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James 123 Inc

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.

$4k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$16kInternational$3kYouth Development$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kEducation$2kArts & Culture$2kHealth$1kEnvironment$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$9k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$1,200
Individual grant recipient$1,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$500
FRIENDS OF SPOONERS CREEK ASSOCIATION$500
TURNING POINT$300
COMMUITY BIBLE STUDY$285
BROAD STREET CLINIC$95
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 (FY24–24, $95) 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%BROAD STREET CLINIC: $95 → 12%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

IL
NY
CA
CO
VA
NC
SC
OK
TX
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.

32%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11k · 5 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
16

Total granted

$11k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+4%

Still filing today

40%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionHealthYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • 5M
    5FOLD MINISTRIES
    2× · 2020–2021 · $6k
  • CC
    CARTERET COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $2k · revenue +0%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    2× · 2021–2023 · $2k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • PO
    POINT OF VIEW
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • RU
    RIVERDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
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
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
3
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
4
National Christian Foundation -- Wisconsin Inc

Equipping followers of christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom by inspiring biblical stewardship and generosity.

Religion
5
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
6
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
7
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
8
Canaveral Port Ministry Inc

The mission of canaveral port ministry is to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the crew members serving on ships coming to port canaveral. we seek to share the love of christ, that people can know him personally.

Religion
9
National Christian Foundation Orlando Inc

To encourage and facilitate greater charitable giving by offering simple, innovative, and efficient giving tools to support charities, churches, and christian ministries.

Philanthropy
10
Bible Helps

The organization shall seek to evangelize those who are non-christian, and shall encourage and help develop the christian faith among mankind by spreading the gospel, especially in the form of printed literature.

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11
Andre Roebert Ministries Inc

We will spread the word of god through our workshops, conferences, publications, and broadcasts. we are currently invited to travel and preach to many different churches and non churches as a guest speaker.

Religion
12
Catch the Fire Ministries Inc

Non-denominational church with the mission of impacting the city of raleigh, durham and the triangle region of north carolina with the gospel of jesus christ, raising up leaders and ministering to the poor of our city.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Blue Letter Bible; the most unlike its peers is The Gate of Lenoir County. 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

13 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. 13 of the 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

5FOLD MINISTRIES: $6,000 · Other5FOLD MINISTRIESPOINT OF VIEW: $5,000 · OtherPOINT OF VIEWRIVERDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherRIVERDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHCARTERET COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · OtherCARTERET COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOMMUNITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: $1,640 · OtherCOMMUNITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPBLUE LETTER BIBLE: $1,000 · OtherLIFE CHURCH INC: $1,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF SPOONERS CREEK ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · Other+6 more: $987 · OtherTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $2,400 · InternationalTJS CHURCH INC: $1,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500 · ReligionCommunity Bible Study: $285 · ReligionYOUNG LIFE: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureCoastal Pregnancy Care Center: $1,000 · HealthWATERSHED MINISTRIES INC: $100 · HealthTHE GATE OF LENOIR COUNTY: $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$27,627International$2,400Religion$1,785Youth Development$1,500Arts & Culture$1,500Health$1,100Crime & Legal$1,000

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 ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCARTERET COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE LETTER BIBLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoastal Pregnancy Care Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GATE OF LENOIR COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTJS CHURCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Bible Study: $285 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $222 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATERSHED MINISTRIES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROAD STREET CLINIC FOUNDATION: $95 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.

Spotswood Charitable …Loomis Foundation IncNatl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Spotswood Charitable Foundation IncNC17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Spotswood Charitable Foundation Inc · Loomis Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 James 123 Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James 123 Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to James 123 Inc?

    Find your warmest path to James 123 Inc 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 26 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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