· Private foundation
Biel Family Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CEDE SPORTS | $1,800 |
| CRU | $1,550 |
| WORLD VISION | $1,310 |
| YOUNG LIFE | $1,200 |
| CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP | $1,200 |
| PROCLAIM AVIATION MINISTRIES | $1,200 |
| REDEEMER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $1,000 |
| FOCAL POINT RADIO MINISTRIES | $900 |
| LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL | $800 |
| JONI AND FRIENDS | $750 |
| FOCUS ON THE FAMILY | $680 |
| COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL | $661 |
| STRAIGHT AHEAD MINISTRIES | $600 |
| TURNING POINT FOR GOD | $600 |
| MISSION INDIA | $600 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
40 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Mercy Ships International8× · 2017–2024 · $10k · revenue +251%- YLYOUNG LIFE8× · 2017–2024 · $10k · revenue +59%
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSE3× · 2021–2023 · $10k · revenue +83%
Funded once
- SLSPRING LAKE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $5k
- CBCOMPASS BIBLE CHURCHone grant, 2019 · $3k
- FLFAMILY LIFE SERVICEone grant, 2019 · $1k
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.
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…
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…
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
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.
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.
Financial planning ministry, inc. (fpm) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting in the performance of the functions of christian churches by serving their financial needs.
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.
Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 63 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds Straight Ahead Ministries INC ↗
- Who funds CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds CEDE SPORTS ↗
- Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
- Who funds PROJECT MEDSEND ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds PROCLAIM AVIATION MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds FOCAL POINT RADIO MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds INSIGHT FOR LIVING ↗
- Who funds Turning Point for God ↗
- Who funds JONI AND FRIENDS ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds SCHOOL OF MISSIONARY AVIATION TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds THE LUKE SOCIETY 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.
Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Servant Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Dallas Seminary Foundation · GiveClear Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Biel Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Biel Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Straight Ahead Ministries Inc: 27% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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