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Someone Cares Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$115k
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it funds
0180% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$137kInternational$27kHealth$23kEducation$21kHuman Services$16kPhilanthropy$14kRecreation & Sports$12kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k36 grants · $94k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
$2,060
Median grant
15
States reached
$852k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRISTIAN CHARITIES$11,000
YOUTH FOR CHRIST USA$10,000
SOUTH AMERICAN MISSION$8,000
PROJECT CURE$7,877
SUMMIT FOUNDATION$6,443
COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION$6,000
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CHURCH$5,000
CT MINISTRIES$5,000
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INC CO SPRINGS$4,236
MISSION EURASIA INC$4,000
CMML CHRISTIAN MISSION$3,000
JONIANDFRIENDS$3,000
AFRICAN ENTERPRISE$3,000
FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS$3,000
OPERATION MOBILIZATION USA$3,000
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 (FY25–25, $5k) 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%MOPS INTERNATIONAL INC: $2k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $520 → 12%PROVIDENCE NETWORK: $2k → 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

WA
IL
WI
MI
NJ
CA
CO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
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 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.

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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
2
Financial Planning Ministry

Financial planning ministry, inc. (fpm) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting in the performance of the functions of christian churches by serving their financial needs.

Health
3
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
4
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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5
Lou Engle Ministries

Advancing the kingdom of god through prayer,preaching and teaching.

Religion
6
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
7
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
8
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
9
Next Worldwide Inc

With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.

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10
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
11
Marketplace Ministries Inc

To share god's love in the workplace by providing a personalized and proactive employee care service through chaplain teams.

Religion
12
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Rabbit Room. 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

16 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. 16 of the 73 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
3/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Members Give Justgivsan Francis: $73,000 · OtherMembers Give Justgivsan FrancisProject Cure 546804ENGLEWOOD Co: $14,200 · OtherAMEX/JUSTGIVE Justgisan Francis: $12,500 · OtherSouth America Missionfort Mill Sc: $12,288 · OtherLookout Mountain Comgoiden Co: $12,000 · OtherCHRISTIAN CHARITIES: $11,000 · OtherYOUTH FOR CHRIST USA: $10,000 · OtherColumbia Intl Univercolumbia Sc: $10,000 · OtherIAC: $10,000 · Other+49 more: $105,488 · Other+49 moreTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $6,443 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $6,000 · PhilanthropyTRINITY FORUM INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMISSION EURASIA: $4,000 · ReligionMEDIA ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 · ReligionLANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA INC NFP: $2,000 · ReligionPROJECT 1 27: $1,023 · ReligionBARNABAS INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 · Religion+1 more: $195 · ReligionBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $7,877 · HealthMOMCO GLOBAL INC: $2,060 · Human ServicesPROVIDENCE NETWORK fka THE EXECUTIVE NETWORK: $2,060 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $520 · Human ServicesAFRICAN ENTERPRISE INC: $3,000 · InternationalTHE RABBIT ROOM: $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$270,476Philanthropy$13,443Religion$10,218Health$7,877Human Services$4,640International$3,000Arts & Culture$2,000

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 budgetBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $7,877 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $6,443 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION EURASIA: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJONI AND FRIENDS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN ENTERPRISE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOMCO GLOBAL INC: $2,060 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE NETWORK fka THE EXECUTIVE NETWORK: $2,060 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDIA ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA INC NFP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT 1 27: $1,023 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBARNABAS INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeighton Ford Ministries Inc: $195 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.

  • Who funds BENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SUMMIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MISSION EURASIA ↗
  • Who funds JONI AND FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN ENTERPRISE INC ↗
  • Who funds MOMCO GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE NETWORK fka THE EXECUTIVE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds THE RABBIT ROOM ↗
  • Who funds MEDIA ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL INC ↗

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.

Christian Community Foundation IncCO20.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Tyndale House Ministries · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Domanada Foundation · International Generosity Foundation Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Someone Cares Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Someone Cares Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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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
    1report 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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Someone Cares Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Someone Cares Charitable Foundation 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 73 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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