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University of Pittsburgh

The UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities.

$473M
Granted FY2025still arriving
397
Grants FY2025still arriving
47
States reached
$7.9M
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.

Science & Tech$745MHealth$247MEducation$24MHousing & Shelter$9.0MCommunity Improvement$6.4MSocial Science$2.1MInternational$2.0MHuman Services$1.7MOther$0
02FY2025 · 397 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 397 grants below total $149,101,135, the rows itemized in this filing. The $473,249,493 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $324,148,358 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 $10k41 grants · $287k
  • $10k–50k123 grants · $2.8M
  • $50k–250k116 grants · $14M
  • $250k+117 grants · $132M
$85,782
Median grant
47
States reached
$10.9B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$7,927,252
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$7,469,449
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS$7,084,326
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$3,933,882
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$3,650,442
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY$2,774,645
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$2,760,358
INDIANA UNIVERSITY$2,745,469
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$2,221,932
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$2,189,916
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$2,003,803
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$1,992,854
MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION$1,955,156
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$1,920,464
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$1,845,112
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, $9.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KESSLER FOUNDATION: $211k → 16%KESSLER FOUNDATION: $174k → 16%TIDES CENTER: $147k → 10%INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH INNOVATION: $100k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $100k → 11%CHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $87k → 14%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $90k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $87k → 11%COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORP: $1.1M → 11%COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORP: $1.1M → 11%COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORP: $1.1M → 11%COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORP: $975k → 11%COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORP: $960k → 11%COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORP: $952k → 11%COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORP: $928k → 11%COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORP: $906k → 11%COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORP: $872k → 11%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

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ME
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NH
WA
ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
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.
$950M · 555 repeat orgs$6.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

555 repeat relationships: 362 still active in FY2025, 193 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

555
252

Total granted

$950M
$6.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+20%

Still filing today

58%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $383k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesScience & TechCommunity ImprovementArts & 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

  • CM
    Carnegie Mellon University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $71M · revenue +15%
  • NY
    New York University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $33M · revenue +76%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $26M · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • EW
    Ewald & Wasserman Research Consultants
    one grant, 2018 · $300k
  • AS
    ASCENSION SETON
    one grant, 2022 · $268k · revenue +17%
  • CR
    CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2017 · $263k
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
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
2
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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3
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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6
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
7
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
8
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
11
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meharry Medical College; the most unlike its peers is Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 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

499 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. 499 of the 839 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.

18
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
51
Early backer (in before they grew)
482/499
Grantees still filing
369/499
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Carnegie Mellon University: $71,054,615 · OtherCarnegie Mellon UniversityREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $39,675,506 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $30,041,878 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $18,516,310 · Other+95 more: $357,626,326 · Other+95 moreNew York University: $33,279,573 · EducationNew York UniversityWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $25,724,313 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $24,709,848 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $18,415,362 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard …TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $12,639,459 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $12,094,363 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $11,707,540 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,861,071 · EducationUniversity of Chicago: $10,172,730 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $9,980,128 · EducationYale University: $9,978,466 · Education+35 more: $104,829,149 · Education+35 moreAMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY: $12,290,103 · HealthAMERICAN COLLEGE …HEALTH RESEARCH INC: $11,978,891 · HealthHEALTH RESEARCH I…Vanderbilt University Medical Center: $11,668,846 · HealthVanderbilt Univer…MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $8,664,111 · HealthMAGEE-WOMENS RESE…UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $6,952,048 · HealthThe Broad Institute Inc: $6,033,325 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $5,281,437 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $5,244,706 · Health+39 more: $79,799,075 · Health+39 moreCOMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORPORATION: $8,792,585 · Human ServicesFOCUS ON RENEWAL STO-ROX NEIGHBORHOOD CORPORATION: $4,123,641 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITY: $2,310,421 · Community ImprovementNorthwestern University: $6,296,220 · Recreation & SportsGENEVA FOUNDATION: $2,501,987 · Science & TechThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $1,389,760 · Science & TechJ CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE: $1,057,438 · Science & TechUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $759,264 · Science & Tech
Other$516,914,635Education$284,392,002Health$147,912,542Human Services$8,792,585Community Improvement$6,434,062Recreation & Sports$6,296,220Science & Tech$5,708,449

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 budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $71,054,615 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetNew York University: $33,279,573 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $25,724,313 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $24,709,848 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $18,415,362 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Consortium for Public Education: $13,661,928 over 9y, 54% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $12,639,459 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY: $12,290,103 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $12,094,363 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH RESEARCH INC: $11,978,891 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $11,707,540 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $11,668,846 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,861,071 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,379,962 over 9y, 19% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $10,172,730 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $9,980,128 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetYale University: $9,978,466 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORPORATION: $8,792,585 over 9y, 11% of budgetMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $8,664,111 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $8,627,184 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $8,015,527 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $7,782,369 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $7,408,721 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $6,952,048 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $6,899,081 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $6,296,220 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $6,033,325 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAlbert Einstein College of Medicine Student Housing Co Inc: $5,811,004 over 9y, 15% of budgetEmory University: $5,715,553 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $5,374,463 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $5,281,437 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $5,244,706 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTurtle Creek Valley Mental HealthMental Retardation Inc: $4,748,133 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetUNeHealth: $4,746,495 over 9y, 8.7% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $4,712,086 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $4,456,059 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $4,161,881 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUS ON RENEWAL STO-ROX NEIGHBORHOOD CORPORATION: $4,123,641 over 9y, 26% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $4,020,794 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE: $3,979,640 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $3,942,629 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetVanderbilt University: $3,861,284 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $3,851,636 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $3,801,835 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $3,471,873 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $3,382,475 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCOPD FOUNDATION INC: $3,360,736 over 4y, 14% of budgetVETERANS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3,349,487 over 9y, 22% 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 Carnegie Mellon University ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds The Consortium for Public Education ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗

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.

Vanderbilt University…The Trustees of Colum…Washington UniversityEmory UniversityTrustees of Boston Un…Upmc GroupCornell UniversityThe George Washington…Yale UniversityNorthwestern Universi…Carnegie Mellon Unive…Mayo Clinic
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterTN75.2× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanderbilt University Medical Center · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Washington University · Emory University · Trustees of Boston University · Upmc Group · Cornell University · The George Washington University · Yale University · Northwestern University · Carnegie Mellon University · Mayo Clinic

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine: 100% of income from government
  • Oregon Research Institute: 100% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Christiana Care Health Services Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 839 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home