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Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation at a glance

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Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$15M
Granted FY2024still arriving
185
Grants FY2024still arriving
28
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$49MHousing & Shelter$7.2MScience & Tech$4.5MReligion$3.0MHealth$2.9MInternational$2.5MHuman Services$2.1MYouth Development$1.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 185 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k108 grants · $334k
  • $10k–50k50 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+10 grants · $12M
$3,000
Median grant
28
States reached
$342M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$1,550,000
CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION$1,550,000
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY$1,550,000
THE THACHER SCHOOL$1,250,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$1,000,000
ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES - ST JOHN'S SEMINARY$1,000,000
MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND$1,000,000
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$1,000,000
ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES - TEACHER SALARIES$984,000
THE CALIFORNIA 4-H FOUNDATION$235,000
HOSPITALLER FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA INC$100,000
DON BOSCO TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL$100,000
JOHN TRACY CENTER$100,000
COVENANT HOUSE$100,000
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, $7.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BAGS4KIDS: $30k → 18%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 9%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%VISTA DEL MAR: $50k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $10k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $100k → 14%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $100k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $25k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $25k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $25k → 14%CLARIS HEALTH: $10k → 14%ALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $6.0M → 14%PROVIDENCE TRINITY CARE HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%PROVIDENCE TRINITY CARE HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $25k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 14%JUNIOR BLIND OF AMERI: $25k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 14%ST ANNES FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 14%ST ANNE'S FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 14%GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER: $50k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $25k → 14%HOPE THE MISSION: $25k → 14%OPTIONS UNITED: $25k → 14%FOOD ON FOOT: $25k → 14%FOOD ON FOOT: $25k → 14%FOOD ON FOOT: $20k → 14%GROSSMAN BURN FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $20k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $20k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $20k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $20k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $20k → 14%HOLY FAMILY SERVICES: $75k → 14%MARYVALE: $50k → 14%PATH: $25k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $25k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $20k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $50k → 14%CHILDREN'S BUREAU FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%CHILDREN'S BUREAU FOUNDATION: $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

WA
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OR
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SD
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IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
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AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
AL
GA
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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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$38M · 171 repeat orgs$33M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

171 repeat relationships: 96 still active in FY2024, 75 since wound down; 34 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

171
126

Total granted

$38M
$29M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+21%

Still filing today

76%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.7M 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 ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentReligionArts & CultureOther
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

  • PO
    PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $8.6M · revenue +34%
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $4.5M · revenue +62%
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $4.0M · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • AH
    ALEXANDRIA HOUSE
    one grant, 2022 · $6.0M · revenue +12%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHER
    one grant, 2020 · $4.5M
  • SC
    SANTA CLARA UNIVERSIT
    one grant, 2020 · $4.5M
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.

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Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
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
3
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
4
La Salle University

See schedule o for complete mission statement.la salle is a lasallian catholic university committed to the principle that all knowledge is practical and empowering, filled with the capacity to transform lives. anchored in the living…

Education
5
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
8
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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9
Manhattanville University

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

Education
10
Columbia College Chicago

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

Education
11
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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12
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of San Francisco; the most unlike its peers is Soar. 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

201 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. 201 of the 339 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
201/201
Grantees still filing
154/201
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHER: $4,518,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERSANTA CLARA UNIVERSIT: $4,515,000 · OtherSANTA CLARA UNIVERSITUSC CHARITABLE GIFT AGREEMENT: $4,000,000 · OtherUSC CHARITABLE GIFT AGREEMENTMARYMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL: $2,000,000 · OtherMARYMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL+114 more: $14,979,750 · Other+114 morePRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $8,563,000 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA …UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,587,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $4,000,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY: $3,512,000 · EducationMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITYThe Thacher School Inc: $2,500,000 · EducationThe Thacher School IncTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $1,006,000 · Education+32 more: $1,728,000 · Education+32 moreALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $6,000,000 · Human ServicesALEXANDRIA …+22 more: $1,640,000 · Human Services+22 moreCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $4,550,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $125,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT: $2,500,000 · International+1 more: $30,000 · InternationalCALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · HealthTHE POLG FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $70,000 · Health+8 more: $345,000 · HealthTHE CALIFORNIA 4-H FOUNDATION: $705,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LONG BEACH: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTRIVE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTUDENTS RUN AMERICA: $40,000 · Youth Development
Other$30,012,750Education$26,896,000Human Services$7,640,000Arts & Culture$4,675,000International$2,530,000Health$1,915,000Youth Development$950,000

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $8,563,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,587,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $4,550,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $4,000,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY: $3,512,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc: $2,500,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetTHE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT: $2,500,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $1,006,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA 4-H FOUNDATION: $705,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetTHE POLG FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $259,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $200,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER PUBLISHING CO: $175,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetRAD CAMP INC: $150,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetBags4Kids LaJuana Moser: $130,000 over 5y, 45% of budgetWayfinder Family Services: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Blind Childrens Center Inc: $115,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSt Francis Center: $115,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetHATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $110,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSt Anne's Family Services: $110,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChildren of the Night: $100,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGreen Dot Public Schools: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JAMES INN: $100,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetTHE HOSPITALLER FOUNDATION OF CALIF INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $85,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $85,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPUENTE LEARNING CENTER: $85,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPROVIDENCE TRINITYCARE HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE: $75,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetSupport Our Aging Religious Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHOLY FAMILY SERVICES ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE: $75,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetFOOD ON FOOT: $70,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LONG BEACH: $70,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS BOOKS: $60,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetMATER DOLOROSA PASSIONIST RETREAT CENTER: $60,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLA GOAL: $60,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC STUDENT COUNCILS: $55,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetMARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $50,000 over 4y, 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 PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ALEXANDRIA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Thacher School Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CALIFORNIA 4-H FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE POLG FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHN TRACY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER PUBLISHING CO ↗

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 Ahmanson Foundati…Carrie Estelle Doheny…The Rose Hills Founda…The Ralph M Parsons F…California Community …Klm FoundationHenry L Guenther Foun…Catholic Community Fo…The Annenberg Foundat…Conrad N Hilton Found…QueensCarePasadena Community Fo…
The Ahmanson FoundationCA70.4× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ahmanson Foundation · Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · Klm Foundation · Henry L Guenther Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Annenberg Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · QueensCare · Pasadena Community 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 Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 8% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Pacific University: 2% of income from government
  • George Fox University: 2% of income from government
  • Lewis & Clark College: 2% of income from government
  • Southern Nazarene University: 1% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
  • The University of Tampa Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Drew University: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
48report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation 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 339 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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