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The Campbell Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$905k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Education$2.5MYouth Development$810kCrime & Legal$514kHuman Services$476kHousing & Shelter$341kRecreation & Sports$325kEmployment$305kCivil Rights$248kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $600k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $300k
$40,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES$50,000
CAPITAL IDEA$50,000
EXCELLENCE AND ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION$50,000
LIVE OAK WILDERNESS CAMP$50,000
EDEN HOUSE$50,000
ACE CHARTER SCHOOL$50,000
SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE$45,000
BREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY$45,000
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT$45,000
LOUISIANA CENTER FOR CHILDRENS RIGHTS$45,000
THE SAFE ALLIANCE$40,000
AUSTIN SOUNDWAVES$40,000
LIFEWORKS$40,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS LITERACY FIRST$40,000
AUSTIN EXPLORE$40,000
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 (FY17–25, $620k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $45k → 22%THE BLUE CARD: $5k → 17%LOVE & CARE MINISTRIES: $5k → 16%ONESIGHT: $500 → 6%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $30k → 22%KINGSLEY HOUSE: $30k → 23%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $30k → 22%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $30k → 22%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $20k → 22%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $20k → 22%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $20k → 22%SIREN: $8k → 8%YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE DBA LIFEWORKS: $20k → 10%YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE DBA LIFEWORKS: $20k → 10%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICES: $500 → 8%CAPITAL IDEA: $50k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $50k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $50k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $50k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $25k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $25k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $25k → 10%MULTICULTURAL REFUGEE COALITION: $15k → 10%MULTICULTURAL REFUGEE COALITION: $15k → 10%MULTICULTURAL REFUGEE COALITION: $15k → 10%CAPITAL IDEA: $15k → 10%THE FIRST 72: $500 → 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

MI
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
LA
AL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.6M · 35 repeat orgs$416k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
36

Total granted

$5.6M
$361k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+19%

Still filing today

91%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • BS
    BREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $340k · revenue +74%
  • LO
    LIVE OAK WILDERNESS CAMP
    9× · 2017–2025 · $305k · revenue +351%
  • FC
    FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $295k · revenue +176%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARY'S ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $40k
  • SV
    Silicon Valley Urban Debate Leaguegraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue +236%
  • CN
    CLOVER NOLA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +9%
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
Communities in Schools of Central Texas

Communities in schools of central texas (cisct) ensures students have holistic support, removing academic and nonacademic barriers to their success in school.

Education
2
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
3
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
4
Tomorrow's Leadership Collaborative Charter School

The mission of tlc is to educate diverse students through a rigorous, standards-based, collegepreparatory program to become conscientious, caring, and responsible 21st century citizens. tlc is grounded in an inclusive vision of teaching…

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5
Equal Opportunity Schools

Equal opportunity schools' mission is to strengthen educator and system leader capacity to break down barriers to increase access, belonging, and success in rigorous college and career-prep secondary school courses for students of color…

Education
6
Communities in Schools of San Antonio

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Education
7
City Year Inc

City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…

Unclassified
8
Achieve Now

Achieve now is a philadelphia-based social justice organization that sees literacy as a mechanism to effect social change. our mission is to provide k-2 school children in greater philadelphia with high-quality, culturally competent…

Education
9
Citizen Schools Inc

In fiscal year 2025, the agency operated an americorps maker fellowship, placing 7 americorps vista members at 6 different education focused organizations in ca, ma, and ny. americorps members worked on capacity building projects to expand…

Education
10
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
11
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc

To create and inspire better ways to give every student an educational foundation for lifelong success. we imagine a world where every student attends a school that meets them where they are, adapts to the unique ways they learn, and…

Education
12
Austin Partners in Education

Apie provides college and career readiness support through individualized academic and mentoring programs to prepare students for success.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Education Leader Fellowship; the most unlike its peers is Shine Together. 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

63 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. 63 of the 74 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
63/63
Grantees still filing
50/63
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY: $340,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEYLIVE OAK WILDERNESS CAMP: $305,000 · EducationLIVE OAK WILDERNESS CAMPACE CHARTER SCHOOL: $260,000 · EducationACE CHARTER SCHOOLWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT: $225,000 · EducationWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECTAll Five: $210,000 · EducationAll FiveNEW TEACHER CENTER: $190,000 · EducationNEW TEACHER CENTEREASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $165,000 · EducationEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INCBRICOLAGE ACADEMY: $124,000 · EducationBRICOLAGE ACADEMYAUSTIN EXPLORE INC: $105,000 · EducationSPECIAL EDUCATION LEADER FELLOWSHIP: $90,000 · EducationBookSpring: $80,000 · Education+5 more: $205,000 · Education+5 moreTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $215,000 · OtherTHE SAFE ALLIANCECRESCENT CITY SCHOOLS: $215,000 · OtherCRESCENT CITY SCHOOLSLIFEWORKS: $175,000 · OtherLIFEWORKSNew Orleans College Preparatory Academie: $95,500 · OtherNew Orleans College Pre…THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS LITERACY FIRST: $70,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS…HOOVER SCHOOL: $60,000 · OtherPARTNERS IN SCHOOL INNOVATION: $120,000 · OtherPARTNERS IN SCHOOL INNO…SHINE TOGETHER: $90,000 · OtherSHINE TOGETHER+24 more: $216,500 · Other+24 moreCapital Investing in Development and Employment of Adults Inc: $290,000 · Human ServicesCapital Investin…EDEN CENTERS: $255,000 · Human ServicesEDEN CENTERSSPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $195,000 · Human ServicesSPRINGBOARD COLL…THE REFUGEE COLLECTIVE: $45,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $40,000 · Human ServicesCLOVER NOLA INC: $30,000 · Human Services+6 more: $19,500 · Human ServicesLOUISIANA CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $258,000 · Crime & LegalLOUISIANA CEN…YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $225,000 · Crime & LegalYOUTH EMPOWER…CENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $160,000 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR CH…EXCELLENCE AND ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Crime & LegalEXCELLENCE AN…+1 more: $5,000 · Crime & LegalCreative Action: $280,000 · Arts & CultureHISPANIC ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $105,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $295,000 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterSON OF A SAINT: $120,000 · Youth DevelopmentSHINE TOGETHER INC: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $15,000 · Youth Development
Education$2,299,000Other$1,257,000Human Services$874,500Crime & Legal$698,000Arts & Culture$385,500Housing & Shelter$301,000Youth Development$195,000

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 budgetBREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY: $340,000 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetLIVE OAK WILDERNESS CAMP: $305,000 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetFOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC: $295,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCapital Investing in Development and Employment of Adults Inc: $290,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCreative Action: $280,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetACE CHARTER SCHOOL: $260,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetLOUISIANA CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $258,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetEDEN CENTERS: $255,000 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetYOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $225,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT: $225,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $215,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCRESCENT CITY SCHOOLS: $215,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAll Five: $210,000 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetSPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $195,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNEW TEACHER CENTER: $190,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $165,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $160,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBRICOLAGE ACADEMY: $124,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetPARTNERS IN SCHOOL INNOVATION: $120,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSON OF A SAINT: $120,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAUSTIN EXPLORE INC: $105,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetHISPANIC ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $105,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetNew Orleans College Preparatory Academie: $95,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL EDUCATION LEADER FELLOWSHIP: $90,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSHINE TOGETHER: $90,000 over 3y, 43% of budgetBookSpring: $80,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetKIPP OF NEW ORLEANS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHINE TOGETHER INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR LEARNING DBA WRITERCOACH CONNECTION: $55,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetTHE REFUGEE COLLECTIVE: $45,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetYOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSilicon Valley Urban Debate League: $40,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCLOVER NOLA INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJUMA VENTURES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE TRACK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENINSULA FAMILY CONNECTIONS: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSERVICES IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION NETWORK (SIREN): $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF GREATER HOUSTON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS WOMEN & CHILDREN'S SHELTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHendrick Medical Center Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRIGHTLINE DEFENSE PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCalifornians For Justice Education Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BLUE CARD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLove & Care Ministries: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 BREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds LIVE OAK WILDERNESS CAMP ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Capital Investing in Development and Employment of Adults Inc ↗
  • Who funds Creative Action ↗
  • Who funds ACE CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LOUISIANA CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds EDEN CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE SAFE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CRESCENT CITY SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds All Five ↗
  • Who funds SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds NEW TEACHER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION ↗
  • Who funds BRICOLAGE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN SCHOOL INNOVATION ↗
  • Who funds SON OF A SAINT ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN EXPLORE INC ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds New Orleans College Preparatory Academie ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADER FELLOWSHIP ↗
  • Who funds SHINE TOGETHER ↗
  • Who funds BookSpring ↗
  • Who funds KIPP OF NEW ORLEANS INC ↗
  • Who funds SHINE TOGETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR LEARNING DBA WRITERCOACH CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds EXCELLENCE AND ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE REFUGEE COLLECTIVE ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Silicon Valley Urban Debate League ↗
  • Who funds CLOVER NOLA 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.

The Greater New Orlea…Baptist Community Min…The Applied Materials…Silicon Valley Commun…Austin Community Foun…The Gpoa FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Pro Bono Publico Foun…Keller Family Foundat…Goldring Family Found…The Usdin-Weil Founda…New Orleans Community…
The Greater New Orleans FoundationLA31.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · The Applied Materials Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · The Gpoa Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Pro Bono Publico Foundation · Keller Family Foundation · Goldring Family Foundation · The Usdin-Weil Foundation · New Orleans Community Support 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 The Campbell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Campbell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
27report 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 The Campbell Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Campbell 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 74 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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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