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Broadcast Learning Center 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.

$75k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$275kHuman Services$5kHealth$4kCivil Rights$3kEducation$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$200Other$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$75,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$459k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOTHILLS RESOURCE GROUP$75,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MARK INC MINISTRIES: $6k → 10%TRAPPE FIRE EMS DIV: $200 → 7%ALLIANCE OF CONFESSING EVANGELICALS: $2k → 9%STONYBANK COMMUNITY CHURCH: $500 → 10%INSIGHT FOR LIVING: $2k → 5%THE URBNA ALTERNATIVE: $500 → 14%LIGONIER MINISTRIES: $2k → 11%HOPE RESOURCE CENTER: $1k → 12%AWAKENED TO GRACE CO PREACHING CHRI: $500 → 15%LET MY PEOPLE THINK RAVI ZACHARIAS: $500 → 13%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $1k → 9%TRUTH FOR LIFE: $7k → 17%MOODY CHURCH MEDIA: $500 → 14%TRINITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $2k → 4%MARK INC MINISTRIES: $5k → 10%ALLIANCE OF CONFESSING EVANGELICALS: $1k → 9%CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF PA I: $680 → 10%INSIGHT FOR LIVING: $1k → 5%LIGONIER MINISTRIES: $1k → 11%CHRIST CHURCH KNOXVILLE: $4k → 12%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $1k → 9%TRUTH FOR LIFE: $2k → 17%MOODY CHURCH MEDIA: $500 → 14%TRINITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $500 → 4%MARK INC MINISTRIES: $3k → 10%INSIGHT FOR LIVING: $1k → 5%LIGONIER MINISTRIES: $1k → 11%FOOTHILLS RESOURCE GROUP: $80k → 12%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $1k → 9%TRUTH FOR LIFE: $2k → 17%MARK INC MINISTRIES: $2k → 10%INSIGHT FOR LIVING: $1k → 5%LIGONIER MINISTRIES: $1k → 11%FOOTHILLS RESOURCE GROUP: $75k → 12%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $500 → 9%TRUTH FOR LIFE: $1k → 17%INSIGHT FOR LIVING: $1k → 5%LIGONIER MINISTRIES: $500 → 11%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $500 → 9%TRUTH FOR LIFE: $1k → 17%INSIGHT FOR LIVING: $1k → 5%FOOTHILLS RESOURCE GROUP: $75k → 11%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $500 → 9%TRUTH FOR LIFE: $1k → 17%INSIGHT FOR LIVING: $1k → 5%TRUTH FOR LIFE: $1k → 17%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
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
DE
TN
NC
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$241k · 16 repeat orgs$134k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +5% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
11

Total granted

$241k
$134k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
-2%

Still filing today

44%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
ReligionArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • FR
    FOOTHILLS RESOURCE GROUP
    2× · 2023–2024 · $155k · revenue +5% · 37% of their budget
  • MM
    MARKINC MINISTRIES
    4× · 2017–2020 · $15k · revenue +35%
  • TF
    TRUTH FOR LIFE
    7× · 2017–2023 · $14k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $75k
  • HT
    HAVEN TODAY HAVEN MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • CC
    CHRIST CHURCH KNOXVILLE
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
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
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
2
Explore God Network
—
3
Encounter Church

Church

Religion
4
Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry Inc

To glorify god by equipping the church with proper christian doctrine and to help non-believers come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.

—
5
Hal Lindsey Website Ministries

Teaching and Spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Religion
6
Coral Ridge Ministries Media Inc

1) To proclaim the good news of the Gospel throughout the earth. 2) To teach and nurture His followers. 3) To equip and encourage believers to live out their faith. 4) To defend religious liberty by helping believers understand America's…

Religion
7
The Rock Ministries

To preach the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to the Nations

Human Services
8
Reconciliation Ministries International Inc

Reconciliaton Ministries Intl. is a Christian evangelical organization preaching and teaching the Word of God in over 60 countries. The ministry equips and encourages Christians everywhere to be saved, healed, and delivered according to…

Religion
9
Ambassadors for Christ International - Usa Inc

Ambassadors for Christ International - USA is a fellowship of gospel preachers and teachers whose mission is to preach Christ, edify the Church, and to glorify God and serve as a catalyst for revival, evangelism, and training of Christians…

Religion
10
Lakelight Institute

Lakelight Institute equips Christians with timeless wisdom for modern life.

Religion
11
Haven Ministries

The Organization provides Christian religious radio programming and Christian inspirational literature, music and publications. The radio program broadcasts daily on stations across the USA, Canada, and around the world.

Religion
12
Intentional Life Media

Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Insight for Living; the most unlike its peers is Hope for the Heart. 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

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 27 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $75,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHAVEN TODAY HAVEN MINISTRIES: $50,000 · OtherHAVEN TODAY HAVEN MINISTRIESGRACE TO YOU: $14,000 · OtherGRACE TO YOUIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · Other+13 more: $22,580 · Other+13 moreFOOTHILLS RESOURCE GROUP: $155,000 · Arts & CultureFOOTHILLS RESOURCE GROUPMARKINC MINISTRIES: $15,060 · ReligionMARKINC MINIST…TRUTH FOR LIFE: $14,000 · ReligionTRUTH FOR LIFEINSIGHT FOR LIVING: $8,000 · ReligionINSIGHT FOR LI…Ligonier Ministries Inc: $5,000 · ReligionLigonier Minis…ALLIANCE OF CONFESSING EVANGELICALS INC: $3,000 · ReligionALLIANCE OF CO…IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $2,000 · Religion+2 more: $2,000 · ReligionHOPE RESOURCE CENTER: $1,000 · Health
Other$169,580Arts & Culture$155,000Religion$49,060Health$1,000

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 budgetFOOTHILLS RESOURCE GROUP: $155,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetMARKINC MINISTRIES: $15,060 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTRUTH FOR LIFE: $14,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetINSIGHT FOR LIVING: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLigonier Ministries Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE OF CONFESSING EVANGELICALS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE FOR THE HEART: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Research Institute Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE RESOURCE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Urban Alternative: $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 FOOTHILLS RESOURCE GROUP ↗
  • Who funds MARKINC MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds TRUTH FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds INSIGHT FOR LIVING ↗
  • Who funds Ligonier Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE OF CONFESSING EVANGELICALS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR THE HEART ↗
  • Who funds IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Christian Research Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPE RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds The Urban Alternative ↗

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…Vjs Charitable Privat…Servant FoundationThe Kyra Gebhardt Cha…The Ayco Charitable F…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO18.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Vjs Charitable Private Foundation · Servant Foundation · The Kyra Gebhardt Charitable Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Broadcast Learning Center Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Broadcast Learning Center Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to Broadcast Learning Center Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Broadcast Learning Center Inc 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 27 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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