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· Public charity

Community Services Unlimited Inc

To create justice-driven community-based programs.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$125k
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 2024.

Food & Nutrition$4.1MCommunity Improvement$1.7MArts & Culture$1.3MHuman Services$410kHealth$220kHousing & Shelter$200kEnvironment$170kCrime & Legal$125kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k30 grants · $2.9M
$100,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DREAM OF WILD HEALTH$125,000
COMMUNITY AGROECOLOGY NETWORKTIERRAS MILPERAS$125,000
INSTITUTE FOR WASHINGTON'S FUTURE$125,000
ROCKY ACRES COMMUNITY FARM$125,000
CRUZITAS DELI AND CAFE$100,000
THE HEART OF IDA$100,000
SIMPLY YOURS LLC$100,000
EASTMONT COMMUNITY CENTER$100,000
ALSTON EMPIRE INC$100,000
STRAIGHT UP FAST FOOD$100,000
LUZ DE LA LUNA LLC DBA EL SERENO GREENGROCER$100,000
AVENUE 33 FARM LLC$100,000
ALMA BACKYARD FARMS$100,000
URBAN COMFORT FOODS$100,000
RAS KARIM CUISINE$100,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $640k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GROWGOOD INC: $100k → 14%THE HEART OF IDA: $100k → 14%GROWGOOD INC: $100k → 14%THE HEART OF IDA: $100k → 14%EASTMONT COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 14%EASTMONT COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 14%LAKE AVENUE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 14%LAKE AVENUE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 14%THAI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 14%THAI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 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

AK
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
IN
OH
CA
NC
SC
LA
AL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 35 repeat orgs$3.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
19

Total granted

$5.0M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+8%

Still filing today

37%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $954k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • RA
    RESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ENGLEWOOD
    2× · 2022–2023 · $225k · revenue +50%
  • UC
    URBANMISSION COMMUNITY PARTNERS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +82% · 94% of their budget
  • AB
    ALMA BACKYARD FARM
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $926k
  • T
    TRAPHEALSORG
    one grant, 2021 · $475k
  • Communities In Partnership
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue +5%
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
Common Good City Farm

Common Good City Farm is an urban farm in Washington, DC, where community members source fresh food, see sustainable urban agriculture in action, and learn healthy skills. Our mission is to sustain and support a more equitable community…

Food & Nutrition
2
Equitable Food Initiative

EFIs mission is to transform the produce industry and the lives of farmworkers by facilitating collaboration among workers, agricultural employers, retail buyers and consumer advocates.

Human Services
3
Development in Gardening

Development in Gardening is improving the nutrition and livelihoods of some of the world's most uniquely marginalized people by teaching them to plant regenerative gardens that grow health, wealth, and a sense of belonging.

Community Improvement
4
Black Seeds

prove asset to organic food

Food & Nutrition
5
Black Urban Farmers Association
Food & Nutrition
6
Food Action

Our mission is to educate, organize and advocate for food and farming systems to become economically prosperous, ecologically sound and socially equitable.

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7
Farm2People

Farm2People's mission is to secure local harvests and fight hunger in Greater Los Angeles.

Food & Nutrition
8
Garfield Community Farm Inc

To increase access to fresh produce and educational opportunities and demonstrate ecological restoration through urban agriculture in the local neighborhood.

Food & Nutrition
9
Soulful Seeds

To increase access to fresh, healthy food for the most vulnerable by building and maintaining gardens in their neighborhoods where we teach people to plant, grow, and harvest.

Environment
10
Cultivating Community

To grow food justice in Greater Portland by providing education, resources, and opportunities to cultivate and share culturally familiar food.

Food & Nutrition
11
Civil Eats

Civil Eats is a daily news source for critical thought about the American food system. We publish stories that shift the conversation around sustainable agriculture in an effort to build economically and socially just communities.

Food & Nutrition
12
Sprout City Farms

Sprout city farms collaborates with communities to pursue food justice by cultivating innovative, restorative, and educational farms. sprout city farms envisions a thriving and equitable food system supported by a network of farms and…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is La Semilla Food Center; the most unlike its peers is Heart of Ida. 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

34 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. 34 of the 67 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
18/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $926,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTRAPHEALSORG: $475,000 · OtherTRAPHEALSORGSIMPLY YOURS LLC: $200,000 · OtherLUZ DE LA LUNA LLC DBA EL SERENO GREENGROCER: $200,000 · OtherVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $200,000 · OtherAVENUE 33 FARM LLC: $200,000 · OtherURBAN COMFORT FOODS: $200,000 · OtherMEMORIES OF EL MONTE INC: $200,000 · OtherCRUZITAS DELI AND CAFE: $200,000 · OtherPARADISE NATURAL FOODS LLC: $200,000 · OtherRAS KARIM CUISINE: $200,000 · OtherGU GROCERY LLC: $200,000 · OtherALSTON EMPIRE INC: $200,000 · OtherPROSPERITY COLLECTIVE: $200,000 · OtherSTRAIGHT UP FAST FOOD: $200,000 · Other+26 more: $1,269,262 · Other+26 moreHMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION: $225,000 · Food & NutritionHMONG AMERICA…COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER: $200,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY OUT…ALMA BACKYARD FARM: $200,000 · Food & NutritionALMA BACKYARD…LA SEMILLA FOOD CENTER: $125,000 · Food & NutritionLA SEMILLA FO…Agroecology Commons: $75,000 · Food & NutritionAgroecology C…Southeast Michigan Producers Association: $70,000 · Food & NutritionSoutheast Mic…North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems: $50,000 · Food & NutritionURBAN GROWERS COLLECTIVE INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFRESH FUTURE FARM INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionRESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ENGLEWOOD: $225,000 · Community ImprovementRESIDENT ASS…Loiter: $220,000 · Community ImprovementLoiterCommunities In Partnership: $125,000 · Community ImprovementCommunities …Community Agroecology Network: $125,000 · Community ImprovementCommunity Ag…Mandela Partners Prev Mandela Marketplace Inc: $75,000 · Community ImprovementMandela Part…INCLUSIVE ACTION FOR THE CITY: $75,000 · Community ImprovementINCLUSIVE AC…Sticky Rice Club: $75,000 · Community ImprovementSticky Rice …Eastmont Community Center: $200,000 · Human ServicesHeart of Ida: $200,000 · Human ServicesGROWGOOD INC: $200,000 · Human Services+2 more: $40,000 · Human ServicesHUNGER ACTION LOS ANGELES INC: $200,000 · EducationKheprw Institute dba KI NuMedia CCFI: $50,000 · EducationPlanting Justice: $125,000 · EnvironmentBLACK OAKS CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE RENEWABLE LIVING: $100,000 · EnvironmentURBANMISSION COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $200,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$5,270,512Food & Nutrition$1,045,000Community Improvement$920,000Human Services$640,000Education$250,000Environment$225,000Housing & Shelter$200,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION: $225,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetRESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ENGLEWOOD: $225,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetLoiter: $220,000 over 3y, 35% of budgetCOMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER: $200,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetURBANMISSION COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $200,000 over 2y, 94% of budgetALMA BACKYARD FARM: $200,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetEastmont Community Center: $200,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetHeart of Ida: $200,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetHUNGER ACTION LOS ANGELES INC: $200,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetGROWGOOD INC: $200,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetCommunities In Partnership: $125,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES UNLIMITED INC: $125,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCommunity Agroecology Network: $125,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetDream of Wild Health: $125,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR WASHINGTONS FUTURE: $125,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetPlanting Justice: $125,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLA SEMILLA FOOD CENTER: $125,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetRID-ALL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetBLACK OAKS CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE RENEWABLE LIVING: $100,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetAgroecology Commons: $75,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetMandela Partners Prev Mandela Marketplace Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetINCLUSIVE ACTION FOR THE CITY: $75,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSticky Rice Club: $75,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetCENTRO DEL OBRERO FRONTERIZO INC: $75,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetFLORECIENDO: $50,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetKheprw Institute dba KI NuMedia CCFI: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNorth American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetURBAN GROWERS COLLECTIVE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFRESH FUTURE FARM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetSola Community Peace Center: $40,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetLAKE AVENUE FOUNDATION INC DBA STARS ILLUMINATE EDUCATE ADVOCATE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHAI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds TRAPHEALSORG ↗
  • Who funds HMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds RESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ENGLEWOOD ↗
  • Who funds Loiter ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds URBANMISSION COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds ALMA BACKYARD FARM ↗
  • Who funds Eastmont Community Center ↗
  • Who funds Heart of Ida ↗
  • Who funds HUNGER ACTION LOS ANGELES INC ↗
  • Who funds GROWGOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds Communities In Partnership ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICES UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Agroecology Network ↗
  • Who funds Dream of Wild Health ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR WASHINGTONS FUTURE ↗
  • Who funds Planting Justice ↗
  • Who funds LA SEMILLA FOOD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RID-ALL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLACK OAKS CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE RENEWABLE LIVING ↗
  • Who funds Agroecology Commons ↗
  • Who funds Mandela Partners Prev Mandela Marketplace Inc ↗

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.

Community PartnersClif Family FoundationThe Annenberg Foundat…Amalgamated Charitabl…American Heart Associ…Rsf Social Finance IncThe Schmidt Family Fo…Cedars-Sinai Medical …The Kresge FoundationThe Satterberg Founda…PatagoniaorgLiberty Hill Foundati…
Community PartnersCA22.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Partners · Clif Family Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · American Heart Association Inc · Rsf Social Finance Inc · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · The Kresge Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Patagoniaorg · Liberty Hill 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 Services Unlimited Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Services Unlimited Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    20report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to Community Services Unlimited 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 67 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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