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Chris Long Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to mobilize champions, service providers, and experts to help communities access clean water, address basic needs for youth and families, and inspire others to make an impact at home and abroad.

$700k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$292k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$3.6MHuman Services$731kEnvironment$493kEducation$361kYouth Development$68kFood & Nutrition$26kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kPhilanthropy$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $656,689, the rows itemized in this filing. The $699,835 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $43,146 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $38k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $327k
  • $250k+1 grant · $292k
$50,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$725k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WELL AWARE$291,900
WORLDSERVE INTERNATIONAL$144,000
WATER WELL TRUST$82,569
DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT$50,000
CRADLES TO CRAYONS$50,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$20,000
Individual grant recipient$18,220
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 (FY21–24, $81k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%RICHMOND FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $6k → 9%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $50k → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 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

WA
MT
NY
IA
IN
PA
CA
MO
VA
NC
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 10 repeat orgs$369k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
13

Total granted

$5.0M
$231k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-4%
+52%

Still filing today

80%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $138k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • WI
    WORLDSERVE INTERNATIONAL
    6× · 2017–2024 · $3.2M · revenue +272%
  • RC
    RURAL COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP INCORPORATED
    4× · 2020–2023 · $481k · revenue +96%
  • WW
    WATER WELL TRUST INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $279k · revenue +765%

Funded once

  • GW
    GLOBAL WATER CHALLENGEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $163k · revenue +74%
  • CC
    Cultivate Charlottesville
    one grant, 2020 · $18k · revenue +8%
  • BO
    BRING ON THE MUSIC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +311%
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
Water for Good

Water for good's mission is to transform lives through sustainable access to safe water as well as improved sanitation and hygiene in the places that need it most.

International
2
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
3
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
4
Water Environment Federation

WEF's mission is inspiring the water community in pursuit of human and environmental well-being. WEF is a global environmental leader committed to water quality education and technical best practices. WEF connects water professionals;…

Environment
5
Lifewater Inc

Lifewater international is a non-profit christian water development organization dedicated to effectively serving vulnerable children and families by partnering with underserved communities to overcome water poverty.

Environment
6
Aqua-Africa Inc

Transform east african communities by providing access to clean well water and water systems.

International
7
Waterstep Inc

Waterstep focuses on providing safe water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions to communities in need around the world. its mission is rooted in the belief that safe water is a basic human right and a critical foundation for health,…

Youth Development
8
Water Is Basic

To provide clean drinking water for individuals and families living in poverty around the world with a primary emphasis in africa.

Human Services
9
The Water Trust Inc

Empower rural communities and institutions to have access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene for a healthier, more dignified life.

Human Services
10
Water to Thrive

Water to Thrive transforms lives in rural Africa by working with partners and beneficiaries to bring the blessing of clean, safe water, connecting communities in need with supporters who have the heart and spirit to make a difference

International
11
Water for South Sudan Inc

Water for South Sudan delivers direct, transformative and sustainable quality-of-life service to the people of South Sudan by efficiently providing access to clean, safe water and improving hygiene practices in areas of great need.

International
12
Foodshot Global Inc

Accelerate the transformation to a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cradles to Crayons Inc; the most unlike its peers is Run Freely. 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

24 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. 24 of the 29 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WORLDSERVE INTERNATIONAL: $3,171,790 · InternationalWORLDSERVE INTERNATIONALWELL AWARE INC: $471,900 · InternationalWELL AWARE INCRURAL COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP INCORPORATED: $480,584 · OtherRURAL COMMUNITY AS…DIG DEEP: $195,000 · OtherDIG DEEPCHARLOTTESVILLE CITY SCHOOLS: $165,359 · OtherCHARLOTTESVILLE CI…+11 more: $54,530 · Other+11 moreWATER WELL TRUST INC: $279,116 · EnvironmentWATER WELL…GLOBAL WATER CHALLENGE: $163,397 · EnvironmentGLOBAL WAT…THE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT: $50,000 · EnvironmentTHE DIGDEE…FIRST BOOK: $97,435 · EducationST ANNE'S-BELFIELD INC: $92,660 · EducationBRING ON THE MUSIC INC: $10,000 · EducationCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesRICHMOND FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $5,700 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION AND LAKE COUNTY: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsCultivate Charlottesville: $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $17,500 · Youth Development
International$3,643,690Other$895,473Environment$492,513Education$200,095Human Services$80,700Recreation & Sports$50,000Youth Development$35,500

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 budgetWORLDSERVE INTERNATIONAL: $3,171,790 over 6y, 23% of budgetRURAL COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP INCORPORATED: $480,584 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetWELL AWARE INC: $471,900 over 2y, 26% of budgetWATER WELL TRUST INC: $279,116 over 5y, 10% of budgetGLOBAL WATER CHALLENGE: $163,397 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFIRST BOOK: $97,435 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST ANNE'S-BELFIELD INC: $92,660 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION AND LAKE COUNTY: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCultivate Charlottesville: $18,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRING ON THE MUSIC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK: $7,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRICHMOND FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $5,700 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERGING VETS AND PLAYERS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoalsetter Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRun Freely: $500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $310 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.

Charlottesville Area …The Genan FoundationNational Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
Charlottesville Area Community FoundationVA15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · The Genan Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Chris Long Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chris Long Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report 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 Chris Long 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 29 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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