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Cauze Charitable Fund

Facilitate giving to charitable causes focusing on creating individual accounts whereby employers and others can contribute to the selected causes of an individual.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
56
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$76k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

International$342kPhilanthropy$336kEducation$233kArts & Culture$217kHealth$171kHuman Services$147kCommunity Improvement$106kFood & Nutrition$105kOther$0
02FY2024 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 56 grants below total $762,623, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,346,453 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $583,830 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k30 grants · $186k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $310k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $267k
$9,500
Median grant
20
States reached
$449k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REALIZE IMPACT$75,500
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATI$68,313
CATS IN THE CRADLE 50TH ANNIVERSAR$65,218
CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE$58,126
GLOBAL IMPACT$29,554
HOUSTON FOOD BANK$21,504
HOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC$20,103
BROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH$17,375
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$16,580
SANDY HOOK PROMISE$15,720
FERNANDO PULLUM COMMUNITY ARTS CNTR$15,517
KANDELIA$15,488
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITA$14,227
SFMARIN FOOD BANK$13,912
FOUNDATION OF GOODNESS$12,000
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, $261k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SUNFLOWER OF PEACE: $9k → 8%WOMENS AND CHILDRENS ALLIANC: $33k → 8%THE POLLINATION PROJECT: $7k → 10%HOMELESS CHILDRENS NETWORK: $5k → 10%AMI TSUNAMI CHILDRENS HOUSE: $12k → 15%REALIZE IMPACT: $76k → 10%UNITED HELP UKRAINE: $23k → 6%AMI TSUNAMI CHILDRENS HOUSE: $12k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $24k → 14%KIDS MEALS INC: $6k → 16%FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES INC: $6k → 17%HARLEM CHILDRENS ZONE: $7k → 17%STOLENYOUTH: $10k → 9%KANDELIA: $15k → 9%KANDELIA: $15k → 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

AK
WA
ID
IL
NY
MA
IA
IN
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI
LA
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.

17%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$283k · 9 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 45 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
48

Total granted

$283k
$720k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+11%

Still filing today

100%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $616k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’24
Human ServicesInternationalEducationHealthFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $47k · revenue +20%
  • DIRECT RELIEF
    2× · 2022–2024 · $38k · revenue +8%
  • AT
    AMI TSUNAMI CHILDRENS HOUSE INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $24k · revenue +15% · 49% of their budget

Funded once

  • JL
    JOHN LENNON EDUCATIONAL TOUR
    one grant, 2022 · $51k
  • RS
    RAINIER SCHOLARSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +168%
  • NU
    NOVA UKRAINE
    one grant, 2022 · $42k · revenue -45%
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…

Food & Nutrition
3
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
4
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
5
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
6
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
7
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
8
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
9
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
10
Technoserve Inc

Technoserve's mission is to fight poverty by helping people build regenerative farms, businesses, and markets that increase incomes.

International
11
Nuru International

Nuru is a global collective that enables inclusive and sustainable prosperity by identifying communities at the stability tipping point, strengthening rural livelihoods and market systems, and fostering stabilizing connections that repair…

International
12
The One Campaign

The ONE Campaign ("ONE") continued its work to educate and raise awareness among the public, media and policymakers around the world about the importance of official development assistance and international programs that (Continued on…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Waterorg; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Energy Institute 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

74 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. 74 of the 106 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
74/74
Grantees still filing
41/74
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATS IN THE CRADLE 50TH ANNIVERSAR: $65,218 · OtherCATS IN THE CRADLE 50TH ANNIVERSARClaremont McKenna College: $58,126 · OtherClaremont McKenna CollegeJOHN LENNON EDUCATIONAL TOUR: $50,758 · OtherJOHN LENNON EDUCATIONAL TOURST JUDE CHILDRENS REASEARCH: $30,254 · Other+57 more: $559,186 · Other+57 moreIMPACTASSETSINC: $283,105 · PhilanthropyIMPACTASSETSINCCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $30,571 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDA…BE GOOD FOUNDATION INC: $18,114 · Philanthropy+3 more: $20,393 · Philanthropy+3 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $62,683 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KIT…NOVA UKRAINE: $41,651 · InternationalNOVA UKRAINEDIRECT RELIEF: $37,692 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFGlobal Impact: $29,554 · InternationalGlobal ImpactEMPOWER SERENDIB: $24,000 · InternationalEMPOWER SERENDIBCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $22,630 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR A…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,116 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRO…RAZOM INC: $18,706 · InternationalRAZOM INCWATERORG: $14,194 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $13,778 · InternationalRevived Soldiers Ukraine: $12,173 · International+2 more: $14,502 · InternationalRealize Impact: $75,500 · Human ServicesRealize ImpactWomen's and Children's Alliance: $32,874 · Human ServicesWomen's and Chi…KANDELIA: $30,624 · Human ServicesKANDELIAAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $24,366 · Human ServicesAmerican Nation…AMI TSUNAMI CHILDRENS HOUSE INC: $24,000 · Human ServicesAMI TSUNAMI CHI…United Help Ukraine Inc: $23,356 · Human ServicesUnited Help Ukr…Everstrong Prevention: $9,980 · Human Services+8 more: $54,441 · Human Services+8 moreRAINIER SCHOLARS: $49,810 · EducationEDUCATE LANKA FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 · EducationYoung Investors Society: $21,693 · EducationFRIENDS OF ENERGY INSTITUTE INC: $11,462 · EducationVILLAGEREACH: $10,000 · EducationPROJECT DRAWDOWN: $9,595 · EducationPitzer College: $5,003 · EducationINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $68,313 · Arts & CultureFERNANDO PULLUM COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER: $15,517 · Arts & CultureSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $46,784 · Crime & LegalEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $7,998 · Crime & Legal
Other$763,542Philanthropy$352,183International$311,679Human Services$275,141Education$131,563Arts & Culture$83,830Crime & Legal$54,782

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 budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $283,105 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRealize Impact: $75,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $68,313 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $62,683 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $58,126 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $49,810 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $46,784 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE: $41,651 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $37,692 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's and Children's Alliance: $32,874 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKANDELIA: $30,624 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $30,571 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Impact: $29,554 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFENCING IN THE PARK INC: $25,268 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $24,366 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMI TSUNAMI CHILDRENS HOUSE INC: $24,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetEDUCATE LANKA FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetEMPOWER SERENDIB: $24,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $23,356 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $22,630 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Investors Society: $21,693 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $21,504 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,116 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC: $20,103 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRAZOM INC: $18,706 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBE GOOD FOUNDATION INC: $18,114 over 1y, 12% of budgetBROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA THE BROOKLINE CENTER: $17,375 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFERNANDO PULLUM COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER: $15,517 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOUNDATION: $14,233 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $14,227 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATERORG: $14,194 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $13,912 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $13,778 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRevived Soldiers Ukraine: $12,173 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN LEADERS FELLOWSHIP: $11,836 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSEPSIS ALLIANCE INC: $11,606 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF ENERGY INSTITUTE INC: $11,462 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $10,565 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAngels For Angels: $10,350 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALASKA EATING DISORDERS ALLIANCE: $10,250 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetRENTON REGIONAL COMMUNITY FNDN: $10,223 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoys to Men Mentoring Network of Hawaii Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetVILLAGEREACH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNYAYA HEALTH: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEverstrong Prevention: $9,980 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPROJECT DRAWDOWN: $9,595 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $8,903 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARESTART: $8,818 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.

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.

Gqg Partners Communit…Seattle FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Medina FoundationCredit Unions in the …School's Out Washingt…American Endowment Fo…M J Murdock Charitabl…Columbus FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Gates Foundation
Gqg Partners Community Empowerment FoundationFL20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gqg Partners Community Empowerment Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Medina Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · School's Out Washington · American Endowment Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Columbus Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gates 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 Cauze Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cauze Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Cauze Charitable Fund?

Find your warmest path to Cauze Charitable Fund 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 106 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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