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The Cline Family Fdn Inc at a glance

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The Cline Family Fdn Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$313k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% 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$3.7MEducation$3.3MHealth$1.9MCommunity Improvement$850kReligion$789kArts & Culture$699kYouth Development$337kInternational$332kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $750k
  • $250k+1 grant · $313k
$25,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$40M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SALVATION ARMY$312,500
WVU CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$200,000
POWERCROSS$125,000
VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$100,000
NICKLAUS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$100,000
TAKE STOCK IN THE CHILDREN$100,000
THE CHANNING JOY FOUNDATION$65,000
CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF THE LOW COUNTRY$60,000
AUTISM DISCOVERY & TREATMENT FOUNDA$45,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH$25,000
BECKLEY AREA FOUNDATION$20,000
GOOD FRIENDS OF THE LOW COUNTRY$10,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$10,000
HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION$5,000
VICTORY FARM$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–22, $332k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $150k → 9%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $150k → 9%WYOMING COUNTY TOY FUND: $4k → 25%PLACE OF HOPE: $25k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $3k → 11%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

ID
MT
IL
NY
WY
OH
PA
CT
CA
WV
VA
AZ
TN
NC
SC
LA
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.9M · 36 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
35

Total granted

$9.9M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+35%

Still filing today

36%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $231k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalReligionOther
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

  • MU
    MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2.0M · revenue +427%
  • WV
    WEST VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    2× · 2020–2021 · $825k · revenue +75% · 27% of their budget
  • PC
    POWER CROSS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $673k · revenue +257%

Funded once

  • YO
    YMCA OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
    one grant, 2018 · $1.7M
  • SC
    SUBLETTE COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue ×15
  • 1L
    1 LIFE MISSION
    one grant, 2017 · $76k
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
South Carolina Childrens Fund

To make strategic, catalytic investments and provide expertise and technical assistance to educational organizations across south carolina.

Education
2
Carolina Children's Charity Inc

To provide support to lowcountry children with birth defects and/or childhood diseases.

Health
3
Children's Trust of South Carolina

To strengthen families, organizations, and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Human Services
4
Carolina Childrens Home

The mission of Carolina Children's Home is to meet the under-served mental and physical health needs of children, young adults, and their families

Human Services
5
Children's Health Foundation

Children's health foundation (chf) supports children's health system (chs) and children's hospital of the king's daughters (chkd). chf is organized and operated to carry out the charitable, educational and scientific purposes of chs and…

Health
6
For Children's Sake of Virginia Inc

For children's sake is dedicated to promoting positive environments for children and families that develop trust, stability and independence.

Human Services
7
Sc Chamber of Commerce

Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.

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8
Child Evangelism Fellowship of Sc Inc

Child evangelism fellowship is a bible centered organization composed of born again believers whose purpose is to evangelize children with the gospel of the lord jesus christ and to establish them in the word of god.

Youth Development
9
A Child's Wish of Louisiana Inc

To grant wishes to and otherwise act for the benefit of children suffering from terminal or life theatening illness or disease.

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10
Arkansas Children's Foundation

We champion children by making them better today and healthier tomorrow.continued on schedule o.arkansas children's will fundamentally transform healthcare delivery for the children of arkansas and beyond. arkansas children's core values…

Health
11
Conway Hospital Community Services

Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.

Health
12
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Star Gospel Mission; the most unlike its peers is Autism Discovery and Treatment Foundation Inc. 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

31 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. 31 of the 80 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
20/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY: $1,692,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYYMCA OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA: $1,659,472 · OtherYMCA OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIACLEVELAND CLINIC: $1,000,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINICWEST VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $825,000 · OtherWEST VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCEWVU CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $600,000 · OtherWVU CHILDRENS HOSPITALVIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $565,000 · OtherVIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL+55 more: $1,756,847 · Other+55 moreMARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $2,000,000 · EducationMARSHALL UNIVERSITY…THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $109,374 · Education+2 more: $48,500 · EducationPOWER CROSS: $673,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $24,000 · ReligionChildren's Museum of the Lowcountry: $624,000 · Arts & CultureCOMFORT ZONE CAMP INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesPLACE OF HOPE INC: $28,000 · Human Services+1 more: $4,000 · Human ServicesSave The Children Federation Inc: $305,000 · International+1 more: $2,700 · InternationalSUBLETTE COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $150,000 · HealthPEACEHAVEN FARM INC: $50,000 · HealthAutism Discovery and Treatment Foundation Inc: $45,000 · Health+4 more: $11,000 · Health
Other$8,098,319Education$2,157,874Religion$697,000Arts & Culture$624,000Human Services$332,000International$307,700Health$256,000

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 budgetMARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $2,000,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $825,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetPOWER CROSS: $673,000 over 6y, 7.7% of budgetChildren's Museum of the Lowcountry: $624,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $305,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMFORT ZONE CAMP INC: $300,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetCharleston Collegiate School: $145,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $109,374 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBECKLEY AREA FOUNDATION INC: $86,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetPEACEHAVEN FARM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetSEMINOLE BOOSTERS INC: $46,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Discovery and Treatment Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $28,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCITY OF MULLENS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetJae Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $24,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD FRIENDS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY: $23,500 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetFIRST TEE GREATER CHARLESTON: $17,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetKRISTI HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN WV INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetVICTORY FARM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AUTISM COMMUNITY IN ACTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD HARVEST MISSIONS OUTREACH INC: $2,700 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBeyond Our Walls Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMAN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION D/B/A WOMAN'S HOSPITAL: $500 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 MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds POWER CROSS ↗
  • Who funds Children's Museum of the Lowcountry ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMFORT ZONE CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds SUBLETTE COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Charleston Collegiate School ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BECKLEY AREA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PEACEHAVEN FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds SEMINOLE BOOSTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Autism Discovery and Treatment Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PLACE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF MULLENS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Jae Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds GOOD FRIENDS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY ↗

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.

Coastal Community Fou…Elhapa Foundation IncHenry & Sylvia Yaschi…Foundation for the Ca…Baird Foundation IncMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…Natl Christian Charit…
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncSC17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Elhapa Foundation Inc · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Baird Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 The Cline Family Fdn Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cline Family Fdn Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Kristi House Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

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 80 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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