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Db Anderson Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$12k
Largest
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 2025.

Education$380kReligion$99kHealth$64kYouth Development$42kRecreation & Sports$18kInternational$12kScience & Tech$10kHuman Services$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $32k
$4,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILKES UNIVERSITY$11,800
COOK BAPTIST CHURCH$10,000
JERUSALEM EDUCATION FUND INC$10,000
GROUND ZERO BOXING CLUB OF LANCASTER$9,000
STONE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL$5,831
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$5,000
LANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$4,000
COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE$4,000
KAKENYA'S DREAM$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE$2,000
DANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER$2,000
KEYSTONE COLLEGE$2,000
HOLY ROSARY REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL$2,000
WEST WILLOW FIRE DEPARTMENT$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2k → 10%CHILDREN'S HOME OF READING: $5k → 11%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
MN
NY
MA
IN
PA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
SC
GA
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$513k · 21 repeat orgs$122k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
25

Total granted

$513k
$93k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+48%

Still filing today

43%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • BB
    BUILDING BRIDGES FOUNDATION AT ANDERSON FARM
    3× · 2017–2025 · $64k · revenue +141%
  • CC
    Colorado Christian University
    3× · 2022–2024 · $22k · revenue +9%
  • SU
    STEVENSON UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2019–2022 · $20k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • BU
    BETHEL UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -2%
  • PS
    PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • TU
    TOWSON UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
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
Wilson College

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

Education
2
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
3
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
4
Roberts Wesleyan University

As new york's leading university for character education, rwu is a community of learners committed to historic christianity which seeks to prepare thoughtful, spiritually mature, service-oriented people who will transform society.

Education
5
Widener University

Empowering our community of learners to discover and create better futures.

Education
6
Wingate University

The mission of wingate university is to develop educated, ethical, and productive global citizens. following its judeo-christian heritage, the university seeks to cultivate the following in its students: knowledge, faith, and service.

Education
7
Washington & Jefferson College

To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.

Education
8
Linfield University

Linfield university advances a vision of learning, life, and community that promotes intellectual challenge and creativity, values both theoretical and practical knowledge, engages thoughtful dialogue in a climate of mutual respect and…

Education
9
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
10
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lancaster Bible College; the most unlike its peers is Jerusalem Education Fund 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

18 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. 18 of the 52 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JERUSALEM EDUCATION FUND INC: $92,000 · OtherJERUSALEM EDUCATION FUND INCPEQUEA CHURCH: $51,800 · OtherPEQUEA CHURCHGROUND ZERO BOXING CLUB: $42,000 · OtherGROUND ZERO BOXING CLUBHARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $32,343 · OtherHARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $30,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINAMILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY: $20,400 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF COOK: $20,000 · OtherCOOK BAPTIST CHURCH: $20,000 · Other+30 more: $144,877 · Other+30 moreColorado Christian University: $21,500 · EducationColorado Christian…STEVENSON UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationSTEVENSON UNIVERSI…BETHEL UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationBETHEL UNIVERSITYWILKES UNIVERSITY: $11,800 · EducationWILKES UNIVERSITYKAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE: $11,000 · EducationKAKENYA CENTER FOR…TBA SCHOOL: $10,831 · EducationTBA SCHOOLLANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,006 · EducationLANCASTER COUNTRY …LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $4,000 · EducationBUILDING BRIDGES FOUNDATION AT ANDERSON FARM: $63,889 · HealthBUILDING BR…The Children's Home of Reading: $5,000 · Human ServicesDANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2,000 · Human ServicesWreaths Across America: $3,400 · Public BenefitPUSH THE ROCK: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsWORTHWHILE WEAR INC: $500 · International
Other$453,420Education$104,137Health$63,889Human Services$7,000Public Benefit$3,400Recreation & Sports$2,500International$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJERUSALEM EDUCATION FUND INC: $92,000 over 9y, 96% of budgetBUILDING BRIDGES FOUNDATION AT ANDERSON FARM: $63,889 over 3y, 23% of budgetColorado Christian University: $21,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEVENSON UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILKES UNIVERSITY: $11,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE: $11,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTBA SCHOOL: $10,831 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,006 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Home of Reading: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWreaths Across America: $3,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUSH THE ROCK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEYSTONE COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORTHWHILE WEAR INC: $500 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.

  • Who funds JERUSALEM EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING BRIDGES FOUNDATION AT ANDERSON FARM ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Christian University ↗
  • Who funds STEVENSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WILKES UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE ↗
  • Who funds TBA SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Home of Reading ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Wreaths Across America ↗
  • Who funds PUSH THE ROCK ↗

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.

Lancaster County Community FoundationPA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Db Anderson Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Db Anderson Charitable Foundation. 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Stevenson University: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–25%
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 Db Anderson Charitable 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 52 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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