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Be the Change Inc

Be the change, inc.

$1.1M
Granted FY2017
27
Grants FY2017
15
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • $10k–50k15 grants · $377k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $705k
$35,067
Median grant
15
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VETERANS IN FILM & TELEVISION$90,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DRUG COURT PROFESSIONALS$90,000
THE 6TH BRANCH$70,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$55,000
THE TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY$50,000
THE MISSION CONTINUES$50,000
US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION$50,000
GIVE AN HOUR$50,000
TEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC$50,000
TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS$50,000
TEAM RUBICON$50,000
TRAVIS MANION FOUNDATION$50,000
BLUE STAR FAMILIES$46,000
MILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITION$35,067
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC$35,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%THE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%AMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $25k → 18%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

MT
IL
NY
IN
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
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 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
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
2
Military Officers Association of America

Preserve and protect earned benefits for our uniformed services, veterans, their families, and surviving spouses through advocacy, leadership, education and service. provide first-class service to our members. we are the leading voice on…

Public Benefit
3
Hire Heroes Usa Inc

Hire heroes usa empowers u.s. military members, veterans and military spouses to succeed in the civilian workforce. as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, hire heroes usa's services are provided at no cost to the client.

Education
4
Special Operators Transition Foundation Inc

The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.

Public Benefit
5
Vetality Corp

Services for veterans

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6
Amvets (American Veterans)

Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…

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7
The Honor Foundation Inc

Assists u.s. special operation forces transition from active duty military to private sector careers.

Employment
8
About Face Veterans Against the War

We work to build a service-member and veteran led movement that ends militarism by transforming ourselves, military culture and american society.

Public Benefit
9
Team Viac

WORKING TO HELP REDUCE VETERAN SUICIDE We are currently serving 55 local veterans and a growiing number from the country.

Public Benefit
10
Usvets - Texas

The successful transition of u.s. military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.

Human Services
11
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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12
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Red White & Blue Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 27 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
19/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALL RISE FOR JUSTICE: $90,000 · HealthALL RISE FOR JUSTICENORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC: $70,000 · HealthNORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITU…THE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $50,000 · HealthTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT …TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $50,000 · HealthTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM …PURDUE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF: $50,000 · OtherPURDUE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OFChamber of Commerce of the USA: $50,000 · OtherChamber of Commerce of the USABUNKER LABS NFP INC: $34,000 · OtherBUNKER LABS NFP INCGI FILM FESTIVAL: $25,000 · OtherGI FILM FESTIVALSERVICE TO SCHOOL: $24,000 · OtherSERVICE TO SCHOOLTEAM RUBICON INC: $50,000 · OtherTEAM RUBICON INCAMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $25,000 · OtherAMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INCTHE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherTHE COMMIT FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $35,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL IN…OUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIA: $20,000 · OtherOUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIASERVICE YEAR EXCHANGE INC: $12,500 · OtherTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $50,000 · Public BenefitTEAM RED WHIT…BLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $46,000 · Public BenefitBLUE STAR FAM…GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Public BenefitGLOBAL WAR ON…VETERAN TICKETS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Public BenefitVETERAN TICKE…Teach for America Inc: $55,000 · EducationTeach for A…MILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITION: $35,067 · EducationMILITARY CH…Armed Services Arts Partnership: $15,000 · EducationArmed Servi…Travis Manion Foundation: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTravis Ma…PAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyPAT TILLM…POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyPOINTS OF…Veterans in Media & Entertainment: $90,000 · Arts & CultureVeterans …THE MISSION CONTINUES: $50,000 · Employment
Health$260,000Other$350,500Public Benefit$131,000Education$105,067Philanthropy$95,000Arts & Culture$90,000Employment$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALL RISE FOR JUSTICE: $90,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC: $70,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $55,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MISSION CONTINUES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChamber of Commerce of the USA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $46,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITION: $35,067 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetSERVICE TO SCHOOL: $24,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetPOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetArmed Services Arts Partnership: $15,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetSERVICE YEAR EXCHANGE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVETERAN TICKETS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Wounded Warrior Proje…Silicon Valley Commun…California Community …Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
Wounded Warrior Project IncFL20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wounded Warrior Project Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Be the Change Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Be the Change Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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.

    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 27 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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