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Upward Bound Youth at a glance

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Upward Bound Youth

To develop and provide programs, facilities, and resources to aid youth and their families in their spiritual, physical, emotional and educational development.

$26M
Granted FY2024still arriving
44
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$5.9M
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, FY2021 to 2024.

International$9.4MRecreation & Sports$5.9MYouth Development$4.1MEducation$4.1MReligion$3.0MHuman Services$2.4MHealth$1.8MCivil Rights$1.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $296k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+11 grants · $24M
$100,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$207M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WARM BEACH CHRISTIAN CAMP$5,851,000
LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS$5,755,000
OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$3,100,000
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL$2,020,000
SUMMIT MINISTRIES$1,815,000
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$1,450,275
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$1,000,004
NORTHRISE UNIVERSITY$1,000,000
LIFELINE NEW YORK$792,000
LIFE WITHOUT LIMBS$500,000
APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH FOUNDATI$271,200
JONI & FRIENDS$245,000
TRIWAY ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB$200,000
FARMING WITH FRIENDS$180,000
TRI-CITIES PREGNANCY NETWORK$125,000
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 (FY21–24, $487k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOSTERING FAMILY MINISTRIES: $153k → 11%FIELDSTONE COUNSELING (V): $100k → 13%TRI-CITY UNION GOSPEL MISSION: $50k → 11%FOSTERING FAMILY MINISTRIES: $124k → 11%FOSTERING FAMILY MINISTRIES: $50k → 11%FOSTERING FAMILY MINISTRIES: $10k → 11%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
MN
IL
WI
NY
OH
PA
CO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25M · 25 repeat orgs$7.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
5

Total granted

$25M
$72k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+22%

Still filing today

56%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesReligionEducationInternationalHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • LF
    LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $9.2M · revenue +79%
  • WB
    Warm Beach Christian Camps And Conference Center
    2× · 2022–2024 · $5.9M · revenue +109% · 37% of their budget
  • SM
    SUMMIT MINISTRIES INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +50%
  • AI
    ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • JUDICIAL WATCH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +22%
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.

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Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
2
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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3
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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4
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
5
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
6
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
7
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
8
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
9
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
10
247 Media Ministries

The mission of worship 24/7 is to ignite a passion for god through worship that results in a life of generosity, discipleship, evangelism, generosity and service.

Religion
11
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
12
Mission Without Borders International

The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Fellowship of Evangelical Students Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pregnancy Care Center of Wayne County 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

35 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. 35 of the 55 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)
34/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $9,165,500 · InternationalLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INCLIFELINE NEW YORK: $1,072,100 · InternationalLIFELINE NEW YORK+2 more: $210,000 · InternationalWarm Beach Christian Camps And Conference Center: $5,941,000 · Recreation & SportsWarm Beach Christian…SUMMIT MINISTRIES INC: $2,930,000 · OtherSUMMIT MINISTRIES IN…APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH FOUNDATION: $476,200 · OtherAPOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN …MIRACLE MOUNTAIN RANCH MISSIONS INC: $402,000 · OtherMIRACLE MOUNTAIN RAN…JONI AND FRIENDS: $335,000 · OtherJONI AND FRIENDSPREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY INC: $235,000 · Other+29 more: $1,484,764 · Other+29 moreOPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $3,100,000 · EducationOPEN DOOR CHRIS…NORTHRISE UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE: $1,000,000 · EducationNORTHRISE UNIVE…TRIWAY ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB: $200,000 · Education+2 more: $45,000 · EducationDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $2,020,000 · ReligionDIOCESAN CO…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,065,440 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S…INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC: $138,300 · ReligionThe Colson Center for Christian Worldview: $115,000 · Religion+1 more: $50,000 · ReligionALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $1,465,750 · Civil RightsLife Without Limbs: $600,000 · Human ServicesFOSTERING FAMILY MINISTRIES INC: $337,250 · Human ServicesFIELDSTONE COUNSELING INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesTRI CITY UNION GOSPEL MISSION: $50,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human Services
International$10,447,600Recreation & Sports$5,941,000Other$5,862,964Education$4,345,000Religion$3,388,740Civil Rights$1,465,750Human Services$1,097,250

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 budgetLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $9,165,500 over 4y, 13% of budgetWarm Beach Christian Camps And Conference Center: $5,941,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetOPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $3,100,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetSUMMIT MINISTRIES INC: $2,930,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $2,020,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $1,465,750 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLIFELINE NEW YORK: $1,072,100 over 3y, 19% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,065,440 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHRISE UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE: $1,000,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetLife Without Limbs: $600,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetMIRACLE MOUNTAIN RANCH MISSIONS INC: $402,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetFOSTERING FAMILY MINISTRIES INC: $337,250 over 4y, 38% of budgetJONI AND FRIENDS: $335,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY INC: $235,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetMercy Ships International: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFARMING WITH FRIENDS: $180,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC: $138,300 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTRI-CITIES PREGNANCY NETWORK: $125,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe Colson Center for Christian Worldview: $115,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBig Bro Joe Foundation: $102,400 over 2y, 89% of budgetFIELDSTONE COUNSELING INC: $100,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetWAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTRI CITY UNION GOSPEL MISSION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBARNABAS FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFED BY FAITH DBA BY FAITH FARM: $35,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetOHUDDLE INCORPORATED: $31,334 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetWayne County Childrens STEAM Playlab STEAM Playlab Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSchool Ministries Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetONE STEP BEYOND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRECONCILIATION MINISTRIES SC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGODLY RESPONSE TO ABUSE IN THE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

Wayne County Communit…Lamb Weston Charitabl…Servant FoundationChristian Community F…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…Renaissance Charitabl…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…
Wayne County Community FoundationOH13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wayne County Community Foundation · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Upward Bound Youth funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Upward Bound Youth. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Upward Bound Youth?

    Find your warmest path to Upward Bound Youth 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 55 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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