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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 FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$61k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$557kReligion$550kHuman Services$273kPhilanthropy$200kYouth Development$166kInternational$101kCommunity Improvement$61kCivil Rights$45kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $142k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $61k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$304k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WACO ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM COLLABORATIVE INC$60,500
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY$25,000
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY$25,000
YOUNG LIFE$20,000
FAMILYPOINT RESOURCES$17,000
VERTICAL MINISTRIES$15,000
DENISON MINISTRIES$10,000
BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC$10,000
EYES ON ME$10,000
GLOBAL PARTNERS IN HOPE$10,000
FAMILY LEGACY MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL$6,864
21 WILBERFORCE GLOBAL FREEDOM CENTER$5,000
HOUSTON RESPONDS$5,000
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, $151k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOBER LIVING AMERICA INC: $100 → 6%EVERY WOMAN WORKS INC: $200 → 13%BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $75k → 14%BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10k → 14%FREE INDEED COMMUNITY WORKS CDC: $35k → 16%FREE INDEED COMMUNITY WORKS CDC: $1k → 16%BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10k → 14%BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $5k → 14%BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $5k → 14%BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $5k → 14%BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $5k → 14%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
NY
OH
CA
NE
VA
AR
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 24% of Barnabas Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Barnabas Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 18 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
35

Total granted

$1.5M
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+15%

Still filing today

72%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k 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
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHealthReligionInternationalCivil 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $371k · revenue +57%
  • DB
    DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $163k · revenue +39%
  • FR
    FamilyPoint Resources
    7× · 2017–2024 · $107k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • BG
    BAPTIST GENERAL CONVENTION OF TEXAS
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • SM
    STUDENT MOBILIZATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • BU
    BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
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
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
2
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
3
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

—
4
His Story Coaching and Counseling

Christian coaching, counseling, assessment and consulting services to the communities of Tarrant County, Texas.

Human Services
5
Houston Christian Broadcasters Inc

Provide teaching of the word of god and religious music.

Arts & Culture
6
Compassion Ministries of Waco

It is the mission of the organization to provide services to disadvantaged and homeless families with children; to reintegrate homeless families with children into permanent housing and employment.

Community Improvement
7
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
8
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
9
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
10
Servenow

Sharing Christ's Passion for the world by serving the most vulnerable through national churches and leaders.

Human Services
11
Healing Hands Ministries Inc

Hmm health provides quality healthcare to all its neighbors with love, compassion, and respect.

Health
12
The Beacon of Downtown Houston

To provide essential and next-step services to restore hope and help end homelessness in houston.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Camp Blessing Texas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Houston Responds. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

41 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. 41 of the 56 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/41
Grantees still filing
26/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Houston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston: $200,000 · OtherHouston Christian Foundation dba National C…SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH: $144,000 · OtherSECOND BAPTIST CHURCHPARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH: $82,000 · OtherPARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCHFamily Legacy Missions International: $59,916 · OtherFamily Legacy Missions InternationalYOUNG LIFE - KATY AREA: $50,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE - KATY AREASENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $50,000 · OtherSENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INCDENISON MINISTRIES: $36,500 · OtherWACO ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM COLLABORATIVE INC: $60,500 · OtherWACO ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM COLLABORATIV…GLOBAL PARTNERS IN HOPE: $40,000 · Other+26 more: $40,390 · OtherBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $370,599 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITYDALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $163,436 · EducationDALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITYAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $200,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN EN…+1 more: $200 · PhilanthropyBUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $115,000 · Human ServicesFree Indeed Community Works CDC: $36,000 · Human Services+2 more: $300 · Human ServicesYOUNG LIFE: $83,000 · Youth DevelopmentEyes On Me Inc: $52,572 · Youth Development+3 more: $900 · Youth DevelopmentFamilyPoint Resources: $107,000 · Health+3 more: $700 · HealthVERTICAL MINISTRIES: $54,805 · Religion21 WILBERFORCE GLOBAL FREEDOM CENTER: $45,000 · ReligionMISSION WACO MISSION WORLD INC: $5,500 · Religion+1 more: $1,500 · Religion
Other$763,306Education$534,035Philanthropy$200,200Human Services$151,300Youth Development$136,472Health$107,700Religion$106,805

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 budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $370,599 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston: $200,000 over 1y, 20% 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
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.

Greater Houston Commu…Christian Community F…Shell USA Company Fou…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Communities Foundatio…Natl Christian Charit…The Signatry Charitab…Waco FoundationStoller FoundationServant FoundationThe Dallas FoundationCelanese Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Barnabas Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barnabas 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    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.

    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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