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Orange County Chapter Charities Inc

To provide charitable support for other nonprofit organizations

$293k
Granted FY2019
10
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$161k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

71% of Orange County Chapter Charities Inc’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Knights Of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Orange County Chapter Charities Inc named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $275k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

1
’17
1
’18
10
’19
1
’20
1
’21
3
’22

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2022.

Recreation & Sports$509kPhilanthropy$122kEmployment$40kArts & Culture$39kHealth$39kHuman Services$15kEducation$6k
02FY2019 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $274,540, the rows itemized in this filing. The $292,790 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $18,250 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k4 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $84k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $161k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OC-CAMP RECREATION$160,670
HOPE CENTER FOR THE ARTS$39,200
BACK BAY RIDING CLUB$15,000
MY DAY COUNTS$10,000
GOODWILL ATEC$10,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$10,000
L'ARCHE WAVECREST$8,970
WALK INTUIT$8,200
FISH FOR LIFE$6,500
LIFE COLLEGE$6,000
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 (FY17–19, $481k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OC-CAMP RECREATION: $165k → 10%FISH FOR LIFE: $7k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OC-CAMP RECREATION: $161k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OC-CAMP RECREATION: $140k → 10%L'ARCHE WAVECREST: $9k → 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.
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.
$524k · 3 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
9

Total granted

$524k
$125k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-16%
+81%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsEmploymentEducationOther
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

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $466k · revenue +118%
  • OC
    ORANGE COUNTY ADULT ACHIEVEMENT CENTER DBA MY DAY COUNTS
    3× · 2019–2021 · $30k · revenue -16%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC
    2× · 2019–2022 · $28k · revenue -28%

Funded once

  • HC
    HOPE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    one grant, 2019 · $39k · revenue -13%
  • DS
    DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $16k · revenue +81%
  • TC
    TARAS CHANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +172%
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
Abilities Oc

To help people with developmental disabilities reach their highest potential and guide them through their special needs journey.

Human Services
2
Lime Connect Inc

Lime connect is leading the way as the premier resource for top talent in the disability space by attracting, preparing and connecting highly accomplished individuals, including veterans, with disabilities for careers with the world's…

Employment
3
The Arc of the Capital Area

We empower central texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families through compassionate case management and innovative programs.

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4
California Vocations Inc

The organization provides residential and vocation support to persons with developmental disabilities.

Employment
5
LArche Portland

At l'arche portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. we nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. in doing so we…

Human Services
6
Capc Inc

Maximizing the quality of life for adults with developmental disabilities in their home communities.

Employment
7
Achieving Independence and Mobility Cil

Independent living services for persons with disabilities.

Human Services
8
Witco Inc

Witco is a comprehensive rehabilitation program serving a broad spectrum of disability groups and offering vast array of services.

Employment
9
Arc of Arizona Inc

Advocates for the rights and participation of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. together with our network of members and affiliated chapters, we improve systems of support, connect families, inspire communication,…

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10
The Arc of Southside Inc

The arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.

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11
Options Family of Services

Improve disabled persons quality of life.

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12
Connections for Life

Empowering people with disabilities by providing services that promote independence, equality and intergration, enhancing their quality of life.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Center for the Arts; the most unlike its peers is Back Bay Therapeutic Riding Club 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

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.

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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $465,670 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INC+2 more: $15,470 · Human ServicesKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITABLE FUND INC: $121,900 · PhilanthropyKNIGHTS OF COLUMB…HOPE CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $39,200 · OtherHOPE CENTER …ORANGE COUNTY ADULT ACHIEVEMENT CENTER DBA MY DAY COUNTS: $30,000 · OtherORANGE COUNT…DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $15,814 · OtherDOWN SYNDROM…TARAS CHANCE: $15,000 · HealthBACK BAY THERAPEUTIC RIDING CLUB INC: $15,000 · HealthWalk Intuit Inc: $8,200 · HealthSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $28,000 · Recreation & SportsGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · EmploymentLIFE COLLEGE: $6,000 · Education
Human Services$481,140Philanthropy$121,900Other$85,014Health$38,200Recreation & Sports$28,000Employment$10,000Education$6,000

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 budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $465,670 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITABLE FUND INC: $121,900 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $39,200 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetORANGE COUNTY ADULT ACHIEVEMENT CENTER DBA MY DAY COUNTS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $28,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $15,814 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetTARAS CHANCE: $15,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBACK BAY THERAPEUTIC RIDING CLUB INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetL-ARCHE WAVECREST: $8,970 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFISH FOR LIFE INC: $6,500 over 1y, 6.8% 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.

Orange County Communi…Knights of Columbus C…Frank Nigro Columbian…Farmers & Merchants B…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA23.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Frank Nigro Columbian Foundation Supporting People With Intellectual Disabi · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Orange County Chapter Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Orange County Chapter Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’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 →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Orange County Chapter Charities Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Orange County Chapter Charities 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 13 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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