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The Concrete Rose Community Foundation

To create a community of supporters and provide funding to nonprofit organizations addressing the impact of systemic inequality in the areas of education, health, employment, housing, mass incarceration, and civic participation.

$309k
Granted FY2023
4
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$194k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2023.

Community Improvement$335kEmployment$200kEducation$189kYouth Development$61kPublic Benefit$55kHuman Services$35kScience & Tech$18k
02FY2023 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $299k
$55,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$303k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLOR STACK$193,500
BLACK PRODUCT MANAGERS$55,000
COLOR WAVE$50,000
PROJECT INVENT$10,000
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 (FY20–20, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $25k → 17%TIDES CENTER: $10k → 17%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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$592k · 7 repeat orgs$256k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +51% since the first grant, against -18% for the ones you funded once.

7 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
11

Total granted

$592k
$201k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
-18%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationCommunity ImprovementEmploymentYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther

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

  • CI
    COLORSTACK INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $254k · revenue +144%
  • DN
    DIGITAL NEST INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $45k · revenue +124%
  • HG
    HIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT
    2× · 2020–2021 · $25k · revenue +149%

Funded once

  • ML
    MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +22%
  • VF
    VENTURE FOR AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -50%
  • HC
    HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -43%

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
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
2
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
3
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
4
Inroads Inc

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

Education
5
Hack Diversity Inc

Hack diversity conducts a fellowship program for technologists who are underrepresented in the innovation sector. the fellowship primarily consists of online workshops, networking, project-based learning, and skills development as fellows…

Employment
6
Colorwave Project Inc

The Colorwave Project, Inc. dba Colorwave is organized and operated for educational purposes for underrepresented professionals in the startup and high-growth business sector. Our organization leads an eight-week leadership program to help…

Education
7
AI4ALL

Ai4all's mission is to ensure that the next generation of ai leaders reflects humanity. ai4all is transforming the pipeline of ai practitioners who will shape ai for the benefit of humanity.

Youth Development
8
Tech Exposure & Access Through Mentoring Inc

The organization's mission is to prepare students for opportunities available at the intersection of technology and sports.

Employment
9
Greenwood Project

Greenwood's mission is to create career pathways in the financial services industry for black and latino college students. we partner with companies to find equitable and inclusive solutions for recruitment, retention, and advancement. our…

Human Services
10
Access Mode

Advancing equity in tech start-ups. Mentorship is provided with non-dillutive grants. Attendees are exposed to subject matter experts and permanent access to a community of BIPOC leaders.

Education
11
Lead Program in Business

The mission is to address higher education access and career preparation by optimizing cross-sector collaborations and global partnerships that focus on identifiying and nurturing high potential youth of diverse backgrounds by developing…

Community Improvement
12
Codeorg

Code.org is an education innovation nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science, and increasing participation by young women and underrepresented groups. our vision is that every student in every school should have the…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorstack Inc and the most unlike its peers is Harlem Children's Zone 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 12 years old; the field is 16. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%38%5–10yr19%29%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr13%5%35–55yr16%10%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%43%5–10yr19%31%10–20yr16%9%20–35yr13%1%35–55yr16%16%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/21
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,544

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

21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
8/21
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COLORSTACK INC — $253,500 · Community ImprovementCOLORSTACK INCVENTURE FOR AMERICA INC — $50,000 · Community ImprovementVENTURE FOR AMERICA INCGoodie Nation Inc — $21,982 · Community ImprovementGoodie Nation Inc+1 more — $10,000 · Community ImprovementSTILES HALL — $119,324 · EducationSTILES HALLMANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW — $50,000 · EducationMANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORR…SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $35,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INCHIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT — $25,000 · EducationHIDDEN GENIUS PROJECTTAKEOFF INSTITUTE INC — $10,000 · EducationCOOP Careers Inc — $10,000 · EducationYEAR UP INC — $10,000 · EducationDev Color — $110,000 · EmploymentDev ColorTECHQUERIA — $10,000 · EmploymentTECHQUERIASUMMER SEARCH — $10,000 · EmploymentSUMMER SEARCHDIGITAL NEST INC — $44,870 · Youth DevelopmentSTREETCODE ACADEMY — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLACK PRODUCT MANAGERS — $55,000 · Public BenefitHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER — $10,000 · Human ServicesProject Invent — $17,500 · Science & Tech
Community Improvement$335,482Education$259,324Employment$130,000Youth Development$60,870Public Benefit$55,000Human Services$35,000Science & Tech$17,500

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 budgetCOLORSTACK INC — $253,500 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetSTILES HALL — $119,324 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetDev Color — $110,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetBLACK PRODUCT MANAGERS — $55,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetMANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVENTURE FOR AMERICA INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDIGITAL NEST INC — $44,870 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT — $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGoodie Nation Inc — $21,982 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetProject Invent — $17,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCAMELBACK VENTURES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTECHQUERIA — $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTAKEOFF INSTITUTE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTREETCODE ACADEMY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOOP Careers Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYEAR UP INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Mitchell Kapor Founda…Tides FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA19.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mitchell Kapor Foundation · Tides Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Concrete Rose Community Foundation 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 · 10%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Year Up Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Concrete Rose Community Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Concrete Rose Community 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 21 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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