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The Cutwater Foundation Inc

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.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Health$250kHuman Services$100kEmployment$40kRecreation & Sports$28kInternational$25kHousing & Shelter$8kCommunity Improvement$5kPhilanthropy$5k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$399k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLOOD WATER$50,000
EMBRACE OF CELEBRATION$10,000
THE HUNDRED MOVEMENT$10,000
THE HONOR FOUNDATION$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 (FY20–25, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EMBRACE OF CELEBRATION: $10k → 13%ADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION: $8k → 5%RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%EMBRACE OF CELEBRATION: $10k → 13%EMBRACE OF CELEBRATION: $10k → 13%EMBRACE OF CELEBRATION: $8k → 13%EMBRACE OF CELEBRATION: $8k → 13%BEYOND PREGNANCY CARE: $5k → 13%BEYOND PREGNANCY CARE: $5k → 13%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
OH
CA
AZ
TN
NC
TX
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$408k · 7 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +115% since the first grant, against +63% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
7

Total granted

$408k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+115%
+63%

Still filing today

86%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentInternationalRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TH
    The Hundred Movement Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $48k · revenue +422%
  • EO
    EMBRACE OF CELEBRATION INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $45k · revenue +779%
  • FF
    FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $25k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • MF
    MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +81%
  • HP
    HOPE PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A COMMUNITY HOPE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +7%
  • AS
    ADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION CORDERgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue ×11
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
Employment Network of Sw Florida

To transform the lives of individuals with disabilities throught insightful guidance and support needed to obtain and maintain meaningful employment.

Employment
2
Fulfillment House Inc
Health
3
Promising People Missions Inc

Promising People Missions is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to aiding transitioning citizens in overcoming re-entry obstacles by facilitating access to support services, connecting them with faith-based organizations,…

Crime & Legal
4
The Stride Center

As an innovative social enterprise, The Stride Center's mission is to empower men and women facing barriers to employment to achieve economic self-sufficiency. We provide a comprehensive career development program that includes job skills…

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5
Refugee Hope Partners Inc

To engage, equip, and encourage our refugee neighbors so that all may thrive.

Human Services
6
Thrive International

Our Mission is to Empower Multicultural Communities to THRIVE.

Human Services
7
Taskforce Fore Ending Homelessness Inc

To get our neighbors experiencing homelessness off the street through proactive outreach and services and provide placement in a program that will help them get "home."

Human Services
8
Helping Other People Exceed

The Mission of HOPE is To Provide Individuals and Families Detoured in Life Due ro Incarceration, Substance Use Disorder, Houselessness, and Discrimination Specialized, Wraparound Navigation Routes to Housing, Employment, Ecucation, and…

Housing & Shelter
9
Hopes Path

Hope's Path is an internship program offering housing and life skill development to former foster youth while assisting them with their goals to successfully launch into sustainable independent lives knowing their value and identity in…

Human Services
10
Doors of Hope Transition Ministries

To guide homeless families and at-risk families toward self-reliance and stability through a holistic, individualized approach that includes life- skills training, mentoring and supporitive housing

Human Services
11
Revive Inc

Empowering individuals on their journey to lasting recovery. our team of dedicated professionals offer a dynamic blend of therapeutic support and personal empowerment. we dont just offer recovery; we provide a roadmap to your vibrant…

Health
12
New Covenant Safe Haven

New Covenant Safe Haven is a Christian-based organization committed to uplifting and supporting individuals and families living in poverty within our community. Our primary mission is to provide essential services such as temporary shelter…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Hungry Inc; the most unlike its peers is Adaptive Sports Connection Corder. 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

13 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. 13 of the 14 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BLOOD WATER: $240,000 · OtherBLOOD WATER+2 more: $7,500 · OtherThe Hundred Movement Inc: $47,500 · Human ServicesThe Hundred Movement IncEMBRACE OF CELEBRATION INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesEMBRACE OF CELEBRATION INCBEYOND PREGNANCY CARE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesBEYOND PREGNANCY CARE INCADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION CORDER: $7,500 · Human ServicesADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION C…RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $25,000 · InternationalMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyGATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $5,000 · PhilanthropyNINE 13 INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EmploymentHOPE PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A COMMUNITY HOPE CENTER INC: $7,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$247,500Human Services$115,000International$25,000Philanthropy$25,000Recreation & Sports$20,000Employment$20,000Housing & Shelter$7,500

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 budgetThe Hundred Movement Inc: $47,500 over 6y, 20% of budgetEMBRACE OF CELEBRATION INC: $45,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNINE 13 INC: $20,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBEYOND PREGNANCY CARE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHOPE PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A COMMUNITY HOPE CENTER INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION CORDER: $7,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetRIVERSIDE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCELEBRATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTORING ALLIANCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA9.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Cutwater Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cutwater Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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 · 0–50%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Cutwater Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Cutwater 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 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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