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American Baptist Foundation

To support and strengthen the christian witness fulfilled by the foundation's partners in ministry and mission.

$836k
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$50k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$5.1MHuman Services$32k
02FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 39 grants below total $673,867, the rows itemized in this filing. The $835,700 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $161,833 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k38 grants · $624k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$16,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$189M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES BWA$50,000
INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES BWA ALL AFRICA BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP$46,667
BELFAIR COMMUNITY CHURCH$16,000
STELTON BAPTIST CHURCH$16,000
STAR CLUB INC$16,000
COVENANT BAPTIST UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST$16,000
AMERICAN BAPTIST NATIONAL BLACK CAUCUS$16,000
CORPORACION MILAGROS DEL AMOR$16,000
BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH$16,000
JAPANESE BAPTIST CHURCH$16,000
MURROW INDIAN CHILDREN'S HOME$16,000
NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP$16,000
BETHEL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER$16,000
AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES OF NEW JERSEY$16,000
AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES OF METRO NEW YORK$16,000
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 (FY17–24, $311k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH: $25k → 10%DETROIT FRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $15k → 21%ANTIOCH IN THE VILLE CDA: $15k → 21%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER: $15k → 16%GREAT EXPECTATIONS MINISTRIES: $6k → 13%KODIAK BAPTIST MISSION: $21k → 8%SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH: $16k → 10%SALAMA URBAN MINISTRIES: $15k → 14%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER: $35k → 5%KODIAK BAPTIST MISSION: $16k → 8%SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH: $15k → 10%EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER: $25k → 5%BOB BURDETTE CENTERINC: $17k → 18%KODIAK BAPTIST MISSION: $15k → 8%SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH: $15k → 10%KODIAK BAPTIST MISSION: $15k → 8%SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH: $15k → 10%BOB BURDETTE CENTER INC: $15k → 18%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

AK
ME
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
WV
VA
MD
DE
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA

Grants abroad, by region: $147k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 3 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

East Asia and the Pacific$73k · 50% · 5 grants

Stated purpose: PALMER GRANT PROGRAM. THESE GRANTS ENHANCE MINISTRIES OF DISCIPLESHIP AND INCARNATIONAL PRACTICE IN AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES USA (ABCUSA) CONGREGATIONS AND ABCUSA-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS.

South Asia$43k · 29% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: PALMER GRANT PROGRAM. THESE GRANTS ENHANCE MINISTRIES OF DISCIPLESHIP AND INCARNATIONAL PRACTICE IN AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES USA (ABCUSA) CONGREGATIONS AND ABCUSA-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS.

North America (Canada and Mexico)$31k · 21% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: PALMER GRANT PROGRAM. THESE GRANTS ENHANCE MINISTRIES OF DISCIPLESHIP AND INCARNATIONAL PRACTICE IN AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES USA (ABCUSA) CONGREGATIONS AND ABCUSA-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS.

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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 61 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

61 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 42 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
59

Total granted

$3.8M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
0%

Still filing today

28%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $249k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationReligionArts & CulturePhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • SL
    SAND LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH
    4× · 2020–2024 · $86k · revenue +74% · 66% of their budget
  • NG
    NEHEMIAH GATEWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    5× · 2018–2024 · $86k · revenue +12%
  • EM
    EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $75k · revenue +226%

Funded once

  • AB
    AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES OF MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2023 · $60k
  • FB
    FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF HOLDREGE
    one grant, 2023 · $58k
  • FB
    FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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
American Baptist Theological Seminary dba American Baptist College

Is to provide educational opportunities for gifted students who have limited academic experiences and resources but unlimited potential for leadership in society.

Education
2
Ambassador Baptist College

Degreed courses offered to men and women in training and preparation to enter the ministry of preaching and teaching the Gospel.

Education
3
Eastern Mennonite University

A leader among faith-based universities Eastern Mennonite University emphasizes peace-building creation care experiential learning and intercultural engagement. Founded in 1917 in Harrisonburg Virginia EMU is an educational institution of…

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4
Eternity Bible College

As an institution of christian higher education, eternity bible college exists to glorify god through graduates whose lives are transformed by rigorous study of the bible as scripture, empassioned love for god, and gracious service in the…

Education
5
University Christian Ministry At Northwestern University

To provide a home away from home for the northwestern university students where they can participate in worship, discussion, study, fellowship and services

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6
Bethany Christain Academy

Christian education

Education
7
Alaska Bible College

In accordance with the mandate of matthew 28:19-20 and 2 timothy 2:2, alaska bible college seeks to train servants who lead with christlike character by 1.) nurturing students in bible-based, academic programs that solidify their christian…

Education
8
Urban Mennonite Ministries Inc

Private education for children through a k-12 school and childcare centers, as well as religious adult education on a weekly basis.

Education
9
Alaska Christian College

To empower alaska natives through bibically based higher education and christian formation to pursue excellence in character, learning, and service as followers of christ.

Religion
10
Berkshire Christian College

To provide for advent christian education through certificate programs and partnerships with gorden-conwell theological seminary and eastern university.

Education
11
Olivet University

Providing guality Christian education to the network generation

Education
12
Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Salama Urban Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kodiak Baptist Mission. 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

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 136 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/36
Grantees still filing
18/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY: $534,446 · OtherAMERICAN BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY+109 more: $3,605,646 · Other+109 moreNEHEMIAH GATEWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $86,000 · Human ServicesEDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesCORPORACION MILAGROS DEL AMOR: $71,000 · Human ServicesKodiak Baptist Mission: $67,425 · Human ServicesBOB BURDETTE CENTER INC: $31,694 · Human ServicesSALAMA URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesANTIOCH IN THE VILLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesDETROIT FRIENDSHIP HOUSE INC: $14,760 · Human Services+1 more: $6,000 · Human ServicesSOMERSET ACADEMY INC: $40,000 · EducationBENEDICT COLLEGE: $40,000 · EducationJOYA SCHOLARS: $40,000 · EducationOTTAWA UNIVERSITY: $37,650 · EducationEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $29,720 · EducationVIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY: $29,000 · EducationALDERSON BROADDUS UNIVERSITY INC: $16,000 · EducationBACONE COLLEGE: $13,200 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationMASSACHUSETTS BAPTIST MULTICULTURAL MINISTRIES: $58,356 · ReligionELOHEH EAGLES WINGS: $43,060 · ReligionHEART REACH NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES: $43,000 · ReligionStar Club Inc: $46,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDSHIP HOUSE ENDOWMENT: $15,000 · PhilanthropyBURMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $45,000 · Arts & CultureVIA INTERNATIONAL: $16,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE COMMUNITY CROSSROADS INC: $55,331 · Housing & Shelter
Other$4,140,092Human Services$381,879Education$250,570Religion$144,416Philanthropy$61,000Arts & Culture$61,000Housing & Shelter$55,331

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 budgetSAND LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH: $86,000 over 4y, 66% of budgetNEHEMIAH GATEWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $86,000 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetEDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCORPORACION MILAGROS DEL AMOR: $71,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetKodiak Baptist Mission: $67,425 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS BAPTIST MULTICULTURAL MINISTRIES: $58,356 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetMILWAUKEE COMMUNITY CROSSROADS INC: $55,331 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetStar Club Inc: $46,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetBURMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $45,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetELOHEH EAGLES WINGS: $43,060 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetHEART REACH NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES: $43,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSOMERSET ACADEMY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetBENEDICT COLLEGE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOYA SCHOLARS: $40,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetOTTAWA UNIVERSITY: $37,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOB BURDETTE CENTER INC: $31,694 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetWay Club: $30,000 over 2y, 79% of budgetEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $29,720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY: $29,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP ASHMERE INC: $27,500 over 1y, 28% of budgetBaptist Peace Fellowship of North America Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetVIA INTERNATIONAL: $16,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetALDERSON BROADDUS UNIVERSITY INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMURROW INDIAN CHILDREN'S HOME: $16,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION: $15,536 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSALAMA URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetNEIGHBORHOODS FOCUSED ON AFRICAN - AMERICAN YOUTH: $15,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOUSE ENDOWMENT: $15,000 over 1y, 55% of budgetCAMERON COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDETROIT FRIENDSHIP HOUSE INC: $14,760 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBACONE COLLEGE: $13,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY: $12,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPRESTON TAYLOR MINISTRIES: $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 SAND LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds NEHEMIAH GATEWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds EDNA MARTIN CHRISTIAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CORPORACION MILAGROS DEL AMOR ↗
  • Who funds Kodiak Baptist Mission ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS BAPTIST MULTICULTURAL MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY CROSSROADS INC ↗
  • Who funds Star Club Inc ↗
  • Who funds BURMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ELOHEH EAGLES WINGS ↗
  • Who funds HEART REACH NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES ↗

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.

Lilly Endowment IncChristian Community C…The Greater Kanawha V…E Rhodes and Leona B …National Collegiate A…Greater Kansas City C…The Minneapolis Found…Ibm International Fou…ImpactassetsincServant FoundationUnited Way WorldwideEnterprise Holdings F…
Lilly Endowment IncIN14.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Christian Community Credit Union · The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Servant Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Enterprise Holdings Foundation

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

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Nehemiah Gateway Community Development Corporation: 20% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 136 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home