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Amini Family 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.

$601k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$1.6MInternational$827kReligion$591kYouth Development$404kCivil Rights$75kPhilanthropy$70kHousing & Shelter$60kPublic Benefit$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $420k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNG LIFE GREATER SAN ANTONIO$60,000
ELAM MINISTRIES$60,000
HUMAN COALITION$50,000
CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY$50,000
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$50,000
SA HOPE CENTER$50,000
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$50,000
HAVEN FOR HOPE$50,000
RWANDA SHINES$35,000
AMERICA'S KIDS BELONG$25,000
FREE BURMA RANGERS$25,000
THE CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTITUTE SAN ANTONIO$15,000
BEXAR COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER$10,000
BOERNE AREA YOUNG LIFE$10,000
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, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 8%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $35k → 10%AMERICA'S KIDS BELONG: $35k → 11%HUMAN COALITION: $50k → 5%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 8%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $35k → 10%AMERICA'S KIDS BELONG: $25k → 11%HUMAN COALITION: $50k → 5%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 10%AMERICA'S KIDS BELONG: $20k → 11%HUMAN COALITION: $50k → 5%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 10%AMERICA'S KIDS BELONG: $15k → 11%HUMAN COALITION: $50k → 5%HUMAN COALITION: $40k → 5%HUMAN COALITION: $35k → 5%HUMAN COALITION: $10k → 5%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $50k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $50k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $40k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $40k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $40k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $20k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $15k → 16%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $5k → 16%HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE: $10k → 16%SA HOPE CENTER: $50k → 16%SA HOPE CENTER: $50k → 16%SA HOPE CENTER: $40k → 16%SA HOPE CENTER: $40k → 16%SA HOPE CENTER: $25k → 16%RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO: $5k → 16%RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO: $5k → 16%RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO: $5k → 16%RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO: $5k → 16%SA HEALS: $1k → 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

IL
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 26 repeat orgs$410k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +62% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
28

Total granted

$3.3M
$287k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+62%

Still filing today

62%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k 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 ServicesReligionInternationalEducationCivil RightsHealthOther
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

  • EM
    Elam Ministries
    6× · 2019–2024 · $298k · revenue +39%
  • HC
    HUMAN COALITION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $285k · revenue +164%
  • CA
    Christian Assistance Ministry
    8× · 2017–2024 · $260k · revenue +170%

Funded once

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $31k · revenue +134%
  • GL
    GLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • WR
    WORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +62%
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
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
2
Serving Beyond Borders

Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.

Human Services
3
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
4
World Orphans

World orphans vision is to empower the church to care for orphans and vulnerable families. we equip, inspire, and mobilize the church to care for orphans and vulnerable children. churches engaged. children restored. communities transformed…

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5
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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6
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
7
Redeem International

Redeem's mission is to protect widows and orphans from violent abuse and exploitation.

International
8
With God All Things Are Possible

To reach people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Youth Development
9
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
10
San Antonio Christian School

Partner with families to provide students a christ-centered education while fostering a life of faith and service. the school desires to associate with like-minded teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students to communicate the…

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11
Los Angeles Mission Inc

The los angeles mission breaks the cycle of homelessness and poverty, by stabilizing people in a safe and spiritual environment, connecting them to solutions and walking with them on their journey.

Housing & Shelter
12
Sozo International Inc

Sozo International partners with at-risk families to create a sustainable future and transformed lives through education, health, and economic initiatives.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Haven for Hope of Bexar County; the most unlike its peers is H E Butt Foundation. 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

42 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. 42 of the 66 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
33/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $475,000 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMILYYOUNG LIFE GREATER SAN ANTONIO: $393,500 · OtherYOUNG LIFE GREATER SAN ANTONIOINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MINISTRY: $100,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MINISTRY+33 more: $414,700 · Other+33 moreHUMAN COALITION: $285,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN COALITIONChristian Assistance Ministry: $260,000 · Human ServicesChristian Assistance MinistrySA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CNTR INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER: $205,000 · Human ServicesSA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CNTR IN…BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $120,000 · Human ServicesBUCKNER INTERNATIONALSHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE: $120,000 · Human ServicesSHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPEAmericas Kids Belong: $95,000 · Human ServicesAmericas Kids Belong+4 more: $51,000 · Human ServicesFree the Oppressed: $195,000 · InternationalFree the Oppress…RWANDA SHINES: $186,000 · InternationalRWANDA SHINESHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $130,000 · InternationalHOPE INTERNATION…WORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $25,000 · International+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalElam Ministries: $298,000 · ReligionElam MinistriesBIBLICA INC: $110,000 · ReligionBIBLICA INCSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $31,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PUR…Pioneer Bible Translators: $30,000 · ReligionPioneer Bible T…MISSION EURASIA: $25,000 · Religion+3 more: $15,000 · ReligionALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $75,000 · Civil RightsCHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO: $10,000 · Civil RightsSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GLOBAL ORPHAN PROJECT INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST: $3,000 · PhilanthropyHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterSHILOH PLACE MCKINNEY: $2,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,383,200Human Services$1,136,000International$541,000Religion$509,000Civil Rights$85,000Philanthropy$68,000Housing & Shelter$52,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetElam Ministries: $298,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHUMAN COALITION: $285,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetChristian Assistance Ministry: $260,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetSA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CNTR INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER: $205,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetFree the Oppressed: $195,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetRWANDA SHINES: $186,000 over 7y, 37% of budgetHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $130,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE: $120,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBIBLICA INC: $110,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmericas Kids Belong: $95,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBETTER MAN INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $31,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPioneer Bible Translators: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION EURASIA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRespite Care of San Antonio Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLiving Water International: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLOBAL ORPHAN PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouse of Neighborly Service of San Antonio Texas: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBEXAR COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FDN TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ART: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN TABLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAWANA CLUBS INTERNATIONAL AND AFFILIATES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SETTLEMENT CLUB: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT INC DBA ANGEL FLIGHT SOUTH CENTRAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS ACROSS AMERICA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE HOUSE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAXIS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTOOLBOX MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetS A HEALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAUTISM SERVICE CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO DBA AUTISM COMMUNITY NETWORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Elam Ministries ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN COALITION ↗
  • Who funds Christian Assistance Ministry ↗
  • Who funds SA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CNTR INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Free the Oppressed ↗
  • Who funds RWANDA SHINES ↗
  • Who funds HOPE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE ↗
  • Who funds BIBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Americas Kids Belong ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Haven for Hope of Bexar County ↗
  • Who funds BETTER MAN INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Pioneer Bible Translators ↗
  • Who funds H E BUTT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS ↗
  • Who funds MISSION EURASIA ↗
  • Who funds Respite Care of San Antonio Inc ↗
  • Who funds Living Water International ↗
  • Who funds THE GLOBAL ORPHAN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds House of Neighborly Service of San Antonio Texas ↗
  • Who funds BEXAR COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FDN TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ART ↗
  • Who funds OPEN TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES 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.

Christian Community F…Communities Foundatio…San Antonio Area Foun…Servant FoundationNancy Smith Hurd Foun…Greater Houston Commu…John R & Greli N Less…The Charity Ball Asso…Pryor Myra Stafford C…Harvey E Najim Charit…Carl C Anderson Sr an…The Signatry Charitab…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO26.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · San Antonio Area Foundation · Servant Foundation · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · John R & Greli N Less Charitable Trust #FE324 · The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 67%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • Open Table Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 66 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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