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The Cemala Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
55
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$210k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Education$2.7MCommunity Improvement$1.5MArts & Culture$1.2MHuman Services$646kPhilanthropy$480kYouth Development$277kHealth$210kPublic Benefit$93kOther$0
02FY2024 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $684k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $866k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$34M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
READY FOR SCHOOL READY FOR LIFE$210,294
ACTION GREENBSORO$138,500
MIRIAM P BRENNER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$135,000
GREENSBORO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION$125,000
UNC GREENSBORO EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION$75,000
UNC GREENSBORO COLLEGE OF VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS$70,000
GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$62,500
UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO$50,000
UNCG-CENTER FOR YOUTH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP$44,000
GUILFORD EDUCATION ALLIANCE$40,000
Individual grant recipient$40,000
ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER GREENSBORO$35,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
REACH OUT AND READ$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $406k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%APPLESEED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: $3k → 15%FAMILY SERVICES OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $10k → 16%APPLESEED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INC: $3k → 15%APPLESEED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INC: $3k → 15%APPLESEED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INC: $3k → 15%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $5k → 8%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $5k → 8%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $5k → 8%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $5k → 8%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $5k → 8%BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSITUTE OF GREENSBORO: $15k → 16%YOUTH VILLAGES: $15k → 16%YOUTH VILLAGES NORTH CAROLINA: $15k → 16%WELL-SPRING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $10k → 16%HORSEPOWER: $15k → 16%HORSEPOWER INC: $10k → 16%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC: $20k → 16%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO: $15k → 16%WOMEN'S RESOURCES CENTER OF GREENSBORO: $15k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $25k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $25k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $20k → 16%WOMEN'S RESOURCES CENTER OF GREENSBORO: $10k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $70k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $20k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $20k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $20k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $20k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.6M · 57 repeat orgs$921k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +20% since the first grant, against +13% for the ones you funded once.

57 repeat relationships — 38 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
23

Total granted

$6.6M
$558k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+13%

Still filing today

75%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $363k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthEmploymentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • GC
    GREENSBORO CHAMBER FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $350k · revenue +78% · 69% of their budget
  • GC
    GREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $335k · revenue +4%
  • UA
    UNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $205k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NUSSBAUM CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +560%
  • NA
    NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $83k
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $68k · revenue +33%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce Inc

To serve as greensboro, north carolina's principal economic and community development organization. our goal is to strategically develop a vibrant community that creates, expands, and attracts business while advancing the quality of life…

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2
Greensboro Historical Museum Inc

Together with its diverse communities, the organization collects objects and stories, connects generations, and challenges people to explore our city's past, present and future. the museum sparks wonder through bold exhibitions and…

Arts & Culture
3
Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Inc

Goodwill builds pathways that help people pursue the life they want to achieve. goodwill exists to help people see possibilities, seize opportunities, and prosper. we partner with individuals to identify their strengths, interests and…

Employment
4
Greater Winston-Salem Development Corp

To recruit new businesses to winston-salem and forsyth county in order to facilitate growth and economic diversification in the area.

Community Improvement
5
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
6
Goodwill Industries of Central North Car

Goodwill industries of central north carolina, inc.'s mission is improving lives and enriching communities through the power of work

Employment
7
Greensboro Housing Coalition Inc

Greensboro housing coalition is the advocate for fair, safe, and affordable housing. we help homeowners keep their homes by preventing foreclosure and promoting home maintenance. we help tenants resolve problems with their landlords to…

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8
Greater Winston-Salem Inc

Greater winston-salem inc. is a leading business organization in winston- salem and forsyth county. the organization is focused on establishing winston-salem as a technology-driven economic center. greater winston-salem inc. offers…

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9
Greenville Theatre Arts Center
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10
The Experiential School of Greensboro Inc

The experiential school of greensboro educates creative, critically engaged citizens using an experiential curriculum that extends the classroom into the downtown greensboro community.

Education
11
The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center

The mission of the center is inspiring curiosity and connecting communities through science and conservation. we accomplish this by providing ever-evolving experiences where exploration and imagination intersect, igniting a lifelong…

Arts & Culture
12
The Carolinas Gateway Partnership Inc

The carolinas gateway partnership is dedicated to the creation of community wealth through the retention, creation, and expansion of business opportunities in tarboro, rocky mount, and edgecombe county, north carolina.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Theatre of Greensboro Inc and the most unlike its peers is Apseed Early Childhood Education Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%7%<5yr17%7%5–10yr20%13%10–20yr14%31%20–35yr14%29%35–55yr9%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%3%<5yr17%3%5–10yr20%7%10–20yr14%46%20–35yr14%23%35–55yr9%18%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%3/77
the rest of the field
16%
1,480/9,527

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

75 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 75 of the 99 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/75
Grantees still filing
49/75
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNC GREENSBORO — $519,736 · OtherUNC GREENSBOROGREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC — $335,000 · OtherGREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INCSALVATION ARMY GREENSBORO — $255,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY GREENSBOROUNCG-CENTER FOR YOUTH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP — $100,000 · OtherNC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY — $83,333 · Other+42 more — $1,200,800 · Other+42 moreREADY FOR SCHOOL READY FOR LIFE — $1,427,727 · EducationREADY FOR SCHOOL READY FOR L…GUILFORD EDUCATION ALLIANCE — $205,000 · EducationGUILFORD EDUCATION ALLIANCEREACH OUT AND READ INC — $75,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc — $70,000 · Education+6 more — $129,200 · Education+6 moreACTION GREENSBORO — $940,000 · Community ImprovementACTION GREENSBOROGREENSBORO CHAMBER FOUNDATION — $350,000 · Community ImprovementGREENSBORO CHAMBER FOU…THE NUSSBAUM CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC — $100,000 · Community ImprovementTHE NUSSBAUM CENTER FO…Forge Greensboro — $85,000 · Community ImprovementForge Greensboro+3 more — $47,500 · Community ImprovementUNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC — $205,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED ART…GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $87,500 · Arts & CultureGREENSBORO…GREEN HILL CENTER FOR NORTH CAROLINA ART — $65,000 · Arts & CultureGREEN HILL…EASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL INC — $62,500 · Arts & CultureEASTERN MU…COMMUNITY THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY …ELSEWHERE INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureELSEWHERE …GREENSBORO OPERA COMPANY — $37,500 · Arts & CultureDOWNTOWN GREENSBORO FOUNDATION — $35,000 · Arts & CultureGREENSBORO LITERARY ORGANIZATION — $30,000 · Arts & CultureWOMEN SHOAH-JEWISH PLACEMAKING — $30,000 · Arts & CultureCAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureWHITE OAK LEGACY FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $45,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC — $325,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC — $102,500 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC — $25,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $2,500 · PhilanthropyGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY — $150,000 · Human ServicesBACKPACK BEGINNINGS — $70,500 · Human ServicesWomens Resource Center of Greensboro Inc — $60,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesHORSEPOWER INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLIND- — $25,000 · Human ServicesBlack Child Development Institute of Greensboro Inc — $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE BARNABAS NETWORK — $15,000 · Human Services+3 more — $30,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Heart Association Inc — $67,555 · HealthFREEDOM HOUSE — $30,000 · HealthGREENSBORO CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION INC — $25,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC — $7,500 · Health
Other$2,493,869Education$1,906,927Community Improvement$1,522,500Arts & Culture$727,500Philanthropy$480,000Human Services$420,500Health$130,055

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetREADY FOR SCHOOL READY FOR LIFE — $1,427,727 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetACTION GREENSBORO — $940,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetGREENSBORO CHAMBER FOUNDATION — $350,000 over 5y, 69% of budgetGREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC — $335,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC — $325,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC — $205,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetGUILFORD EDUCATION ALLIANCE — $205,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY — $150,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC — $102,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NUSSBAUM CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC — $100,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetGREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $87,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetForge Greensboro — $85,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC — $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC — $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBACKPACK BEGINNINGS — $70,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TRIAD INC — $70,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $67,555 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH OUT FIRST INC — $65,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetGREEN HILL CENTER FOR NORTH CAROLINA ART — $65,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetREADING CONNECTIONS INC — $65,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetEASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL INC — $62,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWomens Resource Center of Greensboro Inc — $60,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetOAK RIDGE FOUNDATION INC — $59,200 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC — $40,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetPARENTS AS TEACHERS GUILFORD COUNTY — $40,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetELSEWHERE INC — $40,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetGREENSBORO OPERA COMPANY — $37,500 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetDOWNTOWN GREENSBORO FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetGET IN THE GAME — $35,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetTRIANGLE SPORTS COMMISSION — $30,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetGREENSBORO LITERARY ORGANIZATION — $30,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE — $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN SHOAH-JEWISH PLACEMAKING — $30,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetCAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetVOICES TOGETHER INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHORSEPOWER INC — $25,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetNATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLIND- — $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA FOR COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetGREENSBORO POLICE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENSBORO CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION INC — $25,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTRIAD STAGE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF JOHN COLTRANE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetGREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds READY FOR SCHOOL READY FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds ACTION GREENSBORO ↗
  • Who funds GREENSBORO CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC ↗
  • Who funds GUILFORD EDUCATION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NUSSBAUM CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds Forge Greensboro ↗
  • Who funds REACH OUT AND READ INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC ↗
  • Who funds BACKPACK BEGINNINGS ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TRIAD INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds REACH OUT FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds GREEN HILL CENTER FOR NORTH CAROLINA ART ↗
  • Who funds READING CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Womens Resource Center of Greensboro Inc ↗
  • Who funds OAK RIDGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC ↗
  • Who funds PARENTS AS TEACHERS GUILFORD COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ELSEWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENSBORO OPERA COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO FOUNDATION ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Tannenbaum-Sternberge…Community Foundation …Lincoln Financial Fou…The Joseph M Bryan Fo…Amg Charitable Gift F…Hillsdale FundThe Edward M Armfield…Weaver Foundation IncMoses Cone - Wesley L…Well-Spring Retiremen…Truist Foundation IncMoses H Cone Memorial…
Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation IncNC90.8× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Joseph M Bryan Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Hillsdale Fund · The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I · Weaver Foundation Inc · Moses Cone - Wesley Long Community Health Foundation · Well-Spring Retirement Community Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Cemala Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Reach Out and Read Inc — 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
28report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Cemala Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Cemala Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 99 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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