· Private foundation
1248 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| HAVEN OF HOPE | $25,000 |
| HOPE PREGNANCY CENTERS OF BRAZOS | $10,000 |
| SAVE OUR STREETS MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| WRITTEN IN RED | $10,000 |
| FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES | $10,000 |
| GOD BEHIND BARS | $5,000 |
| RB EYE FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BMBREAKAWAY MINISTRIES INC3× · 2020–2022 · $42k
- MPMERCY PROJECT INC2× · 2019–2022 · $31k · revenue -28%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC2× · 2022–2023 · $23k · revenue +59%
Funded once
- DADAR A LUZ BIRTH & HEALTH CENTERone grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +9%
- ATAMERICA THINKS INCone grant, 2023 · $23k
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +112%
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.
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.
This church will be that place of emergency where people can come any time of day or night. We will be a place that will lead people back to health both spiritually and naturally.
Samaritan's purse is a nondenominational evangelical christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. since 1970, samaritan's purse has helped meet the needs of people who are victims of war,…
Jubal band ministries mission is to invite people to become disciples of christian life with jesus.
The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…
Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…
To share the gospel message to prisoners & teen challenge members through speaking engagements to offer hope that jesus christ can change their life.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds DAR A LUZ BIRTH & HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds MERCY PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WRITTEN IN RED INC ↗
- Who funds S O S Ministries INC ↗
- Who funds OILFIELD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds GOD BEHIND BARS INC ↗
- Who funds OPEN ARMS PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization 1248 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 1248 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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