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Blue Adobe Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$557k
Granted FY2017
38
Grants FY2017
10
States reached
$155k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k24 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $194k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $291k
$4,500
Median grant
10
States reached
$6.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAKERSFIELD PREGNANCY CENTER$155,400
CALVARY CHAPEL SOUTH LAKE TAHOE$136,000
SOUTHERN SIERRA COUNCIL BSA$30,000
RENO-SPARKS GOSPEL MISSION$30,000
PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE$24,500
LIFE CHOICES$16,000
JEWS FOR JESUS$14,500
ELEVATE CHRISTIAN CHURCH$13,500
LOVE INC$13,000
GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS$12,250
BAKERSFIELD ARC$10,000
CITY OF REFUGE$10,000
AWAKEN INC$10,000
FRIENDS IN SERVICE (FISH)$10,000
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST$9,500
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, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED HERO FUND - KERN COUNTY: $5k → 18%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $2k → 14%BAKERSFIELD ARC: $10k → 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

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CA
CO
VA
AZ
NC
DC
GA
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.

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Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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3
Bible Thinker Inc

Bible Thinker, Inc is a ministry dedicated to equipping people to think and live biblically. There are three main areas of teaching that we focus on:1. Teaching accurate theology based on exegeting the text of the Bible and confronting…

Religion
4
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
5
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
6
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
7
Far Reaching Ministries

Far Reaching Ministries (FRM) was founded to carry the Gospel Jesus Christ to the world with discipleship as our primary objective. We plant and edify evangelical churches, found Bible schools, gather intimate small groups, and sustain…

International
8
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
9
Life Choice Center

To provide christian based outreach to clients by providing services and information free of charge to anyone in a crisis pregnancy situation, with the goal of assisting the client to carry the pregnancy to term and with continued care…

Health
10
Life Network

Life Network provides support and mentoring to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies; offers parenting support, material resources, and referrals; and promotes sexual risk avoidance through education to foster a culture that values…

Health
11
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
12
Peacemaker Ministries

To equip and assist christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County. 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

17 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. 17 of the 38 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALVARY CHAPEL SOUTH LAKE TAHOE: $136,000 · OtherCALVARY CHAPEL SOUTH LAKE TAHOERENO-SPARKS GOSPEL MISSION INCORPORATED: $30,000 · OtherRENO-SPARKS GOSPEL MISSION INCORPORATEDSOUTHERN SIERRA COUNCIL BSA: $30,000 · OtherSOUTHERN SIERRA COUNCIL BSAJEWS FOR JESUS: $14,500 · OtherELEVATE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $13,500 · OtherLOVE INC: $13,000 · Other+19 more: $65,940 · Other+19 moreBAKERSFIELD CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $155,400 · HealthBAKERSFIELD CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERLIFE CHOICES PREGNANCY CENTER ROBERTS: $16,000 · HealthLIFE CHOICES PREGNANCY CENTER ROBER…+1 more: $1,500 · HealthPacific Justice Institute: $24,500 · Civil RightsALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $3,600 · Civil RightsCity of Refuge: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterAwaken INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterBakersfield Arc Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED HEROES FUND KERN COUNTY: $4,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $2,400 · Human ServicesGOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC: $12,250 · Food & NutritionCROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $2,400 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,200 · Religion
Other$302,940Health$172,900Civil Rights$28,100Housing & Shelter$20,000Human Services$16,900Food & Nutrition$12,250Religion$3,600

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBAKERSFIELD CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $155,400 over 1y, 32% of budgetPacific Justice Institute: $24,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC: $12,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBakersfield Arc Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCity of Refuge: $10,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetAwaken INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWOUNDED HEROES FUND KERN COUNTY: $4,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEWATER INC: $1,100 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.

Blue Adobe FoundationAmicus FoundationServant FoundationChristian Community F…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Blue Adobe FoundationNV30.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blue Adobe Foundation · Amicus Foundation · Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Blue Adobe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blue Adobe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Blue Adobe Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Blue Adobe 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 38 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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