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The Wallace Foundation

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.

$55M
Granted FY2024still arriving
318
Grants FY2024still arriving
32
States reached
$3.0M
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$129MArts & Culture$61MPhilanthropy$28MYouth Development$16MSocial Science$14MCivil Rights$12MCommunity Improvement$11MInternational$9.6MOther$0
02FY2024 · 318 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k122 grants · $150k
  • $10k–50k49 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k92 grants · $11M
  • $250k+55 grants · $42M
$26,930
Median grant
32
States reached
$1.8B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Association of Latino Arts and Culture$3,000,000
First Peoples Fund$3,000,000
Alternate ROOTS Inc$3,000,000
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System$2,252,202
Winston Salem Forsyth County$1,345,000
San Antonio Independent School District$1,345,000
Fresno Unified School District$1,345,000
Board of Education of Jefferson County Kentucky$1,345,000
DC Public Education Fund$1,345,000
Columbus City Schools$1,345,000
School District No 1J Multnomah County Oregon$1,345,000
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc$1,235,000
Chicago Sinfonietta Inc$1,189,000
Pillsbury United Communities Inc dba Pillsbury House Theatre$891,000
Family Health International$850,442
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $7.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WINGS for Kids: $90k → 12%Prime Time Palm Beach County: $1.1M → 11%Wounded Warrior Project Inc: $3k → 14%NextUp RVA: $225k → 9%Child Trends Incorporated: $40k → 8%Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services: $600k → 21%Prime Time Palm Beach County Inc: $104k → 11%Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services: $569k → 21%Child Trends Incorporated: $19k → 8%Prime Time Palm Beach County Inc: $25k → 11%Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services: $398k → 21%Child Trends Incorporated: $7k → 8%Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services: $14k → 21%Child Trends Incorporated: $2k → 8%My Connect Community Inc: $175k → 16%Voices of Georgia's Children Inc: $225k → 13%Meeting Essential Needs with Dignity Inc: $4k → 16%Tides Center: $18k → 10%Tides Center: $18k → 10%Child Trends Incorporated: $172k → 8%Tides Center: $18k → 10%SCO Family of Services: $2k → 6%Tides Center: $18k → 10%Running Strong for American Indian Youth: $10k → 6%Data Quality Campaign: $100k → 14%The Hudson Guild: $4k → 17%Hudson Guild: $3k → 17%Hudson Guild: $3k → 17%Hudson GuildMG: $3k → 17%Hudson Guild: $2k → 17%National Urban League Inc: $350k → 17%National Urban League Inc: $350k → 17%National Urban League Inc: $300k → 17%National Urban League Inc: $250k → 17%National Urban League Inc: $5k → 17%Innocence Project Inc: $2k → 17%Expanded Schools Inc: $500k → 17%Expanded Schools Inc: $475k → 17%Expanded Schools Inc: $205k → 17%ExpandED Schools Inc: $164k → 17%Expanded Schools Inc: $150k → 17%ExpandED Schools Inc: $150k → 17%ExpandED Schools Inc: $150k → 17%Expanded Schools Inc: $150k → 17%ExpandED Schools Inc: $130k → 17%ExpandED Schools Inc: $100k → 17%Expanded Schools Inc: $85k → 17%ExpandED Schools Inc: $60k → 17%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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VT
WA
ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
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 9% of The Wallace Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Wallace Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$242M · 222 repeat orgs$32M to everyone else

222 repeat relationships: 151 still active in FY2024, 71 since wound down; 69 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

222
270

Total granted

$242M
$23M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+21%

Still filing today

86%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.9M 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyCommunity 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • The Rand Corporation
    5× · 2020–2024 · $9.6M · revenue +21%
  • FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $7.4M · revenue +68%
  • ED
    EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5.5M · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • SD
    School District of Palm Beach County
    one grant, 2020 · $2.5M
  • DA
    Denver Afterschool Alliance
    one grant, 2020 · $1.8M
  • NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1.5M · revenue +29%
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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9
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
10
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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11
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
12
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Guild for Community Arts Education Inc; the most unlike its peers is EastSide Arts Alliance. 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

444 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. 444 of the 579 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.

26
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
57
Early backer (in before they grew)
442/444
Grantees still filing
289/444
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Board of Education of Jefferson County Kentucky: $7,255,000 · OtherBoard of Education of Jefferson County Kentuc…Fresno Unified School District: $7,255,000 · OtherFresno Unified School DistrictPORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $7,255,000 · OtherPORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLSSan Antonio Independent School District: $7,255,000 · OtherSan Antonio Independent School DistrictColumbus City Schools: $7,255,000 · OtherColumbus City SchoolsWinston Salem Forsyth County: $7,255,000 · OtherWinston Salem Forsyth CountyEDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $5,479,649 · OtherBoard of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System: $4,790,978 · Other+79 more: $63,147,998 · Other+79 moreEDITORIAL PROJECTS IN EDUCATION INC: $4,250,000 · Arts & CultureEDITORIAL PROJECTS IN …NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $3,500,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO …NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ARTS AND CULTURE: $3,499,902 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ASSOCIATION O…FIRST PEOPLES FUND: $3,402,409 · Arts & CultureFIRST PEOPLES FUNDMid-America Arts Alliance: $3,000,000 · Arts & CultureMID ATLANTIC ARTS INC: $3,000,000 · Arts & CultureAlternate RootsInc: $3,000,000 · Arts & CultureNEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCORPORATED: $3,000,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN STATES ARTS FEDERATION: $3,000,000 · Arts & CultureArts Midwest Incorporated: $3,000,000 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO SINFONIETTA INC: $2,358,200 · Arts & CultureBIG THOUGHT: $2,186,199 · Arts & Culture+34 more: $20,624,307 · Arts & Culture+34 moreDC PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $7,400,000 · EducationDC PUBLIC EDUCATION F…FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $7,400,000 · EducationFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL …THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC: $5,736,867 · EducationTHE LEADERSHIP ACADEM…BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC: $3,744,875 · EducationBOSTON AFTER SCHOOL &…Learning Policy Institute: $3,439,222 · EducationLearning Policy Insti…NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING ASSOCIATION INC: $2,891,015 · EducationNATL ASSN OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS: $2,374,000 · EducationCOUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS: $2,070,000 · EducationNew York University: $1,902,842 · Education+33 more: $18,325,810 · Education+33 moreCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $18,274,009 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES …THE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENT: $4,057,000 · PhilanthropyTHE FORUM FO…GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,413,046 · PhilanthropyGREATER TACO…TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,550,488 · PhilanthropyDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $1,174,818 · Philanthropy+9 more: $3,095,500 · Philanthropy+9 moreAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $5,427,494 · Social ScienceSOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL: $3,051,272 · Social ScienceRESEARCH FOR ACTION INC: $1,786,683 · Social ScienceTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,200,000 · Social Science+1 more: $375,000 · Social ScienceThe Rand Corporation: $9,577,729 · Public Benefit+2 more: $466,250 · Public BenefitFamily Health International Inc: $9,568,173 · International+2 more: $449,260 · International
Other$116,948,625Arts & Culture$57,821,017Education$55,284,631Philanthropy$31,564,861Social Science$11,840,449Public Benefit$10,043,979International$10,017,433

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 budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $18,274,009 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $9,577,729 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Health International Inc: $9,568,173 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetDC PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $7,400,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $7,400,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetTHE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC: $5,736,867 over 4y, 31% of budgetEDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $5,479,649 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $5,427,494 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetEDITORIAL PROJECTS IN EDUCATION INC: $4,250,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetTHE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENT: $4,057,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetBOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC: $3,744,875 over 4y, 28% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $3,500,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ARTS AND CULTURE: $3,499,902 over 2y, 39% of budgetLearning Policy Institute: $3,439,222 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetGREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,413,046 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetFIRST PEOPLES FUND: $3,402,409 over 2y, 34% of budgetSOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL: $3,051,272 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetMid-America Arts Alliance: $3,000,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetSouth Arts Inc: $3,000,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetMID ATLANTIC ARTS INC: $3,000,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetNEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCORPORATED: $3,000,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetWESTERN STATES ARTS FEDERATION: $3,000,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetArts Midwest Incorporated: $3,000,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetNATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING ASSOCIATION INC: $2,891,015 over 5y, 35% of budgetLEARNING FORWARD: $2,621,080 over 5y, 28% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $2,500,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetAFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE: $2,461,660 over 5y, 11% of budgetNATL ASSN OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS: $2,374,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetCHICAGO SINFONIETTA INC: $2,358,200 over 3y, 43% of budgetEXPANDED SCHOOLS INC: $2,318,730 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetBIG THOUGHT: $2,186,199 over 3y, 27% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $2,183,577 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCOUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS: $2,070,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetCOUNCIL OF THE GREAT CITY SCHOOLS: $1,925,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetNew York University: $1,902,842 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEM NEXT OPPORTUNITY FUND: $1,825,000 over 4y, 9.5% of budgetRESEARCH FOR ACTION INC: $1,786,683 over 5y, 11% of budgetVanderbilt University: $1,711,767 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPREGONES PUERTO RICAN TRAVELING THEATER INC: $1,583,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S: $1,581,250 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,550,488 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,543,981 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $1,500,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES: $1,427,500 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetNATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR BEST PRACTICES: $1,350,000 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S FUNDING PROJECT: $1,315,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetPrime Time Palm Beach County Inc: $1,264,967 over 3y, 13% of budgetTHE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $1,262,000 over 3y, 25% 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 COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds The Rand Corporation ↗
  • Who funds Family Health International Inc ↗
  • Who funds DC PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds EDITORIAL PROJECTS IN EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENT ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ARTS AND CULTURE ↗
  • Who funds Learning Policy Institute ↗
  • Who funds GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIRST PEOPLES FUND ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds Mid-America Arts Alliance ↗
  • Who funds South Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds MID ATLANTIC ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Alternate RootsInc ↗
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN STATES ARTS FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds Arts Midwest Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
  • Who funds AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds NATL ASSN OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO SINFONIETTA INC ↗
  • Who funds EXPANDED SCHOOLS 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.

The Andrew W Mellon F…Gates FoundationThe William & Flora H…The Ford FoundationCarnegie Corporation …The Joyce FoundationDoris Duke Charitable…Walton Family Foundat…The Howard Gilman Fou…Surdna Foundation IncThe Hyde and Watson F…The Heising-Simons Fo…
The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNY66.1× affinity50 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Gates Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Carnegie Corporation of New York · The Joyce Foundation · Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Surdna Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Heising-Simons 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 Wallace Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wallace Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Windham Regional Community Council Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Mid Atlantic Arts Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Education Development Center Inc: 65% of income from government
  • Hopeloft a Nj Nonprofit Corporation: 60% of income from government
  • Child Trends Inc: 50% of income from government
  • Terc Inc: 44% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Boston After School & Beyond Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • Clemmons Family Farm Inc: 9% of income from government
  • New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated: 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • World Music Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Education Resource Strategies Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Portland Center Stage: 1% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Emerson College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely 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 579 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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