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Cassels Family Foundation at a glance

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Cassels Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$622k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$221k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$6.3MReligion$1.7MYouth Development$1.1MHuman Services$1.1MRecreation & Sports$1.0MArts & Culture$750kPhilanthropy$598kHousing & Shelter$510kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $48k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $561k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$34M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY$221,250
HAGGAI INTERNATIONAL$150,000
SCHOOL TIME BIBLE MINISTRIES$115,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$75,000
CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF SC$25,000
FORGE$22,500
GREENVILLE PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$7,500
FEDERATION CENTER OF THE BLIND$5,000
BOOKS IN EVERY BAG$1,000
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 (FY18–21, $366k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%FRIENDS OF EPWORTH: $65k → 16%FRIENDS OF EPWORTH: $50k → 16%TRICOUNTY FAMILY MINISTRIES: $250k → 12%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE BRIDGE: $1k → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.1M · 12 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
13

Total granted

$5.1M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+13%

Still filing today

58%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $259k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CE
    CUSH EMPOWERMENT GROUP
    3× · 2021–2024 · $915k · revenue +25%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $400k · revenue +8%
  • ST
    SCHOOL TIME BIBLE MINISTRIES
    5× · 2021–2025 · $215k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE OF COLUMBIA
    one grant, 2018 · $750k
  • NT
    Neighbors Together Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue -72%
  • Queens University of Charlotte
    one grant, 2021 · $150k · revenue +13%
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
Life House Church

Christian teaching and the spreading of the gospel throughout the beaufort south carolina area.

Religion
2
Carolina College of Biblical Studies

Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.

Education
3
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
4
Central Christian College of the Bible

Central christian college of the bible (central) exists to develop servant-leaders for the church. as a traditional undergraduate bible college of the restoration movement, central equips faithful men and women for leadership ministry.

Education
5
Campus Outreach Columbia

An interdenominational college ministry on seven college campuses across north and south carolina. goal is to see students leave college equipped and passionate to walk with jesus in the church and spread his love to others.

Philanthropy
6
Charlotte Christian College & Theological Seminary

To educate, train, and develop ministers, evangelists, missionaries, and other people who are going to enter the Christian ministry. Educate ministers and missionaries to serve the Lord.

Religion
7
Charis Bible College Inc

Charis Bible Colleges, Inc. (CBC) was established to train and equip individuals to carry out the Gospel of Jesus Christ through practical application through mentoring, training, and teaching.

Religion
8
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
9
For Charlotte Inc

To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.

Religion
10
C2C Ministries

Evangelism, Church Planting, Christian Growth and discipleship.

Religion
11
Olivet University

Providing guality Christian education to the network generation

Education
12
A Hand Up Ministries

Our mission is to see communities transformed by the Gospel through loving, serving, sharing, and sending. We accomplish this mission through local partnership, training, and service opportunities while advocating and empowering…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys Farm Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 32 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $6,010,584 · EducationCOLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY+4 more: $163,500 · EducationCAMP COLE: $2,000,000 · OtherCAMP COLEYOUNG LIFE OF COLUMBIA: $750,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE OF COLUMBIATHORNWELL CHILDREN'S HOME: $690,000 · OtherTHORNWELL CHILDREN'S HOMEFORGE: $275,000 · OtherFORGEHAGGAI INTERNATIONAL: $150,000 · Other+9 more: $353,927 · Other+9 moreCUSH EMPOWERMENT GROUP: $915,000 · ReligionCUSH EMPOWE…SCHOOL TIME BIBLE MINISTRIES: $215,000 · ReligionSCHOOL TIME…Chris Musgrove Ministries Inc: $100,000 · ReligionChris Musgr…One Life Ministries Inc: $90,000 · ReligionOne Life Mi…UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $400,000 · PhilanthropyThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $185,000 · PhilanthropyHomeless No More Inc: $308,666 · Housing & ShelterFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC: $150,000 · Housing & ShelterNeighbors Together Inc: $250,000 · Human ServicesFriends of Epworth: $115,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50,000 · HealthFEDERATION CENTER OF THE BLIND: $50,000 · Health
Education$6,174,084Other$4,218,927Religion$1,320,000Philanthropy$585,000Housing & Shelter$458,666Human Services$366,000Health$100,000

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 budgetCOLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $6,010,584 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetCUSH EMPOWERMENT GROUP: $915,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $400,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHomeless No More Inc: $308,666 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetNeighbors Together Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetSCHOOL TIME BIBLE MINISTRIES: $215,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $185,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetQueens University of Charlotte: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Epworth: $115,000 over 2y, 84% of budgetChris Musgrove Ministries Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetOne Life Ministries Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 47% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEDERATION CENTER OF THE BLIND: $50,000 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOME: $41,347 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetBoys Farm Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGREENVILLE PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEZEKIEL MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE BRIDGE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBooks in Every Bag: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Central Carolina Comm…The Toby Cassels Foun…Dominion Energy Chari…The Wolfe Family Foun…Lipscomb Family Found…LPL Financial Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
Central Carolina Community FoundationSC25.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Carolina Community Foundation · The Toby Cassels Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Wolfe Family Foundation · Lipscomb Family Foundation · LPL Financial Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Cassels Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cassels Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s 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)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Cassels Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Cassels 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 32 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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