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Case Commons Inc

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.

$135k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$27kHousing & Shelter$25kEducation$23kArts & Culture$22kFood & Nutrition$16kYouth Development$16kCommunity Improvement$11kCrime & Legal$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $130k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEART MOUNTAIN WYOMING FOUNDATION$20,375
KU ENDOWMENT$20,000
MARTHA'S TABLE$15,000
GIVE WELL$15,000
AVESTA HOUSING$10,000
THE CARTER CENTER INC$10,000
APIA VOTE$10,000
MAINE EQUAL JUSTICE$10,000
MARC INC$10,000
PREBLE STREET$10,000
KVC HEALTH SYSTEMS$5,000
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 (FY22–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $600 → 14%ROSALYNN CARTER INSTITUTE FOR CAREGIVERS: $500 → 22%PREBLE STREET: $10k → 7%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $500 → 14%PREBLE STREET: $1k → 7%THE OPPORTUNITY ALLIANCE: $1k → 7%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

ME
IL
WI
NY
MA
WY
IA
CA
MD
KS
DC
GA
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.

22%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$125k · 12 repeat orgs$453k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
7

Total granted

$125k
$403k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+18%

Still filing today

75%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & 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

  • TC
    THE CLEAR FUND
    3× · 2022–2024 · $17k · revenue +79%
  • MT
    MARTHA'S TABLE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $16k · revenue +8%
  • PS
    PREBLE STREET
    2× · 2023–2024 · $11k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $398k
  • SG
    Senator George J Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +18%
  • NO
    NEXT ONE UP FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -16%
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
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter
2
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
3
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
4
Marrakech Inc

Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…

Employment
5
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
6
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
7
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
8
The Maine Heritage Policy Center

To formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise; limited, constitutional government; individual freedom; and traditional american values.

Education
9
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
10
Center for International Policy Inc

The center for international policy is a woman-led, progressive, independent nonprofit center for research, education, and advocacy working to advance a more peaceful, just, and sustainable u.s. approach to foreign policy. through…

International
11
Wayside House Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.

—
12
Enterprise Community Investment Inc

All our efforts support our strategic goals to increase housing supply, advance racial equity and build resilience and upward mobility.the organization raises private capital through investment and by forming effective partnerships.…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Miriam's Kitchen; the most unlike its peers is The Opportunity Alliance. 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

20 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. 20 of the 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $397,996 · OtherIndividual grant recipientKU ENDOWMENT: $24,000 · Other+9 more: $62,875 · Other+9 moreHEART MOUNTAIN WYOMING FOUNDATION: $20,375 · Arts & CultureKOREAN PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $1,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CLEAR FUND: $17,100 · PhilanthropyMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $16,100 · Food & NutritionPREBLE STREET: $11,000 · Human ServicesMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $1,100 · Human ServicesThe Opportunity Alliance: $1,000 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $600 · Human ServicesROSALYNN CARTER INSTITUTE FOR CAREGIVERS: $500 · Human ServicesAVESTA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $12,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSE OF RUTH: $1,100 · Housing & ShelterHOME OF OUR OWN INC: $500 · Housing & ShelterMaine Equal Justice Partners: $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$484,871Arts & Culture$21,875Philanthropy$17,100Food & Nutrition$16,100Human Services$14,200Housing & Shelter$13,600Crime & Legal$10,000

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 budgetHEART MOUNTAIN WYOMING FOUNDATION: $20,375 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $17,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $16,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAVESTA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPREBLE STREET: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Equal Justice Partners: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAsian & Pacific Islander American Vote: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKVC HEALTH SYSTEMS INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKOREAN PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSenator George J Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEXT ONE UP FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Opportunity Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSALYNN CARTER INSTITUTE FOR CAREGIVERS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOME OF OUR OWN INC: $500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Annie E Casey Foundat…Sam L Cohen FoundationJohn T Gorman Foundat…Maine Community Found…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Annie E Casey Foundation IncMD17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Case Commons Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Case Commons Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report 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.
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How do I get to Case Commons Inc?

Find your warmest path to Case Commons Inc 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 24 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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