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Crystal Springs 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$4.0MHuman Services$3.2MReligion$2.2MYouth Development$1.3MHealth$1.2MCrime & Legal$1.0MEducation$565kPublic Safety & Disaster$210kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $841k
  • $250k+2 grants · $500k
$100,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE OTHER SIDE ACADEMY$250,000
SHELTERBOX$250,000
LDS FAST OFFERING FUND$150,000
FREEDOM MISSIONARY CHURCH$120,000
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH AIDS$115,000
SALVATION ARMY$100,000
ACTION AGAINST HUNGER$100,000
FRED HUTCH (UW MEDICINE)$100,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$100,000
BRIDGE OF PROMISE$56,000
FOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION$40,000
RAVEN ROCK RANCH$25,000
MAUI PREPARATORY ACADEMY$15,000
KLAMATH BASIN SENIOR CITIZEN'S CENTER$7,500
HENRY'S FORK FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $754k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SHELTERBOX USA: $550k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100k → 9%VAI SIKAHEMA FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%BRIDGE OF PROMISE: $56k → 9%BRIDGE OF PROMISE: $13k → 9%BRIDGE OF PROMISE: $10k → 9%BRIDGE OF PROMISE: $10k → 9%BRIDGE OF PROMISE: $10k → 9%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

WA
ID
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
MD
AZ
HI
FL
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 16 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
21

Total granted

$12M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
-4%

Still filing today

69%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $215k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthCrime & LegalReligionAnimalsOther
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

  • SU
    SHELTERBOX USA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.1M · revenue +34%
  • TO
    The Other Side Academy
    4× · 2020–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +271%
  • EN
    ENGAGE NOW AFRICA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN KING COUNTY
    one grant, 2020 · $315k
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2020 · $300k
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY NW
    one grant, 2021 · $252k
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
International Medical Corps

To save lives & relieve suffering through health interventions & related activities that strengthen communities affected by conflict, natural disasters & disease outbreaks.

International
3
United States Association for Unhcr

USA for UNHCR protects and supports refugees by mobilizing resources, elevating awareness, and driving action through a network of engaged supporters.

International
4
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation

Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda,…

Health
5
Ukrainian Refugee Foundation

URF is a 501(c)(30 nonprofit based in California. We receive funds through private donations and spend them on several programs, providing aid, rescue, and relief for Ukrainian war victims in the form of cash donations for food, shelter,…

Public Safety & Disaster
6
Aid for Starving Children

Aid For Starving Children provides assistance around the world to children and their families by providing food, shelter, clean water, financial assistance, education, and emergency relief to victims of famine, natural disasters, and war.

International
7
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc

Irap is a global legal aid and advocacy organization working to create a world where refugees and all people seeking safety are empowered to claim their right to freedom of movement and a path to lasting refuge. everyone should have a safe…

Human Services
8
Zoe Empowers

Zoe Empowers is a global network of local organizations throughout Africa and India providing a replicable and scalable framework whereby youth led or resourced families are provided the training, resources, and community support to become…

International
9
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

—
10
The Miracle Foundation Inc

A family for every child in our lifetime.

Health
11
Project Hope - the People-to-People Health Foundation Inc

To conduct and support programs and activities aimed at solving some of the world's greatest public health challenges, with a specific focus on enabling health workers to have the greatest possible impact on the health of the people they…

International
12
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Raven Rock Ranch. 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

24 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. 24 of the 40 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
13/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FREEDOM MISSIONARY CHURCH: $1,540,687 · OtherFREEDOM MISSIONARY CHURCHFOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $692,000 · OtherFOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION FOR CHILDRENLDS FAST OFFERING FUND: $650,000 · OtherLDS FAST OFFERING FUNDSALVATION ARMY: $627,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN KING COUNTY: $315,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN KING COUNTYSALVATION ARMY (THE): $300,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY (THE)THE SALVATION ARMY NW: $252,000 · OtherUW MEDICINE DAN LINN (PCRESI): $240,000 · Other+12 more: $571,000 · Other+12 moreSHELTERBOX USA INC: $4,100,000 · Human ServicesSHELTERBOX USA INC+4 more: $224,000 · Human ServicesENGAGE NOW AFRICA INC: $1,050,000 · InternationalENGAGE NOW AFRI…ACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $350,000 · InternationalACTION AGAINST …International Rescue Committee INC: $100,000 · InternationalInternational R…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES F…Save The Children Federation Inc: $100,000 · InternationalSave The Childr…ASSET INDIA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · InternationalASSET INDIA FOU…+2 more: $65,000 · InternationalThe Other Side Academy: $1,525,000 · Crime & LegalThe Other Si…AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH AIDS INC: $542,000 · HealthFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $120,000 · Health+2 more: $15,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SEATTLE: $218,000 · Youth DevelopmentRAVEN ROCK RANCH: $50,000 · Animals
Other$5,187,687Human Services$4,324,000International$1,865,000Crime & Legal$1,525,000Health$677,000Youth Development$218,000Animals$50,000

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 budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $4,100,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetThe Other Side Academy: $1,525,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetENGAGE NOW AFRICA INC: $1,050,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetFOREVER YOUNG FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $692,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN WITH AIDS INC: $542,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $350,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SEATTLE: $218,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $120,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSET INDIA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetBRIDGE OF PROMISE: $99,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetUPAYA SOCIAL VENTURES: $55,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetRAVEN ROCK RANCH: $50,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetHENRYS FORK FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetKLAMATH BASIN SENIOR CITIZENS' CENTER: $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMAUI PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMPACT NORTHWEST: $10,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetROGUE RETREAT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVai Sikahema Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetINTERFAITH CENTER OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Credit Unions in the …Gs Donor Advised Phil…Seattle FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…
Credit Unions in the State of WashingtonWA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Seattle Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Crystal Springs Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Crystal Springs Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Rogue Retreat: 12% of income from government
  • Klamath Basin Senior Citizens' Center: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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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How do I get to Crystal Springs Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Crystal Springs 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 40 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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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home