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Clb Foundation

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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.7MReligion$680kYouth Development$575kHuman Services$314kPhilanthropy$145kInternational$73kHousing & Shelter$31kCrime & Legal$29kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k13 grants · $330k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $798k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$40,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$250,000
HOPE ACADEMY$162,000
CHAPEL HILL ACADEMY$100,000
SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL$100,000
LIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY$100,000
SANIBEL COMMUNITY CHURCH$75,000
HOPE CONNECTION INTERNATIONAL INC$60,000
GRACE CLASSICAL ACADEMY$51,064
INTO THE JORDAN MINISTRIES INC$50,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$50,000
BANYAN COMMUNITY$50,000
MINNESOTA IOWA BAPTIST CONFERENCE$40,000
SAVIOR'S MISSION INTERNATIONAL$33,398
CORRIES HOUSE$30,805
ACTS 29$30,000
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 (FY20–25, $243k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CORRIES HOUSE: $31k → 6%HOME-IN-STEAD INC: $12k → 6%SISTERS RISING WORLDWIDE: $50k → 14%SISTERS RISING WORLDWIDE: $50k → 14%SISTERS RISING WORLDWIDE: $50k → 14%SISTERS RISING WORLDWIDE: $50k → 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

MN
WI
MI
IA
CA
KY
NC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 14 repeat orgs$538k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
5

Total granted

$3.7M
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+17%

Still filing today

71%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $430k 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
EducationReligionHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • HC
    HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $750k · revenue +32%
  • TB
    The Banyan Foundation
    9× · 2017–2025 · $490k · revenue +15%
  • HA
    HOPE ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $315k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue +106%
  • NA
    NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE
    one grant, 2020 · $29k · revenue +17%
  • 3F
    30-DAYS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue -21%
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
Victory Christian Academy

The mission of victory christian academy, in partnership with christian parents, is to provide a loving, christ-centered environment of educational excellence so that the students may develop their gifts, knowledge, skills and energies to…

Education
2
Valor Christian High School in

To educate students in a biblical worldview, to high academic standards, with good character, as preparation to live victorious lives as christian adults.

Education
3
Summit Classical Christian School

Summit Classical Christian School is a PreK-12 school that exists to cultivate generations of joyful disciples of Christ by partnering with faithful Christian families to educate their children from a Biblical worldview using classical…

Education
4
Providence Christian Academy

In dependence upon Almighty God, for His glory alone, and together with family and church, the mission of Providence Christian Academy is to provide exemplary education for the vulnerable in the light of God's Word for time and eternity.

Education
5
New Hope Academy

Christ-centered school educating children of diverse racial & socioeconomic backgrounds by establishing a biblical worldview & preparing each child to flourish academically, emotionally, socially & spiritually.

Education
6
Wisconsin Independent Christian School Inc

Valley christian school pursues educational excellence through christ centered programs to produce servant leaders.

Education
7
Trinity Academy of Portland

The mission of trinity academy of portland is to educate middle and high school students within a joyful christian school culture marked by the discovery of truth, the practice of goodness, the creation of beauty, and the development of…

Education
8
Christian Heritage Academy

Christian Heritage Academy exists to educate children with excellent academics that place Christ at the beginning and end of all knowledge and to lead children into lives guided by Christ-centered values and respectful relationships.…

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9
Carolina Christian Academy

Educational instruciton for students in prek-12th grades.

—
10
Kings Academy Nashville

King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.

Education
11
Heritage Christian Academy

The school is an independent, multi-denominational, biblically based christian school, that desires to work with families across the spectrum of the body of christ to produce a distinctively christian college preparatory environment.

Education
12
Hope Academy Holding Company

The organization assists hope academy with operating a k-12 school in urban minneapolis, which provides a classical christian education, with a goal of fostering hope in god within the inner-city neighborhoods of minneapolis by providing…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Academy Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Messengers. 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 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $750,000 · OtherHERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMYSANIBEL COMMUNITY CHURCH: $395,000 · OtherSANIBEL COMMUNITY CHURCHCHAPEL HILL ACADEMY: $300,000 · OtherCHAPEL HILL ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherDEER CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH: $85,000 · Other+12 more: $325,036 · Other+12 moreSOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL INC: $550,000 · EducationSOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL INCHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $412,500 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGEHOPE ACADEMY INC: $315,000 · EducationHOPE ACADEMY INCLIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $200,000 · EducationLIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMYGRACE CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $91,064 · EducationGRACE CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC+1 more: $30,000 · EducationThe Banyan Foundation: $490,000 · Community ImprovementThe Banyan …Sisters Rising Worldwide: $200,000 · Human ServicesCORRIE'S HOUSE: $30,805 · Human ServicesHOME-IN-STEAD INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesMICROGRANTS: $125,000 · Philanthropy30-DAYS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyINTO THE JORDAN MINISTRIES INC: $50,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $40,000 · ReligionInternational Messengers: $30,000 · ReligionHope Connection International: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOSPITALITY HOUSE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: $25,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,955,036Education$1,598,564Community Improvement$490,000Human Services$242,805Philanthropy$145,000Religion$120,000Youth Development$85,000

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 budgetHERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $750,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL INC: $550,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetThe Banyan Foundation: $490,000 over 9y, 5.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $412,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE ACADEMY INC: $315,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHAPEL HILL ACADEMY: $300,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetLIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSisters Rising Worldwide: $200,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetMICROGRANTS: $125,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetGRACE CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $91,064 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetHope Connection International: $60,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetINTO THE JORDAN MINISTRIES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORRIE'S HOUSE: $30,805 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetInternational Messengers: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $29,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget30-DAYS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetTEREBINTH REFUGE: $11,700 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetVICTORY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $7,400 over 1y, 1.9% 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.

The Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…American Gift FundCommunitygivingNatl Christian Charit…Servant FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…Skanse Family Foundat…Catholic Community Fo…American Endowment Fo…Mightycause Charitabl…Otto Bremer Trust
The Minneapolis FoundationMN18.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · American Gift Fund · Communitygiving · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Skanse Family Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · American Endowment Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust

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 Clb Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clb Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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
    ⤢ 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Clb Foundation?

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

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