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Variety-The Childrens Charity of the United States

Act as the national cooperative for all variety chapters in the united states through a regional network of tents and representatives.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$59k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% 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$401kHealth$301kPhilanthropy$117kRecreation & Sports$29kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $304,181, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,106,368 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $802,187 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $165k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $116k
$25,602
Median grant
11
States reached
$948k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VARIETY OF SO CALIFORNIA$58,737
VARIETY OF TEXAS$57,699
VARIETY-NATIONAL CAPITAL REG$33,865
VARIETY OF FLORIDA$31,095
AMC CARES GREATER HORIZONS$25,907
VARIETY OF NEW YORK$25,602
VARIETY OF ILLINOIS$17,873
VARIETY OF DELAWARE VALLEY$17,716
VARIETY OF GEORGIA$12,879
VARIETY OF PITTSBURGH$8,888
VARIETY OF DETROIT$6,963
VARIETY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA$6,957
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 (FY20–25, $237k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%VARIETY OF TEXAS: $74k → 10%VARIETY-NATIONAL CAPITAL REG: $56k → 14%VARIETY OF TEXAS: $58k → 10%VARIETY-NATIONAL CAPITAL REG: $34k → 14%VARIETY-NATIONAL CAPITAL REG: $15k → 14%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

IL
MI
NY
NV
IA
PA
CA
MO
KS
TN
DC
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 12 repeat orgs$95k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
7

Total granted

$1.0M
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+12%

Still filing today

100%
57%

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
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • VT
    VARIETY - THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TENT 25
    5× · 2020–2025 · $233k · revenue +7%
  • VT
    VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF TEXAS
    2× · 2024–2025 · $132k · revenue +10%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $105k · revenue +4% · 43% of their budget

Funded once

  • VC
    VARIETY CLUB OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2020 · $44k · revenue -14%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
  • VO
    VARIETY OF EASTERN TENNESSEE
    one grant, 2024 · $11k · revenue +12%
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
Variety Childrens Charities of the Desert Tent 66

To deliver life-changing programs that give Coachella Valley children a better future.

Human Services
2
Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis

Variety empowers over 1,650 children with physical and developmental disabilities (also referred to as children with special needs) through programs that highlight ability rather than disability. our holistic approach includes giving…

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3
Variety - the Childrens Charity International

We empower children who are sick, disadvantaged, or living with disabilities through life-changing programs that provide medical care, mobility, education, and support to live without limits.

International
4
Variety - the Children's Charity of Wisconsin Inc

Enriching the lives of children with physical or developmental special needs and their families.

—
5
Variety Club of Philadelphia

To provide services to children with disabilities to best address their needs to build independence and self confidence, by engaging them in vocational, recreational, social and educational enrichment activities while connecting their…

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6
Variety-the Childrens Charity of the United States

Act as the national cooperative for all variety chapters in the united states through a regional network of tents and representatives. it shall help coordinate resources, develop programs and cooperative fundraising strategies.…

Philanthropy
7
Variety Early Learning Center

The programs offered by the center allowed parents to remain self-sufficient and productive citizens by providing quality care for children and families in greatset need. due to lack or financial resources the center closed october 2018.

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8
Variety Child Learning Center

Variety child learning center (vclc) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides programs and services that meet the individual educational, therapeutic, and social-emotional needs of children with and without disabilities.…

Education
9
Carolina Children's Charity Inc

To provide support to lowcountry children with birth defects and/or childhood diseases.

Health
10
Colorvylle Creative Kids Foundation
Arts & Culture
11
Complete Children's Health Charitab Trust
Health
12
Variety School of Hawaii

To educate children with learning differences through the use of an individualized multidisciplinary approach so that each child achieves his or her maximum potential.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Variety the Childrens Charity of Illinois; the most unlike its peers is Variety Club of Northern California. 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

18 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. 18 of the 20 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIETY - THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TENT 25: $232,881 · OtherVARIETY - THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF SOUTHERN CAL…VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ILLINOIS: $82,585 · OtherVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ILLINOISVARIETY CLUB OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $43,749 · OtherVARIETY CLUB OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIAVariety the Childrens Charity: $40,050 · OtherVariety the Childrens CharityVARIETY CLUB CHARITY FOR CHILDREN DBA VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY: $27,309 · OtherVARIETY CLUB CHARITY FOR CHILDREN DBA VARIETY T…VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA: $22,813 · Other+4 more: $39,127 · Other+4 moreVARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF TEXAS: $132,162 · Human ServicesVARIETY THE CHILDREN'S…THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION INC: $105,019 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S CHARITY…VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF FLORIDA INC: $141,034 · HealthVARIETY - THE CHILDR…VARIETY-THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF GA: $61,901 · HealthVARIETY-THE CHILDREN…Vanderbilt University Medical Center: $8,000 · HealthVariety-The Children's Charity of New York Inc: $115,248 · PhilanthropyVariety-The Child…Greater Horizons: $53,016 · PhilanthropyGreater HorizonsVARIETY OF GREATER KANSAS CITY TENT 8: $7,275 · PhilanthropyVARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY: $46,621 · Recreation & SportsVARIETY OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: $10,667 · Youth Development
Other$488,514Human Services$237,181Health$210,935Philanthropy$175,539Recreation & Sports$46,621Youth Development$10,667

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVARIETY - THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TENT 25: $232,881 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF FLORIDA INC: $141,034 over 5y, 65% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF TEXAS: $132,162 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetVariety-The Children's Charity of New York Inc: $115,248 over 4y, 80% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION INC: $105,019 over 3y, 43% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ILLINOIS: $82,585 over 4y, 17% of budgetVARIETY-THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF GA: $61,901 over 3y, 34% of budgetGreater Horizons: $53,016 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY: $46,621 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetVariety the Childrens Charity: $40,050 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetVARIETY CLUB CHARITY FOR CHILDREN DBA VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY: $27,309 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA: $22,813 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVARIETY - THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $13,509 over 2y, 29% of budgetVARIETY OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: $10,667 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S REHABILITATION FOUNDATION OF THE VARIETY CLUB OF BUFFALO INC: $7,935 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVARIETY OF GREATER KANSAS CITY TENT 8: $7,275 over 1y, 0.5% 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…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA8.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Variety-The Childrens Charity of the United States funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Variety-The Childrens Charity of the United States. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%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
    1get no government money at all
    2report 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 Variety-The Childrens Charity of the United States?

    Find your warmest path to Variety-The Childrens Charity of the United States 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 20 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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