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Empowering American Communities

Eac's mission is to promote prosperity among disinvested communities throughout the united states of america by connecting individuals within such communities with the necessary assistance, opportunities, and resources for them to learn and develop essential skills to succeed today and in the future.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$235kAnimals$205kCommunity Improvement$202kYouth Development$146kReligion$115kEducation$114kHealth$102kEmployment$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $360k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $976k
$35,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$100
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHEHALIS FOUNDATION$105,166
LEWIS COUNTY YOUNGLIFE$100,000
KAIZEN ADAPTIVE TRAINING$100,000
MIKEROWEWORKS$100,000
ALL HANDS AND HEARTS$100,000
LAKESIDE BOOSTER CLUB$85,000
CENTRALIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION$75,000
JK FOUNDATION$60,000
LOVE INC LEWIS COUNTY$50,925
LIFE SERVICES CLINIC OF SPOKANE$50,000
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH CO CIRCLE OF EMPOWERMENT$50,000
MUJERES QUE MUEVEN$50,000
SPOKANIMAL$50,000
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FAMILY AND LIFE ADVOCATES$35,000
JONAH PROJECT$35,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FAMILY AND LIFE ADVOCATES: $35k → 8%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
WI
NY
MA
OR
NJ
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
SC
DC
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.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$387k · 3 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
7

Total granted

$387k
$114k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+67%

Still filing today

67%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
AnimalsHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEducationReligionOther
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

  • TC
    THE CHEHALIS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $180k · revenue -17%
  • KA
    KAIZEN ADAPTIVE TRAINING LLC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue +47% · 59% of their budget
  • FC
    FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE CENTRALIA WASHINGTON
    2× · 2023–2024 · $57k

Funded once

  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +67%
  • BH
    BUILDING HOMES FOR HEROES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $22k · revenue +46%
  • BC
    BETHEL CHURCH OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
    one grant, 2023 · $22k
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
RAGS2RESCUED

No dog should endure pain & suffering of a life of abandonment & neglect

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2
World Vets

To improve the health & well-being of animals through veterinary aid, response, training, research & local capacity building worldwide. We provide services to companion animals, horses, street dogs, livestock and marine animals including…

Animals
3
Amazing Dogs

Our mission is to save dogs in distressing conditions on both sides of the California/Mexican border. We provide them with essential medical treatment and care to help them regain their health, and ultimately match them with loving homes…

Animals
4
Crossing Paths Animal Rescue

Our commitment is to the compassionate rescue, rehabilitation, and rehoming of dogs from high-kill shelters. we exist to give abandoned and at-risk animals a second chance at life through safe transport, medical care, and permanent…

Animals
5
Beach Dog Rescue of Costa Maya Mexico Inc

Beach Dog Rescue of Costa Maya Mexico, Inc. was formed with a single purpose - to help end the suffering of homeless dogs in Costa Maya, Mexico. Tens of thousands of homeless, starving, sick and injured street dogs struggle to survive on…

Animals
6
Jet Wag Animal Rescue Inc

Our mission is to move adoptable dogs and cats primarily from heavily-burdened areas to loving homes. We work with trusted partners throughout the country and around the world and facilitate vet care, transport, and adoptions to help…

Animals
7
Dog Gone Seattle

Dog Gone Seattle is a Washington-based nonprofit organization dedicated to saving homeless dogs in high-kill shelters in Washington and beyond through rescue, foster, and adoption. We are a foster-based organization, and our rescue is 100%…

Animals
8
Street Dog Hero

Serving dogs in need around the world and their communities through rescue, adoption, wellness, spay/neuter, and education. street dog hero envisions a world where all dogs are healthy, safe, cared for, and wanted.

Animals
9
Pups Without Borders

Pups Without Borders is a 501(c)(3) dog rescue established in March of 2020 when the world was at the peak of chaos. While we rescue dogs of all ages, we specialize in rescuing pregnant and nursing mothers who have been abandoned or are in…

Animals
10
Saved By Fate Inc

Dog rescue

Animals
11
Animal Rescue Mission

To rescue and rehabilitate dogs and cats and place them in forever homes.

Animals
12
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Lucky dog animal rescue is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to rescuing homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals from certain euthanasia and finding them loving forever homes. we educate the community and all pet owners on…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rise Up Kids International 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

46 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.

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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/46
Grantees still filing
18/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRALIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $75,000 · OtherCENTRALIA COLLEGE FOUNDATIONJK FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherJK FOUNDATIONFIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE CENTRALIA WASHINGTON: $57,075 · OtherFIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE CENTRALIA WASHIN…REINHARDT MOVEMENT INC: $50,000 · OtherREINHARDT MOVEMENT INCSTRENGTH AND HONOR MENTORING AND TUTORING: $26,250 · OtherBAJA STREET DOGS: $25,000 · OtherBETHEL CHURCH OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: $22,075 · OtherLAKESIDE BOOSTER CLUB: $85,000 · OtherLAKESIDE BOOSTER CLUBLOVE IN THE NAME OF CHRIST LOVE INC: $50,925 · OtherLOVE IN THE NAME OF CHRIST LOVE INCCIRCLE OF EMPOWERMENT INC: $50,000 · OtherCIRCLE OF EMPOWERMENT INCNational Institute of Family and Life Advocates: $35,000 · OtherNational Institute of Family and Life Advocat…THE JONAH PROJECT: $35,000 · OtherTHE JONAH PROJECTBUILDING HOMES FOR HEROES INC: $22,339 · Other+6 more: $60,079 · Other+6 moreKAIZEN ADAPTIVE TRAINING LLC: $150,000 · HealthKAIZEN ADAPTIVE T…LIFE SERVICES OF SPOKANE: $50,000 · HealthLIFE SERVICES OF …SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITAL…POSSIBILITIES WOMEN'S CENTER: $21,500 · HealthPOSSIBILITIES WOM…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthTHE CHEHALIS FOUNDATION: $180,166 · Community ImprovementTHE CHEHALIS…SPOKANIMAL CARE: $50,000 · AnimalsSPOKANIMAL C…Animal Pad: $25,000 · AnimalsAnimal PadTofus Dream World: $23,520 · AnimalsTofus Dream …CHRISTIAN VETERINARY MISSION: $21,750 · AnimalsCHRISTIAN VE…Pacific Northwest Bulldog Rescue: $21,750 · AnimalsPacific Nort…WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $17,640 · AnimalsWASHINGTON H…BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $10,000 · AnimalsBIG DOG RANC…Darlington County Humane Society Inc: $10,000 · AnimalsDarlington C…MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyMIKEROWEW…Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education: $32,350 · PhilanthropyRhode Isl…YOUNG LIFE: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LEWIS COUNTY: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $100,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$653,743Health$251,500Community Improvement$180,166Animals$179,660Philanthropy$132,350Youth Development$120,000Public Safety & Disaster$100,000

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 budgetTHE CHEHALIS FOUNDATION: $180,166 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetKAIZEN ADAPTIVE TRAINING LLC: $150,000 over 2y, 59% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLAKESIDE BOOSTER CLUB: $85,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetCENTRALIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetLOVE IN THE NAME OF CHRIST LOVE INC: $50,925 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetLIFE SERVICES OF SPOKANE: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSPOKANIMAL CARE: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCIRCLE OF EMPOWERMENT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetNational Institute of Family and Life Advocates: $35,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE JONAH PROJECT: $35,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetRhode Islanders Sponsoring Education: $32,350 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetAnimal Pad: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTofus Dream World: $23,520 over 1y, 25% of budgetBUILDING HOMES FOR HEROES INC: $22,339 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHRISTIAN VETERINARY MISSION: $21,750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPacific Northwest Bulldog Rescue: $21,750 over 1y, 33% of budgetPOSSIBILITIES WOMEN'S CENTER: $21,500 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LEWIS COUNTY: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $17,640 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $17,640 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH FOR LIFE ACTION: $12,892 over 1y, 14% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $10,183 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDarlington County Humane Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $6,413 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $6,413 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERGEN VOLUNTEER MEDICAL INITIATIVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

The US Charitable Gif…Texas Instruments Fou…AbbVie FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…Renaissance Charitabl…Raymond James Charita…Charities Aid Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…
The US Charitable Gift TrustMA10.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The US Charitable Gift Trust · Texas Instruments Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving 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 Empowering American Communities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Empowering American Communities. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report 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.
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How do I get to Empowering American Communities?

Find your warmest path to Empowering American Communities 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 38 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.3M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home