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· Public charity

United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

$3.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$303k
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 2025.

Human Services$15MHealth$9.6MPublic Safety & Disaster$5.1MEducation$2.7MPhilanthropy$2.5MYouth Development$2.2MCrime & Legal$2.0MHousing & Shelter$1.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 37 grants below total $3,228,095, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,555,310 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $327,215 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $233k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $2.4M
  • $250k+2 grants · $581k
$61,310
Median grant
3
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAYPOINT SERVICES FOR WOMEN CHILDREN & FAMILIES$303,217
ST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$277,488
FOUR OAKS - AFFORDABLE HOUSING NETWORK INC$249,921
HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC$225,929
AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL$215,531
FOUNDATION 2$204,099
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA$178,833
HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE$176,187
THE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA$168,171
YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK INCORPORATED$122,784
WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC$107,351
MATTHEW 25 MINISTRY HUB - CEDAR RAPIDS$107,178
IOWA LEGAL AID$105,059
EASTERN IOWA HEALTH CENTER$91,256
CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER$90,821
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 (FY17–25, $14.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $307k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $241k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $238k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $227k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $226k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $172k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $172k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $172k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $172k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $161k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $161k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $161k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $161k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $115k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $115k → 9%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $178k → 9%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $133k → 9%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $109k → 9%WAYPOINT SERVICES FOR WOMEN CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $601k → 9%WAYPOINT SERVICES FOR WOMEN CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $601k → 9%WAYPOINT SERVICES: $601k → 9%WAYPOINT SERVICES: $601k → 9%AGING SERVICES INC: $500k → 9%AGING SERVICES INC: $500k → 9%AGING SERVICES INC: $500k → 9%AGING SERVICES: $500k → 9%WAYPOINT SERVICES: $456k → 9%WAYPOINT SERVICES: $352k → 9%WAYPOINT SERVICES: $351k → 9%AGING SERVICES INC: $312k → 9%WAYPOINT SERVICES FOR WOMEN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $309k → 9%WAYPOINT SERVICES FOR WOMEN CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $303k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $280k → 9%AGING SERVICES INC: $272k → 9%AGING SERVICES INC: $270k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $260k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $235k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $235k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $179k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $141k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $138k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK INCORPORATED: $123k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $121k → 9%MATTHEW 25 MINISTRY HUB - CEDAR RAPIDS: $276k → 9%FOUR OAKS - AFFORDABLE HOUSING NETWORK INC: $250k → 9%FOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $244k → 9%MATTHEW 25 MINISTRY HUB - CEDAR RAPIDS: $107k → 9%MATTHEW 25 MINISTRY HUB - CEDAR RAPIDS: $102k → 9%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

NH
MT
IL
NY
IA
CA
CO
AR
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$41M · 73 repeat orgs$993k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

73 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 42 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
40

Total granted

$41M
$968k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+16%

Still filing today

77%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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

  • WS
    WAYPOINT SERVICES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.3M · revenue +68%
  • AS
    AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.4M · revenue +74%
  • F2
    FOUNDATION 2 INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.4M · revenue +176%

Funded once

  • HF
    HOUSING FUND FOR LINN COUNTY
    one grant, 2021 · $546k · revenue +8% · 28% of their budget
  • EC
    Ecumenical Community Center Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $42k · revenue -27%
  • MC
    MARION CARES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $37k · revenue -44%
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
Cedar Falls Lutheran Home

Christian caring - enhancing lives through a commitment to individualized care in a home empowered by god's love.

Housing & Shelter
2
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
3
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation

The greater cedar rapids community foundation (the community foundation) partners with donors, funders, and other community collaborators to achieve high-impact philanthropy, supports nonprofit organizations that address our community's…

Philanthropy
4
Impact Community Action Partnership Inc

Reducing the barriers and burdens that families in poverty experience by increasing access to essential needs.

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5
United Way of Clinton County Iowa

To provide leadership in our communities to 1) identify our most pressing human care needs, 2) to work together to direct the time, energy and resources towards addressing those needs to improve our quality of life.

—
6
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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7
Linn County Advocate Inc

Linn County Advocate, Inc., provides quality legal representation for indigent clients in criminal and juvenile cases at the state court level in Linn, Johnson, Benton, and Jones Counties in the state of Iowa.

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8
Iowa City Free Medical Clinic

We believe that access to affordable healthcare is a basic human necessity, and we strive to provide the widest range of medical servoces possible to the people in the iowa city and surrounding community who would not otherwise have access…

Health
9
United Way of Central Iowa

To improve lives by uniting the caring power of our community

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10
Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa Inc

To provide primary health care to residents of the greater se iowa region, especially those individuals/families with limited resources or with other barriers to health care. see schedule o for additional information.

Health
11
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
12
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce

Our mission is to inspire the iowa city area to be greater by: 1) elevating business, 2) investing in strategic initiatives, and 3) advocating for the economic resiliency of the greater community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Discovery Living Inc; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

89 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. 89 of the 118 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/89
Grantees still filing
64/89
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAYPOINT SERVICES: $4,337,202 · Human ServicesWAYPOINT SERVICESHORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $2,888,082 · Human ServicesHORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCEAGING SERVICES INC: $2,876,812 · Human ServicesAGING SERVICES INCHAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $2,835,483 · Human ServicesHAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INCYOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $1,779,224 · Human ServicesYOUNG PARENTS NETWORKCATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC: $1,205,901 · Human ServicesCATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC+10 more: $1,788,422 · Human Services+10 moreFOUNDATION 2 INC: $3,392,001 · OtherFOUNDATION 2 INCJANE BOYD COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1,770,535 · OtherJANE BOYD COMMUNITY HOUSEBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CEDAR RAPIDS & EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $1,303,023 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CED…WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC: $907,518 · OtherWILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER I…UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $894,891 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWAGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE HEARTLAND: $509,536 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CEDAR RAPIDS: $415,792 · OtherHOUSING FUND FOR LINN COUNTY: $546,000 · Other+61 more: $1,997,607 · Other+61 moreAREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC: $3,401,859 · HealthAREA SUBSTANCE ABU…ST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $1,014,116 · HealthST LUKE'S HEALTH C…EASTERN IOWA HEALTH CENTER: $1,000,623 · HealthEASTERN IOWA HEALT…COMMUNITY HEALTH FREE CLINIC: $774,033 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH F…TANAGER PLACE: $421,600 · HealthTANAGER PLACE+5 more: $280,877 · HealthIowa Legal Aid: $1,264,916 · Crime & LegalKIDS FIRST LAW CENTER: $667,394 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $26,285 · Crime & LegalUNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $827,525 · PhilanthropyZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $750,139 · PhilanthropyGREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $223,011 · PhilanthropyBENTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: $85,611 · Philanthropy+6 more: $50,141 · PhilanthropyTHE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $1,370,638 · EducationMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC: $57,977 · Education+7 more: $114,366 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CORRIDOR: $588,668 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$17,711,126Other$11,736,903Health$6,893,108Crime & Legal$1,958,595Philanthropy$1,936,427Education$1,542,981Recreation & Sports$588,668

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 budgetWAYPOINT SERVICES: $4,337,202 over 9y, 11% of budgetAREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC: $3,401,859 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetFOUNDATION 2 INC: $3,392,001 over 9y, 12% of budgetHORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $2,888,082 over 9y, 11% of budgetAGING SERVICES INC: $2,876,812 over 7y, 20% of budgetHAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $2,835,483 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetYOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $1,779,224 over 9y, 45% of budgetJANE BOYD COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1,770,535 over 7y, 37% of budgetTHE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $1,370,638 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CEDAR RAPIDS & EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $1,303,023 over 9y, 25% of budgetIowa Legal Aid: $1,264,916 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetCATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC: $1,205,901 over 9y, 17% of budgetST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $1,014,116 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetEASTERN IOWA HEALTH CENTER: $1,000,623 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetWILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC: $907,518 over 9y, 8.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $894,891 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $827,525 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH FREE CLINIC: $774,033 over 9y, 7.9% of budgetZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $750,139 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetKIDS FIRST LAW CENTER: $667,394 over 9y, 13% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CORRIDOR: $588,668 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetFOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $551,784 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetHOUSING FUND FOR LINN COUNTY: $546,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetMATTHEW 25: $524,242 over 9y, 7.4% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE HEARTLAND: $509,536 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTHPORT: $447,929 over 6y, 45% of budgetTANAGER PLACE: $421,600 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetRURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE: $232,452 over 9y, 5.8% of budgetGREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $223,011 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetST LUKE'S METHODIST HOSPITAL: $183,578 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEHAVEN PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER: $114,350 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EASTERN IOWA INC: $93,897 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetBENTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: $85,611 over 7y, 19% of budgetFEED IOWA FIRST: $83,082 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetHAWKEYE AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $66,987 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC: $57,977 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEAST LINN COMMUNITY CENTER CORP: $54,295 over 7y, 8.4% of budgetBRUCEMORE INC: $52,074 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque: $50,866 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCEDAR VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $49,626 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS METROPOLITAN AREA: $45,524 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMERCY HOSPITALCEDAR RAPIDSIA ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION INC: $42,172 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEcumenical Community Center Foundation: $41,900 over 1y, 18% of budgetVOLUNTEER SERVICES OF CEDAR COUNTY: $38,378 over 5y, 13% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY THEATRE OF CEDAR RAPIDS INC: $38,097 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTOGETHER WE ACHIEVE: $38,093 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetMARION CARES INC: $36,500 over 1y, 21% of budgetKIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $35,167 over 4y, 0.2% 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 WAYPOINT SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION 2 INC ↗
  • Who funds HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds AGING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds JANE BOYD COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CEDAR RAPIDS & EAST CENTRAL IOWA ↗
  • Who funds Iowa Legal Aid ↗
  • Who funds CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EASTERN IOWA HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH FREE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds ZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KIDS FIRST LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CORRIDOR ↗
  • Who funds FOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING FUND FOR LINN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEW 25 ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHPORT ↗
  • Who funds TANAGER PLACE ↗
  • Who funds RURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S METHODIST HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEHAVEN PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EASTERN IOWA INC ↗
  • Who funds BENTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds FEED IOWA FIRST ↗
  • Who funds HAWKEYE AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗

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.

Greater Cedar Rapids …Alliant Energy Founda…GreenState Credit Uni…Hawkeye Area Communit…Mercy Medical CenterCarleen and Eugene Gr…Rohde Family Charitab…First Federal Credit …John P & Lawrence J G…The Hall-Perrine Foun…United Fire Group Fou…Hills Bank Donor Advi…
Greater Cedar Rapids Community FoundationIA104.9× affinity50 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · GreenState Credit Union · Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc · Mercy Medical Center · Carleen and Eugene Grandon Charitable Foundation · Rohde Family Charitable Foundation · First Federal Credit Union Foundation · John P & Lawrence J Giacoletto Fnd · The Hall-Perrine Foundation · United Fire Group Foundation · Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift 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 United Way of East Central Iowa funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of East Central Iowa. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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 118 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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