· Private foundation
4S 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| One for Israel | $20,000 |
| Paul Anderson Youth Home | $6,000 |
| Bread of Life Mission | $5,000 |
| MIQLAT | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Blue Letter Bible | $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 (FY22–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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.
14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AMAskDrBrown Ministries Inc3× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue +9%
- MMMORIEL MINISTRIES4× · 2020–2023 · $12k · revenue +57%
- BIBEHOLD ISRAEL3× · 2020–2022 · $7k · revenue +160%
Funded once
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSEgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +106%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $3k
- BOBREAD OF LIFE GIVING AND SHARING INCone grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +20%
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.
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…
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…
To proclaim gospel of jesus.
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…
The organization shall seek to evangelize those who are non-christian, and shall encourage and help develop the christian faith among mankind by spreading the gospel, especially in the form of printed literature.
Christian radio ministry through daily radio broadcasts, online streaming, conferences, and distribution of publications.
Ministry
Purpose is sending individuals around the world to win souls to jesus christ by preaching the gospel evangelism.
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.
Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.
To deliver the message of Jesus
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 23 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 ONE FOR ISRAEL ↗
- Who funds AskDrBrown Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds PAUL ANDERSON YOUTH HOME INC ↗
- Who funds Michael S Heiser Foundation ↗
- Who funds MORIEL MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds BREAD OF LIFE MISSION ↗
- Who funds BEHOLD ISRAEL ↗
- Who funds BLUE LETTER BIBLE ↗
- Who funds BREAD OF LIFE GIVING AND SHARING INC ↗
- Who funds Sharenet Food Bank ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization 4S Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 4S Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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