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Careerworks Inc

Careerworks, inc.

$460k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Employment$1.9MHuman Services$396kEducation$275kHealth$167kCommunity Improvement$45k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $305k
$40,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAREER PATH SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING$70,000
GOODWILL OF COLORADO$65,000
FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$60,000
YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING COUNTY-SNOHOMISH COUNTY$60,000
WORKSYSTEMS INC$50,000
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT$40,000
JVS SOCAL$40,000
A NEW LEAF INC$25,000
PARTNER4WORK$20,000
EMPLOY MILWAUKEE$20,000
DALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY19–23, $421k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING: $150k → 9%Association House of Chicago: $35k → 14%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING: $55k → 9%Association House of Chicago: $31k → 14%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING: $30k → 9%Association House of Chicago: $30k → 14%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING: $30k → 9%Association House of Chicago: $30k → 14%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING: $30k → 9%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

WA
IL
WI
OR
PA
CA
CO
MD
AZ
NC
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.
$2.6M · 14 repeat orgs$190k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
4

Total granted

$2.6M
$190k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
-6%

Still filing today

93%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EmploymentHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • JS
    JVS SOCAL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $374k · revenue +59%
  • CP
    CAREER PATH SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
    5× · 2020–2024 · $344k · revenue +89%
  • AN
    A NEW LEAF
    5× · 2020–2024 · $192k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • EG
    EVERGREEN GOODWILL OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $113k · revenue +51%
  • FE
    FREMONT EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue -62%
  • GI
    GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue -14%
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
Cobbworks Inc

To promote employment and education opportunities that strengthen the workforce and economic development in our community.

Employment
2
Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council Inc

Building tomorrow's workforce through training, leadership, and economic development.

Employment
3
Jobsfirstnyc

Jobsfirstnyc's mission is to create and advance solutions that break down barriers and transform the systems supporting young adults and their communities in the pursuit of economic opportunities.

Youth Development
4
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
5
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation

The mission of desc is to cultivate local workforce talent to align with the needs of the business community through partnerships with key workforce agencies, faith- and community- based organizations, education and training institutions,…

Employment
6
Southern Oregon Goodwill Industries Inc

Goodwill's mission is to enable employment by providing opportunities for personal and professional growth, while committing to sustainable practices. goodwill accomplishes this mission through its various programs and services, which…

Employment
7
Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago Inc

Goodwill industries of metropolitan chicago, inc. ("goodwill-chicago") is a nonstock, not-for-profit illinois corporation, whose sole member is goodwill industries of southeastern wisconsin, inc. ("goodwill"), a wisconsin nonstock,…

Human Services
8
Workforce Alliance Inc

Provide job training through various programs.

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9
Workforce Connections Inc

Wci empowers individuals through employment and training services, helping people of all backgrounds including low-skilled and unskilled adults enter the workforce. we provide economically disadvantaged individuals and those facing…

Employment
10
Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Workforce development board of south central wisconsin, inc.'s mission is to build public and private partnerships that support innovation and excellence in workforce development.in furtherance of its mission the organization dedicates…

Employment
11
Workforce Resource Inc

The mission of workforce resource, inc. is to empower people through employment.

Employment
12
Urban League of Louisiana

To empower communities and help change liver for african americans and other emerging communities and groups. the urban league seeks to eliminate barriers to opportunity and assist individuals in attaining economic self sufficiency.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Employ Milwaukee Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fremont Education 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

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 18 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JVS SOCAL: $373,500 · EmploymentJVS SOCALCAREER PATH SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING: $343,714 · EmploymentCAREER PATH SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND TRAININGGoodwill of Colorado: $187,664 · EmploymentGoodwill of ColoradoWorksystems Inc: $180,000 · EmploymentWorksystems IncEMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC: $138,253 · EmploymentEMPLOY MILWAUKEE INCGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC: $85,000 · EmploymentGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC+1 more: $17,725 · EmploymentOPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER INC: $170,000 · OtherOPPORTUNITIES INDUST…FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $160,000 · OtherFREMONT UNIFIED SCHO…EVERGREEN GOODWILL OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON: $112,500 · OtherEVERGREEN GOODWILL O…THE URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $45,000 · OtherTHE URBAN LEAGUE OF …FREMONT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherFREMONT EDUCATION FO…YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING COUNTY-SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $355,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRIST…ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO: $125,937 · Human ServicesASSOCIATION HOUSE O…A NEW LEAF: $191,506 · HealthTRWIB INC: $130,000 · Community ImprovementDALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · EducationGOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $30,000 · Recreation & Sports
Employment$1,325,856Other$517,500Human Services$480,937Health$191,506Community Improvement$130,000Education$125,000Recreation & Sports$30,000

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 budgetJVS SOCAL: $373,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING COUNTY-SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $355,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCAREER PATH SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING: $343,714 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetA NEW LEAF: $191,506 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGoodwill of Colorado: $187,664 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorksystems Inc: $180,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER INC: $170,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetEMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC: $138,253 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTRWIB INC: $130,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO: $125,937 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEVERGREEN GOODWILL OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON: $112,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFREMONT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSE WORKS INC: $17,725 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Wells Fargo FoundationThe Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Wells Fargo FoundationMN15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wells Fargo Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving 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 Careerworks Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Careerworks Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 43%
  • Worksystems Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Se Works Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Goodwill Industries International Inc: 35% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report 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.

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 18 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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