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Cecil B Day Foundation Inc at a glance

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Cecil B Day Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$816k
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$409k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$2.1MPhilanthropy$409kEducation$183kHuman Services$78kHealth$31kInternational$30kYouth Development$14kCrime & Legal$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k36 grants · $114k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $242k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
  • $250k+1 grant · $409k
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Christian Foundation$408,732
Gordon College$52,000
Saco Bay Community Church$39,549
Vision New England$34,836
The Table Boston$30,000
Salvation Army$20,000
ELK River Helping Hands$20,000
Samaritan's Purse$20,000
Overseed Inc$13,250
Evangelistic Assn of New England$12,500
First Congregational Church of Bingham$11,250
CRU$10,500
Young Life Casco Bay$10,000
InStep International Inc$10,000
Reflections Ministries$10,000
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 (FY20–24, $98k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%The Underground NE Inc: $5k → 11%Hope House of Moultrie: $3k → 23%ELK River Helping Hands: $20k → 21%Ujima Way Inc: $5k → 15%Overseed Inc: $13k → 11%Do Your Children Believe Inc: $5k → 13%Overseed Inc: $11k → 11%Overseed Inc: $6k → 11%Do Your Children Believe Inc: $5k → 13%The Remedy Project: $5k → 14%Overseed Inc: $5k → 11%The Remedy Project: $5k → 14%Do Your Children Believe Inc: $4k → 13%Abiding Love Charities: $4k → 14%Abiding Love Charities: $3k → 14%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

ME
VT
NH
MI
MA
CT
RI
CA
NE
MO
VA
KS
AR
NC
DC
MS
AL
GA
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 56 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

56 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
105

Total granted

$1.8M
$618k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+7%

Still filing today

30%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $548k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TO
    THE OCTET COLLABORATIVE INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $50k · revenue +896% · 80% of their budget
  • OI
    OVERSEED INCORPORATED
    4× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +109%
  • HM
    HOWTOLIFE MOVEMENT
    3× · 2021–2024 · $31k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • TM
    The Moody Center Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $67k · revenue +6%
  • TV
    THE VERITAS FORUM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +65%
  • CR
    CHRIST REDEEMER CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
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 Training Ministries Inc

Christian counseling for individuals with anxiety depression or other emotional struggles. Christian counseling for marriages and other couples.

Human Services
2
Safe Haven Counseling Associates in

Biblical counseling

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3
Explore God Network
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4
Discovery Counseling & Life Planning

Biblical counseling church leadership

Human Services
5
Encounter Church

Church

Religion
6
Echo Resources

provide resources, helps, supports & direction to ministers

Education
7
The Life Connection Inc
Religion
8
Named Ministries Inc

Ministry of the gospel of Jesus Christ

Religion
9
Grateful Shepherd Ministries

Training pastors and leaders in christian faith

Religion
10
Biblical Counseling and Training Ministries

To teach individuals how to apply the wisdom and depth of the bible's grace-centered message to the problems of daily living; and through various means, work to restore chirst to counseling and christ-centered counseling to the church.

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11
Transform Ministries
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12
Hopewell Ministries

To provide Christian counseling.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Living Well Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boston Center for Biblical Counseling. 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

52 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. 52 of the 190 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/52
Grantees still filing
34/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES OF VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE: $375,316 · OtherAMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES OF VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRESaco Bay Community Church: $308,227 · OtherSaco Bay Community ChurchLeading the Way: $179,820 · OtherLeading the WayVision New England: $148,101 · OtherVision New England+144 more: $860,456 · Other+144 moreNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $408,732 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CHRISTI…REFLECTIONS MINISTRIES INC: $17,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyThe Moody Center Inc: $66,850 · ReligionThe Moody Ce…THE OCTET COLLABORATIVE INC: $50,000 · ReligionTHE OCTET CO…THE VERITAS FORUM INC: $50,000 · ReligionTHE VERITAS …HOWTOLIFE MOVEMENT: $30,500 · ReligionHOWTOLIFE MO…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S …COME FOLLOW ME INC: $13,000 · ReligionSMALL TOWN SUMMITS INC: $12,000 · Religion+16 more: $86,095 · Religion+16 moreGORDON COLLEGE: $127,500 · EducationEleazar Wheelock Society Inc: $25,000 · EducationLife Bridge Inc: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $4,250 · EducationOVERSEED INCORPORATED: $34,944 · Human ServicesELK RIVER HELPING HANDS: $20,000 · Human ServicesDo Your Children Believe Inc: $13,500 · Human ServicesTHE REMEDY PROJECT: $10,000 · Human ServicesAbiding Love Charities Inc: $7,000 · Human ServicesUNDERGROUND NE: $5,000 · Human ServicesUJIMA WAY INC: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesINSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC: $21,000 · InternationalTWIN STATE CHRISTIAN COUNSELING INC: $5,700 · HealthNO LONGER BOUND INC: $5,000 · Health
Other$1,871,920Philanthropy$430,732Religion$328,445Education$166,750Human Services$98,444International$21,000Health$10,700

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 budgetNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $408,732 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetGORDON COLLEGE: $127,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Moody Center Inc: $66,850 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE OCTET COLLABORATIVE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 80% of budgetTHE VERITAS FORUM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOVERSEED INCORPORATED: $34,944 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetHOWTOLIFE MOVEMENT: $30,500 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetINSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC: $21,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELK RIVER HELPING HANDS: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDo Your Children Believe Inc: $13,500 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetNORTHEAST 3DM HUB: $13,300 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetCOME FOLLOW ME INC: $13,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetEVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND: $12,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLife Bridge Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetBarnabas Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetStraight Ahead Ministries INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTERED FOR LIFE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBOY WITH A BALL GLOBAL INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE REMEDY PROJECT: $10,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPRAXIS CENTER FOR CHURCH DEVELOPMENT: $7,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetAbiding Love Charities Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTWIN STATE CHRISTIAN COUNSELING INC: $5,700 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetVISION PARTNERS: $5,600 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetUNDERGROUND NE: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWORLD OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUJIMA WAY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMAINE MINISTRY OUTREACH CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetNO LONGER BOUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRisen Jesus Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBOSTON CENTER FOR BIBLICAL COUNSELING: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFAMILY BUILDERS MINISTRIES: $4,245 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetWellspring Living Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE Inc Helping Other People be Empowered: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAPTIST SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN TRAINING: $3,600 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHIS MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSONGTIMEINC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIVING WELL MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGRACE VALLEY MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ATLANTA RESOURCE FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF MOULTRIE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCORNERS OUTREACH LLC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMBRACE THE TRUTH: $1,050 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ENGLAND MISSION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetApologetics Inc: $600 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 NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GORDON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds The Moody Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE OCTET COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VERITAS FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds OVERSEED INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds HOWTOLIFE MOVEMENT ↗
  • Who funds Eleazar Wheelock Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds ELK RIVER HELPING HANDS ↗
  • Who funds REFLECTIONS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Do Your Children Believe Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST 3DM HUB ↗
  • Who funds COME FOLLOW ME INC ↗
  • Who funds EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND ↗
  • Who funds SMALL TOWN SUMMITS INC ↗
  • Who funds Life Bridge Inc ↗

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.

The Sievert Family Fo…Servant FoundationWaffle House Foundati…J Bulow Campbell Foun…The Scott Hudgens Fam…Communities of Coasta…The Community Foundat…Community Foundation …The Signatry Charitab…Bny Mellon Charitable…Lilly Endowment IncNatl Christian Charit…
The Sievert Family FoundationDE15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sievert Family Foundation · Servant Foundation · Waffle House Foundation Inc · J Bulow Campbell Foundation · The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation Inc · Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Lilly Endowment Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Cecil B Day Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cecil B Day Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 27%
  • Straight Ahead Ministries Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Gordon College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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Find your warmest path to Cecil B Day Foundation Inc 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 190 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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