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TeamUP 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.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$68kHuman Services$30kPhilanthropy$24kEmployment$13kRecreation & Sports$11kCrime & Legal$8kArts & Culture$6kScience & Tech$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,900
Median grant
8
States reached
$11k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GVNGORG$5,500
GARRETT HICKS MEMORIAL FUND$5,000
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS$3,000
NOMI NETWORK$3,000
DEPARTMENT OF JOY$2,500
HOUSTON FOOD BANK$1,900
JOEYS PAW INC$1,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA$1,000
SOLES4SOULS$500
SAN MARCOS YOUTH BASEBALL$500
MIDNIGHT MISSION$500
PERFECT HARMONY BOOSTER CLUB CO JOHN F KENNEDY HI$150
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 (FY22–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BRAZORIA COUNTY DREAM CENTER INC: $604 → 10%SOLES4SOULS: $500 → 14%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG B: $2k → 14%BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS: $6k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG B: $2k → 14%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG B: $2k → 14%MIDNIGHT MISSION: $500 → 14%UNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE: $2k → 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

NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
VA
TN
LA
MS
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 12% of TeamUP Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

TeamUP Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$57k · 5 repeat orgs$98k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
20

Total granted

$57k
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+4%

Still filing today

60%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalHealthArts & 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

  • G
    GVNGorg
    2× · 2022–2025 · $12k · revenue +53%
  • TW
    TOGETHER WE RISE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $11k · revenue +61%
  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG BEACH
    3× · 2022–2024 · $5k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • MI
    MILESTONES IN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • CC
    CHRYSALIS CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue +4%
  • BB
    BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue +68%
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
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
2
Jeremiah Program

Disrupt the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children two generations at a time.

Housing & Shelter
3
Los Angeles Black Worker Center

The mission of the Los Angeles Black Worker Center is to increase access to quality jobs, reduce employment discrimination, and improve industries that employ black workers through action and unionization.

Employment
4
Hack the Hood Inc

Hack the Hood provides youth and communities of color with tech skill-building programs and career navigation support that are grounded in justice and ensure economic mobility.

Arts & Culture
5
Rod's House

Rod's house builds authentic connections with young people, supports them in feeling respected and secure in who they are, empowers them to reach their full potential, and positively connects them to the community. rod's house envisions an…

Housing & Shelter
6
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
7
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
8
Transition House

Transition House is dedicated to the solution of family homelessness in the Santa Barbara community. Capable and motivated families with children are offered life tools and respectful, non-sectarian residential services designed to…

Housing & Shelter
9
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
10
The Bread Project

When adults have a second chance and are able to make a successful transition to employment and have ongoing access to further education to increase their economic opportunities, they improve not only their own lives but those of their…

Employment
11
Inroads Inc

To deliver innovative leadership development programs and creative solutions that identify, accelerate, and elevate underrepresented talent throughout their careers.

Education
12
Motivating Inspiring Supporting and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth

The organization collaborates to bring about systemic and community change to prevent the sexual exploitation of children and youth through raising awareness, education and policy development.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dress for Success Worldwide; the most unlike its peers is Eat and Read At Melbas Literacy Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

34 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. 34 of the 36 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
15/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MILESTONES IN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT: $25,000 · EducationMILESTONES IN LEADERSHIP SUMMITWALDORF IN NORTH COASTAL INC: $6,000 · EducationWALDORF IN NORTH COASTAL INCBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $5,000 · EducationBLACK GIRLS CODE INCLOYOLA UNIVERSITY: $3,295 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITYPOINT FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationPOINT FOUNDATIONDILLARD UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · EducationEAT AND READ AT MELBAS LITERACY PROJECT: $2,000 · EducationConstructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program: $1,800 · Education+2 more: $1,650 · EducationGARRETT HICKS MEMORIAL FUND: $20,000 · OtherGARRETT HICKS MEMORIAL FUNDSOUTH OC YOUTH RUGBY INC: $10,000 · OtherSOUTH OC YOUTH RUGBY INCCHRYSALIS CENTER: $8,200 · OtherCHRYSALIS CENTERThe Houston Food Bank: $1,900 · OtherNational Society of Black Engineers: $3,000 · OtherNational Society of Black Engineer…DRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE: $2,500 · Other+5 more: $5,000 · Other+5 moreINVESTORS PHILANTHROPIC: $12,900 · PhilanthropyINVESTORS PHILAN…GVNGorg: $11,500 · PhilanthropyGVNGorgBEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS: $6,250 · Human ServicesBEAR BE A RE…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG BEACH: $4,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS C…GIVEDIRECTLY INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECTLY…UNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE: $1,500 · Human ServicesUNITED STATE…Brazoria County Dream Center Inc: $604 · Human Services+2 more: $1,000 · Human Services+2 moreTOGETHER WE RISE: $11,457 · Recreation & SportsSAN MARCOS YOUTH BASEBALL: $500 · Recreation & SportsHarbor Area Gang Alternatives Program: $5,000 · Crime & LegalNOMI NETWORK INC: $3,000 · Crime & LegalProject Row Houses: $3,000 · Arts & CultureDepartment of Joy: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Education$50,245Other$50,600Philanthropy$24,400Human Services$17,854Recreation & Sports$11,957Crime & Legal$8,000Arts & Culture$5,500

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 budgetMILESTONES IN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT: $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetINVESTORS PHILANTHROPIC: $12,900 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetGVNGorg: $11,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE: $11,457 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHRYSALIS CENTER: $8,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS: $6,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWALDORF IN NORTH COASTAL INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHarbor Area Gang Alternatives Program: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG BEACH: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY: $3,295 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Row Houses: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOINT FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Society of Black Engineers: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDILLARD UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAT AND READ AT MELBAS LITERACY PROJECT: $2,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $1,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConstructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIYYA FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS WOMEN & CHILDREN'S SHELTER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPONSOR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Florida Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJoeys Paw Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBrazoria County Dream Center Inc: $604 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN MARCOS YOUTH BASEBALL: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLES4SOULS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPERFECT HARMONY BOOSTER CLUB: $150 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Blackbaud Giving …Shell USA Company Fou…Greater Houston Commu…The Annenberg Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…Sempra FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Charities Aid Foundat…Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC13.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 TeamUP Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from TeamUP Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program: 2% of income from government
  • Sponsor Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to TeamUP Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to TeamUP 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 36 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home