ImprovementVANCOUVER FOUNDATION: $4,814,670 · OtherVANCOUVER FOUNDATIONBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $2,565,017 · OtherBig Brothers Big Sist…CITY YEAR INC: $2,222,600 · OtherCITY YEAR INCPLANET WATER FOUNDATION: $1,640,850 · OtherPLANET WATER FOUNDATI…RIPPLE EFFECT: $845,107 · OtherFeeding America: $1,400,290 · OtherFeeding AmericaJA WORLDWIDE INC: $1,050,000 · OtherTHE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA: $1,000,000 · Other+82 more: $9,483,950 · Other+82 morePOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $3,526,942 · PhilanthropyPOINTS OF LI…SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $3,030,330 · PhilanthropySEATTLE INTE…CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $1,979,822 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AI…SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 · PhilanthropySEATTLE FOUN…LEGACY GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyLEGACY GLOBA…NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHI…+24 more: $2,740,523 · Philanthropy+24 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,225,000 · Human ServicesAmerican N…YWCA USA INC: $800,000 · Human ServicesYWCA USA I…COVENANT HOUSE: $800,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT H…WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $749,999 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING…PUBLIC ALLIES INC: $450,000 · Human Services+31 more: $2,789,690 · Human Services+31 moreTHE NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,250,000 · Youth DevelopmentMaris Place: $1,250,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $1,209,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $1,125,000 · Youth Development+3 more: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentGLOBAL WATER CHALLENGE: $1,269,686 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,124,932 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $107,690 · Environment+2 more: $100,000 · Environment
International$47,173,026Community Improvement$23,211,435Other$25,022,484Philanthropy$14,377,617Human Services$11,814,689Youth Development$4,984,500Environment$2,602,308

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $23,111,435 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE2ASIA: $14,516,174 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetMercy Corps: $8,073,980 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,225,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $4,722,456 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,067,033 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $3,526,942 over 2y, 11% of budgetSEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $3,030,330 over 6y, 17% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $2,565,017 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $2,507,245 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $2,222,600 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $1,979,822 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $1,677,638 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPLANET WATER FOUNDATION: $1,640,850 over 7y, 13% of budgetLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $1,560,803 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetWORLD NEIGHBORS INC: $1,530,272 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetFeeding America: $1,400,290 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL WATER CHALLENGE: $1,269,686 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetSEND A COW INC: $1,263,469 over 4y, 84% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,250,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetMaris Place: $1,250,000 over 6y, 96% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $1,209,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $1,125,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,124,932 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJA WORLDWIDE INC: $1,050,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTHE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA: $1,000,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEGACY GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $926,180 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $813,015 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA USA INC: $800,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $800,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $749,999 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetDays For Girls International: $749,635 over 4y, 11% of budgetTHE MISSION CONTINUES: $747,863 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetHANNS R NEUMANN STIFTUNG NORTH AMERICA INC: $744,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEAN VOYAGE: $732,142 over 5y, 52% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $650,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $600,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $506,040 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetINTERFAITH AMERICA: $500,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetWATERORG: $500,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPUBLIC ALLIES INC: $450,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetLava Mae: $450,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $450,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $420,940 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFARESTART: $367,950 over 5y, 0.5% 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 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds GIVE2ASIA ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds MYRIAD USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANET WATER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD NEIGHBORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL WATER CHALLENGE ↗
  • Who funds SEND A COW INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds Maris Place ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JA WORLDWIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY GLOBAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS ↗
  • Who funds YWCA USA INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Days For Girls International ↗
  • Who funds THE MISSION CONTINUES ↗
  • Who funds HANNS R NEUMANN STIFTUNG NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEAN VOYAGE ↗

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.

Gates FoundationWells Fargo FoundationMedina FoundationCredit Unions in the …Annie E Casey Foundat…Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Schultz Family Founda…Real Progress Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…The Rockefeller Found…Pwc Foundation Inc
Gates FoundationWA29.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gates Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation · Medina Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Schultz Family Foundation · Real Progress Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Rockefeller Foundation · Pwc 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 Starbucks Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Starbucks Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge: 100% of income from government
  • Youthbuild Global Inc: 69% of income from government
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • World Neighbors Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • International Institute of New England Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Youthbuild Boston Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: 8% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The Urban Farming Institute of Bostoninc: 4% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
67report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 382 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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