How we measured funder matching

We hid each organization's own grant history and ranked funders using only its state, city and cause area — the same method the product uses for a new client. Training data was grants from tax years 2021–2023. A “hit at 10” means at least one foundation that actually made a first-time grant to that organization in tax year 2024 appeared among the first 10 suggestions.

Organizations that only received grants from funders they already had in the training years were not counted (1,278 skipped). 9 pass-through or micro-gift funders were left out of both the ranking and the scoring, because nobody can apply to them. Limits: the data covers US private foundations in IRS 990-PF filings only. Most suggestions will not be a funder for that organization — about 2.9% of the top 10 actually funded them the next year. Always check current guidelines.