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· Public charity

United Way of the Plains Inc

To improve lives by harnessing the caring power of our community to advance the common good in south central kansas.

$10.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
82
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$415k
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$27MHealth$13MYouth Development$8.9MHousing & Shelter$8.3MEducation$7.3MEmployment$1.3MCrime & Legal$790kPublic Safety & Disaster$757kOther$0
02FY2024 · 82 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 82 grants below total $5,849,628, the rows itemized in this filing. The $9,955,738 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,106,110 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $120k
  • $10k–50k32 grants · $700k
  • $50k–250k29 grants · $3.4M
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.6M
$35,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER OF HOPE INC$415,294
RAINBOWS UNITED INC$366,697
UNITED METHODIST OPEN DOOR$285,629
GREATER WICHITA YMCA$275,441
CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC$260,598
KANSAS CHILDREN'S SERVICE LEAGUE INC$249,348
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC$244,527
HUMANKIND MINISTRIES$197,215
FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER WICHITA$192,551
WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME$182,419
THE PANDO INITATIVE INC$176,450
RISE UP FOR YOUTH INC$168,350
KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC$163,848
CEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF KANSAS$160,282
CENTRAL PLAINS HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP$154,163
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 (FY17–24, $26.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%CHILD START INC: $335k → 16%CHILD START INC: $303k → 16%CHILD START INC: $227k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $246k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $239k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $224k → 16%KANSAS CHILDREN'S SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $317k → 16%KANSAS CHILDREN'S SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $306k → 16%KANSAS CHILDREN'S SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $302k → 16%KANSAS CHILDREN'S SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $249k → 16%KANSAS CHILDREN'S SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $231k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $580k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $529k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $503k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $483k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $443k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $299k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $285k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED INC: $930k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED INC: $893k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED INC: $831k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED INC: $816k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED INC: $804k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED INC: $712k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED INC: $423k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED INC: $367k → 16%THE PANDO INITATIVE INC: $805k → 16%THE PANDO INITATIVE INC: $700k → 16%THE PANDO INITATIVE INC: $695k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $516k → 16%THE PANDO INITATIVE INC: $505k → 16%THE PANDO INITATIVE INC: $481k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $480k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $448k → 16%THE PANDO INITATIVE INC: $447k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $434k → 16%GREATER WICHITA YMCA: $412k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $378k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $336k → 16%GREATER WICHITA YMCA: $312k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $295k → 16%GREATER WICHITA YMCA: $275k → 16%GREATER WICHITA YMCA: $264k → 16%GREATER WICHITA YMCA: $261k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $261k → 16%GREATER WICHITA YMCA: $241k → 16%GREATER WICHITA YMCA: $221k → 16%THE PANDO INITATIVE INC: $214k → 16%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

NY
NV
PA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
SC
TX
FL
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.
$68M · 108 repeat orgs$837k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

108 repeat relationships: 66 still active in FY2024, 42 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

108
39

Total granted

$68M
$573k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+13%

Still filing today

87%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $264k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • RU
    RAINBOWS UNITED INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.8M · revenue +27%
  • TP
    THE PANDO INITIATIVE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.0M · revenue +50% · 56% of their budget
  • TW
    THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $60k · revenue +7%
  • CC
    CULTURE CREATIONS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · 61% of their budget
  • SI
    STARKEY INCgraduated
    8× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +47%
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
Safehouse Crisis Center Inc

To provide shelter and advocacy services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the 11 counties of southeast kansas.

Human Services
2
Wichita Family Crisis Center

Formerly ywca wichita, the wichita family crisis center (wfcc) began operations in wichita, ks in 1907. wfcc's mission is to eliminate domestic violence in our community by supporting survivors through shelter, education & advocacy.

Human Services
3
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.

Health
4
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
5
Kansas Recovery Network
Health
6
Freedom House Ministries

House of Hope Kansas City is unique, because we work with teens and their parents to find solutions and ultimately, restoration of healthy family relationships. We serve families in crisis with our program for residents to experience the…

Education
7
Community Health Center of Se Kansas Inc

To provide quality, affordable, accessible medical, dental and behavioral health care to anyone regardless of ability to pay.

Health
8
Wichita Falls Faith Mission Inc

To provide christ-centered programs and services that lead the homeless toward self-sufficiency.

Religion
9
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
10
Welcome House Inc

The Welcome House is a non-profit, sober living, recovery program (incorporated in 1971) with the sole purpose of educating and rehabilitating the adult male alcoholic/ addict and the expressed mission of returning the individual to…

Health
11
Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas

To provide dynamic, culturally-sensitive, high quality behavioral healthcare to residents of chase, coffey, greenwood, lyon, morris, osage and wabaunsee counties in the most effective, caring and efficient manner.

Health
12
Interfaith Housing and Community Service

To assist low-income homeowners of south central kansas to repair/rehabilitate their homes; to assist qualified low-income residents of south central kansas to purchase homes or to build low-cost homes for these residents; and to provide…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Senior Services Inc of Wichita; the most unlike its peers is Armaan Foundation. 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

202 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
45
Early backer (in before they grew)
194/202
Grantees still filing
138/202
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RAINBOWS UNITED INC: $5,775,597 · Human ServicesRAINBOWS UNITED INCTHE PANDO INITIATIVE INC: $4,022,049 · Human ServicesTHE PANDO INITIATIVE INCTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $3,303,843 · Human ServicesTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOMECATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $3,146,894 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES INCTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WICHITA KANSAS (2311): $2,177,236 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WIC…KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $2,005,774 · Human ServicesKANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUECHILD START INC: $1,580,565 · Human ServicesCHILD START INCSENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $1,534,157 · Human ServicesSENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA+21 more: $3,297,562 · Human Services+21 moreCenter of Hope Inc: $5,831,992 · OtherCenter of Hope IncSALVATION ARMY: $3,373,920 · OtherSALVATION ARMYUNITED METHODIST OPEN DOOR: $3,032,913 · OtherUNITED METHODIST OPEN DOORBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $2,964,088 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN…CAIRN HEALTH INC: $2,140,100 · OtherCAIRN HEALTH INCKANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC: $1,774,022 · OtherKANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INCKANSAS SCHOOL FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNING IN: $1,088,763 · OtherSEDGWICK COUNTY: $1,049,998 · Other+97 more: $6,125,810 · Other+97 moreCEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF KANSAS INC: $2,946,355 · HealthCEREBRAL PALS…CENTRAL PLAINS HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,681,497 · HealthCENTRAL PLAIN…WICHITA AREA SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER INC: $1,451,338 · HealthWICHITA AREA …MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $705,230 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH…American Heart Association Inc: $383,139 · HealthEPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES INC DBA BREAKTHROUGH: $374,885 · Health+12 more: $671,617 · Health+12 moreRISE UP FOR YOUTH INC: $1,818,981 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND INC: $1,022,597 · Youth Development+5 more: $206,023 · Youth DevelopmentSTEPSTONE INC: $1,470,815 · Housing & ShelterWICHITA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $235,483 · Housing & ShelterWORKFORCE ALLIANCE OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $971,415 · EmploymentGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC: $155,500 · Employment+1 more: $21,501 · EmploymentHUMANKIND MINISTRIES WICHITA INC: $563,361 · ReligionLEGACY MINISTRIES INC: $141,960 · Religion
Human Services$26,843,677Other$27,381,606Health$8,214,061Youth Development$3,047,601Housing & Shelter$1,706,298Employment$1,148,416Religion$705,321

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 budgetCenter of Hope Inc: $5,831,992 over 8y, 38% of budgetRAINBOWS UNITED INC: $5,775,597 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetTHE PANDO INITIATIVE INC: $4,022,049 over 8y, 56% of budgetTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $3,303,843 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $3,146,894 over 8y, 6.7% of budgetUNITED METHODIST OPEN DOOR: $3,032,913 over 8y, 19% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $2,964,088 over 8y, 41% of budgetCEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF KANSAS INC: $2,946,355 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WICHITA KANSAS (2311): $2,177,236 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCAIRN HEALTH INC: $2,140,100 over 8y, 62% of budgetKANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $2,005,774 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetRISE UP FOR YOUTH INC: $1,818,981 over 8y, 47% of budgetKANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC: $1,774,022 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetCENTRAL PLAINS HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,681,497 over 8y, 27% of budgetCHILD START INC: $1,580,565 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $1,534,157 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetSTEPSTONE INC: $1,470,815 over 8y, 30% of budgetWICHITA AREA SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER INC: $1,451,338 over 8y, 20% of budgetKANSAS SCHOOL FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNING IN: $1,088,763 over 7y, 50% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND INC: $1,022,597 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetWORKFORCE ALLIANCE OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $971,415 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetHarry Hynes Memorial Hospice Inc: $733,912 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $705,230 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $693,936 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetQUIVIRA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $661,696 over 6y, 8.7% of budgetHUMANKIND MINISTRIES WICHITA INC: $563,361 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetWICHITA WOMEN'S INITIATIVE NETWORK INC: $505,988 over 8y, 25% of budgetAbilityPoint Inc: $494,615 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetSUNLIGHT CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $473,378 over 7y, 12% of budgetROOTS AND WINGS INC: $465,287 over 8y, 27% of budgetConsumer Credit Counseling Service Inc: $402,601 over 7y, 19% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $383,139 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES INC DBA BREAKTHROUGH: $374,885 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER WICHITA: $347,665 over 4y, 14% of budgetWICHITA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $235,483 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetDEAR NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES INC: $232,437 over 4y, 19% of budgetDESTINATION INNOVATION INC: $218,106 over 3y, 11% of budgetHEROES ACADEMY INC: $214,898 over 3y, 30% of budgetGREAT PLAINS DIABETES RESEARCH INC: $196,440 over 3y, 16% of budgetGRACEMED HEALTH CLINIC INC: $185,603 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTRI-COUNTY CASA INC: $163,731 over 8y, 16% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC: $155,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $149,861 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLEGACY MINISTRIES INC: $141,960 over 3y, 12% of budgetSHEPHERDS WAY INC: $136,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetJOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES - KANSAS I: $131,444 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $124,860 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGuadalupe Clinic Inc: $115,510 over 3y, 1.6% 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 Center of Hope Inc ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOWS UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PANDO INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED METHODIST OPEN DOOR ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds CEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF KANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WICHITA KANSAS (2311) ↗
  • Who funds CAIRN HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds RISE UP FOR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PLAINS HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD START INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA ↗
  • Who funds STEPSTONE INC ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA AREA SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS SCHOOL FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNING IN ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds WORKFORCE ALLIANCE OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Inc ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds QUIVIRA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANKIND MINISTRIES WICHITA INC ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA WOMEN'S INITIATIVE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds AbilityPoint Inc ↗
  • Who funds SUNLIGHT CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ROOTS AND WINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds Consumer Credit Counseling Service Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds EPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES INC DBA BREAKTHROUGH ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER WICHITA ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLES INC ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds DEAR NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds DESTINATION INNOVATION 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.

Wichita FoundationKansas Health Foundat…Dwane L and Velma Lun…Simply Hygiene IncBerry Foundation IncThe Fidelity Bank Fou…Lattner Family Founda…Goebel Family-Star Lu…Ima FoundationTextron Charitable Tr…Belin FoundationBruce G Cochener Foun…
Wichita FoundationKS168× affinity89 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wichita Foundation · Kansas Health Foundation · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Simply Hygiene Inc · Berry Foundation Inc · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · Ima Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Belin Foundation · Bruce G Cochener 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 the Plains Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of the Plains Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc: 3% of income from government
  • United Way Suncoast Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Heart of Florida United Way Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
55report 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 166 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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