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Barbara Allen Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Barbara Allen Charitable 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.

$117k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$58k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$424kCivil Rights$147kHealth$111kArts & Culture$102kInternational$79kEducation$72kHuman Services$31kYouth Development$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $58k
$5,005
Median grant
6
States reached
$485k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KINGDOM BUILDING MINISTRIES$58,304
EASTRIDGE CHURCH$14,900
TURNING POINT USA$10,000
GUARDIAN SCHOLARS$9,624
ONE FOR ISRAEL$6,057
HOPE HAVEN RWANDA$5,005
YOUNG LIFE$5,000
VAIL CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
MESOTHELIOMA ASSOCIATION$1,045
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$1,000
FREE INTERNATIONAL$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FREE INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 13%REFUGE PREGNANCY CENTER: $10k → 11%REFUGE PREGNANCY CENTER: $1k → 11%REFUGE PREGNANCY CENTER: $1k → 11%REFUGE PREGNANCY CENTER: $100 → 11%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
WA
IL
NV
PA
CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$677k · 19 repeat orgs$331k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
15

Total granted

$677k
$309k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
0%

Still filing today

58%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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
ReligionHealthArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • FL
    FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $147k · revenue +98%
  • KB
    Kingdom Building Ministries
    3× · 2020–2025 · $78k · revenue +7%
  • HH
    HOPE HAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST
    5× · 2020–2025 · $37k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • MA
    MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $103k
  • SM
    SHELBURNE MUSEUM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +246%
  • ML
    MOUNTAIN LIFE CALVARY CHAPEL
    one grant, 2024 · $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
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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2
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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3
One for Israel

One for israel's purposes are to unite u.s. and international churches, ministries and individuals for the proclamation of the gospel in israel, to raise funds for evangelism and gospel proclamation, to provide tangible relief for israel's…

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4
Summit Ministries Inc

Summit ministries is an educational christian ministry with the purpose of equipping tomorrow's servant leaders to analyze competing worldviews and champion the christian faith, inspiring each one to love god with all his heart, soul,…

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5
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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6
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
7
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
8
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
9
Far Reaching Ministries

Far Reaching Ministries (FRM) was founded to carry the Gospel Jesus Christ to the world with discipleship as our primary objective. We plant and edify evangelical churches, found Bible schools, gather intimate small groups, and sustain…

International
10
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
11
International Partnerships Inc

To provide support for the efforts of christians of the former soviet union in reaching the influencers of their countries for christ.

Religion
12
Servant Foundation

The Signatry advances the Christian faith by carrying out its mission, "to inspire and facilitate revolutionary biblical generosity across generations to solve the world's greatest problems," through financial and other support of I.R.C.…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Refuge Pregnancy Center 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

26 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. 26 of the 40 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/26
Grantees still filing
14/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EASTRIDGE CHURCH: $135,886 · OtherEASTRIDGE CHURCHMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $102,584 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERKingdom Building Ministries: $78,304 · OtherKingdom Building MinistriesVAIL CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $62,295 · OtherVAIL CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOLCHURCH OF RED DOOR: $51,000 · OtherCHURCH OF RED DOORMOUNTAIN LIFE CALVARY CHAPEL: $50,000 · OtherMOUNTAIN LIFE CALVARY CHAPELCHURCH AT THE RED DOOR: $48,579 · OtherCHURCH AT THE RED DOORMOUNTAIN LIFE CHURCH: $36,900 · OtherMOUNTAIN LIFE CHURCH+19 more: $75,330 · Other+19 moreFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $147,342 · Civil RightsFIRST LIBERTY IN…SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSHELBURNE M…+1 more: $1,561 · Arts & CultureSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $36,000 · ReligionIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $12,000 · ReligionOne For Israel: $8,057 · ReligionEast-West Ministries International: $2,000 · ReligionHOPE HAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST: $37,046 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $3,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalYOUNG LIFE: $19,000 · Youth DevelopmentREFUGE PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $12,100 · Human ServicesF R E E INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$640,878Civil Rights$147,342Arts & Culture$101,561Religion$58,057International$41,046Youth Development$19,000Human Services$13,100

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 budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $147,342 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetKingdom Building Ministries: $78,304 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHOPE HAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST: $37,046 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $36,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $19,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGE PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $12,100 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe 4 Eagle Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUARDIAN SCHOLARS INC: $9,624 over 1y, 29% of budgetOne For Israel: $8,057 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE PUBLIC SAFETY AWARENESS FOUNDATION: $2,021 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $1,561 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL MOUNTAIN RESCUE GROUP INC: $1,520 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $1,020 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUKRAINE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

James C Allen Charita…Christian Community F…Colorado Gives Founda…Servant FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
James C Allen Charitable FoundationCO17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: James C Allen Charitable Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · Servant Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–15%
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 40 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home