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Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation at a glance

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Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$749k
Granted FY2025still arriving
68
Grants FY2025still arriving
22
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$3.8MEducation$560kEnvironment$291kYouth Development$275kHealth$164kPhilanthropy$131kHuman Services$111kCommunity Improvement$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k35 grants · $147k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $402k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$7,500
Median grant
22
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
METROPOLITAN GOLF FOUNDATION$100,000
EVANSTON WILMETTE GOLF COURSE ASSOC$50,000
NATIONAL LINKS TRUST$50,000
THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER CHICAGO$25,000
ILLINOIS PGA FOUNDATION$25,000
CHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION F$25,000
THE TURN$20,000
MARYVILLE GOLF ACADEMY$20,000
REVELATIONGOLF$20,000
NORTHERN TEXAS PGA FOUNDATION$15,000
DILLON JUNIOR GOLF$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
VETERANS GOLFERS ASSOCIATIN$15,000
US ADAPTIVE GOLF ASSOCIATION$15,000
PLAINFILD NORTH WHITE TIGERS ATH BO$12,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%STAND UP AND PLAY FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%WHEELCHAIRS 4 KIDS: $3k → 12%THE FIRST TEE OF TAMPA BAY: $10k → 13%INCLUDE ABILITY: $4k → 10%EASTERSEALS OF JOLIET REGION: $5k → 7%WHEELCHAIRS 4 KIDS: $2k → 12%THE FIRST TEE OF TAMPA BAY: $10k → 13%EASTERSEALS OF JOLIET REGION: $5k → 7%EASTERSEALS OF JOLIET REGION: $5k → 7%WHEELCHAIRS 4 KIDS: $1k → 12%EASTERSEALS OF JOLIET REGION: $5k → 7%EASTERSEALS OF JOLIET REGION: $5k → 7%WHEELCHAIRS 4 KIDS: $1k → 12%EASTERSEALS OF JOLIET REGION: $5k → 7%EASTERSEALS OF JOLIET REGION: $5k → 7%WHEELCHAIRS 4 KIDS: $1k → 12%WHEELCHAIRS 4 KIDS: $1k → 12%SOUTH WEST SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOC: $5k → 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

WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
WV
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 85 repeat orgs$802k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

85 repeat relationships: 50 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

85
25

Total granted

$5.0M
$547k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+31%

Still filing today

59%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $255k 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
Recreation & SportsEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • EW
    EVANSTON WILMETTE GOLF COURSE ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $546k · revenue +226%
  • TF
    THE FIRST TEE OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $155k · revenue +303%
  • CL
    CLEARVIEW LEGACY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION PRESERVATION & RESEARCH
    3× · 2021–2023 · $150k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • NC
    NODAWAY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -80%
  • FT
    FIRST TEE - AIKEN
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
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
Indianapolis Junior Golf Foundation
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2
Golf Association of Philadelphia Foundation
Recreation & Sports
3
Illinois Professional Golfers Association Foundation Inc

To connect golf professionals with local youth organiations to promote youth development through golf, as well as offer scholarships to qualifed individuals to develop youth.

Recreation & Sports
4
All Abilities Golf Academy
Recreation & Sports
5
The Scga Foundation

The mission of the scga junior golf foundation is to develop an inclusive golf community that enables kids to thrive on and beyond the course. we believe that every kid in southern california, no matter their circumstance, should have the…

Recreation & Sports
6
The Texas Golf Association Foundation

To promote and expand community awareness of the game of golf in texas through programs serving junior golfers and the community at large.

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7
Southern Texas Professional Golfers Association Foundation

To introduce and provide youth in south texas broad opportunities to experience the game of golf, develop their talent as players and themselves as individuals and promote scholarship benefits to as many qualified candidates as possible.…

Recreation & Sports
8
Illinois Junior Golf Association

The illinois junior golf association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing playing opportunities for its members ages 8-18, conducting educational clinics and events, and serving as a junior golf informational…

Recreation & Sports
9
Wpga Junior Foundation Inc

To provide positive opportunities, enjoyment, and education to juniors in the game of golf. the mission will be accomplished through tournaments, clinics, camps, academies, scholarships, and grants.

Recreation & Sports
10
United States Golf Association

The united states golf association champions and advances the game of golf. it serves millions of golfers and thousands of golf courses both within the united states and around the world through programs and services that promote a…

Recreation & Sports
11
American Golf Foundation

American Golf Foundation is dedicated to the enhancement and enrichment of communities by promoting the enjoyment of the game of golf and its ideals through charity, education and community service.

Employment
12
Carolinas Golf Association

The cga is a non-profit service organization that was formed in 1909 to conduct championships and tournaments for amateur golfers in north and south carolina, administer the usga handicap system in the carolinas, and support its membership…

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids Golf Foundation of Illinois; the most unlike its peers is Illinois Turfgrass Endowment Attn Luke Cella. 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

74 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. 74 of the 128 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/74
Grantees still filing
48/74
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EVANSTON WILMETTE GOLF COURSE ASSOCIATION: $545,500 · OtherEVANSTON WILMETTE GOLF COURSE ASSOCIATIONFOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF KANE CO: $250,000 · OtherFOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF KANE COBARRIER FREE GOLF INC: $150,000 · OtherREVELATION GOLF INC: $135,000 · OtherMARION MILITARY INSTITUTE: $135,000 · OtherAKRON GENERAL FOUNDATION CHALLENGE: $125,000 · OtherCHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION: $125,000 · Other+79 more: $2,069,050 · Other+79 moreBobby Jones Golf Course Foundation Inc: $300,000 · Recreation & SportsBobby Jones Golf Course…THE FIRST TEE OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION: $155,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE FIRST TEE OF CHICAG…METROPOLITAN GOLF FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsMETROPOLITAN GOLF FOUND…US KIDS GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 · Recreation & SportsUS KIDS GOLF FOUNDATION…FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST PARKS & REC FOUNDATION: $82,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST …CADDIE & LEADERSHIP ACADEMY OF SE WI INC: $72,500 · Recreation & SportsCADDIE & LEADERSHIP ACA…FIRST TEE OF TROUP COUNTY GEORGIA: $67,700 · Recreation & SportsFIRST TEE OF TROUP COUN…GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsFIRST TEE GREATER CHARLESTON: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF VALLEY FIELDS INC: $50,000 · Recreation & Sports+12 more: $210,100 · Recreation & Sports+12 moreMISSOURI JUNIOR GOLF SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $160,000 · EducationMISSOURI JUN…CLEARVIEW LEGACY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION PRESERVATION & RESEARCH: $150,000 · EducationCLEARVIEW LE…University of Illinois Foundation: $100,000 · EducationUniversity o…THE TURN: $66,000 · EducationTHE TURNAURORA UNIVERSITY: $57,500 · EducationAURORA UNIVE…Lewis University: $52,500 · EducationLewis Univer…LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $30,000 · Education+5 more: $25,500 · EducationPROVO FOUNDATION: $95,000 · PhilanthropyPARKS FOUNDATION OF HIGHLAND PARK: $59,378 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL LINKS TRUST: $50,000 · Arts & CultureGOLF MY FUTURE MYGAME: $37,500 · Arts & CultureTENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Arts & CultureNODAWAY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $100,000 · Community ImprovementTHE WARRIOR ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 · Public BenefitON COURSE FOUNDATION USA: $35,000 · Public Benefit
Other$3,534,550Recreation & Sports$1,222,300Education$641,500Philanthropy$154,378Arts & Culture$102,500Community Improvement$100,000Public Benefit$85,000

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 budgetEVANSTON WILMETTE GOLF COURSE ASSOCIATION: $545,500 over 7y, 11% of budgetBobby Jones Golf Course Foundation Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetMISSOURI JUNIOR GOLF SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 3y, 39% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION: $155,000 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetBARRIER FREE GOLF INC: $150,000 over 3y, 39% of budgetCLEARVIEW LEGACY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION PRESERVATION & RESEARCH: $150,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetREVELATION GOLF INC: $135,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetCHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION: $125,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNODAWAY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $100,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetPROVO FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetUS KIDS GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST PARKS & REC FOUNDATION: $82,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCADDIE & LEADERSHIP ACADEMY OF SE WI INC: $72,500 over 6y, 13% of budgetTEE-LO GOLF INC: $70,000 over 2y, 55% of budgetFIRST TEE OF TROUP COUNTY GEORGIA: $67,700 over 8y, 32% of budgetTHE TURN: $66,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetUSAGA UNITED STATES ADAPTIVE GOLF ALLIANCE: $65,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetCANTIGNY FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION: $60,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGATOR JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION: $60,000 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetPARKS FOUNDATION OF HIGHLAND PARK: $59,378 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAURORA UNIVERSITY: $57,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLewis University: $52,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetTHE WARRIOR ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFIRST TEE GREATER CHARLESTON: $50,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF VALLEY FIELDS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetWORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGOLF MY FUTURE MYGAME: $37,500 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF JOLIET REGION INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetON COURSE FOUNDATION USA: $35,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN TEXAS PGA FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHIGHLAND GOLF ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $25,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM GOLF ASSOCIATION: $25,400 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUEINC: $25,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetGOLF FOR LIFE NFP: $25,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetJANUS DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES: $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKIDS GOLF FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS: $25,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetARIZONA WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION: $22,500 over 5y, 16% of budgetTHE AUDUBON SOCIETY OF NEW YORK STATE INC: $22,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS TURFGRASS ENDOWMENT ATTN LUKE CELLA: $17,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $15,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEAD ELEMENTARY: $15,000 over 2y, 15% 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 EVANSTON WILMETTE GOLF COURSE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Bobby Jones Golf Course Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI JUNIOR GOLF SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FIRST TEE OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BARRIER FREE GOLF INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEARVIEW LEGACY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION PRESERVATION & RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds REVELATION GOLF INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NODAWAY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds PROVO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds US KIDS GOLF FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST PARKS & REC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CADDIE & LEADERSHIP ACADEMY OF SE WI INC ↗
  • Who funds TEE-LO GOLF INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST TEE OF TROUP COUNTY GEORGIA ↗
  • Who funds THE TURN ↗
  • Who funds USAGA UNITED STATES ADAPTIVE GOLF ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CANTIGNY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GATOR JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds PARKS FOUNDATION OF HIGHLAND PARK ↗
  • Who funds AURORA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Lewis University ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL LINKS TRUST ↗
  • Who funds GLENVIEW PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WARRIOR ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST TEE GREATER CHARLESTON ↗

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.

Pga Tour IncWorld Golf Foundation…American Junior Golf …Dick's Sporting Goods…United States Golf As…Pga Tour First Tee Fo…Pga Foundation IncThe Rich FoundationThe Jordan Spieth Fam…Southern Company Char…The Knox FoundationThe Arthur M Blank Fa…
Pga Tour IncFL31.1× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pga Tour Inc · World Golf Foundation Inc · American Junior Golf Foundation Inc · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · United States Golf Association · Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc · Pga Foundation Inc · The Rich Foundation · The Jordan Spieth Family Foundation · Southern Company Charitable Foundation Inc · The Knox Foundation · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Tampa Metropolitan Area Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 128 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-PF 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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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