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Caroline's Nonprofit Thrift Shop

Organization's mission is to provide revenues to other non-profits that support children's special needs predominantly in the local community.

$576k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$871kHealth$782kFood & Nutrition$478kPhilanthropy$215kYouth Development$187kCrime & Legal$145kHousing & Shelter$17kEmployment$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 30 grants below total $552,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $575,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $23,000 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $545k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$329k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONARCH SERVICES$35,000
JACOB'S HEARTMONTEREY BAY PEN FOUN$30,000
COASTAL KIDS HOME CARE$30,000
HOSPICE OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY$30,000
CASA$25,000
PAJARO VALLEY SHELTER SERVICES$25,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$25,000
COMMUNITY BRIDGES$25,000
SPECIAL PARENTS INFORMATION$20,000
TEEN KITCHEN PROJECT$20,000
NAMI$20,000
FOOD WHAT$20,000
DIENTES$20,000
NOURISHING GENERATIONS$20,000
FAMILY CIRCLE CENTER$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $617k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $15k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $15k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $15k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $15k → 12%COALITION FOR COMPASSIONATE CARE: $10k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%MONARCH SERVICES: $35k → 13%MONARCH SERVICES: $30k → 13%MONARCH SERVICES: $30k → 13%MONARCH SERVICES: $25k → 13%PAJARO VALLEY SHELTER SERVICES: $25k → 13%CHILDREN'S HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE: $25k → 13%MONARCH SERVICES: $20k → 13%PAJARO VALLEY SHELTER SERVICES: $20k → 13%PAJARO VALLEY SHELTER SERVICES: $20k → 13%FAMILY CIRCLE CENTER: $20k → 13%PAJARO VALLEY SHELTER SERVICES: $20k → 13%FAMILY CIRCLE CENTER: $20k → 13%THE CIRCLE FAMILY CENTER: $20k → 13%PAJARO VALLEY SHELTER SERVICES: $10k → 13%WALNUT AVENUE WOMENS CENTER: $20k → 13%WALNUT AVENUE WOMENS CENTER: $20k → 13%WALNUT AVENUE WOMENS CENTER: $20k → 13%WALNUT AVENUE WOMENS CENTER: $15k → 13%WALNUT AVENUE WOMENS CENTER: $15k → 13%SURVIVORS HEALING CENTER: $10k → 13%SURVIVORS HEALING CENTER: $10k → 13%SIENA HOUSE: $10k → 13%WALNUT AVENUE WOMENS CENTER: $10k → 13%SURVIVORS HEALING CENTER: $10k → 13%SURVIVORS HEALING CENTER: $8k → 13%SURVIVORS HEALING CENTER: $8k → 13%SIENA HOUSE: $7k → 13%HOPE'S CLOSET OF SANTA CRUZ: $15k → 13%HOPE'S CLOSET OF SANTA CRUZ: $15k → 13%HOPE'S CLOSET OF SANTA CRUZ: $15k → 13%HOPE'S CLOSET OF SANTA CRUZ: $10k → 13%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 26 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
8

Total granted

$2.4M
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+7%

Still filing today

100%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HO
    HOSPICE OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $220k · revenue +25%
  • CK
    COASTAL KIDS HOME CARE
    8× · 2017–2025 · $220k · revenue ×13
  • PF
    Partnership for Children
    7× · 2017–2025 · $200k · revenue +202%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -1%
  • AY
    AIM Youth Mental Health
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +7%
  • C
    CHPCC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Santa Cruz Community Farmers Market

To serve our community by providing direct access to sustainable sources of fresh produce and other unique foods, and provide education about food issues, both local and beyond.

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2
Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc

The Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County, Inc. (4Cs) connects and empowers families, educators, and child care providers with resources today for a stronger San Mateo County tomorrow.

Human Services
3
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
4
Casa of Solano County

Advocates for abused, neglected and other identified children within the court system, with the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home.

Civil Rights
5
Court Appointed Special Advocate of San Benito County Inc

The mission of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of San Benito County is to train and support community volunteers who advocate for abused and neglected children placed in foster care, upholding the children's rights while pursuing…

Civil Rights
6
Community Agency for Resources Advocacy & Services

Resources and Community Advocacy. Serving low income youth and families in the community. Providing culturally competent and sensitivie programing based on based on the needs and resources available in Santa Clara County.

Human Services
7
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc

CASA recruits, trains, and supports community volunteers who advocate for chidren and youth throughout their journey in foster care.

Crime & Legal
8
California Parenting Institute

California parenting institute (cpi dba child parent institute) is a family resource center, serving families throughout sonoma county since 1978. our mission is to end child abuse and strengthen the health of children, parents, and…

Human Services
9
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

—
10
Special Kids Connect

Develop resources, raise awareness, and provide support for children with disabilities and their families.

Human Services
11
Birth Network of Santa Cruz County

Our mission is to support parents and care providers by providing information, education, and advocacy for Mother-Friendly childbirth.

Health
12
Kids in Common

Kids in Common advocates for education, healthcare, social-emotional well being, and justice for all children in Santa Clara County by supporting policies, promoting data-driven action, and fostering collaborations of cross-systems leaders…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance Inc; the most unlike its peers is The 418 Project. 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

35 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. 35 of the 38 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
22/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Partnership for Children: $200,000 · Human ServicesPartnership for ChildrenMONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCA: $140,000 · Human ServicesMONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCASpecial Parents Information Network of Santa Cruz County: $125,000 · Human ServicesSpecial Parents Information Network…WALNUT AVENUE FAMILY & WOMENS CENTER: $100,000 · Human ServicesWALNUT AVENUE FAMILY & WOMENS CENTE…Camp Kesem National: $63,000 · Human ServicesCamp Kesem NationalCIRCLE FAMILY CENTER: $60,000 · Human ServicesCIRCLE FAMILY CENTERHOPES CLOSET OF SANTA CRUZ: $55,000 · Human ServicesHOPES CLOSET OF SANTA CRUZFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF THE CENTRAL COAST: $45,000 · Human ServicesSHARED ADVENTURES: $40,000 · Human Services+1 more: $17,000 · Human ServicesCOASTAL KIDS HOME CARE: $220,000 · HealthCOASTAL KIDS HOME …NAMI SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $90,000 · HealthNAMI SANTA CRUZ CO…DIENTES COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE: $65,000 · HealthDIENTES COMMUNITY …SALUD Y CARINO INC: $33,500 · HealthSALUD Y CARINO INCCenter for Youth Mental Health: $15,000 · HealthAIM Youth Mental Health: $15,000 · Health+1 more: $8,000 · HealthHOSPICE OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $220,000 · OtherHOSPICE OF SANTA CRUZ…BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS AGENCY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INC: $90,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTE…The Santa Cruz Lesbian and Gay Community Center: $61,500 · OtherThe Santa Cruz Lesbia…FOR KIDS FOUNDATION MONTEREY BAY: $76,000 · OtherFOR KIDS FOUNDATION M…+7 more: $61,000 · Other+7 moreSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $125,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVES…Community Bridges: $115,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity Bri…Nourishing Generations Educational Project: $89,000 · Food & NutritionNourishing Ge…TEEN KITCHEN PROJECT: $109,000 · Youth DevelopmentTEEN KITC…LIVE LIKE COCO FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIVE LIKE…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND …FoodWhat Incorporated: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentFoodWhat …THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CHILD…NETWORK FOR GOOD: $215,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Cruz County: $145,000 · Civil Rights
Human Services$845,000Health$446,500Other$508,500Food & Nutrition$329,000Youth Development$229,000Public Safety & Disaster$215,000Civil Rights$145,000

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 budgetHOSPICE OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $220,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCOASTAL KIDS HOME CARE: $220,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $215,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPartnership for Children: $200,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Cruz County: $145,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetMONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCA: $140,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Parents Information Network of Santa Cruz County: $125,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetCommunity Bridges: $115,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTEEN KITCHEN PROJECT: $109,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetWALNUT AVENUE FAMILY & WOMENS CENTER: $100,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNAMI SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $90,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS AGENCY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INC: $90,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetNourishing Generations Educational Project: $89,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetFOR KIDS FOUNDATION MONTEREY BAY: $76,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetDIENTES COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $63,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Santa Cruz Lesbian and Gay Community Center: $61,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetCIRCLE FAMILY CENTER: $60,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetHOPES CLOSET OF SANTA CRUZ: $55,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF THE CENTRAL COAST: $45,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSHARED ADVENTURES: $40,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetLIVE LIKE COCO FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetSALUD Y CARINO INC: $33,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFoodWhat Incorporated: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE: $20,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetSIENA HOUSE MATERNITY HOME OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $17,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCenter for Youth Mental Health: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetAIM Youth Mental Health: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSKILLS OF LIFE CAFE: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetPAJARO VALLEY PREVENTION AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE 418 PROJECT: $8,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEASTER SEALS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Community Foundation …Monterey Peninsula Fo…Volunteer Centers of …Kaiser Foundation Hos…Pajaro Valley Communi…East Bay Community Fo…Newman's Own Foundati…Sutter Bay Medical Fo…Dignity HealthThe Nicholson Family …The David and Lucile …Rotary Club of SC Sun…
Community Foundation Santa Cruz CountyCA56.2× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust · East Bay Community Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · Dignity Health · The Nicholson Family Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Rotary Club of SC Sunrise 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 Caroline's Nonprofit Thrift Shop funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Caroline's Nonprofit Thrift Shop. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Caroline's Nonprofit Thrift Shop?

    Find your warmest path to Caroline's Nonprofit Thrift Shop 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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