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Cloud Nine Charities Inc

A fund raising organization that provides money to other nonprofits to support existing programs and create new programs that help children and families

$89k
Granted FY2017
14
Grants FY2017
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01FY2017 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $65,200, the rows itemized in this filing. The $89,369 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $24,169 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 · FY2017

  • Under $10k13 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$159k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Communities in Schools of North TX$10,000
Metroport Meals on Wheels$7,500
Refuge for Women North Texas$5,000
Cross Timbers YMCA$5,000
The Oasis$5,000
Special Abilities of North TX$5,000
Allys Wish$5,000
Living for Zachary$5,000
Grace Like Rain Inc$5,000
Journey To Dream$5,000
Childrens Advocacy Center Denton$2,500
The WARM Place$2,500
All Others 500$1,700
Gods Company DBA Food For the Soul$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Special Abilities of North TX: $5k → 8%The WARM Place: $3k → 11%Cross Timbers YMCA: $5k → 14%Journey To Dream: $5k → 8%Grace Like Rain Inc: $5k → 8%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 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
Elevate North Texas

Elevate North Texas offers a welcoming and affirming environment for youth 18-24 experiencing homelessness providing short-term housing and case management. Elevate North Texas addresses youth homelessness from two angles: a hotel program…

Health
2
Together We Thrive

Together We Thrive aims to connect vulnerable homeless foster and sex-trafficked youth across North Texas with their community. We commit to walk beside these youth while helping them rewrite their future. We seek to replace labels of…

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3
Transition Resource Action Center

Connect young people ages 1624 who are transitioning out of foster or juvenile care and their unhoused peers in North Texas with the support they need to reach self-sufficiency, through individualized support, planning, and access to…

Human Services
4
UnBound North Texas

Unbound North Texas exists to support survivors and resource the community to fight human trafficking through Survivor Advocacy, a 24/7 Drop-In Center, and Prevention and Awareness.

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5
Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center

To engage and educate communities to prevent sexual violence and to support survivors and their loved ones as they heal and thrive.

Human Services
6
Unbound Now

Unbound Now supports survivors and resources communities to fight human trafficking.

Youth Development
7
New Friends New Life

New friends new life restores and empowers trafficked and sexually exploited teen girls, women and their children, and drives awareness of the issue and its prevalence. through case management, trauma-informed counseling, and economic…

Crime & Legal
8
Sunny Glen Children's Home Inc

Sunny Glen Childrens Home, Inc. cares for children in need. Our care will be competent, compassionate and professional. We will help every child achieve their greatest potential-physically, emotionally, spiritually and academically.

Human Services
9
Trauma Support Services of North Texas

The mission of Trauma Support Services is to provide healing and resilience for individuals and communities affected by trauma through accessible mental health therapy and trauma-informed education.

Public Safety & Disaster
10
The Arc of North Texas

To support and empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to improve their quality of life.

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11
Ronald Mcdonald House of Fort Worth Inc

Provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

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12
Hope's Door New Beginning Center

The mission of hope's door new beginning center is to offer intervention and prevention services to individuals and families affected by intimate partner and family violence and to provide education programs that enhance the community's…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Childrens Advocacy Center for North Texas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Special Abilities of North Texas Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

10 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. 10 of the 14 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)
10/10
Grantees still filing
10/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Communities in Schools of North Texas Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesCommunities in Schools of North Texas IncGIVING GRACE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGIVING GRACE INCTHE JOURNEY TO DREAM FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE JOURNEY TO DREAM FOUNDATIONYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INCSpecial Abilities of North Texas Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesSpecial Abilities of North Texas IncWHAT ABOUT REMEMBERING ME CENTER INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesWHAT ABOUT REMEMBERING ME CENTER INCMETROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $7,500 · OtherMETROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS INCFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LEWISVILLE TEXAS: $5,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LEWISVILLE …Allys Wish: $5,000 · OtherAllys WishAll Others 500: $1,700 · OtherAll Others 500GODS COMPANY: $1,000 · OtherLiving for Zachary: $5,000 · HealthREFUGE FOR WOMEN INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER FOR NORTH TEXAS INC: $2,500 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$32,500Other$20,200Health$5,000Housing & Shelter$5,000Crime & Legal$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunities in Schools of North Texas Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMETROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGIVING GRACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE JOURNEY TO DREAM FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER FOR NORTH TEXAS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHAT ABOUT REMEMBERING ME CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Communities Foundatio…Coserv Charitable Fou…The Henry FoundationVerizon FoundationNational Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX22× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Coserv Charitable Foundation · The Henry Foundation · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Cloud Nine Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cloud Nine Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Cloud Nine Charities Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Cloud Nine Charities 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 14 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $182k 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 FY2017, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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