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United Way of the Black Hills

UNITED WAY OF THE BLACK HILLS organizes and implements an annual fundraising campaign to help support the budgets of local nonprofit agencies.

$997k
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$90k
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$3.7MYouth Development$2.5MCrime & Legal$1.4MFood & Nutrition$1.4MHealth$721kHousing & Shelter$474kPublic Safety & Disaster$419kArts & Culture$167kOther$0
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 37 grants below total $918,587, the rows itemized in this filing. The $997,016 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $78,429 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 $10k5 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $645k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $235k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA$90,000
YFS INC$75,000
WORKING AGAINST VIOLENCE INC$70,000
BLACK HILLS SPECIAL SERVICES COOPER$39,300
YMCA$36,500
CASA 7TH CIRCUIT$35,000
RAPID CITY CLUB FOR BOYS$35,000
MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN SD$34,000
BLACK HILLS CENTER FOR AGING$30,000
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES$30,000
VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE INTERVENTION$26,000
JOURNEY ON INC$25,000
BLACK HILLS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$25,000
CASA OF THE NORTHERN HILLS$25,000
EARLY CHILDHOOD CONNECTIONS$25,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NORTHERN HILLS ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRE: $65k → 11%ABBOTT HOUSE: $9k → 14%PRIARIE HILLS TRANSIT: $41k → 11%PRAIRIE HILLS TRANSIT: $30k → 11%VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE INTERVENTION: $26k → 11%PRIARIE HILLS TRANSIT: $25k → 11%PRAIRIE HILLS TRANSIT: $23k → 11%SHIFT GARAGE: $40k → 14%PRAIRIE HILLS TRANSIT: $23k → 11%PRAIRIE HILLS TRANSIT: $22k → 11%PRIARIE HILLS TRANSIT: $20k → 11%VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE INTERVENTION: $20k → 11%VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE INTERVENTION: $20k → 11%PRIARIE HILLS TRANSIT: $19k → 11%ARTEMIS HOUSE: $17k → 11%ARTEMIS HOUSE: $13k → 11%PRIARIE HILLS TRANSIT: $13k → 11%SHIFT GARAGE: $23k → 14%ARTEMIS HOUSE: $13k → 11%ARTEMIS HOUSE: $12k → 11%SHIFT GARAGE: $20k → 14%SENIOR COMPANIONS: $16k → 14%SENIOR COMPANIONS: $16k → 14%ARTEMIS HOUSE: $10k → 11%ARTEMIS HOUSE: $10k → 11%CANYON LAKE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $12k → 14%KIDS CLUB KIDS: $8k → 11%SENIOR COMPANIONS: $11k → 14%CANYON LAKE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $10k → 14%SENIOR COMPANIONS: $6k → 14%YMCA: $158k → 14%YMCA: $93k → 14%YMCA: $93k → 14%YMCA: $88k → 14%YMCA: $82k → 14%YMCA: $64k → 14%YMCA: $52k → 14%YMCA: $50k → 14%YMCA: $37k → 14%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE: $20k → 14%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE: $19k → 14%MINNELUZAHAN SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $12k → 14%WESTERN RESOURCES FOR IND LIVING: $11k → 14%MINNELUZAHAN SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $11k → 14%WESTERN RESOURCES FOR IND LIVING: $11k → 14%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE: $10k → 14%MINNELUZAHAN SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $10k → 14%MINNELUZAHAN SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $10k → 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.
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.
$11M · 53 repeat orgs$192k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

53 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
9

Total granted

$11M
$141k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
-1%

Still filing today

81%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 DevelopmentHousing & ShelterHealthFood & NutritionCivil RightsOther
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

  • YF
    YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +19%
  • FS
    FEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $850k · revenue +28%
  • RC
    RAPID CITY Y M C A
    9× · 2017–2025 · $715k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • NH
    NORTHERN HILLS ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2020 · $65k · revenue -28%
  • WD
    WESTERN DAKOTA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +53%
  • AH
    ABBOTT HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $9k · revenue +62%
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
Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency

Southeastern north dakota community action agency (sendcaa) was formed in 1965 to provide a range of services and activities in a six county area designed to alleviate poverty and give low-income people the opportunity to improve their…

Human Services
2
Dakotabilities Inc

Together, we create a warm and welcoming community enriching the lives of those we support.

Human Services
3
Children's Home Society of South Dakota

Children's home society of south dakota is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing trauma-informed services to children and families impacted by abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and mental health challenges. our mission is to…

Human Services
4
South Dakota Voices for Peace

Sd voices for peace provides five programming areas to assist vulnerable communities access services throughout the state: legal services, multilingual outreach, training and education, advocacy and civic engagement and rapid response.

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5
Disability Rights South Dakota

Disability rights south dakota is a non-profit legal services agency dedicated to protecting and advocating for the rights and inclusion of south dakotans with disabilities.

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6
Dakota Counseling Institute Inc

Dakota counseling institute's mission is to provide a wide array of services to individuals and families with mental illness, behavioral disabilities, and substance abuse. we are committed to assisting individuals in reaching their full…

Health
7
Community Action Region Vi

Community action region vi's mission is to improve the quality of life for low income, elderly, & disabled people in a nine county area, to promote public awareness of the needs and problems faced by these individuals, and to work towards…

Housing & Shelter
8
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
9
Legal Services of North Dakota

Our team compassionately and respectfully addresses the legal needs of vulnerable populations to provide timely access to justice empowering our community with education and knowledge.

—
10
Prairie Harvest Mental Health

We promote independence and an enhanced quality of life for adults with serious mental illness.

Human Services
11
North Star Community Services Inc

Nscs empowers each person to realize potential, pursue dreams and enjoy life. services provided are: supported community living, day habilitation, adult day care, respite, and/or cdac services to persons with disabilities.

Employment
12
Senior Citizen Services Inc Dba Active Generations

Inspiring active lifestyles and well-being for adults through engaging programs and essential services.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Volunteers of America Northern Rockies; the most unlike its peers is Front Porch Coalition. 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

52 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. 52 of the 66 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/52
Grantees still filing
38/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,196,491 · OtherYOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INCWORKING AGAINST VIOLENCE INC: $532,040 · OtherWORKING AGAINST VIOLENCE INCWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SENIOR SERVICES INC: $430,000 · OtherWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SENIOR SERVICES INCAMERICAN RED CROSS: $419,477 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSTHE SALVATION ARMY: $350,519 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS O: $336,650 · OtherBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $294,896 · OtherCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF THE BLACK HILLS: $275,249 · OtherLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $239,350 · OtherBoys and Girls Clubs of the Black Hills: $202,912 · Other+28 more: $1,390,223 · Other+28 moreRAPID CITY Y M C A: $715,095 · Human ServicesRAPID CITY Y M C AWELLSPRING INC: $517,580 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING INCWEST RIVER TRANSIT AUTHORITY INC DBA PRAIRIE HILLS TRANSIT: $215,730 · Human ServicesWEST RIVER TRANSIT AU…RUSHMORE CONSUMER CREDIT RESOURCE CENTER: $198,633 · Human ServicesRUSHMORE CONSUMER CRE…VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE INTERVENTION: $141,112 · Human ServicesVICTIMS OF VIOLENCE I…SHIFT GARAGE: $82,500 · Human Services+8 more: $223,586 · Human Services+8 moreFEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA: $849,808 · Food & NutritionFEEDING S…FORK REAL COMMUNITY CAFE INC: $56,200 · Food & NutritionFORK REAL…RAPID CITY CLUB FOR BOYS INC: $514,815 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS - DAKOTA HORIZONS: $157,548 · Youth DevelopmentLIFEWAYS INC: $119,249 · Youth DevelopmentJourney On Inc: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentNORTHERN HILLS AREA CASA PROGRAM: $593,354 · Civil Rights7TH CIRCUIT COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM: $132,138 · Civil RightsBLACK HILLS AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $230,844 · Housing & ShelterPONDEROSA APARTMENTS INC: $53,392 · Housing & ShelterNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF THE BLACK HILLS INC: $51,306 · Housing & ShelterONEHEART: $48,100 · Housing & ShelterRURAL AMERICA INITIATIVES: $280,828 · Community Improvement+1 more: $8,000 · Community Improvement
Other$5,667,807Human Services$2,094,236Food & Nutrition$906,008Youth Development$841,612Civil Rights$725,492Housing & Shelter$383,642Community Improvement$288,828

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 budgetYOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,196,491 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA: $849,808 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetRAPID CITY Y M C A: $715,095 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetNORTHERN HILLS AREA CASA PROGRAM: $593,354 over 9y, 29% of budgetWORKING AGAINST VIOLENCE INC: $532,040 over 9y, 6.9% of budgetWELLSPRING INC: $517,580 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetRAPID CITY CLUB FOR BOYS INC: $514,815 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SENIOR SERVICES INC: $430,000 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS O: $336,650 over 6y, 14% of budgetRURAL AMERICA INITIATIVES: $280,828 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF THE BLACK HILLS: $275,249 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $239,350 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBLACK HILLS AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $230,844 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetWEST RIVER TRANSIT AUTHORITY INC DBA PRAIRIE HILLS TRANSIT: $215,730 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of the Black Hills: $202,912 over 7y, 25% of budgetRUSHMORE CONSUMER CREDIT RESOURCE CENTER: $198,633 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetHELPLINE CENTER INC: $178,947 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD CONNECTIONS: $166,877 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS - DAKOTA HORIZONS: $157,548 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetBLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695: $153,616 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetVICTIMS OF VIOLENCE INTERVENTION: $141,112 over 9y, 5.4% of budget7TH CIRCUIT COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM: $132,138 over 9y, 6.6% of budgetLIFEWAYS INC: $119,249 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN ROCKIES: $97,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSHIFT GARAGE: $82,500 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetDAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES: $80,933 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNORTHERN HILLS ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN: $65,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetGREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH: $58,550 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFORK REAL COMMUNITY CAFE INC: $56,200 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetPONDEROSA APARTMENTS INC: $53,392 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF THE BLACK HILLS INC: $51,306 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBLACK HILLS WORKS INC: $50,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJourney On Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTHE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY: $48,985 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetONEHEART: $48,100 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNAMI SOUTH DAKOTA: $45,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - HE SAPA: $44,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMINNELUZAHAN SENIOR CENTER: $42,723 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION: $42,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetTHE LOST AND FOUND ASSOCIATION: $35,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetWESTERN DAKOTA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL FOUNDATION INC: $24,950 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWESTERN RESOURCES FOR INDEPEND: $22,083 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $22,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY: $18,888 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMeade County Senior Citizens Center Association: $16,205 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetABBOTT HOUSE INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS CLUB KIDS: $8,300 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $8,000 over 1y, 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 YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA ↗
  • Who funds RAPID CITY Y M C A ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN HILLS AREA CASA PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds WORKING AGAINST VIOLENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds WELLSPRING INC ↗
  • Who funds RAPID CITY CLUB FOR BOYS INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS O ↗
  • Who funds RURAL AMERICA INITIATIVES ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF THE BLACK HILLS ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTH DAKOTA ↗
  • Who funds BLACK HILLS AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds WEST RIVER TRANSIT AUTHORITY INC DBA PRAIRIE HILLS TRANSIT ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Clubs of the Black Hills ↗
  • Who funds RUSHMORE CONSUMER CREDIT RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HELPLINE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EARLY CHILDHOOD CONNECTIONS ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS - DAKOTA HORIZONS ↗
  • Who funds BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 695 ↗
  • Who funds VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ↗
  • Who funds 7TH CIRCUIT COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds LIFEWAYS INC ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds SHIFT GARAGE ↗
  • Who funds DAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN HILLS ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds FORK REAL COMMUNITY CAFE INC ↗
  • Who funds PONDEROSA APARTMENTS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF THE BLACK HILLS INC ↗
  • Who funds BLACK HILLS WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds Journey On Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ONEHEART ↗

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.

Black Hills Area Comm…South Dakota Communit…Midcontinent Foundati…First Interstate Banc…Gwendolyn L Stearns F…Larson FoundationSynchrony FoundationJohn T Vucurevich Fou…Sioux Falls Area Comm…Clarkson Family Found…Adams Mastrovich Fam …Sanford Group Return
Black Hills Area Community FoundationSD69.4× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Black Hills Area Community Foundation · South Dakota Community Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Gwendolyn L Stearns Foundation Inc · Larson Foundation · Synchrony Foundation · John T Vucurevich Foundation · Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · Clarkson Family Foundation Pioneer Bank & Trust Trustee · Adams Mastrovich Fam Fdn · Sanford Group Return

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 the Black Hills funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of the Black Hills. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    26report 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 66 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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