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The Crist Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$130k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$130k
Largest
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$460kArts & Culture$36kHousing & Shelter$34kYouth Development$19kHealth$16kInternational$7kHuman Services$7kRecreation & Sports$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$130,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$11k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATMUS$130,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $600) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VISIONCORPS: $150 → 9%GENEROSITY GLOBAL: $300 → 6%VISIONCORPS: $150 → 9%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

WA
IL
IN
PA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AR
TN
OK
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$631k · 25 repeat orgs$166k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
25

Total granted

$631k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
0%

Still filing today

36%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
HealthHousing & ShelterInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TB
    THE BRETHREN HOME FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $31k · revenue +75%
  • AM
    AACA MUSEUM INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $21k · revenue +11%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $9k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • PY
    PLEASUREVILLE YOUTH CLUB
    one grant, 2017 · $18k
  • TB
    THE BRETHREN HOME
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
3
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
4
St Charles Hospital Corp

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.

Health
5
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
6
Upmc Carlisle

Upmc carlisle's mission is to serve the community by providing access to outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health care system through clinical and technological innovation, research and education.

Health
7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
Carroll Hospital Center Inc

Our communities expect and deserve superior medical treatment, compassionate care, and expert guidance in maintaining their health and well-being. at carroll hospital center, we offer an uncompromising commitment to the highest quality…

Health
9
Children's Physicians

Children's physicians delivers the highest quality pediatric primary care while supporting education and research.

Health
10
Children's Hospital

Organization's mission to improve health outcomes for children; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in care, advocacy, research. as the nation's children's hospital, the mission of…

Health
11
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
12
Chs Physician Partners Pc

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.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Generosity-Global Incorporated. 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

16 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. 16 of the 51 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YORK 1ST CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN: $453,777 · OtherYORK 1ST CHURCH OF THE BRETHRENNATMUS: $130,000 · OtherNATMUSIndividual grant recipient: $71,345 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+35 more: $73,175 · Other+35 moreTHE BRETHREN HOME FOUNDATION: $31,400 · Housing & ShelterYORK UNION RESCUE MISSION INC: $2,200 · Housing & ShelterAACA MUSEUM INC: $20,760 · Arts & CultureST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,600 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $450 · Health+1 more: $150 · HealthFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,000 · InternationalFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $100 · InternationalGENEROSITY-GLOBAL INCORPORATED: $300 · Human ServicesVISIONCORPS: $300 · Human ServicesUNION FIRE COMPANY 1: $375 · Public Safety & DisasterYORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $100 · Education
Other$728,297Housing & Shelter$33,600Arts & Culture$20,760Health$12,200International$1,100Human Services$600Public Safety & Disaster$375Education$100

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 budgetTHE BRETHREN HOME FOUNDATION: $31,400 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAACA MUSEUM INC: $20,760 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYORK UNION RESCUE MISSION INC: $2,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELL SOCIALIZATION SERVICES INC: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNION FIRE COMPANY 1: $375 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGENEROSITY-GLOBAL INCORPORATED: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVISIONCORPS: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYORK COUNTY FOOD BANK: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $100 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 THE BRETHREN HOME FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AACA MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds YORK UNION RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds BELL SOCIALIZATION SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds UNION FIRE COMPANY 1 ↗
  • Who funds GENEROSITY-GLOBAL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds VISIONCORPS ↗

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.

Powder Mill FoundationPA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Powder Mill Foundation · Airie Knipel Harry V and J William Warehime Foundation · United Way of York County · York County Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Crist Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Crist Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–90%
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

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How do I get to The Crist Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Crist Family 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 51 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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