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Essendant Charitable Foundation Attn Tax

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$223k
Granted FY2024still arriving
126
Grants FY2024still arriving
23
States reached
$63k
Largest
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.

Community Improvement$207kInternational$178kHuman Services$153kHealth$133kPhilanthropy$132kPublic Safety & Disaster$97kFood & Nutrition$60kHousing & Shelter$48kOther$0
02FY2024 · 126 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k120 grants · $88k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $72k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $63k
$500
Median grant
23
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF HOPE$63,035
AMERICAN RED CROSS - CHICAGO$22,795
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC$15,000
WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL$14,250
ISSA CHARITIES$10,000
THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC$10,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF SAC & N CA$7,500
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TOTAL$4,300
SUSAN G KOMEN FOUNDATION INC$2,900
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER SACRAMENTO AREA$2,500
HANOVER TOWNSHIP FOUNDATION$2,500
THE JOSSELYN CENTER$2,500
RENAISSANCE ACADEMY TOTAL$2,000
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC$2,000
ST PETER & PAUL PARISH OUTREACH$2,000
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, $118k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INTERSEMINARIAN-PROJECT PLACE INC: $750 → 16%VICTIMS FIRST INC: $5k → 14%WOUNDED HEROES FUND KERN COUNTY: $3k → 18%YMCA OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT: $1k → 11%THE HOPE PROJECT OF WNY: $2k → 13%FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5k → 12%THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $750 → 13%RISE: $1k → 6%FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $750 → 12%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $840 → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $28k → 13%SANTA CLAUS GIRLS OF KENT COUNTY: $650 → 11%YOUTHSPARK INC: $2k → 13%NUPATH INC: $750 → 8%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $536 → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $506 → 13%YOUTHSPARK INC: $1k → 13%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $531 → 14%A SOLDIER'S CHILD INC: $1k → 9%MULTI-SERVICE CENTER: $1k → 9%UNITED CHURCH HOME SOCIETY INC - UCHS: $1k → 13%MIDWEST SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS VETERANS INC: $1k → 7%COMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE CENTER: $1k → 8%BETTER BEGINNING DAY CARE CENTER OF EAST WINDSORHIGHTSTOWN INC: $1k → 11%POLISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BUFFALO: $1k → 13%THE LAWRENCEVILLE COOPERATIVE MINISTRY INC: $1k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE CENTER (RISE): $1k → 11%THE LAWRENCEVILLE COOPERATIVE MINISTRY INC: $1k → 9%MISSION MINDED RECOVERY INC: $600 → 13%THE LAWRENCEVILLE COOPERATIVE MINISTRY INC: $1k → 9%THE LAWRENCEVILLE COOPERATIVE MINISTRY INC: $900 → 9%HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $2k → 7%THE LAWRENCEVILLE COOPERATIVE MINISTRY INC: $800 → 9%THE LAWRENCEVILLE COOPERATIVE MINISTRY INC: $600 → 9%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $1k → 7%HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $1k → 7%HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $1k → 7%HANOVER TOWNSHIP FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%HANOVER TOWNSHIP FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%HANOVER TOWNSHIP FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%HANOVER TOWNSHIP FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $900 → 14%MENDING THE GAP INC: $1k → 9%MENDING THE GAP INC: $1k → 9%MENDING THE GAP INC: $1k → 9%MENDING THE GAP INC: $700 → 9%HAVEN YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $600 → 14%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
MN
IL
WI
MI
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OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
GA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$837k · 149 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

149 repeat relationships: 91 still active in FY2024, 58 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

149
140

Total granted

$837k
$154k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+13%

Still filing today

70%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterInternationalOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2020–2022 · $30k · revenue +38%
  • FW
    FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +101%
  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICE OF LAKE COUNTY
    3× · 2020–2023 · $12k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • KA
    KIDS AROUND THE WORLD INC
    one grant, 2022 · $9k
  • RF
    REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +242%
  • WB
    WOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -60%
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
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
2
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
3
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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4
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
5
Choices for Victims of Domestic Violence

To create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home health care…

Human Services
6
Mercy House Living Centers

Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…

Housing & Shelter
7
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
8
Shelter Inc

Shelter's mission is to end the cycle of child abuse by providing a comprehensive network of support to children, their families, and our community to create safe, health, and nurturing homes.

Housing & Shelter
9
Sheltercare

Sheltercare offers a variety of housing and support services for people who are homeless or those facing homelessness with a committed focus on the community's most vulnerable individuals dealing with psychiatric disabilities, acquired…

Housing & Shelter
10
Compass Family Services

Compass family services helps homeless families and those at imminent risk to achieve housing stability, economic self-sufficiency, and well-being.

Human Services
11
Domestic Violence Intervention Services

See schedule oadvancing physical and emotional safety by reducing the impact and occurrence of sexual and domestic violence, human trafficking and stalking through inclusive intervention and prevention services for children, youth, and…

Human Services
12
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jazz for Prostate Cancer Awareness. 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

225 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 225 of the 327 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)
37
Early backer (in before they grew)
219/225
Grantees still filing
157/225
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF HOPE: $200,365 · OtherCITY OF HOPEWORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL: $68,200 · OtherWORLD VISION INTERNATIONALAMERICAN RED CROSS - CHICAGO: $47,495 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS - CHICAGOWORLD VISION INC: $45,518 · OtherWORLD VISION INCMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF SAC & N CA: $37,500 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF SAC & N CA+100 more: $267,279 · Other+100 moreTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $98,250 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY …ISSA Charities: $20,000 · PhilanthropyISSA Charities+12 more: $18,003 · Philanthropy+12 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $29,606 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…Hanover Township Foundation: $8,700 · Human ServicesHanover Tow…FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,750 · Human ServicesLAWRENCEVILLE COOPERATIVE MINISTRY INC: $5,700 · Human ServicesMENDING-THE-GAP INC: $5,350 · Human ServicesVictims First Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $4,000 · Human Services+32 more: $46,168 · Human Services+32 moreFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $20,200 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $13,050 · HealthTHE JOSSELYN CENTER NFP: $7,500 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $5,650 · HealthPADS Lake County Inc: $4,700 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,350 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $4,000 · HealthMADONNA OF THE STREETS INC: $3,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Health+10 more: $14,750 · HealthUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $14,250 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $11,000 · InternationalFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $3,050 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $1,610 · International+2 more: $1,600 · InternationalREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $7,000 · Food & NutritionAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $2,500 · Food & NutritionBYRON SAUNDERS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Food & NutritionKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $2,086 · Food & NutritionVIOLETS KITCHEN: $2,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD LIFELINE: $1,800 · Food & NutritionTHE OPEN DOOR: $1,650 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $1,005 · Food & NutritionElijahs Promise Inc: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $700 · Food & NutritionDUPAGE PADS INC: $11,000 · Housing & ShelterRAINBOW VILLAGE INC: $2,750 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY LAKE COUNTY: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterLA CASA NORTE: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterWINGS PROGRAM INC: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterBABIES OF HOMELESSNESS: $900 · Housing & ShelterNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $796 · Housing & Shelter
Other$666,357Philanthropy$136,253Human Services$110,274Health$80,200International$31,510Food & Nutrition$22,241Housing & Shelter$18,946

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $98,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $29,606 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $20,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetISSA Charities: $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMETA FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $14,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $13,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $12,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF LAKE COUNTY: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDUPAGE PADS INC: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER SACRAMENTO AREA INC: $9,250 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetHanover Township Foundation: $8,700 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetTHE JOSSELYN CENTER NFP: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Dream Center: $7,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAWRENCEVILLE COOPERATIVE MINISTRY INC: $5,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $5,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $5,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMENDING-THE-GAP INC: $5,350 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVictims First Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPADS Lake County Inc: $4,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $4,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAMBS FARM INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GENE ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,395 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION: $3,350 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $3,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMADONNA OF THE STREETS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGratitude Generation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWOUNDED HEROES FUND KERN COUNTY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWoburn Council of Social Concern Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA SOLDIERS CHILD INC: $2,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRAINBOW VILLAGE INC: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINNER-CITY COMPUTER STARS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS AROUND THE WORLD INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOLDIERS' ANGELS: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetyouthSpark Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBYRON SAUNDERS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 3y, 0.5% 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.

Sacramento Region Community FoundationCA22.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · United Way California Capital Region · Northern Illinois Food Bank · Kelly Foundation · Deacon Charitable Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · AbbVie Foundation · Lee and Carol Tager Family Foundation · Teichert Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services

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 Essendant Charitable Foundation Attn Tax funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Essendant Charitable Foundation Attn Tax. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Nupath Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Jersey Battered Women's Service Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Interseminarian - Project Place Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore: 2% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Dougy Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Elijahs Promise Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
60report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 Essendant Charitable Foundation Attn Tax 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 327 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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