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The Overflow Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$57k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$21k
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 2024.

Human Services$129kReligion$58kEducation$34kFood & Nutrition$25kInternational$22kArts & Culture$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $21k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$215k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MT HOPE NAZARENE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY$21,000
WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC$6,000
MT HOPE NAZARENE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY$5,000
FELLOWSHIP OF FAITH A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY INC$4,500
MT HOPE NAZARENE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY$4,000
MT HOPE NAZARENE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY$3,000
OAKDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC$3,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC$2,000
OAKDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC$2,000
OAKDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC$1,500
SERVANT STAGE COMPANY$1,000
EPHRATA AREA EDUCATION FOUNDATION$1,000
WORLD VISION$600
BLACK ROCK RETREAT$500
SOLANCO NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES$500
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 (FY20–21, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%TEEN CHALLENGE TRAINING CENTER INC: $2k → 11%WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $3k → 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
OR
OH
PA
CA
KY
KS
DC
LA
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$239k · 12 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
12

Total granted

$239k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+97%
+31%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterInternationalPublic 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

  • MH
    MT HOPE NAZARENE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $119k · revenue +42%
  • LC
    LEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES
    3× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +57%
  • YW
    Youth With A Mission Greater Philadelphia
    2× · 2020–2021 · $14k · revenue +168%

Funded once

  • WW
    WATER WELLS FOR AFRICA
    one grant, 2021 · $16k · revenue -26%
  • DP
    D Poore
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • NC
    NAZARENE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +8%
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
Worldserve Ministries

To advance the gospel in closed and hard-to-reach nations and to impact those nations for christ.

International
2
West African Mercy Ministries Inc

West african mercy ministries is a non-profit, faith-based organization that works in ghana, west africa. our mission is to glorify god and love jesus through mercy ministry. we see this happening as we contagiously champion compassionate…

International
3
World Reach Inc

World reach is a global, evangelical missions organization serving fields in east africa, central and south america, europe and the u.s. our purpose is to fulfill the the great commission of jesus christ by reaching the world with the…

Religion
4
Wordsower Africa

The mission of wordsower africa is to equip and encourage christians in west african countries to bring the gospel to the unreached people groups, to disciple, become spiritual leaders and start healthy churches in every village god sends…

Religion
5
Evanjafrica Inc

Evanjafrica ministries is a non-profit christian organization located in nampula, mozambique. evanjafrica is registered with the ministry of justice republic of mozambique at the department of religious affairs under number 127/2004. our…

International
6
Youth With a Mission-Maui Inc

Train christian missionaries to spread the gospel.

Religion
7
What Matters Ministries and Missions

The organizations exempt purpose is to rescue orphans and widows, feed the poor, build the local church through ministry, crusades and outreaches and to win souls around the world.

Religion
8
World Orphans

World orphans vision is to empower the church to care for orphans and vulnerable families. we equip, inspire, and mobilize the church to care for orphans and vulnerable children. churches engaged. children restored. communities transformed…

—
9
Joshua Nations International

Spreading christianity worldwide.

Religion
10
You Turn Ministries Inc

You turn ministries conducts christian evangelical ministries in the us and abroad.

Religion
11
Love Worth Finding Ministries Inc

To share the gospel throughout the world.

Religion
12
But God Ministries

Sharing the love of jesus christ by building sustainable communities around the world and providing medical care to low-income households in the united states. the organization is currently building two sustainable communities in haiti and…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Water Street Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Nazarene Hospital Foundation. 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

17 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. 17 of the 27 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MT HOPE NAZARENE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $118,750 · Housing & ShelterMT HOPE NAZARENE RETIREMENT COMMUNITYOAKDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $33,000 · OtherOAKDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INCWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC: $18,100 · OtherWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INCLEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $15,500 · OtherLEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIESFELLOWSHIP OF FAITH A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY INC: $12,250 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF FAITH A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY…SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $9,750 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORI…D Poore: $5,000 · Other+9 more: $10,010 · Other+9 moreYouth With A Mission Greater Philadelphia: $14,000 · ReligionYouth With…BLACK ROCK RETREAT: $5,750 · ReligionBLACK ROCK…NAZARENE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES INC: $3,500 · ReligionNAZARENE C…YOUTH WITH A MISSION LEBANON PA: $3,250 · ReligionYOUTH WITH…WATER WELLS FOR AFRICA: $16,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $2,400 · InternationalSERVANT STAGE COMPANY: $4,500 · Public BenefitWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $2,500 · Human ServicesASCEND CLINICAL SERVICES DBA NAAMAN CLINICAL SERVICES: $1,750 · Human ServicesSOLID ROCK YOUTH MINISTRIES INC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentJack and Jill of America Foundation Inc: $1,750 · Youth Development
Housing & Shelter$118,750Other$103,610Religion$26,500International$18,400Public Benefit$4,500Human Services$4,250Youth Development$3,750

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 budgetMT HOPE NAZARENE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $118,750 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWATER WELLS FOR AFRICA: $16,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $15,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetYouth With A Mission Greater Philadelphia: $14,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $9,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK ROCK RETREAT: $5,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSERVANT STAGE COMPANY: $4,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNAZARENE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH WITH A MISSION LEBANON PA: $3,250 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOLID ROCK YOUTH MINISTRIES INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJack and Jill of America Foundation Inc: $1,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASCEND CLINICAL SERVICES DBA NAAMAN CLINICAL SERVICES: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES: $1,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEPHRATA AREA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNAZARENE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $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.

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.

Lancaster County Comm…Clark Associates Char…Central Pennsylvania …Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Renaissance Charitabl…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Lancaster County Community FoundationPA23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Overflow Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Overflow Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida 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 · 0–15%
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 Overflow Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Overflow 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 27 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home