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CBC Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$151k
Granted FY2023
40
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2023.

Human Services$62kHealth$56kYouth Development$33kEmployment$31kPhilanthropy$27kArts & Culture$23kFood & Nutrition$22kHousing & Shelter$20kOther$0
02FY2023 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k39 grants · $122k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $28k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$35k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay Work Program$28,471
Individual grant recipient$6,000
Cancer Support Community SFBA$6,000
American Cancer Society$6,000
Las Trampas School Inc$5,000
Sacramento Children's Home$5,000
Downtown Sacramento Foundation$5,000
School of Arts & Culture$5,000
Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters$5,000
YOLO Country Arts$5,000
Contra Costa & Solano Food Banks$4,000
Sacramento Food Bank$4,000
Make-a-wish Foundation$4,000
Second Harvest$4,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY21–23, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $3k → 8%Support for Families of Children with Disabilities: $3k → 10%American Veterans First: $3k → 15%Las Trampas School: $5k → 9%Dream Foundation: $4k → 6%Las Trampas School: $5k → 9%Wayfinder Family Services: $3k → 12%Sacred Heart Community Service: $2k → 8%Sacramento Children's Home: $5k → 12%Sacramento Children's Home: $5k → 12%Sacred Heart Community Service: $1k → 8%White Pony Express: $2k → 9%White Poney Express: $2k → 9%Las Trampas School Inc: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
IN
CA
KS
TN
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$146k · 21 repeat orgs$186k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +3% since the first grant, against +1% for the ones you funded once.

21 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
33

Total granted

$146k
$99k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+1%

Still filing today

76%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • DS
    DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $15k · revenue +33%
  • LT
    Las Trampas School Inc
    3× · 2021–2023 · $15k · revenue +28%
  • SC
    SACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME
    2× · 2022–2023 · $10k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • CS
    Cancer Support Community
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
  • AC
    American Cancer Society- Sacramento Region
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
  • BB
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Areagraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +57%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
California Alliance of Caregivers

California Alliance of Caregivers represents the voices of relative and non-relative caregivers to promote the well-being of children in foster care. California Alliance of Caregivers provides training information support and advocacy for…

Health
3
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
4
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
5
Ala Costa Centers a Program for Developmentally Disabled

To provide each student or participant with the access, skills, and opportunities needed to become successful and productive members of society, and to encourage them to have some fun along the way. The Organization offers support and…

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6
Family Promise of Sacramento

To provide temporary shelter and assistance to homeless families, and also to provide rental assistance in an effort to prevent families from becoming homeless. Program goal is to assist the families in their efforts to become…

Education
7
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
8
Court Appointed Special Advocates

The Sonoma County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program serves abused and neglected children coming before the Juvenile Court of Protection and Rehabilitation Services.

Civil Rights
9
Child Advocates of Silicon Valley Inc

To be there for every foster child in silicon valley who has experienced abuse, neglect and/or abandonment.

Civil Rights
10
Bay Area Community Services Housing Corp

Improve the quality of life for individuals in Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Solano County, Monterey County, Sacramento County and the surrounding area in the State of California.

Housing & Shelter
11
Childrens Receiving Home of Sacramento

The Childrens Receiving Home of Sacramento is committed to positively impacting the lives of children, youth, and families affected by abuse, neglect, behavioral health issues, and trauma in California.Our Vision: To be a leader in…

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12
Bay Area Barns and Trails
Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Contra Costa and the most unlike its peers is Abyssisian Missionary Baptist Church. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%5%<5yr15%5%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr17%30%20–35yr13%19%35–55yr12%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%16%<5yr15%5%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr17%20%20–35yr13%12%35–55yr12%29%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 16% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/38
the rest of the field
12%
4,736/37,977

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 76 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
20/36
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CRISTO REY DE LA SALLE EAST BAY WORK STUDY PROGRAM — $28,471 · OtherCRISTO REY DE LA SALLE EAST BAY WORK STUDY PROGRAMAmerican Cancer Society — $12,000 · OtherAmerican Cancer SocietyBig Brothers Big Sisters — $10,000 · OtherMake-A-Wish Foundation — $8,000 · OtherCancer Support Community — $7,500 · Other+49 more — $152,400 · Other+49 moreLas Trampas School Inc — $15,000 · Human ServicesLas Trampas Sch…SACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME — $10,000 · Human ServicesSACRAMENTO CHIL…WHITE PONY EXPRESS — $4,000 · Human ServicesWHITE PONY EXPR…DALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION — $3,500 · Human ServicesDALMATIAN DREAM…SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE — $3,000 · Human ServicesSACRED HEART CO…Wayfinder Family Services — $2,500 · Human ServicesWayfinder Famil…Support for Families of Children with Disabilities — $2,500 · Human ServicesSupport for Fam…GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $2,500 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR …AMERICAN VETERANS FIRST — $2,500 · Human ServicesAMERICAN VETERA…DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION — $15,000 · PhilanthropyDOWNTOWN …KRISTI YAMAGUCHI'S ALWAYS DREAM — $10,000 · PhilanthropyKRISTI YA…Community Foundation of Lafayette — $1,500 · PhilanthropyCommunity…RIVER CATS FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 · PhilanthropyHappy Hollow Foundation — $7,500 · AnimalsEAST BAY SPCA — $5,000 · AnimalsARF DBA ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION — $2,500 · AnimalsEast Bay Agency for Children — $5,000 · HealthDOWN SYNDROME CONNECTION OF THE BAY AREA — $3,000 · HealthCenter for Environmental Health — $1,500 · HealthSUNFLOWER HILL — $1,500 · HealthSCHOOL OF ARTS AND CULTURE AT MHP — $10,000 · Arts & CultureHousing Trust Placer Inc — $6,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$218,371Human Services$45,500Philanthropy$27,500Animals$15,000Health$11,000Arts & Culture$10,000Housing & Shelter$6,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetLas Trampas School Inc — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL OF ARTS AND CULTURE AT MHP — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKRISTI YAMAGUCHI'S ALWAYS DREAM — $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHappy Hollow Foundation — $7,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHousing Trust Placer Inc — $6,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CONTRA COSTA — $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Sacramento County — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEast Bay Agency for Children — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN RISING INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEAST BAY SPCA — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Traveling Companions — $4,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWHITE PONY EXPRESS — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTICKET TO DREAM FOUNDATION — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION — $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME CONNECTION OF THE BAY AREA — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DEL PASO FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSanta Clara Police Activities League Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWayfinder Family Services — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSupport for Families of Children with Disabilities — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTMAS IN THE PARK — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARF DBA ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN VETERANS FIRST — $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCenter for Environmental Health — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Lafayette — $1,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSUNFLOWER HILL — $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Placer County — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER CATS FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

California Foundation…The San Francisco Fou…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Silicon Valley Commun…San Jose Mercury News…East Bay Community Fo…Wayne and Gladys Vall…Lowell Berry Foundati…Heffernan Group Found…Jewish Community Fede…The Yelp FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…
California Foundation for Stronger CommunitiesCA21.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Foundation for Stronger Communities · The San Francisco Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · East Bay Community Foundation · Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation · Lowell Berry Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Yelp Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization CBC Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 76 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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