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University of Notre Dame du Lac at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

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University of Notre Dame du Lac

See Schedule O.

$577M
Granted FY2025still arriving
461
Grants FY2025still arriving
42
States reached
$37M
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.

Education$185MReligion$77MHealth$26MScience & Tech$20MPhilanthropy$17MCommunity Improvement$14MHuman Services$9.1MPublic Benefit$8.2MOther$0
02FY2025 · 461 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 461 grants below total $84,757,102, the rows itemized in this filing. The $576,974,727 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $492,217,625 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 $10k36 grants · $267k
  • $10k–50k236 grants · $5.0M
  • $50k–250k141 grants · $14M
  • $250k+48 grants · $65M
$30,570
Median grant
42
States reached
$29.6B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Catholic Revival Initiative Inc$36,500,000
enFocus Inc$1,552,578
University of California Berkeley$1,430,500
Massachusetts Institute of Technology$1,159,585
South Bend City Church$1,147,841
University of Illinois$1,146,118
National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company$1,000,000
University of Utah$996,979
University of Chicago$921,985
University of Arkansas$847,196
Johns Hopkins University$837,555
Henry M Jackson Foundation$807,566
Purdue University$791,141
South Bend Elkhart Regional Partner$755,397
Georgia Tech Research Corporation$754,625
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, $6.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Catholic Charities of Archdiocese: $150k → 9%Catholic Charities Fort Worth: $60k → 11%Arc Broward Inc: $25k → 13%Livingston County Catholic Charities: $40k → 5%Gianna House Foundation: $141k → 10%Pope Francis Center: $125k → 21%Superior Douglas County Family YMCA: $120k → 11%United Food Force Inc: $30k → 8%New Story Inc: $50k → 14%Women's Care Center: $290k → 13%Joseph's Home: $30k → 17%Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans: $60k → 7%Catholic Charities Fort Worth: $30k → 11%Impact Hub Houston: $45k → 16%Selfless Love Foundation Inc: $40k → 11%Covenant House Michigan: $50k → 21%Superior Douglas Cty Family YMCA: $60k → 11%YWCA Seattle - King County - Snohomish County: $30k → 9%One22 Inc: $50k → 5%American Association of Caregiving: $30k → 11%Youth Haven Inc: $40k → 10%Foster AmericaTides Center: $50k → 10%Caridad Center Inc: $61k → 11%Covenant House Florida Inc: $30k → 13%Women's Care Center: $60k → 13%Children's Place At Home Safe Inc: $35k → 11%Christ Child Society of Detroit: $2.0M → 21%SDSN Association Inc: $100k → 17%Christ Child Society of Detroit: $1.1M → 21%SDSN Association Inc: $100k → 17%Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice: $50k → 9%Society of St Vincent De Paul Detroit: $30k → 21%Friends of Kenyan Orphans: $55k → 21%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington DC: $150k → 14%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington DC: $140k → 14%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington DC: $125k → 14%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington DC: $120k → 14%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington DC: $100k → 14%Misericordia Home: $30k → 14%American Red Cross: $100k → 14%American Red Cross: $60k → 14%Teak Fellowship Inc: $100k → 17%Joyful Heart Foundation: $30k → 17%C24 7 Fathers Arms Ministries: $40k → 14%C24 7 Fathers Arms Ministries: $34k → 14%Hannah's House: $28k → 13%Hannah's House: $25k → 13%Foundation for Center for Hospice a: $50k → 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

AK
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WI
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NJ
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CA
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CO
NE
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KY
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MD
DE
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AR
TN
NC
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HI
OK
LA
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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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$295M · 478 repeat orgs$65M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

478 repeat relationships: 255 still active in FY2025, 223 since wound down; 187 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

478
343

Total granted

$295M
$19M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+14%

Still filing today

62%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46M 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • GT
    GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $12M · revenue +69%
  • Cornell University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $8.1M · revenue +59%
  • EI
    ENFOCUS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $6.8M · revenue +370% · 36% of their budget

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LORD'S PLACE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $2.1M · revenue -8%
  • MU
    Marian University
    one grant, 2022 · $2.0M · revenue +11%
  • MN
    MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue +57%
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
3
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
7
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
10
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
11
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
12
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Heisman Trophy Trust. 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

740 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. 740 of the 1,046 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.

22
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
102
Early backer (in before they grew)
726/740
Grantees still filing
465/740
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION OF HOLY CROSS UNITED STATES PROVINCE INC: $26,460,970 · OtherCONGREGATION OF HOLY CROSS UNITED STATES PROVINCE INCTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $9,491,849 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $9,065,240 · Other+114 more: $137,071,245 · Other+114 moreTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $8,575,190 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES…Cornell University: $8,074,121 · EducationCornell UniversityJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $6,274,285 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERS…University of Chicago: $3,340,563 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $2,638,484 · Education+43 more: $36,384,463 · Education+43 moreCatholic Revival Initiative Inc: $36,500,000 · ReligionCatholic Rev…+1 more: $1,000,000 · ReligionGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $12,078,296 · HealthGEORGIA T…HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE: $4,078,627 · HealthHENRY M J…TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $3,799,013 · HealthTEXAS BIO…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,265,000 · HealthALZHEIMER…Eisenhower Medical Center: $1,100,000 · HealthMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Health+7 more: $3,302,338 · Health+7 moreNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $7,052,281 · PhilanthropyMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $1,575,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $1,266,500 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $732,761 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $600,000 · Philanthropy+7 more: $2,128,234 · PhilanthropyENFOCUS INC: $6,800,013 · Community ImprovementSOUTH BEND ELKHART REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $3,585,469 · Community ImprovementMICHIANA PARTNERSHIP INC: $815,284 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $482,944 · Community Improvement+1 more: $270,000 · Community ImprovementGRASSROOT SOCCER INC: $3,250,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern University: $3,082,355 · Recreation & SportsCELTIC CHARMS INC: $341,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$182,089,304Education$65,287,106Religion$37,500,000Health$27,623,274Philanthropy$13,354,776Community Improvement$11,953,710Recreation & Sports$6,673,355

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $12,078,296 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $8,575,190 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $8,074,121 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $7,052,281 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetENFOCUS INC: $6,800,013 over 8y, 36% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $6,274,285 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE: $4,078,627 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $3,932,598 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $3,799,013 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetSOUTH BEND ELKHART REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $3,585,469 over 7y, 83% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $3,340,563 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGRASSROOT SOCCER INC: $3,250,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetNorthwestern University: $3,082,355 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF DETROIT: $3,067,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $2,638,484 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,265,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame: $2,124,924 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $2,103,168 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $2,060,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetEYE TO EYE INC DBA THE NEURODIVERSITY ALLIANCE: $2,055,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetMarian University: $2,000,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $1,955,272 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $1,818,991 over 5y, 18% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology: $1,617,028 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $1,613,425 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMITS EDUCATION: $1,602,975 over 8y, 13% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1,556,478 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY CROSS COLLEGE INC: $1,320,600 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $1,303,293 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $1,266,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,224,056 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $1,193,302 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $1,100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $1,091,896 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $1,012,193 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER PUBLISHING CO: $1,000,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER: $939,592 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $931,869 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION: $900,745 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $897,152 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $897,008 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $895,347 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetVanderbilt University: $889,405 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUCAR EXCHANGE: $857,944 over 9y, 78% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $851,022 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIANA PARTNERSHIP INC: $815,284 over 6y, 15% of budgetOMAHA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $812,502 over 3y, 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 Catholic Revival Initiative Inc ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds ENFOCUS INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds Seattle Children's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH BEND ELKHART REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds GRASSROOT SOCCER INC ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds THE CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds THE LORD'S PLACE 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.

Pulte Family Charitab…Community Foundation …Judd Leighton Foundat…Carroll F V Char Tr-M…Asante Foundation Inc1st Source Bank Found…United Way of St Jose…Saint Joseph Regional…Memorial Hospital of …Community Foundation …The Pokagon Fund IncFields Foundation Irr…
Pulte Family Charitable FoundationFL147.6× affinity86 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pulte Family Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · Carroll F V Char Tr-Main · Asante Foundation Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · United Way of St Joseph County Inc · Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center- South Bend Campus Inc · Memorial Hospital of South Bend Inc · Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · The Pokagon Fund Inc · Fields Foundation Irr Tua

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 University of Notre Dame du Lac funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from University of Notre Dame du Lac. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine: 100% of income from government
  • Terc Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Henderson Behavioral Health Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 1046 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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