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Cbl State Savings Bank Foundation at a glance

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Cbl State Savings Bank Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$77k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$278kReligion$153kHuman Services$149kInternational$72kRecreation & Sports$43kHealth$38kArts & Culture$19kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $41k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREER CHRISTIAN LEARNING CENTER$18,000
MIDDLE TYGER COMM CTR$11,500
GUIDING REINS$11,000
PIEDMONT WOMEN'S CENTER$7,500
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
SAFE HARBOR$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
JOSHU'A WAY$4,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
GREER MID COLLEGE CHARTER$1,500
THE CITADEL FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $131k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PIEDMONT WOMANS CENTER: $6k → 10%PIEDMONT WOMANS CENTER: $5k → 10%SAFE HARBOR: $5k → 10%The Period Project: $1k → 10%GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $15k → 10%GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $14k → 10%GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $14k → 10%GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $10k → 10%GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $8k → 10%GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $8k → 10%PIEDMONT WOMEN'S CENTER: $8k → 10%GREER RELIEF: $5k → 10%Greer Relief and Resources Agency: $5k → 10%GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $5k → 10%GREER RELIEF: $5k → 10%GREER RELIEF: $5k → 10%GREER RELIEF: $5k → 10%Piedmont Women's Center: $3k → 10%Greer Community Ministries: $3k → 10%GREER RELIEF: $3k → 10%Greer Community Outreach Center: $1k → 10%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$718k · 22 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
10

Total granted

$718k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
0%

Still filing today

45%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsReligionOther
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

  • GC
    Greer Christian Learning Center Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $110k · revenue +43%
  • GC
    GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +81%
  • JW
    Joshua's Way Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $41k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
Greenville Theatre Arts Center
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2
Greenville Area Development Corporation

Promoting and enhancing the economic growth and development of greenville county south carolina; gadc was formed by greenville county council.

Community Improvement
3
Greater Greenville Housing & Revitalizat

Develop, provide, and promote safe, affordable, and decent housing and design, research, and/or promote revitalization activities and facilitate the coordination of various service and support activities for the greater Greenville…

Community Improvement
4
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
5
Greenwood Genetic Center Inc

The greenwood genetic center is a nonprofit institute centered on clinical genetic services, diagnostic laboratory testing, educational programs and resources, and research. with a focus on compassionate patient care and innovative…

Health
6
The Greenville Community Shelters

To serve the homeless and those at risk of homelessness by providing safe housing and assisting them in developing a long-term plan that leads to self-sufficiency.

Housing & Shelter
7
Greenville Classical Academy

Provide a distinctly Christ-centered, biblical and classical education producing students who glorify God in their thoughts, words and deeds.

Education
8
The Good Shepherd Center Inc

To meet the needs of the economically disadvantaged.

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9
Greeneville Greene County Community Ministries Food Bank

To enlist and provide ecumenical Christian support for program and longer term assistance with food, shelter, utlities, and medications for residents of Greeneville and Greene County.

Human Services
10
Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce Inc

To serve as greensboro, north carolina's principal economic and community development organization. our goal is to strategically develop a vibrant community that creates, expands, and attracts business while advancing the quality of life…

—
11
Greater Greenville Association of Realtors Inc

Providing standards, guidelines, and procedures to those members engaged in practice of the real estate profession

—
12
Greenville Christian School Inc

Provide elementary and secondary private education for families in the Greenville Texas area.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greer Community Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Guiding Reins. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 38 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPERATION HOPE: $72,000 · OtherOPERATION HOPEBRHS: $50,000 · OtherBRHSGHS: $40,000 · OtherGHSLHS: $40,000 · OtherLHSCLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · OtherCLEMSON UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON: $20,000 · OtherVISIONS OF EXCELLENCE INC: $19,000 · OtherMIDDLE TYGER COMM CTR: $19,000 · OtherGUIDING REINS EQU THERAPY: $17,700 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $17,500 · Other+12 more: $80,850 · Other+12 moreGreer Christian Learning Center Inc: $110,250 · EducationGreer Christian Lear…GREENVILLE TECH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationGREENVILLE TECH FOUN…GREER MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: $7,500 · EducationPUBLIC EDUCATION PARTNERS GREENVILLE COUNTY: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationGREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $75,400 · Human ServicesGREER COMMUNITY MIN…GREER RELIEF AND RESOURCES AGENCY INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesGREER RELIEF AND RE…PIEDMONT WOMEN'S CENTER: $21,000 · Human ServicesPIEDMONT WOMEN'S CE…SAFE HARBOR INC: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING REINS: $31,000 · Recreation & SportsMIDDLE TYGER COMMUNITY CENTER: $16,500 · Recreation & SportsJoshua's Way Inc: $41,000 · ReligionTRIUNE MERCY CENTER: $2,000 · Food & NutritionHUB CITY ROOTS: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$416,050Education$143,750Human Services$135,900Recreation & Sports$47,500Religion$41,000Food & Nutrition$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreer Christian Learning Center Inc: $110,250 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetGREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $75,400 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetJoshua's Way Inc: $41,000 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetGREER RELIEF AND RESOURCES AGENCY INC: $32,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGUIDING REINS: $31,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetPIEDMONT WOMEN'S CENTER: $21,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGREENVILLE TECH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLE TYGER COMMUNITY CENTER: $16,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGreer Lions Club: $12,450 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetGREER MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC EDUCATION PARTNERS GREENVILLE COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSAFE HARBOR INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRIUNE MERCY CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUB CITY ROOTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREER COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HOMELESS PERIOD PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER GREER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $500 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.

  • Who funds Greer Christian Learning Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Joshua's Way Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREER RELIEF AND RESOURCES AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING REINS ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GREENVILLE TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE TYGER COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Greer Lions Club ↗
  • Who funds GREER MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTNERS GREENVILLE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HARBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds TRIUNE MERCY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HUB CITY ROOTS ↗
  • Who funds THE CITADEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREER COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOMELESS PERIOD PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER GREER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗

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.

Spartanburg County Fo…John I Smith Charitie…Duke Energy FoundationUnited Bank Upstate S…The Jolley FoundationScansource Charitable…Dabo's All in Team Fo…W W Burgiss Charities…Countybank FoundationPrisma Health-UpstateUnited Way of Greenvi…Sisters of Charity Fo…
Spartanburg County FoundationSC23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Spartanburg County Foundation · John I Smith Charities Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · United Bank Upstate Sc Foundation · The Jolley Foundation · Scansource Charitable Foundation · Dabo's All in Team Foundation · W W Burgiss Charities Inc · Countybank Foundation · Prisma Health-Upstate · United Way of Greenville County Inc · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina

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 Cbl State Savings Bank Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cbl State Savings Bank Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%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 · 0–20%
    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 Cbl State Savings Bank Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Cbl State Savings Bank 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 38 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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