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Community Clothes Charity

Proceeds of a once-a-year three-day gently worn designer clothing sale are donated to 501(c)(3) charities.

$166k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
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.

Human Services$195kHealth$159kYouth Development$159kEnvironment$100kEducation$100kAnimals$56kRecreation & Sports$50kArts & Culture$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $155,690, the rows itemized in this filing. The $165,690 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,000 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $142k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$456k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRESH ARTISTS$34,840
SURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS$25,000
PETERS PLACE$25,000
SMITH MEMORIAL PLAYGROUND$25,000
AMERICAN LEGION POST 00418$20,000
B INSPIRED PHILADELPHIA INC$12,350
VETERANS MULTI-SERVICE CENTER$7,000
GREATER PHIL ASSOC OF RECOVER$6,500
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 (FY18–24, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS: $25k → 6%BELIEVE & ACHIEVE FOUNDATION: $30k → 6%ONE HOUSE AT A TIME: $11k → 7%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $30k → 22%EDUCATING COMM FOR PARENTING: $10k → 22%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

17%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$160k · 4 repeat orgs$791k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
19

Total granted

$160k
$647k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+20%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $143k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • OC
    ORION COMMUNITIES INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $58k · revenue +93%
  • TB
    THE BARN AT SPRING BROOK FARM INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $54k · revenue +25%
  • Philabundance
    2× · 2019–2020 · $25k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $125k · revenue -2%
  • TS
    The Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -4%
  • CV
    COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $60k · revenue +124%
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
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy

See schedule owe are an inclusive community on a mission to inspire unbounded curiosity and independent thought in every one of our students. in a unique educational environment that extends well beyond campus, we nurture students'…

Education
2
Children First Pa

Summary

Human Services
3
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
4
Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders Inc

We develop, engage, and retain principals and system leaders who transform schools, dramatically improve student outcomes, and drive systemic change to prepare all philadelphia students for college, career, and life.

Education
5
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
6
Share Food Program

As the largest serving hunger-relief organization in the greater philadelphia region, share food program's mission is reducing regional food insecurity by providing nourishing food to a network of community-based partners and directly to…

Food & Nutrition
7
Shady Side Academy

Shady side academy offers an exceptional pre-k through twelfth grade academic and balanced educational experience by challenging each student to realize his or her potential in a stimulating and nurturing environment.

Education
8
Wonderspring

Our mission is to provide pathways to quality education for children. our vision is to ensure all children have equitable access to high-quality education led by trusted professionals that engages families and has a measurable impact on…

—
9
Philadelphia Outward Bound Center

The mission of the philadelphia outward bound school is to change lives through challenge and discovery. in 1992, philadelphia leaders, including former philadelphia mayor michael nutter, established the philadelphia outward bound school…

Youth Development
10
Elwyn of Pennsylvania and Delaware

Elwyn makes life better for people with developmental and behavioral health challenges.

Human Services
11
Dc Bilingual Public Charter School

The mission of dc bilingual public charter school is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.

Education
12
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education; the most unlike its peers is National Audubon Society Inc. 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

29 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. 29 of the 30 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $125,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTE…PETER'S PLACE: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentPETER'S PLACEB INSPIRED PHILADELPHIA INC: $22,750 · Youth DevelopmentB INSPIRED PHILADELP…COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $60,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY VOLUNT…THE BARN AT SPRING BROOK FARM INC: $54,260 · HealthTHE BARN AT SPRI…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $20,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S H…ORION COMMUNITIES INC: $57,500 · OtherORION COMMUNITIES INCWOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY: $30,000 · OtherWOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF T…AMERICAN LEGION POST 00418 ANTHONY WAYNE: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAN LEGION POST 00418 A…UKRAINIAN NAT'L WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 · OtherUKRAINIAN NAT'L WOMEN'S LEAG…Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $45,000 · OtherPennsylvania Society for the…FRESH ARTISTS: $34,840 · OtherFRESH ARTISTSPhilabundance: $25,000 · OtherPhilabundance+2 more: $14,000 · Other+2 moreChester County Family Academy Inc: $40,000 · EducationChester Count…COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL: $29,200 · EducationCOMMUNITY PAR…SAINT JAMES SCHOOL: $23,845 · EducationSAINT JAMES S…GIRLS FIRST: $11,112 · EducationGIRLS FIRSTGREATER PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION OF RECOVERY EDUCATION: $6,500 · EducationGREATER PHILA…The Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education: $100,000 · EnvironmentThe Schuylkil…NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $10,650 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDU…NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA: $30,000 · Human ServicesNATIONALITIE…BELIEVE & ACHIEVE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesBELIEVE & AC…SURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSURREY SERVI…ONE HOUSE AT A TIME INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesONE HOUSE AT…EDUCATING COMMUNITIES FOR PARENTING INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesEDUCATING CO…SMITH MEMORIAL PLAYGROUND & PLAYHOUSE INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsSQUASHSMARTS INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsLOCUST LANE RIDING CENTER INC: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Youth Development$172,750Health$134,260Other$241,340Education$110,657Environment$110,650Human Services$105,500Recreation & Sports$75,000

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 budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education: $100,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $60,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetORION COMMUNITIES INC: $57,500 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetTHE BARN AT SPRING BROOK FARM INC: $54,260 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $45,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChester County Family Academy Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFRESH ARTISTS: $34,840 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetNATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBELIEVE & ACHIEVE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetWOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY: $30,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL: $29,200 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSMITH MEMORIAL PLAYGROUND & PLAYHOUSE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPETER'S PLACE: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSQUASHSMARTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPhilabundance: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSAINT JAMES SCHOOL: $23,845 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetB INSPIRED PHILADELPHIA INC: $22,750 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUKRAINIAN NAT'L WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGIRLS FIRST: $11,112 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $10,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE HOUSE AT A TIME INC: $10,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEDUCATING COMMUNITIES FOR PARENTING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans Multi-Service Center Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION OF RECOVERY EDUCATION: $6,500 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

The Philadelphia Foun…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The Gordon Charter Fo…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…United Way of Greater…The William Penn Foun…Hamilton Family Found…Phillies Charities IncLincoln Financial Fou…Falconhead Foundation…The Emergency Aid of …Connelly Foundation
The Philadelphia FoundationPA32.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The William Penn Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · Phillies Charities Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Falconhead Foundation Inc · The Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania Foundation Inc · Connelly 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 Community Clothes Charity funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Clothes Charity. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Community Clothes Charity?

    Find your warmest path to Community Clothes Charity 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 30 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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