Cacajones Family Foundation
Birmingham, AL · EIN 63-1278050. Reported 34 grants totalling $1,368,375 to 31 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Cacajones Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $32,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace House Ministries | Fairfield, AL | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Restoration Academy | Fairfield, AL | $89,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chapelgate Christian Academy | Marriottsville, MD | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maryland Reentry Resource Center | Annapolis, MD | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Song Community Church | Baltimore, MD | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maranathan Academy | Birmingham, AL | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 1819 Media - Alabama Policy Institute | Birmingham, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alabama Policy Institute | Birmingham, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brother Bryan Mission | Birmingham, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crosswinds Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oak City Chruch | Birmingham, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Red Mountain Grace | Birmingham, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rising Hope Academy | Birmingham, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Alabama - Crimson Venture Fund | Tuscaloosa, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Virginia's Kids Belong | Richmond, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chapelgate Presbyterian Church | Marriottsville, MD | $46,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Lamb of God School | Halethorpe, MD | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Baltimore Sports Academy | Nottingham, MD | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Create U Network | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rooted Ministry | Homewood, AL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Decisions Choices & Options Inc | Hendersonville, TN | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kennedy-Krieger Institute | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sims Cemetery Care | Frisco City, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| True Vine Foundation | Eutaw, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uwf Foundation Inc | Pensacola, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lucia Charitable | Mobile, AL | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chill Station | Baltimore, MD | $19,875 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sav-a-Life Inc | Birmingham, AL | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Furniture Bank | Birmingham, AL | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chaplegate Presbyterian Church | Marriottsville, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifted Higher Ministries | Headland, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
3 of 31 (10%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 0%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Grace House Ministries
NEW BUILDING TO HELP SERVE MORE GIRLS IN FOSTER CARE - Restoration Academy
EAT, PLAY, LEARN CAMPAIGN - Chapelgate Christian Academy
MISSION: TO PROVIDE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN A GOSPEL-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT, INSPIRING AND EQUIPPING STUDENTS IN KNOWLEDGE, PASSION, AND FAITH - SUPPORT FOR BUILDING ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS. - New Song Community Church
SUPPORT FOR PASTOR RESIDENCY PROGRAM - Maryland Reentry Resource Center
AI-DRIVEN REENTRY SUPPORT INITIATIVE - Red Mountain Grace
FUND CLEANING SERVICE TO FREE STAFF FOR HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 17 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | $315,000 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 10 | $355,000 | $29,000 |
| 2023 | 8 | $340,875 | $32,500 |
| 2024 | 9 | $357,500 | $30,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 61% of this one's giving went to organizations in Alabama. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $32,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Alabama.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Cacajones Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 2700 Arlington Ave S 28, Birmingham, AL, 35205. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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