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Bbb 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$195k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.3MReligion$1.1MHuman Services$461kRecreation & Sports$184kYouth Development$155kInternational$145kPhilanthropy$141kFood & Nutrition$127kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $199k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $789k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOG CLUB$194,730
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDA$185,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF MS FOUNDATION$100,000
Individual grant recipient$84,700
DESTINY WORSHIP CENTER$75,000
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS$50,000
CHRIST FELLOWSHOP CHURCH$50,000
VAPOR SPORTS MINISTRIES$50,000
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH$35,000
FATHER IN THE FIELD$30,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
ST CHRISTOPHERS ADDITCTION WELLNESS$26,250
GLOBAL MEDIA OUTREACH$15,600
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$12,500
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LINVILLE RIDGE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE: $10k → 10%UNITE US: $50k → 15%LIFE ON BELAY: $10k → 5%CARING & SHARING OF SOUTH WALTON: $10k → 11%STARKVILLE PREGNANCY CENTER: $30k → 24%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
OR
CO
MO
AR
TN
NC
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 34 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
72

Total granted

$3.0M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+8%

Still filing today

50%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $395k 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
Human ServicesReligionInternationalEducationHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2025 · $200k · revenue +21%
  • TB
    THE BULLDOG CLUB INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $131k · revenue +189%
  • OD
    OUR DAILY BREAD
    4× · 2020–2023 · $120k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • MS
    MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUND
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
  • P1
    PSALM 139 PROJECTERLC
    one grant, 2021 · $218k
  • PC
    PINELAKE CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
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
African Children's Mission Inc

Reaching out to children in east africa living in destitute circumstances, both physically and with the gospel of jesus christ, to enable them to grow and develop in a secure environment.

Religion
2
Mission Mississippi

To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.

Civil Rights
3
Bless the Children Ministries Inc

To be the love of christ to uganda's orphaned and vulnerable children, equipping them to become authentic godly leaders that transform generations

International
4
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
5
What Matters Ministries and Missions

The organizations exempt purpose is to rescue orphans and widows, feed the poor, build the local church through ministry, crusades and outreaches and to win souls around the world.

Religion
6
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 seventy countries around the world.

International
7
Christian Leadership Alliance

Christian leadership alliance exists to equip and unite leaders called to transform the world for christ.

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8
Christian Services for Children in Alabama

The mission of christian services for children in alabama is to show the love of christ by providing counseling and other related services to children and their families.

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9
Life International

To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.

Health
10
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…

—
11
New Life Solutions Inc

To protect the unborn, share the gospel, and transform our communities one life at a time.

Health
12
Mission Without Borders International

The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Mississippi Chartered; the most unlike its peers is Linville Ridge Assistance Fund 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

38 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. 38 of the 124 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
24/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY: $503,000 · OtherMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDA: $395,000 · OtherMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDAMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUND: $250,000 · OtherMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDIndividual grant recipient: $243,642 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPSALM 139 PROJECTERLC: $218,057 · OtherPSALM 139 PROJECTERLCVAPOR SPORTS MINISTRIES: $200,000 · OtherMISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOG CLUB: $194,730 · OtherTHE BULLDOG CLUB INC: $130,853 · Other+91 more: $1,668,434 · Other+91 moreUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationUNIVERSIT…CHAMPIONS FOR LITERACY: $100,000 · EducationCHAMPIONS…REGENTS SCHOOL OF OXFORD INC: $50,000 · EducationREGENTS S…ALETHAS LEGACY INC: $47,500 · EducationALETHAS L…GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: $105,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $50,000 · InternationalBRIDGE2RWANDA INC: $20,000 · InternationalZANMI BENI FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · InternationalLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $100,000 · ReligionALLIANCE MINISTRIES INC: $40,000 · ReligionGLOBAL MEDIA OUTREACH: $30,600 · Religion+2 more: $6,000 · ReligionUNITEUS INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS FOR A CAUSE: $33,300 · Human ServicesSTARKVILLE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $30,000 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTERS OF MISSISSIPPI: $20,000 · Human ServicesLIFE ON BELAY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesLinville Ridge Assistance Fund Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesCARING & SHARING OF SOUTH WALTON INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFATHERS IN THE FIELD: $140,000 · Youth DevelopmentSHALLOW FORD FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · HealthEMPOWER MISSISSIPPI: $20,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED: $6,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · Health
Other$3,803,716Education$397,500International$195,000Religion$176,600Human Services$163,300Youth Development$140,000Health$127,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFATHERS IN THE FIELD: $140,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetTHE BULLDOG CLUB INC: $130,853 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOUR DAILY BREAD: $120,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetGLOBAL CONNECTIONS: $105,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHAMPIONS FOR LITERACY: $100,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSHALLOW FORD FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetUNITEUS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetREGENTS SCHOOL OF OXFORD INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetALLIANCE MINISTRIES INC: $40,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetFRIENDS FOR A CAUSE: $33,300 over 6y, 14% of budgetGLOBAL MEDIA OUTREACH: $30,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFATHER'S CHILD MINISTRY: $30,500 over 4y, 15% of budgetSTARKVILLE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 691 PUSHMATAHA AREA TRUST FUND: $20,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetBRIDGE2RWANDA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTERS OF MISSISSIPPI: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEMPOWER MISSISSIPPI: $20,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetZANMI BENI FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetEL PASOANS FOR LIFE INC: $13,600 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLIFE ON BELAY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLinville Ridge Assistance Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARING & SHARING OF SOUTH WALTON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOLUMBUS-LOWNDES HUMANE SOCIETY: $9,400 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED: $6,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP RISING SUN INC: $3,500 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES INC: $3,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNever Alone Widows Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FATHERS IN THE FIELD ↗
  • Who funds THE BULLDOG CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR DAILY BREAD ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL CONNECTIONS ↗
  • Who funds LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPIONS FOR LITERACY ↗
  • Who funds SHALLOW FORD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITEUS INC ↗
  • Who funds REGENTS SCHOOL OF OXFORD INC ↗
  • Who funds ALETHAS LEGACY INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS FOR A CAUSE ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL MEDIA OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds FATHER'S CHILD MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds STARKVILLE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER ↗

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…Ergon Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …Servant FoundationRaymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…Renaissance Charitabl…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Christian Community Foundation of MemphisTN20.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Ergon Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Servant Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Bbb Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bbb Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get 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 · 0–50%
    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

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    How do I get to Bbb Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Bbb 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 124 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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