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Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc

The organization will endeavor to help underprivileged children and children with differences, regardless of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or sex so that they may be finer, stronger and happier youth who will grow to be good, healthy adults.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$96kRecreation & Sports$27kEducation$6kHealth$6kYouth Development$6kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $19k
$18,975
Median grant
1
States reached
$248k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
All Other Grants Paid 5000 Each$18,975
The Straube Foundation$6,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%Hamilton Area YMCA: $10k → 11%Hopewell Valley YMCA: $8k → 11%Hopewell Valley YMCA: $8k → 11%Hopewell Valley YMCA: $6k → 11%Hopewell Valley YMCA: $5k → 11%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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$216k · 5 repeat orgs$107k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +114% since the first grant, against +52% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
5

Total granted

$216k
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+114%
+52%

Still filing today

60%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • TN
    The New Jersey Golf Foundation Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $27k · revenue +192%
  • HOPEWELL VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2017–2021 · $26k · revenue +12%
  • YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ
    4× · 2017–2024 · $24k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • GP
    Grants Paid 5000 Each
    one grant, 2023 · $73k
  • HAMILTON AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +70%
  • Embright Educationgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue +52%
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 Young Men's Christian Association of Delaware County

The young men's christian association of delaware county d/b/a the community ymca of eastern delaware county ("the community ymca or "the organization") was organized on december 14, 1948 under the laws of pennsylvania as a nonprofit…

Human Services
2
Young Mens Christian Assoc of the Treasure Coast Inc

Community can only be achieved when we invest in our kids, our health and our neighbors well-being. financial assistance is available to any person who cannot afford to pay the full price for any ymca program or membership. all ymca…

Human Services
3
Somerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc

Greater Somerset County YMCA is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to strengthening community by helping all individuals discover their potential, purpose, and connection to others. (Continued on Schedule O)

Human Services
4
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Oklahoma City

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
5
Young Men's Christian Association of Brainerd

The mission of the brainerd family ymca is to enhance the lives in the brainerd lakes area by connecting individuals and families with opportunities based on christian values that build a healthy spirit, mind, & body.

Human Services
6
The New Canaan Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc

The new canaan community ymca's mission is to enrich all people in spirit, mind and body. we are committed to providing programs and services that promote youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility among our members and…

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7
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties

The mission of the YMCA is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. We are an inclusive organization, serving all people regardless of background, religion, beliefs,…

Human Services
8
Ymca of Montclair New Jersey

The YMCA of Montclair welcomes all. We are a nonprofit that strengthens individuals, families, and community by developing spirit, mind, and body. Membership is open to all, with financial assistance available to those who live in our…

Human Services
9
Shasta County Young Men's Christian Association

The shasta family ymca strengthens community through programs and activities that create a healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
10
The Young Men's Christian Association of Birmingham Inc

The young men's christian association of birmingham, inc. is a charitable organization that opens its doors to all women, men, families, teenagers, and children regardless of their ability to pay. the mission of the ymca is to put…

Human Services
11
Young Men's Christian Association of Chambersburg Pa

See schedule o for form 990, part iii, line 1 - organization's mission

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12
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)

Guided by our christian principles, we strengthen the spirit mind and body of all individuals.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Mens Christian Association of Trenton Nj; the most unlike its peers is Straube Foundation Inc. 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

9 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. 9 of the 11 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

All Other Grants Paid 5000 Each: $103,507 · OtherAll Other Grants Paid 5000 EachGrants Paid 5000 Each: $72,692 · OtherGrants Paid 5000 EachYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON: $36,500 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETONYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ: $23,500 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ+1 more: $6,000 · OtherHOPEWELL VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $25,800 · Human ServicesHOPEWELL VAL…HAMILTON AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesHAMILTON ARE…The New Jersey Golf Foundation Inc: $26,750 · Recreation & SportsThe New J…Embright Education: $6,225 · EducationSTRAUBE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Health
Other$242,199Human Services$35,800Recreation & Sports$26,750Education$6,225Arts & Culture$6,000Health$6,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON: $36,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe New Jersey Golf Foundation Inc: $26,750 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetHOPEWELL VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $25,800 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ: $23,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHAMILTON AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEmbright Education: $6,225 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCatholic Youth Organization of Mercer County: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $6,000 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.

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.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation IncNJ15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · National Council of YMCAs of the USA · 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 Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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 · 0–10%
    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 Christine's Hope For Kids 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 11 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2026) is on record and reports $67k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2025, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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