Illinois · Private foundation
Acorn Investing Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $67k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $625k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations Acorn Investing Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $67k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $87k | 58% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $37k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $276k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $104k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $97k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Generations | $66,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Seed Company Inc | $53,730 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Mobilization | $51,000 | 2 | n/a |
| D O O R International | $45,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Cornerstone Ministries International | $43,000 | 6 | 0% |
| God's Word for the Nations Inc | $24,669 | 3 | 2% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $23,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Far East Broadcasting Company | $23,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Sports Catalyst Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Novo Mission Inc | $18,100 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Generations | $66,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Seed Company Inc | $53,730 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Mobilization | $51,000 | 2 | n/a |
| D O O R International | $45,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Cornerstone Ministries International | $43,000 | 6 | 0% |
| God's Word for the Nations Inc | $24,669 | 3 | 2% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $23,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Far East Broadcasting Company | $23,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Sports Catalyst Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Novo Mission Inc | $18,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Arabian World Partnership | $13,370 | 3 | 1% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $12,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Visionsynergy | $12,300 | 2 | 1% |
| J S Resources | $10,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Not Forgotten International Inc | $10,100 | 2 | 5% |
| Pioneers | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Youth for Christusa Inc | $9,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pioneer Bible Translators | $9,250 | 2 | 0% |
| International Fellowship of Evangelical Students USA Inc | $8,800 | 1 | 0% |
| International Literacy and Development | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miracle Connect USA | $8,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Partners in Development Worldwide | $7,300 | 1 | 2% |
| Interlit Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Revival Sport Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| KRIN International Inc | $6,600 | 1 | 3% |
| Reaching Unreached Nations Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope4mena Inc | $6,300 | 2 | 0% |
| II Chronicles 7 14 Inc | $6,260 | 1 | n/a |
| Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Koinonia Mission Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 8% |
| New York City International Project Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($117k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Acorn Investing Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Gordon Christian Trust · International Generosity Foundation Trust · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Tyndale House Ministries · First Fruit Inc · The New Horizons Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Summit Foundation · Henry P & Susan C Crowell Trust
How this is measured
About Acorn Investing Inc
- How much does Acorn Investing Inc give?
- Acorn Investing Inc reported 10 grants totaling $66,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Acorn Investing Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (49%), International (23%), Civil Rights (7%).
- Who are Acorn Investing Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: New Generations ($67k), Seed Company Inc ($54k), Operation Mobilization ($51k).
- Does Acorn Investing Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Acorn Investing Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Acorn Investing Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gordon Christian Trust, International Generosity Foundation Trust, Christian Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Acorn Investing Inc based?
- Acorn Investing Inc is based in IL.
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