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Acts 2035 Foundation

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.

$152k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$191kInternational$111kHealth$110kHuman Services$93kEducation$75kYouth Development$55kFood & Nutrition$35kCrime & Legal$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $92k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Teen Challenge Inc$10,000
Samaritans Purse$10,000
Hope Academy GSO$10,000
Hopefulls Inc$10,000
Christians in the Marketplace$10,000
Alcoholic Home Inc$10,000
Greensboro Outback LLC$8,000
Compassion International$8,000
Campus Outreach Charlotte$6,000
Door of Hope Childrens Mission$5,000
Freedom House$5,000
CBMC Inc$5,000
Billy Graham Evangelical Assoc$5,000
The Salvation Army$5,000
Caldwell Academy$5,000
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 (FY21–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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.

area typical 8%FAMILY ROOM FOSTER CARE RESOURCE: $5k → 16%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

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IL
IN
CA
CO
KY
VA
TN
NC
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$645k · 28 repeat orgs$123k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
17

Total granted

$645k
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+18%

Still filing today

39%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
ReligionInternationalEducationFood & NutritionHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • AH
    ALCOHOLICS' HOME INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +13%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    4× · 2021–2025 · $46k · revenue +83%
  • HA
    HOPE ACADEMY GSO INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $40k · revenue +133%

Funded once

  • WM
    WESLEY MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
  • WE
    WEST END MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +1%
  • HF
    HOPE FOOD CO
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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.

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Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
2
247 Media Ministries

The mission of worship 24/7 is to ignite a passion for god through worship that results in a life of generosity, discipleship, evangelism, generosity and service.

Religion
3
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
4
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

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…

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5
Mercy Multiplied International Inc

Mercy multiplied international, inc. is a christian-based entity that exists as the central coordinating body for the mercy multiplied program and brand. formerly known as mercy ministries international, inc., the ministry officially…

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6
Intentional Life Media

Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.

Religion
7
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
8
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
9
Amazing Facts International

To proclaim to the world the everlasting gospel of revelation 14:6-12 and to encourage revival in the remnant church by leading people to embrace salvation by faith in jesus, to establish them in the church, and to disciple all believers…

Religion
10
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
11
Hope's Cry International

Be a means and channel of expressing and proclaiming the christian faith, domestically and internationally, through preaching, teaching and witness, to serve and strengthen churches of the christian faith and to minister to the spiritual…

Religion
12
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Christians in the Marketplace. 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

20 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. 20 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Teen Challenge Inc: $39,000 · OtherTeen Challenge IncTHE SALVATION ARMY: $25,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYBrushy Fork Baptist Church: $25,000 · OtherBrushy Fork Baptist ChurchWESLEY MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherDoor of Hope Childrens Mission: $20,000 · OtherCBMC INC: $20,000 · OtherONE MISSION SOCIETY USA INC: $19,000 · OtherGreensboro Outback LLC: $18,000 · OtherWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC: $18,000 · OtherLove Packages Eagles Nest: $18,000 · OtherMAF: $18,000 · OtherBILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherCAMPUS OUTREACH CHARLOTTE: $14,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE: $16,000 · Other+17 more: $105,500 · Other+17 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $46,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S …Ligonier Ministries Inc: $20,000 · ReligionLigonier Min…WISDOM INTERNATIONAL INC: $17,000 · ReligionWISDOM INTER…THROUGH THE WORD INC: $5,000 · ReligionTHROUGH THE …ALCOHOLICS' HOME INC: $50,000 · HealthALCOHOLICS'…FREEDOM HOUSE: $30,000 · HealthFREEDOM HOU…HOPE ACADEMY GSO INC: $40,000 · EducationHOPE ACADEM…CALDWELL ACADEMY: $35,000 · EducationCALDWELL AC…LOVE ONE INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 · EducationLOVE ONE IN…Compassion International Incorporated: $37,000 · InternationalCompassio…Mercy Ships International: $23,000 · InternationalMercy Shi…OPERATION SMILE INC: $5,000 · InternationalOPERATION…HOPEFULLS INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionNourishNC Inc: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCHRISTIANS IN THE MARKETPLACE: $24,000 · Community Improvement
Other$405,500Religion$88,000Health$80,000Education$80,000International$65,000Food & Nutrition$25,000Community Improvement$24,000

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 budgetALCOHOLICS' HOME INC: $50,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $46,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE ACADEMY GSO INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCALDWELL ACADEMY: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE: $30,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCHRISTIANS IN THE MARKETPLACE: $24,000 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetMercy Ships International: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWISDOM INTERNATIONAL INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEFULLS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetABOLITIONNC: $13,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetWEST END MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY ROOM FOSTER CARE RESOURCE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE ONE INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNourishNC Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds ALCOHOLICS' HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds HOPE ACADEMY GSO INC ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds CALDWELL ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIANS IN THE MARKETPLACE ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds Ligonier Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds WISDOM INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds HOPEFULLS INC ↗
  • Who funds ABOLITIONNC ↗
  • Who funds WEST END MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THROUGH THE WORD INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY ROOM FOSTER CARE RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVE ONE INTERNATIONAL ↗

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.

Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro IncNC15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Acts 2035 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Acts 2035 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Acts 2035 Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Acts 2035 Foundation 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 48 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-PF 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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