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Campbell Young Leaders

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$88k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.1MArts & Culture$152kPhilanthropy$126kScience & Tech$68kRecreation & Sports$55kCommunity Improvement$50kInternational$27kHealth$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $70k
$9,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community Foundation of Greenville co Unity Park$18,000
American Express Foundation$17,500
Legacy Advancement$13,544
United Way of Greenville County$11,000
Artisphere$10,000
Soceity of International Business Fellows$9,000
AHAM$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,800
Individual grant recipient$1,119
Greenville Country Club$200
Legacy Affordable Housing Trust$100
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 (FY17–23, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $400 → 10%Hispanic Alliance: $10k → 10%HISPANIC ALLIANCE: $8k → 10%HISPANIC ALLIANCE: $8k → 10%HISPANIC ALLIANCE: $5k → 10%HISPANIC ALLIANCE: $5k → 10%HISPANIC ALLIANCE: $5k → 10%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

MI
NY
KY
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
MS
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 43 repeat orgs$172k to everyone else

43 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 36 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
30

Total granted

$2.3M
$168k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+35%

Still filing today

53%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • LE
    LEGACY EARLY COLLEGE
    6× · 2017–2023 · $633k · revenue +32%
  • FU
    FURMAN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2023 · $158k · revenue +26%
  • CU
    CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $60k · revenue +143%

Funded once

  • KC
    KANUGA CONFERENCES INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2017 · $66k
  • PC
    PEACE CENTER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +79%
  • SP
    SC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
2
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
3
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
6
Coker University

Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…

Education
7
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
10
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
11
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
12
University of the South

The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Greenville University; the most unlike its peers is American Express Foundation. 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

43 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. 43 of the 79 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
30/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEGACY ADVANCEMENT: $699,352 · EducationLEGACY ADVANCEMENTLEGACY EARLY COLLEGE: $633,377 · EducationLEGACY EARLY COLLEGETeach for America Inc: $300,000 · EducationTeach for America IncFURMAN UNIVERSITY: $157,679 · EducationFURMAN UNIVERSITY+20 more: $110,216 · Education+20 moreUNITED WAY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY INC: $83,100 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREENVI…VARIOUS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $73,894 · OtherVARIOUS COLLEGES AND …KANUGA CONFERENCES INCORPORATED: $65,545 · OtherKANUGA CONFERENCES IN…METROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL: $45,500 · OtherMETROPOLITAN ARTS COU…PEACE CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $33,000 · OtherPEACE CENTER FOR PERF…SC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherGlobal Network Foundation Inc: $17,667 · OtherSociety of International Business Fellows Ltd: $16,800 · Other+39 more: $99,703 · Other+39 moreGREENVILLE ARTS FESTIVAL: $45,000 · Arts & CulturePEACE CENTER FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREENVILLE INC: $54,500 · PhilanthropyALLIANCE FOR THE COLLABORATION WITH THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY: $40,225 · Human Services+1 more: $400 · Human ServicesIPTAY: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentUPSTATE FOREVER: $3,000 · Environment
Education$1,900,624Other$480,209Arts & Culture$70,000Philanthropy$54,500Human Services$40,625Youth Development$12,000Environment$3,000

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 budgetLEGACY ADVANCEMENT: $699,352 over 6y, 47% of budgetLEGACY EARLY COLLEGE: $633,377 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFURMAN UNIVERSITY: $157,679 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY INC: $83,100 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREENVILLE INC: $54,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL: $45,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGREENVILLE ARTS FESTIVAL: $45,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE COLLABORATION WITH THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY: $40,225 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetPEACE CENTER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGlobal Network Foundation Inc: $17,667 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetSociety of International Business Fellows Ltd: $16,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCLAFLIN UNIVERSITY: $12,716 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIPTAY: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASS COLLEGIATE ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetKipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPSTATE FOREVER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENEDICT COLLEGE: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINGATE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES CURTIS HARKNESS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARS HILL UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISBURG COLLEGE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIMESTONE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMDA INC (AMERICAN MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ACADEMY): $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWBERRY COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENVILLE COUNTRY CLUB: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLegacy Affordable Housing Trust: $100 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.

  • Who funds LEGACY ADVANCEMENT ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY EARLY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds FURMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREENVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds GREENVILLE ARTS FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR THE COLLABORATION WITH THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds PEACE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Global Network Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Society of International Business Fellows Ltd ↗
  • Who funds CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds IPTAY ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS COLLEGIATE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Kipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc ↗
  • Who funds UPSTATE FOREVER ↗
  • Who funds NORTH GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds BENEDICT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗

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.

Watson-Brown Foundati…National Collegiate A…Duke Energy FoundationSouth Carolina Indepe…Dick Horne FoundationCentral Carolina Comm…James F Byrnes Founda…Chapman Foundation IncIbm International Fou…Tulsa Community Found…Spartanburg County Fo…Folds of Honor Founda…
Watson-Brown Foundation IncGA24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Watson-Brown Foundation Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Duke Energy Foundation · South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities · Dick Horne Foundation · Central Carolina Community Foundation · James F Byrnes Foundation · Chapman Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Spartanburg County Foundation · Folds of Honor 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 Campbell Young Leaders funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Campbell Young Leaders. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%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
    12report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Campbell Young Leaders?

    Find your warmest path to Campbell Young Leaders 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 79 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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