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Bourbon Charity

The organization principally exists to (a) raise awareness and educate the public about the good that public charities do in our society, and specifically about safe drinking water issues, medical research needs, veterans, and low income youth; and (b) support other public charities,especially those involving safe drinking water issues,…

$22k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$629kFood & Nutrition$194kHuman Services$177kYouth Development$100kAnimals$68kCrime & Legal$38kEmployment$13kCommunity Improvement$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $10,465, the rows itemized in this filing. The $21,885 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $11,420 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$5,233
Median grant
2
States reached
$338k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEAM RUBICON$5,233
ALL HANDS AND HEARTS$5,232
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $11k → 14%CARIDAD INC: $11k → 13%CHARITY WATER: $33k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $23k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $15k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $6k → 17%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
NV
OH
NJ
CA
MO
KY
MD
AZ
TN
DC
OK
AL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$811k · 16 repeat orgs$466k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
20

Total granted

$811k
$455k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+28%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthFood & NutritionHuman ServicesAnimalsPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CT
    CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2023 · $114k · revenue +10%
  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2022 · $86k · revenue +57%
  • DT
    DARE TO CARE INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $84k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • KF
    KIDS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +98%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2021 · $41k · revenue +5%
  • TJ
    THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $38k · revenue +26%
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
4
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
5
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
6
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
7
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
8
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
9
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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10
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
11
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
12
Baylor Research Institute

To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Franklin County Humane Society of Missouri. 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

38 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.

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)
38/38
Grantees still filing
30/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $114,144 · HealthCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATIONKIDS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $99,580 · HealthKIDS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION INCVanderbilt University Medical Center: $54,820 · HealthVanderbilt University Medical CenterST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $45,926 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCNorton Healthcare Inc: $42,219 · HealthNorton Healthcare IncAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $27,716 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INCBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $27,716 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INCTexas Children's Hospital: $25,520 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital: $25,520 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $21,486 · Health+3 more: $33,637 · Health+3 moreFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $77,993 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY INC: $58,607 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VA…The Prescott House: $38,250 · OtherThe Prescott HouseTHE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INC: $37,634 · OtherTHE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION I…SHARE OUR STRENGTH: $24,626 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHDisabled American Veterans: $11,049 · OtherTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $24,637 · OtherTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH F…BOURBON WOMEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $13,371 · OtherHARVEST HANDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $13,130 · OtherFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $11,100 · Other+2 more: $10,465 · OtherDARE TO CARE INC: $84,083 · Food & NutritionDARE TO CAR…SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $22,055 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARV…Feeding America: $13,588 · Food & NutritionFeeding Ame…ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $12,475 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S F…CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $77,359 · Human ServicesCARIDAD INC: $11,100 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $11,049 · Human ServicesPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $85,855 · PhilanthropyPAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION: $11,049 · PhilanthropyFRANKLIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $31,322 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $19,285 · AnimalsOld Friends Inc: $17,194 · AnimalsBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $41,422 · Youth Development
Health$518,284Other$320,862Food & Nutrition$132,201Human Services$99,508Philanthropy$96,904Animals$67,801Youth Development$41,422

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 budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $114,144 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $99,580 over 1y, 10% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $85,855 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDARE TO CARE INC: $84,083 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $77,993 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $77,359 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY INC: $58,607 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $54,820 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $45,926 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorton Healthcare Inc: $42,219 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $41,422 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Prescott House: $38,250 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetTHE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INC: $37,634 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $31,322 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $27,716 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $27,716 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $25,520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $25,520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $24,637 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $24,626 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $22,055 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $21,486 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $19,285 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOld Friends Inc: $17,194 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNorton Hospitals Inc: $15,951 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $13,588 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOURBON WOMEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $13,371 over 2y, 12% of budgetHARVEST HANDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $13,130 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $12,475 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $12,151 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARIDAD INC: $11,100 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $11,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $11,049 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION: $11,049 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $11,049 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,535 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $5,233 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $5,232 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC8.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 Bourbon Charity?

Find your warmest path to Bourbon Charity 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 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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