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Adult & Teen Challenge USA

Adult & teen challenge exists to evangelize and disciple teens and adults, trapped in addiction, through the gospel of jesus christ.

$133k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$206kYouth Development$118kHealth$82kHuman Services$35kReligion$27kInternational$10k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $57,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $133,106 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $76,106 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$7,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW YORK ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE$20,000
SAN DIEGO COUNTY TEEN CHALLENGE$7,500
CINCINNATI CHALLENGE RANCH$7,500
NEW JERSEY WOMEN'S HOME$7,500
CENTRAL OREGON MEN'S CENTER$7,500
180 MINISTRIES$7,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, 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.

area typical 12%ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF THE GREATER SOUTH: $5k → 15%LIFE CHALLENGE OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $5k → 21%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

VT
WI
MI
NY
OR
WY
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
OK
GA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $16k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

North America (Canada and Mexico)$16k · 100% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: CANADA CONFERENCE 2025

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$188k · 6 repeat orgs$289k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +2% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
25

Total granted

$188k
$247k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
0%

Still filing today

83%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • AT
    ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF SANDHILLS NORTH CAROLINA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $35k · revenue +39%
  • AT
    ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE NEW ENGLAND AND NEW JERSEY INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +2%
  • TC
    TEEN CHALLENGE OF KENTUCKY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $27k
  • GS
    GREATER SAN FRANCISCO TEEN CHALLENGE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue 0%
  • TC
    TEEN CHALLENGE NEW ENGLAND & NJ MEN'S CAMPUS
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
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.

1
Teen Challenge Inc

The religious organization's mission is to help individuals who have life-controlling addictions and initiate the discipleship process to the point where the individual can function as a productive christian member of society.

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2
Tri-State Teen Challenge

A 12-15 month residential program to help men ages 18-64 become free from life controlling addictions.

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3
Teen Challenge of the Mid-South Inc

The mission of teen challenge of the mid-south is to provide men and women over the age of 18 a christ-centered opportunity to overcome substance abuse or other life-controlling issues through residential long-term spiritual and clinical…

Health
4
Adult & Teen Challenge of New Inc

A faith-based residential recovery program to help individuals attain freedom form chemical addictions by addressing their spiritual, physical and emotional needs.

Health
5
Northern Appalachian Teen Challenge Inc

None

Health
6
Teen Challenge of South Carolina

The organization's purpose is to provide members with a christian-based fellowship to assist teenagers and young adults in overcoming substance abuse issues.

Human Services
7
His Hope Teen Challenge

His Hope Teen Challenge offers hope to individuals struggling with addiction through support groups, outreach programs, missional recovery homes, and a referral program.

Human Services
8
Teen Challenge of Baltimore Inc

The mission of teen challenge of baltimore is to provide individuals and their families with an effective and comprehensive faith-based solution to substanceabuse and life-controlling issues in order for them to become productivemembers of…

Health
9
Teen Challenge of the Midwest Inc

Drug and alcohol addiction recovery program that is desinged to help young men find a new way of living that includes an introduction to christian principles.

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10
Teen Challenge Illinois

Adult & Teen Challenge of the Greater Midwest (ATCGM) is a residential, Christian, faith-based discipleship and recovery support program dedicated to rebuilding the lives of men (18 and older) who have been devastated by life controlling…

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11
Delmarva Teen Challenge Inc

Residential faith based program that helps adult men and women with life controlling problems experience freedom from addiction and transition back into society

Human Services
12
Teen Challenge of Monterey Bay Inc

Promote the gospel of christ through christian discipleship to help people become mentally sound,emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well, spiritually alive and employment ready.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Teen Challenge of the Midlands Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bloom in the Dark Inc. 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 35 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/20
Grantees still filing
9/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $27,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS INC: $15,000 · OtherTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS INCGREATER SAN FRANCISCO TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $15,000 · OtherGREATER SAN FRANCISCO TEEN CHALLENGE INCCINCINNATI CHALLENGE RANCH: $15,000 · OtherCINCINNATI CHALLENGE RANCHTEEN CHALLENGE NEW ENGLAND & NJ MEN'S CAMPUS: $15,000 · OtherTEEN CHALLENGE NEW ENGLAND & NJ MEN'S CAMPUSIndividual grant recipient: $12,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHOME OF THE HOPE WOMEN'S HOME: $12,000 · OtherHOME OF THE HOPE WOMEN'S HOMEALBERMARLE ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE: $11,915 · OtherALBERMARLE ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGETEEN CHALLENGE OF ARIZONA INC: $11,250 · OtherADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF OKLAHOMA: $10,000 · OtherADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE BLACK HILLS: $10,000 · OtherWORLD CHALLENGE INC: $10,000 · OtherOZARKS TEEN CHALLENGE - JUVENILE BOYS CENTER: $10,000 · OtherTEEN CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST CENTERS: $7,500 · OtherINDIANA TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $7,500 · Other+5 more: $27,000 · Other+5 moreGLOBAL TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $92,542 · HealthGLOBAL TEEN CHALLENGE INCLONG ISLAND TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $20,000 · HealthLONG ISLAND TEEN CHALLENGE INCADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE NEW ENGLAND AND NEW JERSEY INC: $15,000 · HealthADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE NEW ENGLAND AND NEW JERSEY…TEEN CHALLENGE OF KENTUCKY INC: $15,000 · HealthTEEN CHALLENGE OF KENTUCKY INCTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE SMOKIES: $12,000 · HealthTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE SMOKIESADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE VIRGINIA INC: $11,250 · HealthADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE VIRGINIA INCBLOOM IN THE DARK INC: $10,000 · HealthTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE MIDLANDS INC: $10,000 · HealthADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF WESTERN WISCONSIN INC: $7,500 · HealthHOPE HOMES INC: $7,500 · HealthTEEN CHALLENGE OF SOUTH CALIF INC: $7,500 · HealthADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF SANDHILLS NORTH CAROLINA: $35,000 · Arts & CultureADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF THE GREATER SOUTH INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesLIFE CHALLENGE OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $5,000 · Human ServicesADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE OF ARKANSAS INC: $7,500 · Youth Development
Other$216,165Health$208,292Arts & Culture$35,000Human Services$10,000Youth Development$7,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGLOBAL TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $92,542 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF SANDHILLS NORTH CAROLINA: $35,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGREATER SAN FRANCISCO TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCINCINNATI CHALLENGE RANCH: $15,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE NEW ENGLAND AND NEW JERSEY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTEEN CHALLENGE OF KENTUCKY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE SMOKIES: $12,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE VIRGINIA INC: $11,250 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE BLACK HILLS: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBLOOM IN THE DARK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE MIDLANDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE OF ARKANSAS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF WESTERN WISCONSIN INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetINDIANA TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTEEN CHALLENGE OF SOUTH CALIF INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAdult and Teen Challenge of Texas: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF THE GREATER SOUTH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE CHALLENGE OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $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.

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.

Christian Community F…Natl Christian Charit…Good360Shell USA Company Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodRaymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO13.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Good360 · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Adult & Teen Challenge USA funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Adult & Teen Challenge USA. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%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
    1get no government money at all
    4report 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.

    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 35 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 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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