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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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

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 (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 its 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
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.
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against -23% for those 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%
-23%

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
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

  • 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

  • VF
    VENTURE FOR AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -50%
  • ML
    MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +22%
  • HC
    HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -43%
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorstack Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

21 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.

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)
21/21
Grantees still filing
8/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · EducationYEAR UP INC: $10,000 · EducationCOOP Careers Inc: $10,000 · EducationDev Color: $110,000 · EmploymentDev ColorSUMMER SEARCH: $10,000 · EmploymentSUMMER SEARCHTECHQUERIA: $10,000 · EmploymentTECHQUERIADIGITAL 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 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 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 budgetVENTURE FOR AMERICA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDIGITAL NEST INC: $44,870 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetTAKEOFF INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTREETCODE ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTECHQUERIA: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCOOP Careers Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $6,000 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.

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.

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

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 Concrete Rose Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Concrete Rose Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's 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
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.
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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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 21 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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