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Children Across Borders Inc

The mission of the organization locally and nationally will be to help finance enrichment programs for inner city schools and to provide aid to underprivileged children to enable them to stay in school while increasing awareness in the community relating primarily to education and health issues.

$170k
Granted FY2022
10
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$436kHousing & Shelter$107kYouth Development$75kCrime & Legal$68kHealth$26kHuman Services$23kRecreation & Sports$22k
02FY2022 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $140,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $169,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $29,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $133k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$68k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STARTING RIGHT NOW$17,000
PEPIN ACADEMY$15,000
TRAIN UP FOUNDATION$15,000
BROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACA$15,000
ONE VOICE FOUNDATION$15,000
ACADEMY PREP$15,000
VOICES FOR CHILDREN$14,000
AGAPE YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER$13,500
KIDS & CANINES$13,000
GIRL2B FOUNDATION INC$7,500
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 (FY17–22, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%KIDS & CANINES: $13k → 13%KIDS & CANINES: $13k → 13%KIDS & CANINES: $13k → 13%KIDS & CANINES: $12k → 13%KIDS & CANINES: $10k → 13%KIDS & CANINES: $10k → 13%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$647k · 11 repeat orgs$109k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2022, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
8

Total granted

$647k
$109k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+42%

Still filing today

73%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalPhilanthropyCivil RightsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SR
    STARTING RIGHT NOW
    6× · 2017–2022 · $107k · revenue +6%
  • AP
    ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF TAMPA INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $75k · revenue +50%
  • KA
    KIDS AND CANINES INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $71k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • PS
    PROJECT STARFISH INC
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • PA
    PEPIN ACADEMY
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • OV
    ONE VOICE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
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
The School for Global Thinkers

Our mission is to challenge and nurture young women to thrive in future global markets through personalized STEM advanced academics. Through a supportive small school and single-gender environment, project-based learning, and STEM advanced…

Education
2
Be Academy of Steam

B.E. Academy for Girls empowers young women through a rigorous, culturally responsive STEAM curriculum that centers identity, cultivates leadership and critical thinking, and integrates real-world experiences to prepare them for college,…

Education
3
Nest Academy Inc

The Nest Academy is a trauma-informed, private K-12 school in Charlotte, North Carolina with a mission to change the lives of refugee and underprivileged students to become confident, educated, and successful first generation high school…

Education
4
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington Foundation

Glow academy, a public charter school, educates young women from diverse backgrounds through middle and high school in a nurturing community with a rigorous college preparatory curriculum to develop leaders who succeed in college and…

Education
5
Academy Prep Center of Lakeland Inc

To inspire and empower students qualifying for need-based scholarships to become future community leaders through a rigorous middle school program coupled with ongoing graduate support.

Education
6
Academy Prep Center of St Petersburg

To inspire and empower students qualifying for need-based scholarships to become future community leaders through a rigorous middle school program coupled with ongoing graduate support.

Education
7
Milestone Academy Llc

Milestone Academy mission is to support students with diverse learning styles by fostering a nurturing and positive environment utilizing proven teaching interventions to help them realize their strengths and capabilities self knowledge…

Education
8
Da Vinci Schools La County

Da Vinci Schools: LA County consists of a public charter school, RISE High, which exists to provide our students an individualized education through the coalescence of their personal and professional goals, their interests, and the…

Education
9
Ambition Preparatory Charter School

Through high-quality instruction, intensive academic supports, and hard work, ambition preparatory charter school ensures that all students in kindergarten through grade eight have academic skills and self-discipline for college and life…

Education
10
Vision Academy Charter School

The mission of vision academy charter school is to prepare students in kindergarten through 8th grade to become responsible and articulate students and citizens by using a comprehensive curriculum designed to foster academic success and…

Education
11
Ace Academy

Ace academy will equip students from all backgrounds to succeed in the college and career of their choice by driving academic excellence, developing a strong mindset, and instilling an entrepreneurial mindset.

Education
12
The Santa Ynez Valley Family School

The family school is dedicated to providing a superior environment of child centered academic and creative programs which inspire a joy of learning and support critical thinking. we strive to prepare students to be compassionate,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Pepin Academies Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Starfish Corporation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 19 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STARTING RIGHT NOW: $107,000 · OtherSTARTING RIGHT NOWTRAIN UP INC: $75,000 · OtherTRAIN UP INCPROJECT STARFISH INC: $20,000 · OtherPROJECT STARFISH INCPEPIN ACADEMY: $15,000 · OtherPEPIN ACADEMYONE VOICE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherONE VOICE FOUNDATIONGIRLS 2B FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherGIRLS 2B FOUNDATIONACADEMY PREP: $15,000 · OtherACADEMY PREPTRAIN UP FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherTRAIN UP FOUNDATIONACADEMY PREP CENTER OF TAMPA INC: $75,000 · EducationACADEMY PREP CENTER OF TAMPA IN…THE PEPIN ACADEMIES INC: $60,000 · EducationTHE PEPIN ACADEMIES INCBROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY: $42,500 · EducationBROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADE…THE GIRL2B FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 · EducationTHE GIRL2B FOUNDATION INCTHE COLLABORATORY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationONE VOICE FOUNDATION: $90,000 · PhilanthropyONE VOICE FOU…KIDS AND CANINES INC: $70,500 · Human ServicesKIDS AND C…VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $67,500 · Civil RightsVOICES FOR…Agape Community Center: $22,000 · Recreation & SportsVoice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida: $13,000 · Crime & LegalPROJECT STARFISH CORPORATION: $6,100 · Food & Nutrition
Other$277,000Education$210,000Philanthropy$90,000Human Services$70,500Civil Rights$67,500Recreation & Sports$22,000Crime & Legal$13,000Food & Nutrition$6,100

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 budgetSTARTING RIGHT NOW: $107,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetONE VOICE FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetACADEMY PREP CENTER OF TAMPA INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetKIDS AND CANINES INC: $70,500 over 6y, 10% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $67,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PEPIN ACADEMIES INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY: $42,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GIRL2B FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 over 3y, 43% of budgetAgape Community Center: $22,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COLLABORATORY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPROJECT STARFISH CORPORATION: $6,100 over 1y, 20% 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 STARTING RIGHT NOW ↗
  • Who funds ONE VOICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF TAMPA INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS AND CANINES INC ↗
  • Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE PEPIN ACADEMIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE GIRL2B FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Agape Community Center ↗
  • Who funds Voice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida ↗
  • Who funds THE COLLABORATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT STARFISH CORPORATION ↗

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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC6.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Children Across Borders Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Children Across Borders Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Academy Prep Center of Tampa Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Pepin Academies Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–5%
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 Children Across Borders 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 19 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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