· Private foundation
Charis Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Charis Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Columbus Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Charis Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $56k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k19 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| REACH BEYOND | $11,000 |
| RIVERSIDE BIBLE CHURCH | $10,000 |
| SONSET SOLUTIONS INC | $8,000 |
| WORLD GOSPEL MISSION | $5,000 |
| BCM INTERNATIONAL INC | $4,500 |
| IMPACT MINISTRIES | $2,000 |
| LATIN AMERICA MISSION BOARD | $2,000 |
| LIGHTWAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION | $1,750 |
| BENJAMIN'S HOPE | $1,500 |
| INSIGHT FOR LIVING | $1,000 |
| WYCLIFF BIBLE TRANSLATORS | $1,000 |
| TREE OF LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| CHRISTIAN LIFE OUTFITTERS | $1,000 |
| KOINONIA HOUSE | $1,000 |
| FAITH MISSION | $1,000 |
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 (FY20–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 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.
18 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 FY2021, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BHBENJAMIN'S HOPE2× · 2020–2021 · $3k · revenue +79%
- KHKOINONIA HOUSE INC2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +87%
- FMFAITH MISSION INC2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +56%
Funded once
- YWYOUTH WITH A MISSION ORLANDOone grant, 2020 · $3k
- KHKOBACKER HOUSEone grant, 2020 · $1k
- RIREFUGE INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +88%
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.
To serve the christian community and strengthen the family unit and the local church as we provide spiritual encouragement and personal challenge with a christ-centered focus, through biblical teaching, relevant information and uplifting…
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 provide, through the power of jesus christ, a home for the homeless, food for the hungry, and hope for their future.
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.
The family broadcasts the hope of jesus christ to strengthen and encourage listeners.
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…
To share god's love in the workplace by providing a personalized and proactive employee care service through chaplain teams.
We provide furniture and home goods to families and individuals that financially qualify for our program. our current focus area is harford county, maryland but are happy to give referrals to resources in other counties when possible.
Glorify and serve god by providing meals for hungry men, women, and children, emergency shelter and transition to independence for homeless men, and spiritual hope through jesus christ.
Assisting national Christian leaders around the world.
Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.
Gospel mission
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 25 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.
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: Columbus Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Charis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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