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Crescent Cities Charities Inc

To provide educational assistance to promising students with financial need and to provide grants and programs to worthy charities and community organizations in prince george's county and surrounding region. Its fy2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$886k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
2
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$667,787
Largest grant, FY2024
$667,787
Organizations funded a year
15 to 37
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$8.8M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Crescent Cities Charities Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CulturePublic BenefitEducationPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving2$886k100%
FY202335$384k31%
FY202237$422k41%
FY202125$266k64%
FY202015$141kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$321kEducation$309kArts & Culture$174kHuman Services$152kHousing & Shelter$126kYouth Development$81kPhilanthropy$53kEnvironment$50kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
PA
CA
VA
MD
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 57 grantees
All grantees of Crescent Cities Charities Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Youth for Tomorrow-New Life Center Inc$81,00040%
The Jp Home Inc$64,000426%
The Scottish Rite Foundation of the District of Columbia Inc$51,00038%
Belle Grove Inc$50,50043%
Mountain View Christian Academy$48,50041%
Sprout Therapeutic Riding & Education Ce$47,22531%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$38,00030%
Christmas in April - Prince George's County Inc$37,00042%
Eod Warrior Foundation$35,00031%
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival$33,00042%
Phillips Programs$32,00030%
Shenandoah University$32,00020%
Hope Connections for Cancer Support Inc$31,40031%
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc$31,00030%
Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc$30,50030%
Accokeek Foundation Inc$30,00031%
Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc$30,00031%
Operation Second Chance Inc$28,50031%
Men Supporting Women With Cancer$27,5002n/a
The Lincoln Theatre Inc$27,00026%
Miracle 4 Melanie Inc$25,800215%
Faith and Family Foundation Inc$22,00022%
Cloverleaf Equine Center$21,00021%
City of Cambridge$20,0002n/a
C&O Canal Trust Inc$20,00021%
Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington Inc$20,00021%
Blue Star Families Inc$20,00020%
Dorchester County Sheriff's Office Shop With a Cop$17,5002n/a
Serve Our Willing Warriors$17,00021%
Passion and Compassion Inc$16,00027%
Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center$14,00020%
Great Escape Recovery Lounge Inc$13,9002n/a
Special Olympics Maryland Inc$10,00010%
House of Ruth$10,00010%
Anacostia Watershed Society Inc$10,00010%
Central Baptist Church of Camp Springs$10,0001n/a
Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Dorchester Chamber Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
National Board of the Rocks Inc$10,000119%
Defensores de la Cuenca$10,00012%
Michael R Walker Foundation$10,00012%
Fight for Children Inc$10,00010%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$9,0001n/a
Central Union Mission$7,50010%
Touching Heart$7,500120%
Congregational Community Action Project Inc$7,50010%
Winchester Area Temporary Thermal Shelter Inc$7,50012%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$7,20010%
World Arts Focus$7,00010%
Days End Farm Horse Rescue Inc$6,00010%
Valley Health System$6,0001n/a
Breakthrough T1d$6,00010%
Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation$6,00013%
Inova Health System Foundation$6,00010%
Prince George's Child Resource Centerinc$6,00010%
Hospice of the Chesapeake Inc$6,00010%
Harmonic Music Foundation$5,50011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($886k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Crescent Cities Charities Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYouth for Tomorrow-New Life Center Inc: $81,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jp Home Inc: $64,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetThe Scottish Rite Foundation of the District of Columbia Inc: $51,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetBelle Grove Inc: $50,500 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetMountain View Christian Academy: $48,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSprout Therapeutic Riding & Education Ce: $47,225 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $38,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChristmas in April - Prince George's County Inc: $37,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetEod Warrior Foundation: $35,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetShenandoah Valley Music Festival: $33,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetPhillips Programs: $32,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetShenandoah University: $32,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope Connections for Cancer Support Inc: $31,400 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetProject Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: $31,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetYellow Ribbon Fund Inc: $30,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAccokeek Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAlice Ferguson Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetOperation Second Chance Inc: $28,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Lincoln Theatre Inc: $27,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetMiracle 4 Melanie Inc: $25,800 over 2y, 15% of budgetFaith and Family Foundation Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCloverleaf Equine Center: $21,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetC&O Canal Trust Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPrevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBlue Star Families Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetServe Our Willing Warriors: $17,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPassion and Compassion Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetMaryland Crime Victims' Resource Center: $14,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSpecial Olympics Maryland Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouse of Ruth: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnacostia Watershed Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMilitary Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Board of the Rocks Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetDefensores de la Cuenca: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMichael R Walker Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFight for Children Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCentral Union Mission: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTouching Heart: $7,500 over 1y, 20% of budgetCongregational Community Action Project Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWinchester Area Temporary Thermal Shelter Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $7,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Arts Focus: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDays End Farm Horse Rescue Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCedar Creek Battlefield Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetInova Health System Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrince George's Child Resource Centerinc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHospice of the Chesapeake Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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 Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC23× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Chesapeake Bay Trust · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · National Park Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving 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.

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Find your warmest path to Crescent Cities 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.

About Crescent Cities Charities Inc

How much does Crescent Cities Charities Inc give?
Crescent Cities Charities Inc reported 2 grants totaling $885,787 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 37 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Crescent Cities Charities Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (15%), Education (15%), Arts & Culture (8%).
Who are Crescent Cities Charities Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Youth for Tomorrow-New Life Center Inc ($81k), The Jp Home Inc ($64k), The Scottish Rite Foundation of the District of Columbia Inc ($51k).
Does Crescent Cities Charities Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Crescent Cities Charities Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Crescent Cities Charities Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Nora Roberts Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation.
Where is Crescent Cities Charities Inc based?
Crescent Cities Charities Inc is based in MD.

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 59 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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