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Promise686 Inc

Promise686 mobilizes families and church communities to prevent children from coming into the foster care system, to intervene when children enter the system, and to connect children and families when children are in need of a permanent home.

$504k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$96k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2024.

Human Services$681kFood & Nutrition$100kCommunity Improvement$86kInternational$58kHealth$39kCrime & Legal$31k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $131,378, the rows itemized in this filing. The $504,125 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $372,747 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $36k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $96k
$95,788
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Tennessee Kids Belong$95,788
Chick-fil-A$35,590
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 (FY17–24, $420k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Building Arizona Families: $10k → 11%Wide Horizons: $7k → 8%Dwell Orphan Care: $6k → 12%Restoration 225: $6k → 11%Fostering the Family: $6k → 8%A Bond of Love Agency: $5k → 9%Commission 127: $24k → 11%Florida 127: $16k → 13%Joy Meadows: $12k → 10%Welcomed: $15k → 15%Holt International: $13k → 15%Tennessee Kids Belong: $96k → 4%Amazing Grace Adoptions: $10k → 8%A Act of Love: $6k → 8%Chosen for Life Ministries: $12k → 6%Clement Arts: $10k → 9%Abiding Love Adoptions: $16k → 14%Global Impact International: $10k → 15%Covenant Care Services: $22k → 23%CCAI Adoption Services: $21k → 8%AAC Adoption and Family NW: $14k → 11%Hands of Hope: $22k → 5%Courageous Hearts Adoptions: $8k → 8%Restoration225: $15k → 11%Covenant Care Services: $21k → 23%AAC Adoptions: $10k → 11%Covenant Care Services: $8k → 23%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
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
AL
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$572k · 10 repeat orgs$423k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
29

Total granted

$572k
$327k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+22%

Still filing today

70%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationInternationalReligionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • LC
    LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $174k · revenue +159%
  • CC
    COVENANT CARE SERVICES INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $51k · revenue +26%
  • TJ
    THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP
    2× · 2021–2022 · $39k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • C1
    COMMISSION 127 INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $24k · revenue +189%
  • HO
    HANDS OF HOPE ADOPTION & ORPHAN CARE MINISTRY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $22k · revenue +60%
  • C
    CCAI
    one grant, 2017 · $21k · revenue -17%
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
United in Love Adoptions
Human Services
2
Hand in Hand Christian Adoption Inc
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3
Deliver Rescuing Children At Risk

Finding forever homes for children

Human Services
4
American Adoptions of California Dba Family Connection Christian Adoption

Family connections christian adoptions exists to assist the waiting children of the world into permanent, loving families. it is our belief that god's love is best expressed in the family. the work of fcca is a living expression of our…

Unclassified
5
All About U Adoptions Inc
Human Services
6
Carolina Adoption Services Inc

Carolina adoption services provides international and domestic adoption services, foster care, home studies, and post adoption support for children, youth and adoptive families.

Human Services
7
Adoption Avenues

Adoption of children

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8
Adoption Authority Inc

Providing compassion, respect, and loving care to each individual on their unique adoption journey. We commit to honoring and nurturing expectant mothers through pregnancy, birth, and life after placement.

—
9
Advocacy for Foster Children Inc

Support for foster children and parents

Human Services
10
Forever Homes for Foster Kids

helping kids find their parents or legal custodians

Food & Nutrition
11
Adoption Choices Inc

The Organization is a full-service adoption agency whose services include adoptive placements, counseling, consultation and adoptive home assessments.

Human Services
12
A World for Children

To place abused and/or neglected children into foster homes which have been recruited, trained, and licensed by the organization.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifeline Children's Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Building Arizona Families. 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

35 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. 35 of the 40 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
22/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC: $95,788 · Human ServicesTENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INCCOVENANT CARE SERVICES INC: $50,566 · Human ServicesCOVENANT CARE SERVICES INCCOMMISSION 127 INC: $24,000 · Human ServicesCOMMISSION 127 INCAAC ADOPTION & FAMILY NETWORK: $23,927 · Human ServicesAAC ADOPTION & FAMILY NETWORKHANDS OF HOPE ADOPTION & ORPHAN CARE MINISTRY INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesCCAI: $21,268 · Human ServicesRESTORATION 225 INC: $20,665 · Human ServicesFLORIDA 1 27 INCORPORATED: $16,000 · Human ServicesAbiding Love Charities Inc: $16,000 · Human ServicesWelcomed Inc: $15,000 · Human Services+13 more: $115,039 · Human Services+13 moreChick-fil-A: $99,840 · OtherChick-fil-ACristina Bennett Law: $31,414 · OtherCristina Bennett LawNIGHTLIGHT CHRISTIAN ADOPTIONS: $23,897 · OtherNIGHTLIGHT CHRISTIAN ADOPTION…BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $23,109 · OtherBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICESFlorida Adoption Center LLC: $19,991 · OtherFlorida Adoption Center LLCOpen Door Adoption Agency Inc: $17,798 · OtherOpen Door Adoption Agency IncFAMILY CREATIONS INC A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORP: $8,562 · Other+4 more: $31,064 · Other+4 moreLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $174,320 · ReligionLIFELINE CHILDREN'S…The New York City Leadership Center Inc: $85,500 · EducationThe New York C…THE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP: $38,745 · EducationTHE JACOB'S LA…ALL GOD'S CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL: $6,875 · InternationalLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $5,525 · InternationalCOALITION OF CARE GREATER CINCINNATI: $8,100 · Youth Development
Human Services$420,253Other$255,675Religion$174,320Education$124,245International$12,400Youth Development$8,100

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 budgetLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $174,320 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC: $95,788 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetThe New York City Leadership Center Inc: $85,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCOVENANT CARE SERVICES INC: $50,566 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetTHE JACOB'S LADDER GROUP: $38,745 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMISSION 127 INC: $24,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetAAC ADOPTION & FAMILY NETWORK: $23,927 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNIGHTLIGHT CHRISTIAN ADOPTIONS: $23,897 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHANDS OF HOPE ADOPTION & ORPHAN CARE MINISTRY INC: $22,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCCAI: $21,268 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRESTORATION 225 INC: $20,665 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetOpen Door Adoption Agency Inc: $17,798 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFLORIDA 1 27 INCORPORATED: $16,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetAbiding Love Charities Inc: $16,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetHOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $12,570 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHOSEN FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $12,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetJOY MEADOWS INC: $12,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,415 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAMAZING GRACE ADOPTIONS: $10,300 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetClement Arts: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCOALITION OF CARE GREATER CINCINNATI: $8,100 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWACAP World Association for Children and Parents: $7,814 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOURAGEOUS HEARTS ADOPTIONS INC: $7,750 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetThe Christian Home For Children Inc: $7,250 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetALL GOD'S CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL: $6,875 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWIDE HORIZONS FOR CHILDREN INC: $6,682 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFostering the Family: $6,390 over 1y, 12% of budgetDWELL - LYCOMING COUNTY: $6,092 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetA Act Of Love Alternative Options And Services: $5,700 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $5,525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA BOND OF LOVE ADOPTION AGENCY INC: $5,440 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

Pure IncOur RescueThe Global Orphan Pro…Grafted Families IncEphesians 320 Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…Servant FoundationThe Community Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…
Pure IncAR21.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pure Inc · Our Rescue · The Global Orphan Project Inc · Grafted Families Inc · Ephesians 320 Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Promise686 Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Promise686 Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%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
    4get 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 · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to Promise686 Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Promise686 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 40 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.

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