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Clearwater Capital Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$143k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$118kYouth Development$102kHousing & Shelter$96kEducation$86kInternational$43kHuman Services$33kPhilanthropy$24kCrime & Legal$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $101k
$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$228k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FELLOWSHIP HOUSING$29,717
BRIDGE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES$26,335
A GIVING HEART FOUNDATION$25,335
FOLDS OF HONOR$20,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$5,000
GRATITUDE GENERATION$5,000
LAVELLE LAW CHARITIES$4,300
EXCEL BEYOND 211 (EB211)$3,500
ANNA MILLER FOUNDATION$3,000
REFUGE FOR WOMEN$2,500
ALLEN J LYNCH MEDAL OF HONOR VETERANS FOUNDATION$2,500
JENNIFER S FALLICK CANCER SUPPORT CENTER$2,000
HOPEFUL BEGINNINGS$1,500
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS$1,000
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE ACADEMY$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%COMMUNITY CROSSWALK: $2k → 20%ORPHANETWORK: $5k → 10%ORPHAN NETWORK: $5k → 10%JENNIFER S FALLICK CANCER SUPPORT CENTER: $2k → 14%ORPHAN NETWORK: $5k → 10%JENNIFER S FALLICK CANCER SUPPORT CENTER: $1k → 14%ORPHANETWORK: $5k → 10%ORPHANETWORK: $5k → 10%THE CANCER SUPPORT CENTER: $1k → 14%SALUTE INC: $1k → 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
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
TX
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.
$493k · 29 repeat orgs$72k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
54

Total granted

$493k
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+11%

Still filing today

48%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyInternationalPublic 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

  • TB
    THE BRIDGE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $100k · revenue +45%
  • FH
    Fellowship Housing Corporation
    5× · 2021–2025 · $95k · revenue +134%
  • AG
    A GIVING HEART FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $87k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • WR
    WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -85%
  • AW
    ACE WU-46
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • MT
    MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · 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
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
2
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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3
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
4
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
5
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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6
Good Shepherd Hospice Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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7
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
8
Covenant Hospital Hobbs

As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.

Health
9
Chicago Canine Rescue Foundation

Chicago canine rescue foundation finds permanent homes for homeless dogs in our community with a specific emphasis on assisting the most vulnerable animals, who without our help, would have no other options. while in our care, they are…

Animals
10
Halo Helping Animals Live On Inc

Dog and cat rescue and rehousing; humane care and treatment of these animals.

Animals
11
Good Samaritan Foundation

Partnering for healing and a healthy future through philanthropy.

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12
Shelter From the Storm Animal Rescue Inc

Reduce the euthanasia rate of healthy and adoptable animals and improve the lives of companion animals by finding permanent homes for animals in need, providing support to communities who do not have access to humane organizations,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Community Crosswalk Nfp. 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

50 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. 50 of the 97 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/50
Grantees still filing
28/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BRIDGE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $100,365 · OtherTHE BRIDGE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICESLAVELLE LAW CHARITIES: $19,800 · OtherLAVELLE LAW CHARITIESANNA MILLER FOUNDATION: $14,350 · OtherANNA MILLER FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY MCHENRY COUNTY: $10,100 · OtherEXCEL BEYOND 211 (EB211): $9,000 · OtherALLEN J LYNCH MEDAL OF HONOR VETERANS FOUNDATION: $8,800 · Other+65 more: $66,794 · Other+65 moreA GIVING HEART FOUNDATION: $86,865 · HealthA GIVING HEART FOUN…The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $4,700 · Health+6 more: $5,650 · Health+6 moreFellowship Housing Corporation: $94,647 · Housing & ShelterFellowship Housing…+1 more: $250 · Housing & ShelterFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $69,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR …WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationWILLIAM RAINEY …The Orphanetwork: $25,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesJENNIFER S FALLICK CANCER SUPPORT CENTER: $4,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY CROSSWALK NFP: $1,500 · Human Services+2 more: $1,100 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $15,500 · Religion+1 more: $500 · ReligionGratitude Generation Inc: $5,111 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER McHENRY COUNTY INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $200 · Philanthropy
Other$229,209Health$97,215Housing & Shelter$94,897Education$79,000Human Services$36,600Religion$16,000Philanthropy$13,311

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 budgetTHE BRIDGE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $100,365 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetFellowship Housing Corporation: $94,647 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetA GIVING HEART FOUNDATION: $86,865 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $69,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Orphanetwork: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $15,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGratitude Generation Inc: $5,111 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $4,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJENNIFER S FALLICK CANCER SUPPORT CENTER: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEWHOUSE INC: $3,009 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUMANA Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWRIGHT-WAY RESCUE INC: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,113 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN HERITAGE ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER McHENRY COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING H20 COUNSELING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LEARY FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Crucible Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSALUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLMJ'S LOST SOULS - ALZHEIMER'S FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALMOST HOME FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHATSMYNAME INC: $761 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGRIP OUTREACH FOR YOUTH: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORCHARD MINISTRY DEVELOPMENT: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANDERSON ANIMAL SHELTER: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEFFIELD PLACE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERVICE LEAGUE OF CRYSTAL LAKE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBARRINGTON JUNIOR WOMENS CLUB INC: $120 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELLENIC INITIATIVE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTILL I RUN: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $50 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.

  • Who funds THE BRIDGE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Fellowship Housing Corporation ↗
  • Who funds A GIVING HEART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Orphanetwork ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Gratitude Generation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds JENNIFER S FALLICK CANCER SUPPORT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NEWHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UMANA Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CROSSWALK NFP ↗
  • Who funds WRIGHT-WAY RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN HERITAGE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds SISTERS LYME AIDE ↗

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.

Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Motorola Solutions Fo…AbbVie FoundationThe Dupage Community …Charities Aid Foundat…United Way of Metropo…The Chicago Community…Baxter International …Salesforce FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Synchrony FoundationChristian Community F…
Arthur J Gallagher FoundationIL23× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Motorola Solutions Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Dupage Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Baxter International Foundation · Salesforce Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Synchrony Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 Clearwater Capital Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Clearwater Capital 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 97 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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