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Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation at a glance

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Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
40
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$673k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.8MFood & Nutrition$1.3MInternational$1.1MEducation$911kHealth$868kHuman Services$719kReligion$700kHousing & Shelter$433kOther$0
02FY2025 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $255k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $323k
  • $250k+1 grant · $673k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND$673,239
EAST AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND$150,000
CAPUCHIN PROV ST JOSEPH$62,500
FORGOTTEN HARVEST$60,000
ROSE HILL FOUNDATION$50,000
IHMSERVANTS IMMACULATE HEART MARY$35,000
AUSTIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$30,000
MICHIGAN PARKINSON FOUNDATION$25,000
ANGELS' PLACE$20,000
ALTERNATIVE FOR GIRLS$20,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$15,000
ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER$15,000
LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL$15,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
FOOD BANK OF EASTERN MICHIGAN$10,000
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 (FY17–25, $664k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $25k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $10k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $10k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $10k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $10k → 21%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $10k → 21%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $20k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $10k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $10k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $10k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $10k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $10k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $10k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $10k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $5k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $50k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $10k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $10k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $10k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $5k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $5k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $5k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $5k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $5k → 21%ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER: $45k → 21%ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER: $15k → 21%ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER: $11k → 21%ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 21%CHILDREN'S CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY: $10k → 21%ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 21%ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 21%CHILDREN'S CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY: $5k → 21%CHILDREN'S CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY: $5k → 21%ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 21%ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 21%ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 21%SPECIAL KIDS INC: $5k → 21%SPECIAL KIDS INC: $5k → 21%SPECIAL KIDS INC: $5k → 21%SPECIAL KIDS INC: $5k → 21%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DETROIT: $125k → 21%PREGNANCY AID: $35k → 21%PREGNANCY AID: $15k → 21%PREGNANCY AID: $15k → 21%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

WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
KY
VA
NC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.5M · 93 repeat orgs$586k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

93 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2025, 56 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

93
39

Total granted

$7.5M
$584k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+19%

Still filing today

45%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalHealthEducationHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • EA
    East African Children's Fund
    8× · 2017–2025 · $860k · revenue +892% · 48% of their budget
  • FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $783k · revenue +12%
  • ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS
    3× · 2023–2025 · $225k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • SO
    SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT
    one grant, 2018 · $125k · revenue +19%
  • SJ
    ST JOHN PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $75k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $56k
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
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…

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2
Trinity Health - Michigan

We, trinity health-michigan and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. trinity health-michigan is a member of trinity health.

Health
3
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc

In response to god's call to love our neighbor, catholic charities of the archdiocese of omaha enables the works of mercy to be received and lived.

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4
St Joseph Mercy Chelsea Inc

We, st. joseph mercy chelsea and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph mercy chelsea is a member of trinity health - michigan and…

Health
5
Detroit Food Policy Council

The organization was founded by a group of concerned citizens, working in cooperation with the detroit city council, to shape food policy and to work for a more localized, more just, and environmentally friendly food system. the…

Food & Nutrition
6
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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7
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
8
Foundation for Catholic Secondary Education of Greater Grand Rapids Inc

The foundation for catholic secondary education exists to financially support education programs of catholic central high school and west catholic high through tuition assistance, faculty enhancement and program/facilities

Education
9
Little Sisters of the Poor Chicago St Mary's Home

The little sisters of the poor operate st. mary's home, which provides nursing and residential care for the needy elderly. the home is part of the international congregation of the little sisters of the poor, which was founded in france in…

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10
Mariners Inn

To provide 24-hour residential substance abuse treatment for adult homeless men in a professional, compassionate, and therapeutic environment conducive to reducing drug and alcohol addiction and promoting their return to health,…

Health
11
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
12
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Society of St Vincent De Paul in the Archdiocese of Detroit; the most unlike its peers is Casa Jacinta y Francisco. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

56 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 56 of the 137 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/56
Grantees still filing
38/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND: $1,241,894 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE FUNDIHMSERVANTS IMMACULATE HEART MARY: $270,000 · OtherIHMSERVANTS IMMACULATE HEART MARYCAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN: $235,250 · OtherAUSTIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $227,000 · OtherLOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL: $217,000 · OtherMANNA COMMUNITY MEAL: $190,000 · Other+96 more: $2,176,262 · Other+96 moreEast African Children's Fund: $860,000 · InternationalEast African …WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $55,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $50,000 · International+3 more: $36,500 · InternationalFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $782,500 · Food & NutritionFORGOTTEN HA…Food Bank of Eastern Michigan: $90,000 · Food & NutritionFood Bank of…GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $40,000 · Food & NutritionSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT: $125,000 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF…ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER INC: $106,725 · Human ServicesST PATRICK…MARY'S MANTLE: $105,000 · Human ServicesMARY'S MAN…COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $105,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT H…ANGELS' PLACE: $95,000 · Human ServicesANGELS' PL…PREGNANCY AID INC OF EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY: $77,000 · Human ServicesPREGNANCY …POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $76,200 · Human ServicesPOPE FRANC…SPECIAL KIDS INC: $30,000 · Human Services+7 more: $48,750 · Human Services+7 moreHENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION: $340,000 · HealthMICHIGAN PARKINSON FOUNDATION: $220,000 · HealthROSE HILL CENTER INC: $40,000 · Health+2 more: $14,000 · HealthFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $417,000 · Community ImprovementST MARY - ST PAUL MINISTRY: $55,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $2,000 · Community ImprovementALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $225,000 · Housing & ShelterCAFE OF LIFE INC: $25,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$4,557,406International$1,001,500Food & Nutrition$912,500Human Services$768,675Health$614,000Community Improvement$474,000Housing & Shelter$251,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEast African Children's Fund: $860,000 over 8y, 48% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $782,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $417,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION: $340,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $225,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetMICHIGAN PARKINSON FOUNDATION: $220,000 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL: $125,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT: $125,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER INC: $106,725 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetMARY'S MANTLE: $105,000 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $105,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetCATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetANGELS' PLACE: $95,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPREGNANCY AID INC OF EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY: $77,000 over 7y, 15% of budgetPOPE FRANCIS CENTER: $76,200 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetROSE HILL FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY - ST PAUL MINISTRY: $55,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetMERCY EDUCATION PROJECT: $51,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetFREE THE KIDS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $50,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetROSE HILL CENTER INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGROSSE POINTE WOODS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetSPECIAL KIDS INC: $30,000 over 9y, 7.5% of budgetHEALING THE CHILDREN MICHIGAN-OHIO: $25,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCAFE OF LIFE INC: $25,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOVERSEAS AND CONTINENTAL INDEPENDENT MERCY ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetFONKOZE USA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGLORIA AND THOMAS R KITCHEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 7y, 26% of budgetCABRINI CLINIC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGROSSE POINTE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetDetroit Bird Alliance: $4,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetTARAHUMARA CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FUND: $3,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE PILLARS AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL THOMAS MERTON SOCIETY: $1,750 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetSIX RIVERS LAND CONSERVANCY FKA SIX RIVERS REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThomas Merton Center Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMEN OF THE SACRED HEARTS MICHIGAN CHAPTER: $1,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetDETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds East African Children's Fund ↗
  • Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds HENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN PARKINSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MARY'S MANTLE ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds ANGELS' PLACE ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of Eastern Michigan ↗
  • Who funds PREGNANCY AID INC OF EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds POPE FRANCIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ROSE HILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY - ST PAUL MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds MERCY EDUCATION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds FREE THE KIDS 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.

Community Foundation …Peter J & Constance M…Raymond M & Jane E Cr…Catholic Foundation o…S Gary Spicer Sr Foun…United Way for Southe…DTE Energy FoundationCharles Stewart Mott …Elizabeth Allan & War…John D & Jean E Dinan…Mary and George Herbe…William & Martha Ford…
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI46.4× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Peter J & Constance M Cracchiolo Fndn · Raymond M & Jane E Cracchiolo Foundation · Catholic Foundation of Michigan · S Gary Spicer Sr Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Elizabeth Allan & Warren Shelden Fund · John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation · Mary and George Herbert Zimmerman Foundation (Att Joan C Skrzyniarz) · William & Martha Ford Fund

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 Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Our Neighbors' Table Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Ave Maria University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 137 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home