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128 institutional funders have given since 2022, 109 of them directly, through tax year 2025.
Its two largest direct donors
- Buffett Early Childhood Fund$16.0M2022–2025
- Zell Family Foundation$3.1M2022–2024
A free account names its 5 largest direct donors, and the funders behind them.
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Latest return: tax year 2024, Form 990.
| Tax year | Revenue | Expenses | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $115.2M | $116.5M | $98.8M |
| 2023 | $134.9M | $113.8M | $98.0M |
| 2022 | $120.1M | $108.1M | $74.6M |
| 2021 | $92.1M | $89.2M | $61.3M |
| 2020 | $70.5M | $74.3M | $62.7M |
Contributions and grants received in 2024: $108.8M.
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Built from the organization’s public IRS Form 990 filings and the gifts other organizations report on theirs, processed by Aprize. Institutional donors only: individual donors are never shown. Data as of 1 November 2026.
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