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· Public charity

Come to Believe Foundation

To provide higher education institutions with an innovative, results- oriented college model that is inclusive and accessible to students who are often underrepresented at selective universities.

$428k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$100k
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, FY2023 to 2025.

Education$1.7MYouth Development$42k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $403,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $428,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $25,000 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 · FY2025

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $153k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $250k
$35,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS$50,000
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO$50,000
BUTLER UNIVERSITY$50,000
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY$35,000
HOLLINS UNIVERSITY$35,000
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY$17,500
ST MARY'S COLLEGE$17,500
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO$15,000
HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES$12,000
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO$11,000
UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS: $50k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $30k → 11%THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC: $18k → 12%HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $30k → 14%MERCY COLLEGE: $30k → 9%CANISIUS UNIVERSITY: $30k → 13%COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT: $539k → 28%THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: $35k → 14%ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $30k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY: $18k → 21%THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $18k → 12%ST MARY'S COLLEGE: $18k → 13%BUTLER UNIVERSITY: $500k → 16%XAVIER UNIVERSITY: $18k → 16%LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO: $50k → 14%HOLLINS UNIVERSITY: $35k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS: $10k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $15k → 11%HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $12k → 14%COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT: $100k → 28%HOLY CROSS COLLEGE: $18k → 13%BUTLER UNIVERSITY: $50k → 16%LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO: $11k → 14%MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERITY: $30k → 14%COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT: $30k → 28%BUTLER UNIVERSITY: $30k → 16%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
IL
MI
NY
OR
IA
IN
OH
CA
VA
DC
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 4 repeat orgs$416k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
8

Total granted

$1.3M
$190k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+13%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $226k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT
    3× · 2023–2025 · $669k · revenue +28%
  • BU
    Butler University
    3× · 2023–2025 · $580k · revenue +26%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
    2× · 2024–2025 · $45k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • MS
    MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue -16%
  • SA
    ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +91%
  • CU
    CANISIUS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue +7%
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
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
2
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
3
University of Notre Dame du Lac

See Schedule O. See explanation for Form 990, Part I, Line 1 - Organization's Mission above.

Education
4
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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5
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
6
Mount Saint Mary's University Inc

As a catholic university, mount st. mary's graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to god and others.

Education
7
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
8
Saint John's University

To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.

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9
Mount Mary University Inc

Mount mary university, an urban catholic university for women sponsored by the school sisters of notre dame, provides an environment for the development of the whole person. the university encourages leadership, integrity, and a deep sense…

—
10
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
11
Molloy University

Molloy university, an independent catholic university, rooted in the dominican tradition of study, spirituality, service, and community, is committed to academic excellence with respect for each person. through transformative education,…

Education
12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of St Thomas; the most unlike its peers is Homeboy Industries. 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

18 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
9/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT: $669,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENTButler University: $580,000 · EducationButler UniversityLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $61,000 · EducationUniversity of St Thomas: $60,000 · Education+12 more: $295,000 · Education+12 moreUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $45,000 · OtherHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $42,000 · Youth Development
Education$1,665,000Other$45,000Youth Development$42,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT: $669,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetButler University: $580,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $61,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $42,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANISIUS UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY CROSS COLLEGE INC: $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $17,500 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.

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.

Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Come to Believe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Come to Believe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • University of Portland: 2% of 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 · 0–30%
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 Come to Believe Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Come to Believe 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 18 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.

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