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Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

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Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States

The organization's purpose is to provide fraternal, patriotic, historical, and educational services; to preserve and strengthen comradeship among members; to assist worthy veterans; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the government of the united states…

$11M
Granted FY2025still arriving
96
Grants FY2025still arriving
51
States reached
$652k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$70MPublic Benefit$4.6MArts & Culture$530kRecreation & Sports$82kHealth$50kCrime & Legal$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kEducation$15k
02FY2025 · 96 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 96 grants below total $8,460,646, the rows itemized in this filing. The $11,258,266 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,797,620 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 $10k23 grants · $150k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $580k
  • $50k–250k38 grants · $4.2M
  • $250k+9 grants · $3.5M
$45,587
Median grant
51
States reached
$293M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VFW Department of California$651,660
VFW Department of Pennsylvania$466,473
VFW Department of Texas$449,872
VFW Department of Florida$380,868
VFW Department of New York$363,878
VFW Department of Illinois$325,738
VFW Department of Ohio$311,262
VFW Department of North Carolina$290,893
VFW Department of Michigan$283,052
VFW Department of New Jersey$231,175
VFW Department of Washington$212,493
VFW Department of Wisconsin$208,975
VFW Department of Virginia$198,368
VFW Department of Minnesota$193,093
VFW Department of Missouri$192,216
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, $759k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VFW NATIOANL HOME: $97k → 9%CAMP WOODS YMCA: $5k → 11%AGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%VFW NATIOANL HOME: $94k → 9%AGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%VFW NATIOANL HOME: $87k → 9%Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation: $10k → 13%VFW NATIOANL HOME: $86k → 9%FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROS: $15k → 5%VFW NATIOANL HOME: $84k → 9%VFW NATIOANL HOME: $73k → 9%FRIENDS IN SERVICE OF HEROS: $5k → 5%VFW National Home: $70k → 9%VFW National Home: $70k → 9%VFW NATIOANL HOME: $43k → 9%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
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$74M · 111 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

111 repeat relationships: 81 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

111
78

Total granted

$74M
$938k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+3%

Still filing today

79%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $204k 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
Public BenefitArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • VO
    VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $5.8M · revenue +26% · 39% of their budget
  • VO
    VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE VFW-PENN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.2M · revenue +29%
  • VO
    Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.7M · revenue +274%

Funded once

  • US
    UNITED STATES FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF WORLD WARS
    one grant, 2017 · $400k · revenue -46%
  • BG
    BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES E MCGEE POST 341 VFW
    one grant, 2018 · $31k
  • CA
    CSM A C COTTON POST 12209 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
    one grant, 2022 · $19k
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
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Jurupa Post No 10267

To preserve & strengthen comradeship among the members who are past or present member of the Armed Forces of the United States; perpetuate the memory and history of the dead; assist widows & orphans; maintain allegiance to the government…

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2
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Us

That the mission of this corporation shall be fraternal, patriotic, historical, and educational to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members to assist worthy comrade to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead,and to…

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3
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Us

To serve living veterans through community service, national security and a strong national defense.

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4
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United State Dept

To provide activities to honor veterans

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5
Veterans Foreign Wars

To support Veterans of Foreign Wats per national charter

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6
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 12205
Public Benefit
7
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Incorporated

To serve the needs of veterans of foreign wars and their families.

Public Benefit
8
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Department of Ohio

Support of veterans

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9
Veterans of Foreign Wars

Veterans service organization; to promote patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of american freedom. the vfw sponsors more than 500 service projects and donates over 8,000 hours annually to serve our local community

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10
Veterans of Foreign Wars

The vfw has been supporting and honoring the military veterans and their families since 1914.

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11
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Us Dept of Wa 3057 Gen James H Doolittle S Beach

Service Members, Award Scholarships, Support Local Community Events and Charitable Organizations.

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12
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Illinois

Help veterans with their health insurance and other benefits.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Mo; the most unlike its peers is Grunt Style 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

152 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. 152 of the 204 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.

44
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
144/152
Grantees still filing
91/152
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA: $5,831,556 · OtherVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIAVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE VFW-PENN: $4,228,313 · OtherVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE VFW-PENNVeterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX: $3,670,746 · OtherVeterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TXVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES INC DEPT OF FLORIDA: $3,519,787 · OtherVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES INC DEPT OF FLORIDAVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE US DEPT OF OHIO: $2,878,801 · OtherVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of Michigan: $2,545,256 · OtherDEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS VETERANS OF FOREI: $2,298,568 · Other+142 more: $39,956,971 · Other+142 moreVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES-DEPT OF NEW YORK INC: $3,209,063 · Public BenefitVETERANS OF…Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept VFW KY: $824,792 · Public BenefitVeterans of…DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES: $810,276 · Public BenefitDEPARTMENT …DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS: $755,883 · Public BenefitDEPARTMENT …VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF DELAWARE: $479,194 · Public BenefitVETERANS OF…VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE US DEPT OF MT: $369,475 · Public BenefitVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES AUXILIARY DEPT CA: $346,221 · Public Benefit+25 more: $1,149,721 · Public Benefit+25 moreVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION: $823,526 · EmploymentVFW NATIONAL HOME: $703,502 · Human ServicesAGELESS AVIATION DREAMS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Human Services+2 more: $25,000 · Human ServicesUNITED STATES FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF WORLD WARS: $400,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTHE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $29,697 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $50,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $40,000 · HealthWAR HORSES FOR VETERANS INC: $35,000 · HealthGEORGETOWN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGRUNT STYLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMILITARY TIMES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTravis Manion Foundation: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$64,929,998Public Benefit$7,944,625Employment$823,526Human Services$758,502Arts & Culture$529,697Health$125,000Philanthropy$40,000

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 budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA: $5,831,556 over 9y, 39% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE VFW-PENN: $4,228,313 over 9y, 20% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX: $3,670,746 over 9y, 13% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES INC DEPT OF FLORIDA: $3,519,787 over 9y, 29% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES-DEPT OF NEW YORK INC: $3,209,063 over 9y, 36% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE US DEPT OF OHIO: $2,878,801 over 9y, 25% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of Michigan: $2,545,256 over 9y, 17% of budgetDEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS VETERANS OF FOREI: $2,298,568 over 7y, 34% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF NEW JERSEY: $2,049,564 over 9y, 34% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF WASHINGTON: $1,900,459 over 9y, 21% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF NC: $1,858,224 over 9y, 36% of budgetDEPARTMENT OF WISCONSIN OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES: $1,852,290 over 9y, 26% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA: $1,796,619 over 9y, 28% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT OF MO: $1,734,106 over 9y, 18% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT OF MINNESOTA: $1,730,132 over 9y, 37% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT VFW MASS: $1,672,923 over 9y, 57% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of Indiana: $1,622,019 over 9y, 43% of budgetDEPARTMENT OF MARYLAND VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES: $1,366,240 over 9y, 31% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF ARIZONA: $1,318,926 over 9y, 35% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED S TATES AUXILIARY: $1,260,017 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept: $1,055,273 over 9y, 27% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Georgia: $980,557 over 9y, 21% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF IOWA: $965,847 over 9y, 37% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF OREGON: $944,534 over 9y, 29% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF OKLAHOMA: $892,913 over 9y, 60% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Dept VFW KY: $824,792 over 9y, 43% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION: $823,526 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetDEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES: $810,276 over 9y, 27% of budgetDEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS: $755,883 over 9y, 34% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF U S DEPT OF HAWAII: $730,648 over 9y, 80% of budgetVFW NATIONAL HOME: $703,502 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF LOUISIANA: $627,896 over 9y, 36% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT OF NV: $626,929 over 9y, 80% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS: $608,895 over 9y, 39% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO OF THE U S: $607,454 over 9y, 49% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF NEBRASKA: $588,921 over 9y, 20% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF NH: $569,031 over 9y, 22% of budgetDEPARTMENT OF MAINE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES: $567,357 over 9y, 22% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF CONNECTICUT: $558,107 over 5y, 29% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE US DEPT OF KS: $545,329 over 5y, 18% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS: $480,976 over 9y, 28% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF DELAWARE: $479,194 over 9y, 41% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT OF ND: $478,001 over 9y, 32% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the US Department of Vermont: $460,594 over 9y, 28% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF WYOMING: $441,344 over 9y, 55% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Department of Rhode Island: $437,623 over 9y, 94% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA: $429,092 over 9y, 40% of budgetDEPARTMENT OF ALASKA VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS: $419,604 over 9y, 11% 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 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE VFW-PENN ↗
  • Who funds Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of TX ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES INC DEPT OF FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES-DEPT OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE US DEPT OF OHIO ↗
  • Who funds Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS VETERANS OF FOREI ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF NC ↗
  • Who funds DEPARTMENT OF WISCONSIN OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT OF MO ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT VFW MASS ↗
  • Who funds Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Indiana ↗
  • Who funds DEPARTMENT OF MARYLAND VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED S TATES AUXILIARY ↗
  • Who funds Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept ↗
  • Who funds Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Georgia ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF OREGON ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF OKLAHOMA ↗
  • Who funds Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept VFW KY ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES ↗
  • Who funds DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF U S DEPT OF HAWAII ↗
  • Who funds VFW NATIONAL HOME ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF LOUISIANA ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT OF NV ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO OF THE U S ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE OF NH ↗
  • Who funds DEPARTMENT OF MAINE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF CONNECTICUT ↗

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.

Veterans of Foreign W…THDF II Inc DBA The H…Jewish Community Foun…Greater Kansas City C…Verizon FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …The Pfizer Foundation…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Network for Good
Veterans of Foreign Wars FoundationMO23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good

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 Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • National Shooting Sports Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 204 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