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United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of the lincoln and lancaster county community.

$4.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
101
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$494k
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$12MHealth$7.5MArts & Culture$5.0MEducation$3.2MYouth Development$3.0MHousing & Shelter$2.7MCrime & Legal$2.3MCommunity Improvement$1.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 101 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 101 grants below total $4,451,146, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,635,850 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $184,704 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 $10k23 grants · $165k
  • $10k–50k56 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
$21,440
Median grant
2
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMBINED HEALTH AGENCIES DRIVE (CHAD)$494,360
CEDARS YOUTH SERVICES$354,850
CEDARS YOUTH SERVICES$255,600
LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS$222,210
GIVE NEBRASKA$207,473
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER & SAUNDERS COUNTY$185,000
LINCOLN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$182,500
HOPESPOKE$135,280
FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN$95,544
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTHERN NEBRASKA$91,634
LIGHTHOUSE$91,500
FRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC$80,000
VOICES OF HOPE LINCOLN INC$77,400
THE SALVATION ARMY LINCOLN NEBRASKA$76,000
BRAVEBE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$75,575
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, $8.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND: $495k → 13%COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND: $454k → 13%COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND: $451k → 13%COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND: $392k → 13%GIVE NEBRASKA: $311k → 13%GIVE NEBRASKA: $277k → 13%GIVE NEBRASKA: $262k → 13%GIVE NEBRASKA: $207k → 13%GIVE NEBRASKA: $199k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $92k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $92k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $92k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $91k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $91k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $91k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $85k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $85k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $80k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $233k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $212k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $150k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $128k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $116k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $80k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $74k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $74k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $74k → 13%THE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $57k → 13%THE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $57k → 13%THE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $57k → 13%THE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $57k → 13%THE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $57k → 13%THE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $57k → 13%THE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $51k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $50k → 13%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $50k → 13%THE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $42k → 13%THE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $42k → 13%GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER: $62k → 13%GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER: $49k → 13%GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER: $49k → 13%GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER: $49k → 13%GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER: $43k → 13%GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER: $43k → 13%GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER: $43k → 13%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEBRASKA INC: $69k → 13%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEBRASKA INC: $47k → 13%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEBRASKA INC: $44k → 13%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

MN
NY
IA
CA
NE
MO
VA
MD
GA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$42M · 82 repeat orgs$247k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

82 repeat relationships: 56 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

82
29

Total granted

$42M
$241k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
0%

Still filing today

77%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • CY
    CEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.3M · revenue +42%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +69%
  • H
    HOPESPOKE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • CC
    CORNHUSKER COUNCIL 324 BOY SCOUTS AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $32k · revenue -34%
  • LF
    LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEBRASKA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • FB
    FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +9%
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
Lincoln County Community Development Corporation

To promote, facilitate and develop or co-develop affordable housing in lincoln county, nebraska.

Philanthropy
2
Educare of Lincoln Inc

To help young children thrive socially, emotionally and academically through high-quality early childhood education, and in partnership with their families and the community.

Education
3
United Way of Benton & Lincoln Counties

United way works to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another. united way is a funder, a mobilizer, a convener and a fundraiser. united way is a community builder, connecting people through philanthropy,…

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4
Urban League of Nebraska

The mission of the urban league of nebraska is to be an empowering voice in the community advocating for economic self-reliance, parity, power, civil rights and equal opportunity for all (see schedule o). the vision of the urban league of…

Human Services
5
Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers

To enhance nebraska's response to child abuse.

Crime & Legal
6
Nebraska Credit Union League Inc

To promote credit unions in nebraska

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7
Leading Age Nebraska

The organization's mission is to expand the world of possibilities for aging through advocacy, collaboration, and education.

Housing & Shelter
8
Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries Inc

To empower people with special needs to become self-sufficient through the power of work.

Employment
9
Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service Inc

Providing advanced life service level support for nine local communities in lincoln county including damariscotta, newcastle, bremen, bristol, south bristol, nobleboro, jefferson and edgecomb

Health
10
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce

Community development in lincoln, ne

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11
Lincoln Behavioral Services

To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…

Health
12
Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce

To Market Lincoln as the area of choice in which to live and do business, by attracting, assisting, retaining and promoting our members

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legal Aid of Nebraska; the most unlike its peers is Cbol Inc. 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

95 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. 95 of the 116 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
91/95
Grantees still filing
63/95
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $2,621,025 · OtherLINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLSCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES: $2,229,562 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER A…CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $1,487,191 · OtherCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICESVOICES OF HOPE OF LINCOLN INC: $1,015,897 · OtherVOICES OF HOPE OF LINCOLN INCTHE SALVATION ARMY: $884,738 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYTEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM: $769,002 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LINCOLN: $651,959 · OtherPEOPLE'S CITY MISSION: $904,620 · OtherPEOPLE'S CITY MISSION+60 more: $5,872,998 · Other+60 moreGIVE NEBRASKA: $3,058,865 · Human ServicesGIVE NEBRASKAFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $1,479,589 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION…FRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC: $1,147,525 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN…LIGHTHOUSE: $1,026,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSEMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $905,530 · Human ServicesMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTR…LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $635,817 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES O…GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $545,798 · Human ServicesGOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CE…THE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $504,057 · Human Services+7 more: $752,409 · Human Services+7 moreCOMBINED HEALTH AGENCIES DRIVE: $4,817,233 · PhilanthropyCOMBINED HEALTH…Lincoln Community Foundation Inc: $381,313 · PhilanthropyLincoln Communi…UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $302,016 · Philanthropy+13 more: $344,325 · Philanthropy+13 moreCEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC: $4,298,322 · Arts & CultureCEDARS YOUTH S…MOURNING HOPE: $409,876 · Arts & CultureMOURNING HOPEASIAN COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER: $325,651 · Arts & CultureASIAN COMMUNIT…+4 more: $251,324 · Arts & CultureHOPESPOKE: $1,676,142 · HealthST MONICA'S HOME: $461,959 · HealthBryan Foundation: $83,404 · Health+3 more: $20,631 · HealthFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $1,448,160 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY CROPS: $106,537 · Food & NutritionLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $1,065,480 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA: $215,824 · Crime & Legal
Other$16,436,992Human Services$10,055,590Philanthropy$5,844,887Arts & Culture$5,285,173Health$2,242,136Food & Nutrition$1,554,697Crime & Legal$1,281,304

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 budgetCOMBINED HEALTH AGENCIES DRIVE: $4,817,233 over 9y, 35% of budgetCEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC: $4,298,322 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetGIVE NEBRASKA: $3,058,865 over 9y, 78% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES: $2,229,562 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetHOPESPOKE: $1,676,142 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $1,487,191 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $1,479,589 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $1,448,160 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC: $1,147,525 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $1,065,480 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE: $1,026,000 over 9y, 18% of budgetVOICES OF HOPE OF LINCOLN INC: $1,015,897 over 9y, 11% of budgetMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $905,530 over 9y, 4.7% of budgetPEOPLE'S CITY MISSION: $904,620 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LINCOLN: $651,959 over 9y, 22% of budgetLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $635,817 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $545,798 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: $521,043 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY: $507,089 over 9y, 12% of budgetTHE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS: $504,057 over 9y, 15% of budgetST MONICA'S HOME: $461,959 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetLINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL: $432,584 over 9y, 9.2% of budgetMALONE COMMUNITY CENTER: $431,099 over 9y, 9.5% of budgetFRESH START INC: $429,319 over 9y, 7.9% of budgetMOURNING HOPE: $409,876 over 9y, 20% of budgetLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $381,313 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWILLARD COMMUNITY CENTER: $370,211 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetCITY IMPACT: $363,109 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetNORTHEAST FAMILY CENTER: $344,497 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetASIAN COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER: $325,651 over 9y, 8.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $302,016 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCASA FOR LANCASTER COUNTY: $298,456 over 9y, 15% of budgetEL CENTRO DE LAS AMERICAS: $297,728 over 9y, 14% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA: $215,824 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetLINCOLN MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $210,965 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ARC OF LINCOLN: $149,425 over 9y, 10% of budgetLUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $144,822 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA: $120,463 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetLINCOLN CHAMBER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COR: $120,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCBOL Inc: $107,897 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY CROPS: $106,537 over 7y, 6.8% of budgetBryan Foundation: $83,404 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetECHO COLLECTIVE: $79,980 over 3y, 21% of budgetLEAGUE OF HUMAN DIGNITY INC: $74,498 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MADONNA FOUNDATION: $60,922 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetYMCA OF LINCOLN: $60,763 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $56,213 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Jamaica Inc: $56,115 over 7y, 1.5% 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 COMBINED HEALTH AGENCIES DRIVE ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds GIVE NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds HOPESPOKE ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds VOICES OF HOPE OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S CITY MISSION ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LINCOLN ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE HUB - CENTRAL ACCESS POINT FOR YOUNG ADULTS ↗
  • Who funds ST MONICA'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds MALONE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FRESH START INC ↗
  • Who funds MOURNING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Lincoln Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds WILLARD COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CITY IMPACT ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds CASA FOR LANCASTER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds EL CENTRO DE LAS AMERICAS ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ↗

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.

Lincoln Community Fou…Cooper FoundationAbel FoundationAssurity Life Foundat…The Sherwood Foundati…Acklie Charitable Fou…D F Dillon FoundationRogers FoundationKinder Porter Scott F…Bettenhausen Family F…Duncan Family TrustNebraska Community Fo…
Lincoln Community Foundation IncNE116.3× affinity60 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Cooper Foundation · Abel Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Acklie Charitable Foundation · D F Dillon Foundation · Rogers Foundation · Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · Duncan Family Trust · Nebraska 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 United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 116 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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