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Barnabas 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.

$219k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2024
11
Organizations funded FY2023
9%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$60,500
Organizations funded a year
9 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$304k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Barnabas Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Youth DevelopmentReligionInternationalHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving12$219k8%
FY202311$210k9%
FY202212$88k8%
FY202140$330k70%
FY20209$204k11%
FY201913$178k31%
FY201811$172k36%
FY201714$199kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$557kReligion$550kHuman Services$273kPhilanthropy$200kYouth Development$166kInternational$101kCommunity Improvement$61kCivil Rights$45kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OH
CA
NE
VA
AR
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Baylor University$370,59970%
Dallas Baptist University$163,43670%
Second Baptist Church$144,0005n/a
Buckner Children & Family Services Inc$115,00070%
FamilyPoint Resources$107,00074%
Young Life$83,00050%
Park Cities Baptist Church$82,0002n/a
Waco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc$60,50011%
Family Legacy Missions International$59,91670%
Vertical Ministries$54,80557%
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All grantees of Barnabas Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Baylor University$370,59970%
Dallas Baptist University$163,43670%
Second Baptist Church$144,0005n/a
Buckner Children & Family Services Inc$115,00070%
FamilyPoint Resources$107,00074%
Young Life$83,00050%
Park Cities Baptist Church$82,0002n/a
Waco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc$60,50011%
Family Legacy Missions International$59,91670%
Vertical Ministries$54,80557%
Eyes On Me Inc$52,57242%
Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas Inc$50,00040%
21 Wilberforce Global Freedom Center$45,00043%
Global Partners in Hope$40,00061%
Denison Ministries$36,5006n/a
Free Indeed Community Works CDC$36,00023%
Houston Responds$16,00033%
Mission Waco Mission World Inc$5,50020%
Baptist General Convention of Texas$5,0001n/a
Student Mobilization Inc$2,5001n/a
Christ's Hope and Reconciliation Ministry$1,50010%
Chapel of Hope Ministries Inc$1,50012%
St John Missionary Baptist Church$1,0001n/a
Antioch Ministries International$1,0001n/a
Belong Bakery$1,00010%
Houston Symphony Society$1,00010%
Christian Womens Job Corps of McLennan County$1,00010%
Camp Blessing Texas Inc$50010%
The Houston Food Bank$50010%
Rmh of Akroninc$5001n/a
The Bail Project Inc$50010%
As Our Own Nfp$50010%
Special Camps for Special Kids$39010%
Christ Clinic$30010%
ACLU Foundation of Georgia Inc$30010%
Biblical Communications International Inc$3001n/a
Nspire Outreach Inc$3001n/a
Coachartorg$20010%
Every Woman Works Inc$20010%
Planned Parenthood Southeast Inc$20010%
Common Ground Foundation Inc$20010%
Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)$20010%
Rainbow Railroad USA Inc$20010%
The Pad Project$20010%
Sober Living America Inc$10010%
Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless Program Inc$1001n/a
Transgender Law Center$10010%
Lifeline Animal Project Inc$10010%
Trevor Project Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Barnabas Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBaylor University: $370,599 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Baptist University: $163,436 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBuckner Children & Family Services Inc: $115,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFamilyPoint Resources: $107,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetYoung Life: $83,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWaco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc: $60,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFamily Legacy Missions International: $59,916 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetVertical Ministries: $54,805 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetEyes On Me Inc: $52,572 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetSenior Citizens of Greater Dallas Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budget21 Wilberforce Global Freedom Center: $45,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetGlobal Partners in Hope: $40,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFree Indeed Community Works CDC: $36,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetHouston Responds: $16,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetMission Waco Mission World Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChrist's Hope and Reconciliation Ministry: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChapel of Hope Ministries Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBelong Bakery: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Symphony Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Womens Job Corps of McLennan County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCamp Blessing Texas Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bail Project Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAs Our Own Nfp: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Camps for Special Kids: $390 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChrist Clinic: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACLU Foundation of Georgia Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoachartorg: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvery Woman Works Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Southeast Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Ground Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRainbow Railroad USA Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pad Project: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSober Living America Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLifeline Animal Project Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX21.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Waco Foundation · Stoller Foundation · Servant Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Celanese 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.

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How do I get to Barnabas Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Barnabas 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.

About Barnabas Foundation

How much does Barnabas Foundation give?
Barnabas Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $219,364 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Barnabas Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Religion (28%), Human Services (14%).
Who are Barnabas Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Baylor University ($371k), Dallas Baptist University ($163k), Second Baptist Church ($144k).
Does Barnabas Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Barnabas Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Barnabas Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Shell USA Company Foundation.
Where is Barnabas Foundation based?
Barnabas Foundation is based in DE.

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 56 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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