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United Way of Southwest Michigan

UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN works in berrien, cass, and van buren counties to create a united and resilient community where everyone contributes, belongs, and thrives.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
46
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$131k
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 2024.

Human Services$4.9MHealth$3.4MYouth Development$3.0MEmployment$1.5MEducation$1.0MCrime & Legal$947kHousing & Shelter$696kFood & Nutrition$568kOther$0
02FY2025 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k32 grants · $797k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $658k
$24,890
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC$131,085
BERRIEN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT$95,723
SALVATION ARMY - BENTON HARBOR$71,903
YMCA OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN$71,903
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BENTON HARBOR$63,588
THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK$58,629
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN$58,076
LOGAN COMMUNITY RESOURCES$55,347
BERRIEN COUNTY CANCER SERVICE$51,757
KINEXUS$47,050
EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES INC$47,050
YOUTH SOLUTIONS$44,589
BERRIEN RESA$44,248
SALVATION ARMY - NILES$41,483
LAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE$38,705
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, $3.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $24k → 12%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $27k → 14%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $21k → 12%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $21k → 12%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $21k → 12%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $20k → 14%DISABILITY NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $15k → 12%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $20k → 14%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $20k → 14%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $17k → 14%WELL OF GRACE: $14k → 15%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $15k → 14%UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $15k → 14%NEIGHBOR BY NEIGHBOR: $23k → 15%NEIGHBOR BY NEIGHBOR: $14k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $96k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $89k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $89k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $89k → 15%CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN MI INC: $84k → 15%CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN MI INC: $84k → 15%BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $82k → 15%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC: $80k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $59k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $53k → 15%THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK: $53k → 15%OCCDA: $46k → 15%BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $45k → 15%BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $45k → 15%OCCDA: $40k → 15%MOSIAC OCCDA: $40k → 15%OCCDA: $40k → 15%OCCDA: $40k → 15%OCCDA: $40k → 15%BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $37k → 15%MOSAIC CCDA: $28k → 15%OCCDA: $25k → 15%OCCDA: $25k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $216k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $162k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $162k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $162k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $162k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $142k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $131k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $119k → 15%REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $119k → 15%NEW HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $18k → 15%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.
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.
$18M · 49 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

49 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
5

Total granted

$18M
$215k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+24%

Still filing today

82%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthCrime & LegalEmploymentEducationOther
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

  • RI
    REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM)
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +97%
  • BW
    BERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +14%
  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $895k · revenue +177%

Funded once

  • HH
    HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $80k · revenue +21%
  • YO
    YMCA OF GREATER MICHIANA
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • AU
    ANDREWS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +16%
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
Michigan Legal Services

Provide free legal assistance to indigent and low income persons

Crime & Legal
2
Area Agency On Aging of Western Michigan Inc

Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…

Human Services
3
Lakeshore Legal Aid

Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system.

Crime & Legal
4
Housing Services of Mid Michigan

To assist people with low or moderate income to obtain safe and affordable housing

Housing & Shelter
5
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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6
Caring House Inc

To promote a violence free atmosphere from domestic and sexual violence in which survivors can recognize their options to have the opportunity to continue living violence free and regain their sense of self-worth; to educate and raise…

Human Services
7
Northwest Michigan Supportive Housing

To provide housing and case management services for the homeless and mentally ill within the community.

Human Services
8
Community Residence Corporation

Our mission is to provide persons with disabilities living options, life choices and control of their future. Guided by the commitment to focus on individual choice, CRC will provide services that are person-centered and assure customer…

Human Services
9
211 Northeast Michigan

To provide Northeast Michigan with referrals and information to assist with essential needs.

Community Improvement
10
Catholic Human Services Inc

Catholic human services inc. enhances the lives of those we serve by providing hope-filled social, emotional and spiritual support to all people.

Human Services
11
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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12
Michigan Family Resources

Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Avenue Family Network Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

45 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. 45 of the 54 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/45
Grantees still filing
31/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY SOCIAL SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY: $1,534,936 · OtherSALVATION ARMY SOCIAL SERVICES OF KENT COUNTYBERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC: $1,216,300 · OtherBERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INCBERRIEN COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT: $1,103,599 · OtherBERRIEN COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENTYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC: $895,203 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INCBERRIEN RESA: $675,048 · OtherBERRIEN RESALogan Community Resources Inc: $596,347 · OtherLogan Community Resources IncBERRIEN COUNTY COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN: $583,626 · OtherBERRIEN COUNTY COUNCIL FOR CHILDRENBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BERRIEN AND CASS INC: $456,028 · OtherLAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $441,955 · OtherLEWIS CASS ISD: $433,840 · Other+20 more: $2,317,912 · Other+20 moreREGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM): $1,373,755 · Human ServicesREGION IV AREA AGENC…THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK INC: $695,189 · Human ServicesTHE AVENUE FAMILY NE…MOSAIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $323,155 · Human ServicesMOSAIC CHRISTIAN COM…BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $209,614 · Human ServicesBENTON HARBOR COMMUN…DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $139,222 · Human ServicesUNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $133,893 · Human Services+7 more: $413,901 · Human Services+7 moreBERRIEN COUNTY CANCER SERVICES INC: $891,157 · HealthBERRIEN CO…SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER INC: $673,306 · HealthSAMARITAN …LAKELAND HEALTH FOUNDATION BENTON HARBOR/STJOSEPH: $100,000 · HealthLAKELAND H…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $845,988 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $266,560 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE RIVER BEND INC: $161,578 · Youth Development+1 more: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentKINEXUS YOUTH SOLUTIONS: $523,119 · EmploymentTHE CENTER FOR GROWTH AND INDEPENDENCE: $369,555 · EmploymentEMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES INC: $555,233 · Housing & ShelterFeeding America: $340,102 · Food & Nutrition
Other$10,254,794Human Services$3,288,729Health$1,664,463Youth Development$1,304,126Employment$892,674Housing & Shelter$555,233Food & Nutrition$340,102

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetREGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM): $1,373,755 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetBERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC: $1,216,300 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC: $895,203 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetBERRIEN COUNTY CANCER SERVICES INC: $891,157 over 9y, 28% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $845,988 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetTHE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK INC: $695,189 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetSAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER INC: $673,306 over 9y, 33% of budgetLogan Community Resources Inc: $596,347 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBERRIEN COUNTY COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN: $583,626 over 9y, 13% of budgetEMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES INC: $555,233 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetKINEXUS YOUTH SOLUTIONS: $523,119 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BERRIEN AND CASS INC: $456,028 over 9y, 44% of budgetLAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $441,955 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR GROWTH AND INDEPENDENCE: $369,555 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetFeeding America: $340,102 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMOSAIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $323,155 over 9y, 5.8% of budgetSENIOR NUTRITION SERVICES REG IV INC: $289,978 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $266,560 over 9y, 38% of budgetBENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $209,614 over 4y, 28% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $209,262 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $168,967 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetCAMP FIRE RIVER BEND INC: $161,578 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetOUTCENTER: $146,209 over 6y, 16% of budgetSOUTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $144,209 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetDISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $139,222 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY: $133,893 over 7y, 16% of budgetCOMMUNITY AIDS RESOURCE & EDUCATION SERVICES OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $126,836 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetMICHIGAN COALITION TO END DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE: $121,578 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetNational Court Appointed Special Advocate Association: $112,124 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLegal Aid of Western Michigan: $104,328 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC: $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWell of Grace Ministries Inc: $78,650 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest MI: $76,400 over 3y, 14% of budgetSAFE HARBOR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $73,893 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES OF VAN BUREN COUNTY: $66,947 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetNeighbor by Neighbor: $61,578 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetDOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE SERVICES: $59,631 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetNEW HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPM: $49,262 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetANDREWS UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE CARE INC: $36,947 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMI-JOURNEY: $17,833 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetHarbor Habitat for Humanity Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMICHIANA FAMILY CENTER: $14,631 over 2y, 5.4% 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 REGION IV AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC (WITH FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM) ↗
  • Who funds BERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MICHIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds BERRIEN COUNTY CANCER SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds THE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Logan Community Resources Inc ↗
  • Who funds BERRIEN COUNTY COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds KINEXUS YOUTH SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BERRIEN AND CASS INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR GROWTH AND INDEPENDENCE ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds MOSAIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR NUTRITION SERVICES REG IV INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS ON THE RUN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAMP FIRE RIVER BEND INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTCENTER ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds UNITED CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY AIDS RESOURCE & EDUCATION SERVICES OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN COALITION TO END DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association ↗
  • Who funds Legal Aid of Western Michigan ↗
  • Who funds LAKELAND HEALTH FOUNDATION BENTON HARBOR/STJOSEPH ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Well of Grace Ministries 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.

Berrien Community Fou…Whirlpool FoundationCorewell Health Group…St Josephbenton Harbo…The Pokagon Fund IncFeeding America West …American Electric Pow…Van Buren County Unit…Lakeland Health Found…The McLoughlin Family…Region IV Area Agency…Bill Nygren Foundation
Berrien Community Foundation IncMI62.2× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berrien Community Foundation Inc · Whirlpool Foundation · Corewell Health Group Return · St Josephbenton Harbor Rotary Foundation Inc · The Pokagon Fund Inc · Feeding America West Michigan · American Electric Power Foundation · Van Buren County United Way Inc · Lakeland Health Foundation Benton Harbor/Stjoseph · The McLoughlin Family Foundation · Region IV Area Agency on Aging Inc (With Foster Grandparents Program) · Bill Nygren 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 Southwest Michigan funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Southwest Michigan. 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
    16report 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 54 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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