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Cmb Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$102k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$315kHealth$120kHuman Services$25kRecreation & Sports$18kEducation$10kInternational$5k
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRAIG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$20,000
OUTTA THE CAGE$10,000
ALWAYS & FUREVER MIDWEST ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC$10,000
TOGETHER WE RISE CORPORATION$10,000
MICHIGAN PIT BULL EDUCATION PROJECT$10,000
PERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY$7,000
LILY'S LEGACY SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY$5,000
DOGTREE PINES SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY$5,000
COMPASSION WITHOUT BORDERS$5,000
NORCAL BULLY BREED RESCUE$5,000
YAQUI ANIMAL RESCUE$5,000
HEART AND ARMOR FOUNDATION$5,000
SERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK$5,000
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 (FY21–22, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HONOR FLIGHT INC: $5k → 7%HONOR FLIGHT INC: $5k → 7%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

MI
CT
CA
CO
VA
AZ
KS
NC
DC
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 15% of Cmb Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 67% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 59%.

Cmb Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$325k · 15 repeat orgs$168k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
16

Total granted

$325k
$136k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
-18%

Still filing today

87%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthPhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentPublic 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

  • CH
    Craig Hospital Foundation
    3× · 2022–2024 · $50k · revenue +90%
  • OT
    OUTTA THE CAGE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $45k · revenue +116%
  • SC
    SERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK
    6× · 2019–2024 · $32k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • UA
    UNDERDOG ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $35k · revenue -28%
  • SH
    SAVING HUEY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -88%
  • BP
    BFF PET RESCUE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
Shelters and Shelves Rescue Inc

foster based dog rescue working with shelters to save dogs

Animals
2
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
3
Saved By Fate Inc

Dog rescue

Animals
4
Fred's Mission Rescue and Sanctuary

Rescue dogs, which includes housing, vetting, and transport.

Animals
5
Furever Bully Love Rescue

we rescue last chance shelter dogs that are scheduled to be euthanized

Animals
6
Rescuesforjojo

Dog rescue

Animals
7
Big Dog Rescue Inc co James & Cheryl Babcock
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8
Their Lives Matter

Dog rescue and care nurturing finding a home

Animals
9
Who Rescued Who

Fostering and caring for dogs until they find their forever home. If medical care is needed a licensed veterinarian will be available to provide care.

—
10
Raskels Rescue
Animals
11
Broken Souls Rescue & Recovery Inc

We rescue abused and neglected dogs. we rehabilitate our dogs at our rescue sanctuary to prepare them to live a happy, healthy life in their new furever home

Animals
12
St Clouds Rescue
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Reversed Rescue; the most unlike its peers is Craig Hospital Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 35 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/28
Grantees still filing
15/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OUTTA THE CAGE: $45,000 · AnimalsOUTTA THE CAGENORCAL BULLY BREED RESCUE: $28,000 · AnimalsNORCAL BULLY BREED RESCUELilys Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary: $20,000 · AnimalsLilys Legacy Senior Dog SanctuaryREAL TIME RESCUE INC: $15,000 · AnimalsREAL TIME RESCUE INCCOMPASSION WITHOUT BORDERS: $15,000 · AnimalsCOMPASSION WITHOUT BORDERSSAVING ANIMALS & HEALING HEARTS INC: $15,000 · AnimalsSAVING ANIMALS & HEALING HEARTS INCMICHIGAN PIT BULL EDUCATION PROJECT: $10,000 · AnimalsSAVING HUEY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · AnimalsYaqui Animal Rescue: $10,000 · AnimalsAlways & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary: $10,000 · AnimalsPERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $7,000 · Animals+4 more: $20,000 · Animals+4 moreUNDERDOG ALLIANCE INC: $35,000 · OtherUNDERDOG ALLIANCE INCLA ADOPT INC: $25,000 · OtherLA ADOPT INCBFF PET RESCUE: $10,000 · OtherBFF PET RESCUEHOUNDS AND HEROES INC: $10,000 · OtherHOUNDS AND HEROES INCCOWBOY AND ROUSSEAU ANIMAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCOWBOY AND ROUSSEAU ANIMAL ASSI…HIDDEN HEROES (ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION): $8,000 · OtherHIDDEN HEROES (ELIZABETH DOLE F…EARTH ANGELS RESCUE: $5,000 · OtherFOSTER LOVE (AKA TOGETHER WE RISE): $5,000 · OtherLIVE LOVE ANIMAL SERVICES INC: $5,000 · OtherREVERSED RESCUE: $5,000 · OtherEMPOWER AFRICAN CHILDREN: $5,000 · OtherVICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC: $8,000 · OtherVICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INCSoi Dog Foundation USA: $5,000 · OtherCraig Hospital Foundation: $50,000 · HealthCraig Hospital Found…SERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK: $32,000 · HealthSERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'…Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc: $5,000 · HealthGiant Steps Therapeu…Heart and Armor Foundation: $25,000 · Public BenefitTOGETHER WE RISE: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsHONOR FLIGHT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPUT ON THE BRAKES INC: $10,000 · Education
Animals$205,000Other$136,000Health$87,000Public Benefit$25,000Recreation & Sports$20,000Human Services$10,000Education$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOUTTA THE CAGE: $45,000 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetUNDERDOG ALLIANCE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetSERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK: $32,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNORCAL BULLY BREED RESCUE: $28,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetHeart and Armor Foundation: $25,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetLilys Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary: $20,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetREAL TIME RESCUE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetCOMPASSION WITHOUT BORDERS: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSAVING ANIMALS & HEALING HEARTS INC: $15,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetMICHIGAN PIT BULL EDUCATION PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetSAVING HUEY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPUT ON THE BRAKES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYaqui Animal Rescue: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAlways & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWags and Walks: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSoi Dog Foundation USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVE LOVE ANIMAL SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSTAND UP FOR PITS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDOGTREE PINES SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEMPOWER AFRICAN CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIONEL S LEGACY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 1.6% 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.

Bhb FoundationThornton S Jr and Kat…Paypal Charitable Giv…Marion and Richard Gr…Network for GoodSempra FoundationArthur J Gallagher Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Mightycause Charitabl…Duke Energy FoundationAmerican Online Givin…
Bhb FoundationCA24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bhb Foundation · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Marion and Richard Graham Foundation · Network for Good · Sempra Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · American Online Giving 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 Cmb Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cmb Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%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
    1get no government money at all
    1report 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 Cmb Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Cmb 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 35 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.

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