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Calvary Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$203k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$509kInternational$127kYouth Development$127kHuman Services$125kCommunity Improvement$69kHousing & Shelter$53kArts & Culture$44kCivil Rights$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $88k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $115k
$8,500
Median grant
13
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAGGAI INTERNATIONAL$20,000
MORNING STAR DEVELOPMENT$12,000
THE PITTSBURGH PROJECT$12,000
SAT-7 USA$10,500
CHRISTIAN AID MISSION$10,000
MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP$10,000
LAUNCH GLOBAL$10,000
21C INTERNATIONAL$10,000
EQUIP INDIA INC$10,000
GLOBAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL INC$10,000
PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS$9,200
INDOPARTNERS$8,500
PAK7 US INC$8,500
CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH FOUNDATION INC$8,000
FILTER OF HOPE$7,500
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $3k → 11%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $20k → 12%HUMAN COALITION: $3k → 5%LIFE ON BELAY INC: $6k → 5%HUMAN COALITION: $2k → 11%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $15k → 12%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $10k → 12%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $3k → 12%HORIZONS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 12%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $2k → 12%HORIZONS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 12%ADAM'S QUEST: $3k → 11%HORIZONS INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 12%ADAM'S QUEST: $3k → 11%ADAM'S QUEST: $3k → 11%CHRISTIAN IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY CENTER: $5k → 11%ADAMS QUEST: $3k → 11%CHRISTIAN IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY CENT: $5k → 11%ADAMS QUEST: $2k → 11%CHRISTIAN IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY CENT: $5k → 11%ADAMS QUEST: $2k → 11%ADAM'S QUEST: $2k → 11%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

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IL
WI
OR
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
SC
DC
OK
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 43 repeat orgs$200k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
26

Total granted

$1.0M
$133k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
0%

Still filing today

56%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentInternationalEducationCivil 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

  • SN
    SAT-7 NORTH AMERICA
    7× · 2017–2025 · $59k · revenue +63%
  • WC
    WASHINGTON CITY MISSION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $50k · revenue +51%
  • TP
    The Pittsburgh Project
    7× · 2019–2025 · $48k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • EM
    ENGINEERING MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL USA
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -54%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • TM
    TIMBERLINE MINISTRIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +56%
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
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…

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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
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
4
Churches in Missions Inc

Mobilization of churches in America by taking pastors and laymen on vision and service trips overseas in fulfillment of Jesus command to go ye into all the world, making disciples...

Human Services
5
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
6
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
7
Freedom in Christ Ministries

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.

Religion
8
Leadership Resources International

International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures

Religion
9
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
10
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
11
Crossing Cultures International Inc

Crossing Cultures International, Inc. exists to glorify God by equipping Christ followers globally with comprehensive training for effective ministry.

Religion
12
Challenge Ministries Us

The organization exists to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ while providing support and serving the poor through benevolent assistance, medical services, education, orphan care, church planting, etc.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Infaith; the most unlike its peers is Museum of the Bible. 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

43 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. 43 of the 78 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/43
Grantees still filing
26/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAGGAI INTERNATIONAL: $79,000 · OtherHAGGAI INTERNATIONALFOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $58,000 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMILYGLOBAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL INC: $49,000 · OtherGLOBAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL INCPINE VALLEY CAMP: $40,500 · OtherPINE VALLEY CAMPBETHLEHEM BIBLE COLLEGE: $33,650 · OtherBETHLEHEM BIBLE COLLEGEAVANT MINISTRIES: $32,150 · OtherINDOPARTNERS: $26,500 · Other+42 more: $298,390 · Other+42 moreSAT-7 NORTH AMERICA: $58,500 · ReligionSAT-7 NORTH AMERICAPAK7 US Inc: $43,500 · ReligionPAK7 US IncKAMPUCHEA FOR CHRIST USA: $30,300 · ReligionKAMPUCHEA FOR CHRIST U…Pioneer Bible Translators: $19,200 · ReligionPioneer Bible Translat…INFAITH: $15,000 · ReligionINFAITH21C International Incorporated: $13,600 · Religion21C International Inco…Christ For All Peoples Inc: $12,000 · ReligionLAUNCH GLOBAL: $10,000 · ReligionTIMBERLINE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · ReligionEQUIP INDIA INC: $10,000 · ReligionCommunity Bible Study: $10,000 · Religion+3 more: $8,000 · ReligionWASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $50,000 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON CIT…Horizons International: $35,000 · Human ServicesHorizons Inter…CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesCHESTNUT MOUNT…Adams Quest: $16,300 · Human ServicesAdams QuestCHRISTIAN IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY CENT: $15,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN IMMI…LIFE ON BELAY INC: $6,000 · Human Services+2 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesMorning Star Development: $47,000 · InternationalMission Without Borders Incorporated: $8,000 · InternationalNEW COVENANT MISSIONS INC: $6,000 · InternationalMEDICAL AMBASSADORS INTERNATIONAL: $6,000 · InternationalThe Pittsburgh Project: $48,200 · Community ImprovementCAMP ID-RA-HA-JE ASSOCIATION: $36,000 · Recreation & SportsALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $35,000 · Civil Rights
Other$617,190Religion$240,100Human Services$157,800International$67,000Community Improvement$48,200Recreation & Sports$36,000Civil Rights$35,000

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 budgetSAT-7 NORTH AMERICA: $58,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Pittsburgh Project: $48,200 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetMorning Star Development: $47,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetPAK7 US Inc: $43,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCAMP ID-RA-HA-JE ASSOCIATION: $36,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHorizons International: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKAMPUCHEA FOR CHRIST USA: $30,300 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetCHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH INC: $28,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPioneer Bible Translators: $19,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL DISCIPLES: $18,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAdams Quest: $16,300 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetCHRISTIAN IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY CENT: $15,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetINFAITH: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPION MINISTRIES INC: $13,700 over 2y, 0.2% of budget21C International Incorporated: $13,600 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSENECA HILLS BIBLE CONFERENCE: $13,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetChrist For All Peoples Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENGINEERING MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL USA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIMBERLINE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEQUIP INDIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetCAPITOL MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCommunity Bible Study: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEAF BIBLE SOCIETY INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMission Without Borders Incorporated: $8,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFILTER OF HOPE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE ON BELAY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHUMAN COALITION: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budget4-12 SPORTS MINISTRIES: $3,300 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFINISTERRE VISION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGATEWAYS TO BETTER EDUCATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLiving Ministry Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCLARKS SUMMIT UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S VISION INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 SAT-7 NORTH AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON CITY MISSION ↗
  • Who funds The Pittsburgh Project ↗
  • Who funds Morning Star Development ↗
  • Who funds PAK7 US Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAMP ID-RA-HA-JE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Horizons International ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds KAMPUCHEA FOR CHRIST USA ↗
  • Who funds CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds Pioneer Bible Translators ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL DISCIPLES ↗
  • Who funds Adams Quest ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY CENT ↗
  • Who funds INFAITH ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPION MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds 21C International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds SENECA HILLS BIBLE CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds Christ For All Peoples Inc ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE ↗
  • Who funds LAUNCH GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds ENGINEERING MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL USA ↗
  • Who funds TIMBERLINE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUIP INDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITOL MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Community Bible Study ↗

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…The Bolick FoundationServant FoundationThe Signatry Charitab…From His Hand Foundat…The Pittsburgh Founda…Natl Christian Charit…Project42Usher Family Foundati…Tyndale House Ministr…The United Way of Sou…The Foundation for th…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO33.2× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Bolick Foundation · Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · From His Hand Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Project42 · Usher Family Foundation · Tyndale House Ministries · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Foundation for the Advancement of Christianity

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 Calvary Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Calvary Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 78 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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