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David S Cammack Foundation at a glance

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David S Cammack Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$301k
Granted FY2020
35
Grants FY2020
18
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2020 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k23 grants · $94k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $148k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA$59,531
FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY$33,000
DIVINUM AUXILIUM ACADEMY$20,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
CHRISTENDOM COLLEGE$10,000
ST DOMINIC'S MONASTERY$10,000
SETON SCHOOL$10,000
ST MARY'S RYKEN$10,000
OUR LADY OF THE LAKES PARISH$10,000
WYOMING CATHOLIC COLLEGE$10,000
FOOD FOR THE POOR$10,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$10,000
FATHER ANDREW WHITE SJ SCHOOL$6,000
THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER$5,000
GREGORY THE GREAT ACADEMY$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $5k → 14%FRONT ROYAL PREGNANCY CENTER: $5k → 10%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

ME
NH
WI
MI
NY
MA
WY
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
OK
AL
TX
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 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.

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Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
2
Asbury College

Asbury university equips students, through academic excellence and spiritual vitality, for lifelong learning, leadership, and service to the professions, society, the family and the church, preparing them to engage their cultures and…

Education
3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
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
5
Erskine College and Theological Seminary

Erskine College exists to glorify God as a Christian academic community where students are equipped to flourish as whole persons for lives of service through the pursuit of undergraduate liberal arts and graduate theological education.

Education
6
Reformation Bible College Inc

Reformation Bible College exists to provide a place for learning devoted to serving both laymen and pastors, offering both undergraduate and graduate degree programs based on Reformed Christian doctrine.

Education
7
Association of Catholic Colleges and University

The association of catholic colleges and universities, founded in 1899, serves as the collective voice of u.s catholic higher education. through programs and services, the association strengthens and promptes the catholic identity and…

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8
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
9
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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11
San Diego Christian College

San Diego Christian College exists to educate and inspire students through the truth of scripture and the development of competencies that prepare graduates whose purpose is to impact the world.

Education
12
Randolph College Inc

See detailed description of organization's primary mission provided on schedule o

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Front Royal Pregnancy Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 35 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY: $33,000 · OtherFORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSAINT DOMINICS MONASTERY: $10,000 · OtherSAINT DOMINICS MONASTERYSETON SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherSETON SCHOOLOUR LADY OF THE LAKES PARISH: $10,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF THE LAKES PARISHST MARYS RYKEN INC: $10,000 · OtherST MARYS RYKEN INCFATHER ANDREW WHITE S J SCHOOL: $6,000 · OtherSISTER SERVANTS OF THE ETERNAL WORD INC: $5,000 · OtherBirthright of Loudoun County Inc: $5,000 · OtherGREGORY THE GREAT ACADEMY: $5,000 · OtherYoung America's Foundation: $5,000 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $5,000 · OtherBENEDICTINES OF MARY QUEEN OF APOSTLES: $5,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF CLEAR CREEK: $5,000 · Other+4 more: $11,000 · Other+4 moreANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA: $59,531 · Arts & CultureANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB O…MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMEDIA RESEARCH CENTERFRIENDS OF PEIRCE MILL INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureDivinum Auxilium Academy: $20,000 · EducationDivinum Auxilium Acad…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGECHRISTENDOM EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION: $10,000 · EducationCHRISTENDOM EDUCATION…Wyoming Catholic College: $10,000 · EducationWyoming Catholic Coll…The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Inc: $5,000 · EducationThe Thomas More Colle…40 DAYS FOR LIFE: $2,000 · EducationFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $10,000 · InternationalTHOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesFront Royal Pregnancy Center Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesCATH LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS & CIVIL RIGHTS: $4,000 · Civil RightsLIFE LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Civil RightsCare Net: $2,000 · Civil RightsST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · Health
Other$140,000Arts & Culture$69,031Education$57,000International$10,000Human Services$10,000Civil Rights$10,000Health$5,000

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 budgetANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA: $59,531 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDivinum Auxilium Academy: $20,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSETON SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTENDOM EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWyoming Catholic College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBirthright of Loudoun County Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetThe Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFront Royal Pregnancy Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCATH LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS & CIVIL RIGHTS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCare Net: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget40 DAYS FOR LIFE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNRA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 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.

William J Cammack Fou…Rafael Madan & Lilian…G L Connolly Foundati…Renaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Vanguard Charitable E…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …
William J Cammack Foundation Co William D CammackVA39.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: William J Cammack Foundation Co William D Cammack · Rafael Madan & Lilian Casas Foundation · G L Connolly Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 David S Cammack Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David S Cammack Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to David S Cammack Foundation?

Find your warmest path to David S Cammack 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 35 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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