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Bookworm Box Inc

Bookworm box's charitable and educational mission is to support charitable organizations through the promotion and love of reading through four main activities: (I) promoting the love of reading through book bonanza, (ii) creating exposure of new and diverse authors through a subscription box, (iii) providing a sales outlet for little…

$305k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$338kEducation$225kHuman Services$171kFood & Nutrition$98kArts & Culture$75kInternational$57kPublic Safety & Disaster$49kCrime & Legal$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $225k
$75,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAPEVINE RELIEF COMMUNITY EX$75,000
NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION INC$75,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$75,000
KULTURE CITY$40,000
FAMILY PLACE$40,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $271k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GRAPEVINE RELIEF COMMUNITY EX: $75k → 11%KULTURE CITY: $40k → 16%SAFEHOUSE DENVER: $51k → 12%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERI: $6k → 14%KULTURE CITY: $30k → 16%FAMILY PLACE: $40k → 14%KULTURE CITY: $10k → 16%AKOLA: $10k → 14%KULTURE CITY: $10k → 16%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

IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CO
MO
DC
HI
LA
AL
TX
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.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$372k · 4 repeat orgs$681k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +95% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
19

Total granted

$372k
$491k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+95%
+27%

Still filing today

100%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthCrime & LegalFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
    3× · 2022–2024 · $185k · revenue +95%
  • K
    KultureCity
    4× · 2019–2024 · $90k · revenue +601%
  • RI
    READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $60k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • REACH OUT AND READ INC
    one grant, 2023 · $110k · revenue -11%
  • MAUI FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue +138%
  • SD
    SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $51k · revenue +10%
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
Arkansas Foodbank

None

Food & Nutrition
2
North Texas Food Bank

To close the hunger gap in north texas by working through over 500 feeding partners to provide access to nutritious food and address the root causes of hunger.

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3
Achieve Now

Achieve now is a philadelphia-based social justice organization that sees literacy as a mechanism to effect social change. our mission is to provide k-2 school children in greater philadelphia with high-quality, culturally competent…

Education
4
Read Better Be Better

Read better be better's mission is to connect young readers and youth leaders to inspire a love of literacy and leadership.

Education
5
Raising a Reader

Raising a Reader supports families and inspires the development of literacy skills and a lifelong love for reading. We help children attain brighter futures in which they can thrive and contribute in school, the workforce and society.

Education
6
Reading Partners

To ensure that every student can become a confident, independent, and lifelong reader by partnering with schools and communities to provide personalized, evidence-based literacy support and individualized instruction. the organization…

Education
7
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
8
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
9
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
10
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
11
Kids in Need Foundation

We believe every child in america should have equal opportunity and resources to engage in a quality education. by partnering with teachers and students in under-resourced schools, we provide the support needed to create equitable learning…

Education
12
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Reach Out and Read Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cajun Navy 2016. 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

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KultureCity: $90,250 · Human ServicesKultureCityGRAPEVINE RELIEF AND COMMUNITY EXCHANGE: $75,000 · Human ServicesGRAPEVINE RELIEF AND COMMUNIT…SAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $50,500 · Human ServicesSAFEHOUSE DENVER INCThe Family Place: $40,000 · Human ServicesThe Family PlaceAKOLA ACADEMY: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,500 · Human ServicesTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $185,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUN…Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $25,000 · HealthRape Abuse & Incest Na…REACH OUT AND READ INC: $110,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INCREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $60,000 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL…CHILDREN'S LITERACY INITIATIVE: $30,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S LITERACY IN…READ ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · EducationNATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · OtherNATIONAL BOOK FOUNDAT…CLAY EVANS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $15,440 · OtherCLAY EVANS SCHOLARSHI…GOOD TO GO MOBILE INC: $10,000 · OtherNEW DESTINATIONS INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE SUICIDE AND CRISIS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS: $8,000 · OtherREGIONAL EAST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $7,500 · OtherBUILDON INC: $37,000 · OtherBUILDON INCACTION FOR AUTISM: $20,000 · OtherACTION FOR AUTISMSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $6,875 · OtherDESIGN OUTREACH INC: $10,000 · OtherMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $75,180 · Food & NutritionNORTHWEST LOUISIANA FOOD BANK: $5,010 · Food & NutritionCAJUN NAVY 2016: $48,581 · Public Safety & DisasterLITERACY FOR INCARCERATED TEENS: $30,000 · Crime & LegalRUSK COUNTY CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$271,250Health$210,000Education$210,000Other$199,815Food & Nutrition$80,190Public Safety & Disaster$48,581Crime & Legal$40,000

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 MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $185,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $110,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKultureCity: $90,250 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $75,180 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGRAPEVINE RELIEF AND COMMUNITY EXCHANGE: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAFEHOUSE DENVER INC: $50,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCAJUN NAVY 2016: $48,581 over 1y, 59% of budgetThe Family Place: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUILDON INC: $37,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S LITERACY INITIATIVE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY FOR INCARCERATED TEENS: $30,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACTION FOR AUTISM: $20,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetDESIGN OUTREACH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetREAD ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRUSK COUNTY CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAKOLA ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTHE SUICIDE AND CRISIS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS: $8,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetREGIONAL EAST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $6,875 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartnership With Native Americans: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST LOUISIANA FOOD BANK: $5,010 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.

Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Network for GoodShell USA Company Fou…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA12.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · Shell USA Company Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving 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 Bookworm Box Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bookworm Box Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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How do I get to Bookworm Box Inc?

Find your warmest path to Bookworm Box 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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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