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CBC Charitable Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
American Cancer Society$6,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
Cancer Support Community SFBA$6,000
Downtown Sacramento Foundation$5,000
Sacramento Children's Home$5,000
YOLO Country Arts$5,000
School of Arts & Culture$5,000
Las Trampas School Inc$5,000
Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters$5,000
Contra Costa & Solano Food Banks$4,000
Make-a-wish Foundation$4,000
Second Harvest$4,000
Sacramento Food Bank$4,000
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 (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 its 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
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

IL
NY
IN
CA
KS
TN
GA
TX
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against +1% for those 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
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

  • LT
    Las Trampas School Inc
    3× · 2021–2023 · $15k · revenue +28%
  • DS
    DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $15k · revenue +33%
  • KY
    KRISTI YAMAGUCHI'S ALWAYS DREAM
    2× · 2022–2023 · $10k · revenue +168%

Funded once

  • CS
    Cancer Support Community
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
  • AC
    American Cancer Society- Sacramento Region
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
  • HF
    Habitat for Humanity
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Contra Costa; 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.
04the grantee network

36 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. 36 of the 76 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
19/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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…GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR …Support for Families of Children with Disabilities: $2,500 · Human ServicesSupport for Fam…Wayfinder Family Services: $2,500 · Human ServicesWayfinder Famil…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 · HealthSUNFLOWER HILL: $1,500 · HealthCenter for Environmental Health: $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 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 budgetLas Trampas School Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetKRISTI YAMAGUCHI'S ALWAYS DREAM: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% 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 budgetHappy Hollow Foundation: $7,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHousing Trust Placer Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN RISING INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CONTRA COSTA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEast Bay Agency for Children: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAST BAY SPCA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Sacramento County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 budgetDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTICKET TO DREAM FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME CONNECTION OF THE BAY AREA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Clara Police Activities League Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHRISTMAS IN THE PARK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DEL PASO FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSupport for Families of Children with Disabilities: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWayfinder Family Services: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN VETERANS FIRST: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetARF DBA ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSUNFLOWER HILL: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Environmental Health: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Lafayette: $1,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER CATS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Placer County: $1,000 over 2y, 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.

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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's 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
    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.

    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 76 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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