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Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools

Kamehameha schools' mission is to fulfill pauahi's desire to create educational opportunities in perpetuity to improve the capability and well-being of people of hawaiian ancestry.

$107M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
109
Itemized grants FY2025
124
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$33M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$150,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,847,100
Organizations funded a year
94 to 132
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$13.0B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving104$33M11%
FY2024124$45M23%
FY2023109$34M16%
FY2022132$43M17%
FY2021119$34M24%
FY2020108$38M14%
FY2019110$39M32%
FY201894$32M44%
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$210MArts & Culture$38MEnvironment$21MCommunity Improvement$21MYouth Development$13MEmployment$7.7MHuman Services$7.0MHealth$5.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chaminade University of Honolulu$20,910,031910%
University of Hawaii System$20,283,6659n/a
Aha Punana Leo$17,303,602937%
Partners in Development Foundation$14,806,372911%
Ho'Okako'O Corporation$14,754,933964%
Saint Louis School$13,135,1008n/a
University of Hawaii Foundation$12,877,85692%
Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture$9,615,944922%
Department of Education$8,412,9099n/a
Kanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana$8,301,541931%
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All grantees of Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chaminade University of Honolulu$20,910,031910%
University of Hawaii System$20,283,6659n/a
Aha Punana Leo$17,303,602937%
Partners in Development Foundation$14,806,372911%
Ho'Okako'O Corporation$14,754,933964%
Saint Louis School$13,135,1008n/a
University of Hawaii Foundation$12,877,85692%
Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture$9,615,944922%
Department of Education$8,412,9099n/a
Kanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana$8,301,541931%
Alu Like Inc$8,255,509816%
Friends of the Leeward Coast Public Charter School$6,636,3758100%
Whitworth University$4,376,50061%
Ke Ali'I Pauahi Foundation$4,368,212472%
Waianae Community Re-Development Corporation$4,059,800951%
Keiki O Ka 'Aina Preschool Inc$3,966,27078%
St Andrew's Schools$3,953,00079%
Papahana Kuaola$3,604,855965%
Purple Maia Foundation$3,523,153989%
Ho'Oulu Lahui$3,324,501993%
Waipa Foundation$3,258,369849%
Island School$3,255,000611%
Hui Hooleimaluo$3,227,912594%
Supporting the Language of Kaua'I$2,845,599984%
Paepae O He'Eia$2,759,124853%
Kupu$2,721,250416%
Malama Honua Public Charter School Foundation$2,505,931997%
Kai Loa Inc$2,498,731959%
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii$2,480,86088%
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement$2,442,81178%
Kakoo Oiwi$2,331,202926%
Malama Loko Ea Foundation$2,324,019976%
Consortium for Hawaii Ecological Engineering Education$2,202,650885%
Leadership in Disabilities & Achievement of Hawaii$2,017,500944%
Three Mountain Alliance Foundation$2,000,395658%
Na Kalai Wa'A$1,965,323848%
Hawai'I Forest Industry Association$1,937,618660%
The Kohala Center$1,890,464911%
Island Pacific Academy Inc$1,890,00064%
Na Maka Onaona$1,874,180563%
Papa Ku Mana$1,845,0559100%
Ke Kula O Piilani$1,817,000867%
Assets School$1,782,84195%
Kama'Aha Education Initiative$1,682,9193n/a
Ma Ka Hana Ka Ike Building Program$1,607,961914%
The Estria Foundation$1,603,984577%
Hui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili$1,595,297994%
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services$1,553,02883%
Kanu I Ka Pono Inc$1,533,000497%
Boys and Girls Club of the Big Island$1,514,000816%
Big Island Substance Abuse Council$1,452,50085%
Malama Learning Center$1,405,061968%
Ka Huli O Haloa$1,349,747899%
Ulu a E Learning Center$1,305,342847%
After-School All-Stars Hawaii$1,300,000812%
Iole$1,250,000247%
Hawaii Farmers Union Foundation$1,233,334960%
Saint Mark Lutheran Church$1,220,0004n/a
Kaunalewa$1,200,010474%
Maui Economic Development Board Inc$1,150,50073%
Native Nations Education Foundation$1,133,318777%
Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project$1,101,781920%
Kp7 Partners Lllp$997,8021n/a
Keaukaha Community Association Inc$971,4907n/a
Akaula School$964,800855%
Polynesian Voyaging Society$950,000520%
Keaukaha One Youth Development$949,755764%
Kanaka Aupuni a Niihau Aloha$907,391763%
Ka Waihona O Ka Na'Auao 21st Pcs$900,9601n/a
Ka'Ala Farm Inc$885,636918%
Ulu Mau Puanui$863,5606n/a
The Education Incubator$785,267291%
Kauluakalana$752,703543%
Huliauapaa$747,150682%
Hale Kua$712,500260%
Halau Ke'Alaokamaile$700,0001n/a
Mauka to Makai Makaha Foundation Inc$677,470352%
Kauai Planning & Action Alliance Inc$673,132634%
Hawaii Rise Foundation$646,141518%
Hawaii Investment Ready$633,625621%
Hui Malama O Ke Kai Foundation$628,113719%
Maui Family Support Services Inc$603,22383%
Papakolea Community Development Corporation$602,688617%
Friends of the Future$578,12565%
Project Vision Hawaii$568,00049%
Hoa Aina O Makaha$562,752625%
Kinai Eha$546,550293%
Lhes Foundation$537,000764%
Kumano I Ke Ala O Makaweli$536,795741%
Mauliola Keehi$536,562580%
National Tropical Botanical Garden$528,21951%
Kua Aina Ulu Auamo$513,536325%
Aha Kane - Foundation for the Ad- Vancement of Native Hawaiian Males$504,031390%
Kahuli Leo Lea$500,000137%
I Nui Ke Aho$480,750580%
Waikiki Health$475,00041%
Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations$475,000416%
Bishop Museum$471,89332%
Hawaii Conservation Alliance Foundation$450,000224%
Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Foundation$440,000230%
Kohala Institute$427,263526%
Hoala Aina Kupono$408,2824n/a
Hui O Kuapa$406,8414n/a
Moloka'I Community Service Council$400,00079%
YWCA of Hawaii Island$400,000110%
Mailikukahi Aina Momona Academy$400,000391%
Ke Kula Nui O Waimanalo$399,201415%
Alaka'Ina$395,650453%
Pai Foundation$392,500427%
Laiopua 2020$388,58024%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui Inc$384,83128%
Kauahea Inc$383,800592%
Malama Huleia$380,600616%
Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children$380,000288%
Young Men's Christian Association of Honolulu$370,00021%
Ea Ecoversity$366,100279%
Aina Momona$338,750424%
Patch (People Attentive to Children)$325,00032%
Papahana Alohaaina Hawaii$323,500463%
Hawaii Public Television Foundation Dba Pbs Hawaii$300,00032%
Kahua Paa Mua Inc$299,000423%
Nurture Cultivate Inc$294,858347%
Na Kahu O Hoai Inc$292,700547%
Hui O Waa Kaulua$282,68929%
Hale Kipa Inc$270,00022%
Koihonua$269,448319%
Lana'I Culture & Heritage Center$266,080636%
Consuelo Zobel Alger Foundation$262,0001n/a
Kalanihale$260,810320%
Ho'Ola Na Pua$258,20748%
Kanehunamoku Voyaging Academy$250,000222%
Hawaii Youth Challenge Foundation$250,0001n/a
Elemental Excelerator Inc$250,00021%
Lawakua Charitable Fund$250,000349%
Makauila Inc$250,000136%
Nalukai Foundation$241,000395%
Hawaii Agricultural Foundation$240,000312%
Hana Laulima Lahui O Kau$232,5004n/a
John T Waterhouse Te Co-Tr Bishop$226,000337%
Edith Kanaka'Ole Foundation$219,018218%
Grassroots Community Development Group$215,7503n/a
Na Mamo Aloha Aina O Honokohau$205,000258%
Na Maka Haloa O Waipio$201,420314%
Kapili Like Inc$200,000155%
Waimea Middle Public Conversion Charter School$193,3002n/a
The People's Fund$191,500115%
Na Leo Ka Koo$190,0001n/a
Haloalaunuiakea Early Learning Center$190,000224%
Conservation International Foundation$189,98740%
Waianae Economic Development Council$185,750310%
Makapuu Bodyboarding Club$182,7913n/a
Mokauea Fishermens Association$180,0002n/a
Hookuaaina$175,000211%
Hawaii Capital Cultural Coalition$175,0001n/a
Kulaniakea$171,159236%
Effective Planning & Innovative Communication Inc$170,00022%
Homestead Community Development Corp$162,5001n/a
Young Women's Christian Association of Oahu$160,00022%
Office of Hawaiian Affairs$160,0002n/a
Kailapa Community Association$152,000447%
Hana Retreat$150,000314%
Livable Hawaii Kai Hui$150,000274%
Hika'Alani Fka Naonealaa$150,000165%
Makaha Cultural Learning Center$150,000347%
Loiloa$130,000271%
Uluhao O Hualalai$127,367351%
World Wide Technology Inc Family Foundation$126,4381n/a
Auamo Collaborative$125,0002100%
Hawaii Children's Action Network$123,2001n/a
Na Maka O Papahanaumokuakea$121,3232n/a
Halelea Arts Foundation$119,7762n/a
50can Inc$116,00040%
Read to Me International Foundation$110,283127%
Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs$110,000619%
Kahua Ola Hou$103,0871n/a
Climbhi$100,000114%
Hakuhia$100,0001n/a
Hui O Mauliola$100,0001n/a
Lonoa Honua LLC$100,0001n/a
Teach for America Inc$100,00010%
Awaiaulu Inc$100,00026%
Caring for Hawaii Neonates$100,0004n/a
Domestic Violence Action Center$100,00012%
American Heart Association Inc$100,00010%
The Surfrider Foundation$100,00021%
Pouhana Consultation Services$99,9101n/a
Smithsonian Institution$98,50010%
Kalihi-Palama Culture & Arts Society Inc$98,000124%
Na Hoa Aloha O Ka Pu Uhonua O Honaunau$95,0002n/a
Kuulani Keohokalole$93,1941n/a
Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center$81,6282n/a
Na Leo Pulama O Maui Inc$80,000240%
Hawaii Maoli$78,7402n/a
Social-Impact International$78,3751n/a
The Queen's Medical Center$77,54110%
Kik Ka'Eaikahelelani Inc$77,000312%
National Pacific American Leadership Institute$75,000242%
Governor'Smayor's Prayer Breakfast$75,000138%
Khm International$75,000134%
Basic Image Inc$75,0001n/a
Kauai Community Science Center$75,000335%
Girl Scouts of Hawaii$70,00022%
Collaborative Support Services Inc$68,00013%
Hawaii Hospital Education & Research Fdn$68,00012%
Kula No Na Poe Hawaii$65,00014%
Hawaii Association of Independent Schools$65,00014%
Parents and Children Together$60,00010%
Peace Child International Hawaii$53,9001n/a
Malama Maunalua$50,00018%
Ku-A-Kanaka LLC$50,0001n/a
City and County of Honolulu$50,0001n/a
North Shore Evp$50,000149%
Hui Maka Ainana O Makana$50,0001n/a
Wilcox Memorial Hospital$50,0003n/a
Malama Kauai$50,00026%
Ultimate Hawaiian Trail Run Foundation Inc$48,00014%
Hawaiian Community Assets Inc$47,21014%
Vibrant Hawaii$42,55011%
Blueprint for Change$40,00013%
Hilo Rotary Club Foundation$40,000220%
Hawaii Public Charter Schools Network$40,000119%
The Bell Foundation Inc$39,18810%
Variety School of Hawaii$35,00012%
Hawaii Book and Music Festival$35,000221%
Hawaii Ponoi Foundation$35,0003n/a
Nakoa Foundation$34,000287%
Hui Makua O Puohala$33,4721n/a
Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts$30,96535%
Asian Pacific Amer InstitCongressional$30,0001n/a
Element Media Inc$29,5002n/a
Kahea the Hawaiian Environmental Alliance$25,000122%
Na Pu'Uwai Inc$25,00011%
I Ola Lahui Inc$25,00011%
Five Mountains Hawaii Inc$25,00012%
Hi Share$25,0001n/a
Waimanalo Health Center$25,00020%
Maunalua Fishpond Heritage Center$25,0001n/a
Eddie Aikau Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
From The Heart Productions$25,00010%
Lahaina Community Land Trust$25,00011%
Ahahui O Kauka Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians$25,000110%
Hawaii Asia Pacific Association (Hapa)$25,00017%
Lalakea Foundation$25,0001n/a
Olapono$24,902124%
Aina Alliance$22,00015%
The Dollywood Foundation$20,79120%
Child and Family Service$20,00010%
Friends of the Leeward Coast Pcs$20,0001n/a
Pu'A Foundation$17,00014%
Ka Lai a Ehu$17,0001n/a
Kokua Hawaii Foundation$16,63512%
Kukulu Kumuhana O Anahola$15,00017%
Partners in Care- Oahu Continuum of Care$15,00011%
Hosea Lovell Foundation$15,0001n/a
Ko Olau Foundation$14,98019%
Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce$12,00024%
Foundant Technologies Inc$11,5471n/a
Hawaii State Association of Counties Inc$10,00017%
C N Wodehouse Salvation Army Trust$10,00012%
Mai Movement Hawaii Inc$10,00017%
Pakini Loan Fund$9,800110%
Kauhako Ohana Association$9,3651n/a
Mohala I Ka Wai$9,0001n/a
Kauai Council of the Association$8,3201n/a
Hoomalu Kau$7,9501n/a
Hula Preservation Society$6,49011%
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum$6,00010%
Naue$5,7501n/a
Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii$5,50010%
Waianae Hawaiian Civic Club$5,00017%
Ho Omohala O Moloka I Foundation$5,0001n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($14M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 86 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChaminade University of Honolulu: $20,910,031 over 9y, 9.6% of budgetAha Punana Leo: $17,303,602 over 9y, 37% of budgetPartners in Development Foundation: $14,806,372 over 9y, 11% of budgetHo'Okako'O Corporation: $14,754,933 over 9y, 64% of budgetUniversity of Hawaii Foundation: $12,877,856 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetInstitute for Native Pacific Education and Culture: $9,615,944 over 9y, 22% of budgetKanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana: $8,301,541 over 9y, 31% of budgetAlu Like Inc: $8,255,509 over 8y, 16% of budgetFriends of the Leeward Coast Public Charter School: $6,636,375 over 8y, 100% of budgetWhitworth University: $4,376,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetKe Ali'I Pauahi Foundation: $4,368,212 over 4y, 72% of budgetWaianae Community Re-Development Corporation: $4,059,800 over 9y, 51% of budgetKeiki O Ka 'Aina Preschool Inc: $3,966,270 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetSt Andrew's Schools: $3,953,000 over 7y, 9.4% of budgetPapahana Kuaola: $3,604,855 over 9y, 65% of budgetPurple Maia Foundation: $3,523,153 over 9y, 89% of budgetHo'Oulu Lahui: $3,324,501 over 9y, 93% of budgetWaipa Foundation: $3,258,369 over 8y, 49% of budgetIsland School: $3,255,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetHui Hooleimaluo: $3,227,912 over 5y, 94% of budgetSupporting the Language of Kaua'I: $2,845,599 over 9y, 84% of budgetPaepae O He'Eia: $2,759,124 over 8y, 53% of budgetKupu: $2,721,250 over 4y, 16% of budgetMalama Honua Public Charter School Foundation: $2,505,931 over 9y, 97% of budgetKai Loa Inc: $2,498,731 over 9y, 59% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Hawaii: $2,480,860 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetCouncil for Native Hawaiian Advancement: $2,442,811 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetKakoo Oiwi: $2,331,202 over 9y, 26% of budgetMalama Loko Ea Foundation: $2,324,019 over 9y, 76% of budgetConsortium for Hawaii Ecological Engineering Education: $2,202,650 over 8y, 85% of budgetLeadership in Disabilities & Achievement of Hawaii: $2,017,500 over 9y, 44% of budgetThree Mountain Alliance Foundation: $2,000,395 over 6y, 58% of budgetNa Kalai Wa'A: $1,965,323 over 8y, 48% of budgetHawai'I Forest Industry Association: $1,937,618 over 6y, 60% of budgetThe Kohala Center: $1,890,464 over 9y, 11% of budgetIsland Pacific Academy Inc: $1,890,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetNa Maka Onaona: $1,874,180 over 5y, 63% of budgetPapa Ku Mana: $1,845,055 over 9y, 100% of budgetKe Kula O Piilani: $1,817,000 over 8y, 67% of budgetAssets School: $1,782,841 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetMa Ka Hana Ka Ike Building Program: $1,607,961 over 9y, 14% of budgetThe Estria Foundation: $1,603,984 over 5y, 77% of budgetHui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili: $1,595,297 over 9y, 94% of budgetKokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services: $1,553,028 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetKanu I Ka Pono Inc: $1,533,000 over 4y, 97% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of the Big Island: $1,514,000 over 8y, 16% of budgetBig Island Substance Abuse Council: $1,452,500 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetMalama Learning Center: $1,405,061 over 9y, 68% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Atherton Family FoundationHI119.4× affinity67 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Atherton Family Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · Harold Kl Castle Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Stupski Foundation · Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Tradewind Group Foundation · The Queen's Medical Center · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Kosasa Foundation · Hmsa 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.

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About Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools

How much does Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools give?
Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools reported 109 itemized grants totaling $33,378,623, out of $106,803,433 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 94 and 132 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (63%), Arts & Culture (11%), Environment (6%).
Who are Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chaminade University of Honolulu ($21M), University of Hawaii System ($20M), Aha Punana Leo ($17M).
Does Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Atherton Family Foundation, Aloha United Way Inc, Harold Kl Castle Foundation.
Where is Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools based?
Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools is based in HI.

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 274 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 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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