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William M Backer Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$650k
Granted FY2025still arriving
52
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$256k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$2.3MArts & Culture$347kPublic Benefit$336kHealth$255kReligion$174kHousing & Shelter$140kAnimals$131kCivil Rights$120kOther$0
02FY2025 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k39 grants · $87k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $147k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $160k
  • $250k+1 grant · $256k
$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL$256,000
AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF FAUQUIER COUNTY$110,000
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER$50,000
CITIZENS FOR FAUQUIER COUNTY$32,000
PIEDMONT JOURNALISM FOUNDATION$25,000
FAUQUIER FREE CLINIC$17,500
WINDY HILL FOUNDATION$12,500
VIRGINIA LEAGUE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD$10,000
GRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FDN$10,000
JUST NEIGHBORS$10,000
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH$10,000
OUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$10,000
GIFFORDS LAW CENTER$5,000
SEVEN LOAVES$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $10k → 17%CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER: $50k → 14%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $25k → 18%OUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%JUST NEIGHBORS: $10k → 6%AMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE: $10k → 7%VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $13k → 9%VIRGINIA INTERFAITH CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $10k → 9%SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK: $13k → 13%VIRGINIA PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT: $10k → 22%GRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FDN: $10k → 15%CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER: $35k → 14%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $25k → 18%OUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK: $10k → 13%GRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FDN: $10k → 15%CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER: $35k → 14%OUR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%JOURNEY THROUGH HOLLOWED GROUNDS: $20k → 4%GRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FDN: $10k → 15%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $25k → 17%CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER: $35k → 14%GRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FDN: $10k → 15%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $13k → 17%CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER: $35k → 14%GRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FDN: $10k → 15%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10k → 17%CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER: $26k → 14%GRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FDN: $10k → 15%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10k → 17%CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER: $25k → 14%CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER: $25k → 14%CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER: $25k → 14%FAUQUIER FREE CLINIC: $28k → 6%FAUQUIER FREE CLINIC: $18k → 6%FAUQUIER FREE CLINIC: $18k → 6%GOOSE CREEK ASSOCIATION: $12k → 6%AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF FAUQUIER COUNTY: $110k → 6%PIEDMONT JOURNALISM FOUNDATION: $35k → 6%PIEDMONT JOURNALISM FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $25k → 6%AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF FAUQUIER COUNTY: $22k → 6%GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $20k → 6%GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $20k → 6%AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF FAUQUIER COUNTY: $17k → 6%PIEDMONT JOURNALISM FOUNDATION: $15k → 6%GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $15k → 6%GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $13k → 6%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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PA
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CO
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KY
VA
MD
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AL
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.
$4.1M · 73 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

73 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
13

Total granted

$4.1M
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+82%

Still filing today

67%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureAnimalsFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TP
    THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
    8× · 2017–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +161%
  • THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $291k · revenue +144%
  • AH
    AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF FAUQUIER COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $168k · revenue +207%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +24%
  • VT
    VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
    one grant, 2021 · $13k
  • AP
    AMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +241%
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
Historic Virginia Land Conservancy

Promoting for the benefit of the general public, the preservation, protection and enjoyment of our natural resources, principally in the lower james, york, rappahannock and chowan rivers and surrounding watersheds.

Environment
2
New River Land Trust

To conserve the rural, natural, and cultural heritage of the new river region, protecting farms, forests, open spaces, and historic places.

Environment
3
Virginia Forestry Association

Vfa promotes stewardship and wise use of the commonwealth's forest resources for the economic and environmental benefits of all virginians.

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4
Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley

Alliance for the shenandoah valley informs and engages people to protect the natural resources, cultural heritages, and rural character of our region.

Community Improvement
5
Virginias United Land Trusts

Virginias United Land Trusts was founded to promote conservation statewide and to coordinate conservation planning and green infrastructure. The Organization offers training and educational programs, like our annual Virginia Land…

Environment
6
Virginia Agribusiness Council

Represent the agriculture, forestry, and agribusiness community in virginia.

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7
Virginia Foundation for Agriculture Innovation and Rural Sustainability

To assist rural virginians in developing and advancing their agricultural, economic and social interests to enhance their quality of life.

Environment
8
Wild Virginia Incorporated

Protecting and connecting virginia's wild places.

Environment
9
Northern Neck Land Conservancy

Northern neck land conservancy's mission is to preserve the rural heritage of the northern neck and essex county by conserving their lands, water, economies and culture for future generations. the land conservancy assists landowners who…

Environment
10
James River Association

The mission of the james river association is to be guardian of the james river. we provide a voice for the river and take action to promote conservation and responsible stewardship of its natural resources.

Environment
11
Virginia Environmental Endowment

The endowment's mission is to improve the quality of the environment by using its capital, expertise, and resources to fund projects and programs that encourage all sectors to work together to prevent pollution, improve water quality,…

Environment
12
Back Country Horsemen of the Virginia Highlands

Maintenace and management of said resource, educate, encourage and solicit active participation

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environment America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Citizens for Fauquier County. 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

56 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. 56 of the 88 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/56
Grantees still filing
49/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $1,988,800 · EnvironmentTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL+18 more: $214,000 · Environment+18 moreGRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $132,500 · OtherGRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCHWINDY HILL FOUNDATION INC: $117,500 · OtherWINDY HILL FOUNDATION INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $97,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODFAUQUIER FREE CLINIC INC: $77,000 · OtherFAUQUIER FREE CLINIC INCRACING MEDICATION & TEST CONSORTIUM: $47,000 · OtherUPPERVILLE COLT & HORSE SHOW INC: $65,000 · OtherUPPERVILLE COLT & HORSE SHOW …VIRGINIA PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT: $45,000 · Other+46 more: $526,900 · Other+46 moreTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $291,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CAMPA…SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN …AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF FAUQUIER COUNTY: $168,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA PIEDMONT HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION: $22,500 · Arts & CultureOATLANDS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMONTPELIER FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Arts & CulturePIEDMONT JOURNALISM FOUNDATION: $85,000 · Community ImprovementTHE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE: $35,500 · Community ImprovementVIRGINIA EQUINE ALLIANCE: $35,000 · Community ImprovementVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $108,500 · EducationTHE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $25,000 · EducationGRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 · AnimalsFAUQUIER SPCA INC: $9,000 · AnimalsMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION: $8,000 · AnimalsTHOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE FOUNDATI DBA THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE: $5,000 · Animals
Environment$2,202,800Other$1,108,400Crime & Legal$341,000Arts & Culture$218,500Community Improvement$155,500Education$133,500Animals$112,000

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 budgetTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $1,988,800 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $291,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetAFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF FAUQUIER COUNTY: $168,000 over 9y, 5.7% of budgetWINDY HILL FOUNDATION INC: $117,500 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $108,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetPIEDMONT JOURNALISM FOUNDATION: $85,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetFAUQUIER FREE CLINIC INC: $77,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetCITIZENS FOR FAUQUIER COUNTY: $67,000 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetUPPERVILLE COLT & HORSE SHOW INC: $65,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT: $45,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetTHE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE: $35,500 over 9y, 9.0% of budgetVIRGINIA EQUINE ALLIANCE: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVIRGINIA PIEDMONT HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION: $22,500 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetFAUQUIER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $21,900 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetGOOSE CREEK ASSOCIATION: $21,500 over 9y, 7.0% of budgetVirginia Interfaith Center For Public Policy: $20,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetVIRGINIA LEAGUE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOCH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetMOC BEAGLES INC: $19,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetTHE CLIFTON INSTITUTE INC: $16,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSustainable Harvest International: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetVIRGINIA THOROUGHBRED ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFAUQUIER EDUCATION FARM INC: $12,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $11,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOATLANDS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBACKSTRETCH EMPLOYEE SERVICE TEAM OF NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAUQUIER SPCA INC: $9,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBULL RUN MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY INC: $9,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTHE LAND TRUST OF VIRGINIA INC: $9,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMONTPELIER FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOME INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFOUNDATION OF THE STATE ARBORETUM OF VIRGINIA: $7,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE FOUNDATI DBA THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $4,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBUCHANAN HALL CORPORATION: $4,000 over 8y, 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.

  • Who funds THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF FAUQUIER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds WINDY HILL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT JOURNALISM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FAUQUIER FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS FOR FAUQUIER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UPPERVILLE COLT & HORSE SHOW INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA EQUINE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA PIEDMONT HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FAUQUIER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOSE CREEK ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Virginia Interfaith Center For Public Policy ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA LEAGUE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds OCH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOC BEAGLES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CLIFTON INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Sustainable Harvest International ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA THOROUGHBRED ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FAUQUIER EDUCATION FARM INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Dun FoundationThe Luminescence Foun…Fauquier Health Found…Wise FoundationAwa Family FoundationNorthern Piedmont Com…Msa Family FundThe Principato Family…McGraw FoundationFrank Mangano Foundat…The Jesse and Rose Lo…The Hall Family Found…
Dun FoundationVA45.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dun Foundation · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · Wise Foundation · Awa Family Foundation · Northern Piedmont Community Foundation · Msa Family Fund · The Principato Family Foundation Inc · McGraw Foundation · Frank Mangano Foundation · The Jesse and Rose Loeb Foundation Inc · The Hall Family Foundation Inc

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 William M Backer Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William M Backer Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to William M Backer Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to William M Backer Foundation Inc 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 88 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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