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Christensen Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$76k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$84kHuman Services$81kPhilanthropy$25kHousing & Shelter$20kEducation$9kPublic Safety & Disaster$8kFood & Nutrition$8kYouth Development$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $70,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $76,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,500 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
$4,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIRIAM'S HOUSE LOS ANGELES$30,000
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION$10,000
PEOPLE'S CITY MISSION$8,000
TUNNEL TO TOWER FOUNDATION$4,000
FOOD BANK$4,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$4,000
MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH$3,000
CEDARS HOME FO RCHILDREN FOUNDATION$3,000
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION$2,000
UNL FOUNDATION$1,000
JOSHUA COLLINGSWORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$1,000
OPEN HOUSE MINISTRIES$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 (FY21–23, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%MATT TALBOT KITCHEN AND OUTREACH: $1k → 13%CEDARS HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%CEDARS HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $1k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE: $1k → 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$190k · 10 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
20

Total granted

$190k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+29%

Still filing today

90%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
HealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    5× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +42%
  • PC
    PEOPLE'S CITY MISSION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $19k · revenue +12%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $8k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • SH
    SEQUOIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +185%
  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue -4%
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
Second Harvest Heartland

Second harvest heartland's mission is to end hunger together. in partnership with more than 1,000 food shelves and hunger-relief programs in minnesota and western wisconsin, we provided 145 million meals to neighbors last year.

Food & Nutrition
2
Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services

Through shelter and housing, advocacy and supportive services, our mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community.

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3
Edward W Sparrow Hospital

Improving the health of the people in our communities by providing quality, compassionate care to everyone, every time.

Health
4
Heart Ministry Center

Heart ministry center's mission is to provide food, healthcare, and a way forward to people severely affected by poverty in the omaha area. heart ministry center's core programs include a choice food distribution program, monen healthcare…

Food & Nutrition
5
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
6
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

—
7
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
8
Mercy House Living Centers

Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…

Housing & Shelter
9
The Presbyterian Hospital

In the spirit of keeping our focus on patient-centered, equitable and compassionate care while ensuring our organization is sustainable for future generations, we have restated our mission, vision and values and are now guided by our…

Health
10
Honorhealth

Honorhealth's mission is to improve the health and well-being of those we serve.

Health
11
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
12
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Michigan; the most unlike its peers is Joshua Collingsworth Memorial Foundation. 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, 2017–2026.

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. 24 of the 34 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $70,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1DPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,400 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INCSEQUOIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthSEQUOIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION+4 more: $2,300 · HealthMIRIAM'S HOUSE LOS ANGELES: $65,000 · OtherMIRIAM'S HOUSE LOS ANGELESAMERICAN RED CROSS: $4,500 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSFOOD BANK: $4,000 · OtherJOSHUA COLLINGSWORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Other+9 more: $5,400 · Other+9 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $25,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY IN…PEOPLE'S CITY MISSION: $18,500 · Housing & ShelterPEOPLE'S …NEBRASKA PEO HOME: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $900 · Housing & ShelterTHE CEDARS HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Human ServicesTHE CEDAR…MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $6,000 · Human ServicesMATT TALB…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED W…LIGHTHOUSE: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $8,000 · EducationFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,000 · Food & NutritionFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $500 · Food & Nutrition
Health$82,700Other$81,900Community Improvement$25,000Housing & Shelter$20,400Human Services$19,500Education$8,000Food & Nutrition$3,500

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 budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $70,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE'S CITY MISSION: $18,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CEDARS HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEQUOIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOSHUA COLLINGSWORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA PEO HOME: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget50 MILE MARCH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN HOUSE MINISTRIES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA MARIA: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $300 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.

Lincoln Community Fou…First Interstate Banc…Pegler Family Foundat…Assurity Life Foundat…Abel FoundationBnsf Railway Foundati…Theresa Farnsworth Wi…James Stuart III Fami…Kinder Porter Scott F…Lee and Debbie Stuart…Jc & Jessie Seacrest …Bettenhausen Family F…
Lincoln Community Foundation IncNE19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Pegler Family Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · Abel Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Theresa Farnsworth Wittmann Charitable Foundation · James Stuart III Family Foundation · Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation · Lee and Debbie Stuart Family Foundation · Jc & Jessie Seacrest Family Fndtn First Nebraska Trust Co Trustee · Bettenhausen Family 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 Christensen Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Christensen Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 Christensen Charitable 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 34 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $118k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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