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Charitable Gift America Inc

Exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes under section 501(c)3 of the the internal revenue code or corresponding section of any future federal tax code.

$12M
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$6.5M
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$8.3MPhilanthropy$7.6MCommunity Improvement$344kEducation$241kArts & Culture$136kRecreation & Sports$63kHealth$25kHuman Services$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $94k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $168k
  • $250k+2 grants · $12M
$19,688
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE KINGDOM$6,481,848
SUNANGEL$5,443,538
THIS IS SPARTA MSU LLC$101,000
FOWLER COLLECTIVE$66,689
BAYOU TRADITIONS$49,514
MATCHPOINT CONNECTION$19,688
MAXSTUSS FAMILY FOUNDATION$13,555
MONTIEL ATHLETIC TOURS$11,300
LORDS PLACE$9,583
COLUMBIA GRAMMAR AND PREP SCHOOL$6,085
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY$6,039
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 (FY21–21, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOCUS HOPE: $7k → 21%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

MI
NY
NV
IN
OH
MD
AZ
LA
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 6 repeat orgs$315k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
8

Total granted

$16M
$178k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+26%

Still filing today

17%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23’24’25
EducationRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TK
    THE KINGDOM
    2× · 2024–2025 · $8.3M
  • SA
    Sun Angel Collective
    2× · 2024–2025 · $7.5M
  • BT
    BAYOU TRADITIONS INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $219k

Funded once

  • SN
    SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC TELEVISION
    one grant, 2023 · $53k · revenue -2%
  • TK
    THE KIRK H AND JOANN P GIBSON FAMILY FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCHgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +653%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
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
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
2
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
3
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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5
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
6
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
7
Trustees of Clark University

Clark university's mission is to educate undergraduate and graduate students to be imaginative and contributing citizens of the world, and to advance the frontiers of knowledge and understanding through rigorous scholarship and creative…

Education
8
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
9
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
10
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
11
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
12
Council of Independent Colleges

The council of independent colleges is an association of nonprofit independent colleges and universities, state- based councils of independent colleges, and other higher education affiliates, that works to support college and university…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Collier Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Institute for College Football Research and Education. 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

11 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. 11 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE KINGDOM: $8,279,702 · OtherTHE KINGDOMSun Angel Collective: $7,530,719 · OtherSun Angel Collective+9 more: $731,278 · OtherCAPITAL UNIVERSITY: $98,664 · EducationNova Southeastern University Inc: $10,000 · EducationCOLUMBIA GRAMMAR AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $6,085 · EducationBall State University Foundation Inc: $6,039 · EducationSOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC TELEVISION: $52,525 · Arts & CultureTHE KIRK H AND JOANN P GIBSON FAMILY FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $25,000 · HealthINSTITUTE FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $9,583 · Housing & ShelterFOCUSHOPE: $6,610 · Human Services
Other$16,541,699Education$120,788Arts & Culture$52,525Health$25,000Recreation & Sports$25,000Housing & Shelter$9,583Human Services$6,610

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAPITAL UNIVERSITY: $98,664 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $91,139 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC TELEVISION: $52,525 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTHE KIRK H AND JOANN P GIBSON FAMILY FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC: $24,390 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNova Southeastern University Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $9,583 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOCUSHOPE: $6,610 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA GRAMMAR AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $6,085 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBall State University Foundation Inc: $6,039 over 1y, 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.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Charitable Gift America Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charitable Gift America Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • The Lord's Place Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Nova Southeastern University Inc: 2% of 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

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How do I get to Charitable Gift America Inc?

Find your warmest path to Charitable Gift America 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 20 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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