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Vera Institute of Justice Inc

Vera is a national organization that partners with impacted communities and government leaders to transform the criminal, legal, and immigration systems.

$2.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$561k
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.

Crime & Legal$45MHuman Services$12MHealth$5.1MCivil Rights$3.9MInternational$1.8MCommunity Improvement$1.7MPublic Benefit$1.4MEducation$1.3MOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $2,142,324, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,422,399 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $280,075 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 $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $264k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+2 grants · $811k
$50,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$145M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACTIVATING CHANGE INC$560,598
NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS$250,000
THE NEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INC$200,000
PROJECT GUARDIANSHIP INC$138,208
THE LEGAL CLINIC$100,000
LEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER$100,000
ONWARD LEGACY FOUNDATION$68,400
THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY MEDIATION AND FACILITATION INC$64,800
RESTORATIVE ARLINGTON$64,800
ORANGE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA$64,800
OAR OF FAIRFAX INC$64,800
COMMUNITIES FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INC$64,800
NICHOLS CENTER INC$64,800
NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH LAW$50,000
TAKEACTION MINNESOTA EDUCATION FUND$40,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $19.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ASCENTRIA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $53k → 11%IMMIGRANT LEGAL CENTER: $211k → 12%NOAH'S HOUSE: $53k → 9%DBA JEWISH FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $183k → 11%HO'OLA LAHUI HAWAI'I KAUA'I COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $75k → 9%YOUTH CENTER OF WESTCHESTER: $260k → 9%HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS: $53k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER HOUSTON: $495k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON: $304k → 16%IMMIGRATION COUNSELING SERVICE: $219k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS: $105k → 23%ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES BALTIMORE: $264k → 11%NATIONAL LATIN NETWORK - CASA DE ESPERANZA: $104k → 14%YOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER: $68k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $53k → 14%LATINO MEMPHIS INC: $237k → 17%NATIONAL LATIN NETWORK - CASA DE ESPERANZA: $80k → 14%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $347k → 22%DEAFHOPE: $102k → 10%YOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER: $53k → 10%ACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $5.6M → 14%NATIONAL LATIN NETWORK - CASA DE ESPERANZA: $75k → 14%DEAF HOPE: $92k → 10%ESPERANZA IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT CATHOLICCHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $946k → 14%ACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $1.7M → 14%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $110k → 22%ACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $1.6M → 14%NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $253k → 14%OPERATION RESTORATION: $95k → 23%HIAS PENNSYLVANIA: $161k → 22%NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $250k → 14%OPERATION RESTORATION: $88k → 23%HIAS AND COUNCIL MIGRATION SERVICE OF PHILADELPHIA INC DBA HIAS PENNSYLVAN: $82k → 22%NATIONAL CRITTENTON: $250k → 20%NATIONAL CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME: $222k → 14%NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $250k → 14%IMMIGRATION CENTER FOR WOMEN: $777k → 14%NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $250k → 14%CENTRAL AMERICA RESOURCE CENTER: $620k → 14%NATIONAL CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME: $164k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO: $318k → 10%CENTRAL AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER (CARECEN) OF CALIFORNIA: $264k → 14%NATIONAL CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME: $88k → 14%HEARTLAND ALLIANCE: $150k → 14%AYUDA: $188k → 14%THE ARC: $124k → 14%THE ARC: $109k → 14%THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES: $90k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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VT
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
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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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$47M · 112 repeat orgs$28M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

112 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 100 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

112
130

Total granted

$47M
$27M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+19%

Still filing today

87%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $740k 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 ServicesCrime & LegalCivil RightsPublic BenefitHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AC
    ACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $8.9M · revenue ×16
  • AC
    ACTIVATING CHANGE INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $4.8M · revenue +53% · 81% of their budget
  • IJ
    IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $3.8M · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • FI
    FLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1.7M · revenue -37%
  • AB
    American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education
    one grant, 2022 · $1.5M · revenue -1%
  • HA
    Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights
    one grant, 2022 · $1.3M · revenue -75%
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
Nijc Nfp

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is a leader in advancing immigrant rights through its unique strategy drawing on its legal services to promote legal reform through litigation, advocacy and strategic communications.

Crime & Legal
2
Equal Justice Center

The Equal Justice Center is a non-profit law firm and employment justice organization which empowers low-income families, workers, and communities to achieve fair treatment in the workplace, in the justice system, and in our shared society…

Civil Rights
3
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

As one of the most enduring civil rights institutions on the West Coast, we work to dismantle systems of oppression and racism, and build an equitable and just society.

—
4
Justice Action Center

Justice Action Center JAC pilots an innovative model that advances the rights of immigrant communities by connecting cutting-edge impact litigation and compelling narrative and communications content. The purpose of JAC is to advance the…

Civil Rights
5
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
6
Detention Watch Network

Detention Watch Network seeks to end the cruel system of immigration detention via programs of grassroots organizing, strategic communications, and collective advocacy.

Human Services
7
Youth Represent Inc

Youth represent uses legal services, policy advocacy, peer education, and other tools to build power and opportunity for black, latine, and other youth of color who the criminal legal system and other systems of oppression harm the most.…

Crime & Legal
8
District of Columbia Access to Justice

Work with DC courts, private bar & legal services providers to increase legal representations for low & moderate income DC residents, enhance efficiency of legal services, and reduce barriers to the judicial system.

Crime & Legal
9
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
10
Arkansas Justice Collective Aiding Survivors of Trafficking and Chil

Arkansas justice collective is a nonprofit law firm serving survivors of trafficking and child abuse across arkansas and the region.

Public Benefit
11
Ascend Justice

Our mission is to empower individuals and families impacted by gender-based violence or the child welfare system to achieve safety and stability through holistic legal advocacy and systemic reform. we are working toward strong communities…

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12
California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice

Ccij utilizes coordination, advocacy, and legal services to fight for the liberationof immigrants in detention in california. we seek to empower immigrants in detentionand their communities through technical assistance, education, and…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Immigrant Rights Project; the most unlike its peers is River Valley Organizing. 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

233 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. 233 of the 264 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.

11
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
55
Early backer (in before they grew)
227/233
Grantees still filing
161/233
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC: $3,755,700 · Crime & LegalIMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INCKIND INC: $2,367,628 · Crime & LegalKIND INCCAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS COALITION: $1,872,167 · Crime & LegalCAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS…FLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $1,701,193 · Crime & LegalFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RI…American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $1,538,371 · Crime & LegalAmerican Bar Association Fund f…PUBLIC COUNSEL: $1,258,981 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC COUNSELImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $1,220,416 · Crime & LegalImmigrant Defenders Law CenterGalveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project: $1,154,901 · Crime & LegalGalveston-Houston Immigrant Rep…Michigan Advocacy Program: $730,693 · Crime & Legal+35 more: $4,729,715 · Crime & Legal+35 moreACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $8,884,548 · Human ServicesACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICECATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $1,264,047 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGE…NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $1,002,500 · Human ServicesCentral American Resource Center - CARECEN - of California: $883,361 · Human ServicesIMMIGRATION CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN: $776,762 · Human ServicesCAMINAR LATINO INC: $755,326 · Human Services+38 more: $6,367,878 · Human Services+38 moreMILPA: $3,202,255 · OtherMILPAHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $1,296,409 · OtherHeartland Alliance for Human Nee…PRISONERS' LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,244,355 · OtherPRISONERS' LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW…Erie County Bar Association: $1,191,750 · OtherErie County Bar AssociationPROJECT GUARDIANSHIP INC: $1,043,908 · Other+79 more: $13,571,694 · Other+79 moreACTIVATING CHANGE INC: $4,766,171 · Health+5 more: $324,647 · HealthInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,474,876 · InternationalMID-SOUTH IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES INC: $1,121,901 · InternationalCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $374,177 · InternationalThe Advocates For Human Rights: $220,692 · InternationalREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $855,762 · Civil RightsCOMMUNITY JUSTICE ALLIANCE INC: $757,013 · Civil RightsROCKY MOUNTAIN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK: $292,984 · Civil RightsNEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $250,612 · Civil RightsBROOKLYN DEFENDER SERVICES: $128,649 · Civil Rights+5 more: $159,500 · Civil RightsFORGE INC: $392,405 · EducationCHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP: $384,464 · EducationNew York University: $318,366 · EducationUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $235,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $169,762 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationONWARD A LEGACY FOUNDATION: $68,400 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $66,735 · Education
Crime & Legal$20,329,765Human Services$19,934,422Other$21,550,371Health$5,090,818International$3,191,646Civil Rights$2,444,520Education$1,735,132

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $8,884,548 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetACTIVATING CHANGE INC: $4,766,171 over 4y, 81% of budgetIMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC: $3,755,700 over 3y, 21% of budgetMILPA: $3,202,255 over 4y, 33% of budgetKIND INC: $2,367,628 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS COALITION: $1,872,167 over 2y, 16% of budgetFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $1,701,193 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $1,538,371 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,474,876 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $1,296,409 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $1,264,047 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPUBLIC COUNSEL: $1,258,981 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetPRISONERS' LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,244,355 over 1y, 19% of budgetImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $1,220,416 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetGalveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project: $1,154,901 over 1y, 73% of budgetMID-SOUTH IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES INC: $1,121,901 over 1y, 53% of budgetPROJECT GUARDIANSHIP INC: $1,043,908 over 5y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS: $1,002,500 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetCentral American Resource Center - CARECEN - of California: $883,361 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $855,762 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetIMMIGRATION CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN: $776,762 over 1y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITY JUSTICE ALLIANCE INC: $757,013 over 1y, 27% of budgetCAMINAR LATINO INC: $755,326 over 4y, 22% of budgetMichigan Advocacy Program: $730,693 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetDIOCESAN MIGRANT & REFUGEE SERVICES INC: $698,467 over 1y, 14% of budgetTHE DOOR - A CENTER OF ALTERNATIVES INC: $643,959 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK: $608,226 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION INC: $595,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetEND DOMESTIC ABUSE WISCONSIN THE WI COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $582,494 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME INC: $521,216 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $495,484 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA: $456,907 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCOALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $440,480 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA IMMIGRATION RESOURCE CENTER: $429,851 over 2y, 18% of budgetAMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC F/K/A FLA IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $398,709 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetFORGE INC: $392,405 over 4y, 32% of budgetCENTRO LEGAL DE LA RAZA: $390,493 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP: $384,464 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEAST BAY SANCTUARY COVENANT: $376,859 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $374,177 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF OAKLAND: $353,864 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY LAW CENTER: $352,432 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON STATE BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER: $349,097 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetThe Commonwealth Institute for: $343,400 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCatholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami Inc: $342,822 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetCANAL ALLIANCE: $332,250 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBET TZEDEK: $323,761 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES: $322,636 over 3y, 1.2% 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.

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.

Equal Justice WorksBorealis PhilanthropyImmigrant Justice Cor…Fwdus Education Fund …NEO Philanthropy IncPublic Welfare Founda…Immigrant Legal Resou…Tides CenterCatholic Legal Immigr…Amalgamated Charitabl…Rockefeller Philanthr…New Venture Fund
Equal Justice WorksDC57.2× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Equal Justice Works · Borealis Philanthropy · Immigrant Justice Corps Inc · Fwdus Education Fund Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Public Welfare Foundation Inc · Immigrant Legal Resource Center · Tides Center · Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · New Venture Fund

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 Vera Institute of Justice Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vera Institute of Justice Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 37%
  • International Association for Indigenous Aging: 100% of income from government
  • Triangle Inc: 90% of income from government
  • Victim Rights Law Center Inc: 89% of income from government
  • Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Inc: 82% of income from government
  • Legal Services of New Jersey Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Florida Legal Services Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • National Florence Crittenton Mission: 24% of income from government
  • Immigration Counseling Service Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Community Catalyst Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • National Center for Victims of Crime Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Communities for Restorative Justice Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
77report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely 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 264 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
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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