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Cacajones Family Foundation at a glance

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Cacajones Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$358k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$89k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$471kEducation$388kHuman Services$258kPublic Benefit$130kHealth$127kCrime & Legal$65kPhilanthropy$61kRecreation & Sports$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $154k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $204k
$30,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RESTORATION ACADEMY$89,000
MARYLAND REENTRY RESOURCE CENTER$65,000
VIRGINIA'S KIDS BELONG$50,000
MARANATHAN ACADEMY$30,000
ROOTED MINISTRY$30,000
UWF FOUNDATION INC$25,000
SIMS CEMETERY CARE$25,000
LUCIA CHARITABLE$22,500
CHAPELGATE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$21,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $258k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIFTED HIGHER MINISTRIES: $5k → 16%VIRGINIA'S KIDS BELONG: $50k → 9%CHILL STATION: $20k → 19%SAV-A-LIFE INC: $17k → 16%GRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES: $100k → 16%GRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES: $50k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $16k → 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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 19% of Cacajones Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 58% of the giving stays in AL; by stated purpose, 52%.

Cacajones Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$764k · 9 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +118% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
29

Total granted

$764k
$903k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+118%
+1%

Still filing today

33%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $218k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • GH
    GRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue +124%
  • BB
    BROTHER BRYAN MISSION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $100k · revenue +18%
  • TR
    THE RESTORATION ACADEMY
    2× · 2020–2025 · $99k · revenue +118%

Funded once

  • NS
    NEW SONG COMMUNITY CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $65k
  • HU
    HELPING UP MISSION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $52k · revenue +12%
  • BU
    BUILD UP
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -45%
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
The Remnant House

The remnant house, located in lee county, mississippi provides men and women with a faith-based christian transitional living home and recovery program. our christ-centered one year transitional living recovery program allows an individual…

Health
2
Redemption Road Ministries

Redemption road provides housing, re-entry and transition services for men and women coming out of the criminal justice system. the mission is to provide to provide christ centered, bible based recovery from drug and alcohol abuse, damaged…

Religion
3
Born Again Ministries

To provide or connect low -income or ex-offenders affordable houses who wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to have a bighter future

Health
4
Thrive Academy Atlanta Inc

Thrive Academy is a private Christian school using education as a platform to reach, disciple, and empower students facing systemic injustice, childhood trauma, and poverty. With student housing, engaging curriculum, and intentional…

Education
5
Dale County Rescue Mission

The rescue missions purpose is to provide food, housing , and transportation in emergency situations to local residents and transients, Those served are spiritually ministered.

Human Services
6
Stories Made New

A residential home of discipleship ministry and personal development for young women ages 18-40.To bring single women who are struggling into fulfillment and purpose in Jesus Christ.To help them deal with and work through life dominating…

Religion
7
Hope Ignites Baltimore Inc

Boys Hope Girls Hope nurtures and guides motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others through its holistic, long-term residential and academy programming. The organization provides direct…

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8
Teen Challenge of Baltimore Inc

The mission of teen challenge of baltimore is to provide individuals and their families with an effective and comprehensive faith-based solution to substanceabuse and life-controlling issues in order for them to become productivemembers of…

Health
9
Come to Him Ministries

To help those struggling in a personal crisis find relief and disciple them into a christ-centered lifestyle through a ministry of reconciliation, applying the truth of scripture, working with others and sharing in fellowship with those…

Health
10
Remnant Ministries Inc

Restore inmates and those addicted back in to society

Religion
11
Restoring Purpose Ministries

Restoring Purpose Ministries is committed to seeing the hurting, especially those battling in addiction or in recovery, restored to a place of purpose. RPM offers assistance to find the right rehab or program to assist in sobriety; RPM has…

Religion
12
Family Restoration Ministries

We housed men that have either completed drug rehab programs or was reeleased from prison. we provided utilities, transportation, housing, and job training.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Brother Bryan Mission; the most unlike its peers is Sims Cemetery Care. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the 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 44 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
13/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHAPELGATE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $109,730 · OtherCHAPELGATE CHRISTIAN ACADEMYCROSSWINDS FOUNDATION: $88,000 · OtherCROSSWINDS FOUNDATIONCHAPLEGATE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $70,750 · OtherCHAPLEGATE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMARANATHAN ACADEMY: $65,250 · OtherMARANATHAN ACADEMYNEW SONG COMMUNITY CHURCH: $65,000 · OtherNEW SONG COMMUNITY CHURCHHELPING UP MISSION INC: $52,000 · OtherRISING HOPE ACADEMY: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherALABAMA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - CRIMSON VENTURE FUND: $50,000 · Other1819 MEDIA - ALABAMA POLICY INSTITUTE: $50,000 · OtherCHAPELGATE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $46,000 · OtherTHE LAMB OF GOD SCHOOL: $45,000 · Other+14 more: $317,500 · Other+14 moreGRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesGRACE HOUSE MINISTRIE…BROTHER BRYAN MISSION: $100,000 · Human ServicesBROTHER BRYAN MISSIONVIRGINIAS KIDS BELONG: $50,000 · Human ServicesVIRGINIAS KIDS BELONGChill Station: $19,875 · Human ServicesChill StationSAV-A-LIFE INC: $17,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK INC: $16,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY: $99,000 · EducationTHE RESTORA…DECISIONS CHOICES AND OPTIONS INC: $28,000 · EducationDECISIONS C…PRICHARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $25,000 · EducationPRICHARD PR…UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY …JEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY COOPERATIVE INC: $10,000 · EducationJEFFERSON C…BUILD UP: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentROOTED MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentMARYLAND REENTRY RESOURCE CENTER: $65,000 · Crime & LegalREFUGE 1212 INC: $50,000 · HealthBALTIMORE SPORTS ACADEMY INC: $35,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,109,230Human Services$357,875Education$187,000Youth Development$80,000Crime & Legal$65,000Health$50,000Recreation & Sports$35,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $150,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetBROTHER BRYAN MISSION: $100,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY: $99,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHELPING UP MISSION INC: $52,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUILD UP: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetREFUGE 1212 INC: $50,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetALABAMA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetVIRGINIAS KIDS BELONG: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetBALTIMORE SPORTS ACADEMY INC: $35,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetROOTED MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE MARYLAND PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetDECISIONS CHOICES AND OPTIONS INC: $28,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetThe True Vine A Christian Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetPRICHARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSims Cemetery Care: $25,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF ALABAMA FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChill Station: $19,875 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetSAV-A-LIFE INC: $17,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK INC: $16,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY COOPERATIVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDESERT ISLAND SUPPLY CO: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLifted Higher Ministries: $5,000 over 1y, 6.0% 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.

The Daniel Foundation…The Community Foundat…Susan Mott Webb Chari…Orlean & Ralph W Bees…Alabama Power Foundat…Robert R Meyer Founda…Protective Life Found…Campbell Estelle S Ch…Rjjb Family FoundationC Eugene Ireland Foun…Hill Crest Foundation…Altecstyslinger Found…
The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL25.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Protective Life Foundation · Campbell Estelle S Char Foundation · Rjjb Family Foundation · C Eugene Ireland Foundation Inc · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger 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 Cacajones Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cacajones Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 77%
  • Maryland Reentry Resource Center: 77% of income from government
  • Helping Up Mission Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Cacajones Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cacajones Family 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 44 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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