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Christ Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
189
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$3.7MReligion$1.5MYouth Development$1.0MFood & Nutrition$841kHousing & Shelter$746kHealth$740kInternational$449kRecreation & Sports$416kOther$0
02FY2024 · 189 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k60 grants · $212k
  • $10k–50k107 grants · $2.0M
  • $50k–250k21 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$10,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$71M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH FOUNDATION$500,000
chestnut mountain ranch$189,907
ALLIANCE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER$150,000
NEW COVENANT WORLD MISSIONS$100,000
broken chains ministry$100,000
FOSTER THE FAMILY$100,000
HARTVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$85,000
Individual grant recipient$83,000
alliance pregnancy center$80,140
compassion international$75,650
total living center$75,000
Individual grant recipient$69,716
Individual grant recipient$60,000
pegasus farm$53,025
CARING FOR KIDS INC$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TOGETHER FOR GOOD: $15k → 14%KEYSTONE FAMILY ALLIANCE: $20k → 16%HANDS AND FEET INC: $25k → 11%chosen inc: $10k → 5%cornerstone of grace: $11k → 8%1hope together: $15k → 10%HOPE'S BRIDGE OF MIDDLE TN: $40k → 10%alongside families: $30k → 10%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME: $25k → 12%FAMILY ROOM FOSTER CARE RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 16%THE COOPER HOUSE: $40k → 5%family hope: $20k → 16%FOSTERING FAMILY MINISTRIES: $25k → 11%RIDE 4 LIFE MINISTRIES: $15k → 12%spirt of faith adoptions: $40k → 18%FOSTER THE FAMILY: $100k → 12%christian alliance for orphans: $50k → 6%GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN: $51k → 11%BE THE VILLAGE: $25k → 19%HANDS AND FEET INC: $25k → 11%1hope together: $15k → 10%alongside families: $15k → 10%family hope: $20k → 16%hannah's home: $50k → 9%FOSTERING FAMILY MINISTRIES: $20k → 11%CABWAYLINGO APPALACHIAN MISSION: $25k → 18%christian help inc: $20k → 31%FOSTER THE FAMILY: $100k → 12%hannah's home: $50k → 9%FOSTERING FAMILY MINISTRIES: $15k → 11%the haven of portage county: $40k → 12%MY VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $90k → 15%THE HAVEN OF PORTAGE COUNTY: $40k → 12%MY VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $50k → 15%christian childrens home of ohio: $40k → 10%MY VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $20k → 15%christian childrens home of ohio: $35k → 10%CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME OF OHIO: $30k → 10%christian childrens home of ohio: $25k → 10%ARIKA'S ANGELS: $11k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS INC: $67k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS INC: $50k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS INC: $28k → 13%COMPASSION DELIVERED: $35k → 13%COMPASSION DELIVERED: $35k → 13%hope bridge: $27k → 13%gentlebrook: $25k → 13%hope bridge: $25k → 13%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

MT
MN
IL
WI
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 109 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

109 repeat relationships: 79 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 109 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

109
61

Total granted

$7.4M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+23%

Still filing today

60%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationReligionHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CM
    CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +287%
  • LO
    Love Our Community Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $438k · revenue +308% · 34% of their budget
  • AR
    AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK
    5× · 2020–2024 · $235k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • OM
    ONE MORE CHILD INC
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • Feeding America
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +23%
  • GI
    GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $51k · revenue +1%
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
Child Hope International

We minister to orphans and widows in their distress by transitioning children from orphanages into loving families. We do this through Christ- centered care, training and social work.

Arts & Culture
2
The Christian Home for Children Inc

Christian Home for Children, also known as Family Life Services, facilitates life transformation for single moms and their children through faith-based community. This is accomplished through a resident program and a community outreach…

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3
Network of Hope Inc

To provide Christian, faith-based social assistance services which address the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of individuals and families in crisis.

Community Improvement
4
House of New Hope Inc

It is our mission to demonstrate the love and compassion of jesus christ by protecting and enhancing the safety and well-being of persons from all backgrounds and across the continuum of life through the effective integration of the…

Human Services
5
Every Orphans Hope

We exist to glorify God through the church and see orphans raised to life in Christ, in a home, in a family, and in a community where they are known and loved.

Religion
6
Hope House for Our Families Inc

To provide Christian restorative services to families.

Housing & Shelter
7
Christian Family Care Agency Inc

The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…

Human Services
8
Options Now

To minister to women and their families needing care, support and resources due to pregnancy.

Health
9
Emerge Ministries Inc

To help people discover a lifestyle of meaning joy and fulfillment through treatment and training. emerge ministries inc. is devoted to serving our clients. this service encompasses a biblically based mental health center with…

Human Services
10
Hilo Ministries Inc

To be an organization where people are excited to assist in the love and care of the orphan and those in foster care, as well as providing temporary housing and training for those in the worldwide missionary field.

Human Services
11
Stowe Mission of Central Ohio

Christ-focused ministry to inner city residents in central Ohio.

Community Improvement
12
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifeline Christian Mission; the most unlike its peers is Weaver Child Development Center. 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

182 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. 182 of the 281 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)
38
Early backer (in before they grew)
178/182
Grantees still filing
112/182
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

rahab ministries: $280,000 · Otherrahab ministriesONE MORE CHILD INC: $250,000 · Otherlouisville church of christ: $236,973 · Otherbroken chains ministry: $215,000 · Other+107 more: $3,723,527 · Other+107 moreCHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH INC: $1,024,907 · Human ServicesCHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH INCFOSTER THE FAMILY: $205,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER THE FAMILYMY VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $160,000 · Human ServicesMY VILLAGE MINISTRIESCARING FOR KIDS INC: $144,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME OF OHIO INC: $130,000 · Human ServicesHannahs Home: $100,000 · Human Services+39 more: $1,101,992 · Human Services+39 moreCHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH FOUNDATION: $500,000 · Youth DevelopmentOHUDDLE INCORPORATED: $148,000 · Youth DevelopmentEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $46,000 · Youth DevelopmentTANDEM MENTORSHIP INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentAKRON YOUTH MENTORSHIP: $30,000 · Youth Development+3 more: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentLove Our Community Inc: $437,500 · Housing & ShelterTHE HAVEN HOME LLC: $113,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST CENTRAL OHIO: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterHOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE: $45,000 · Housing & ShelterSHILOH PLACE MCKINNEY: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterAGAPE RESOURCE & ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterREFUGE FOR WOMEN INC: $30,000 · Housing & Shelter+3 more: $36,000 · Housing & ShelterALLIANCE PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $169,940 · HealthAlliance Family Health Center Inc: $150,000 · HealthEAGLE RANCH INC: $35,000 · HealthSidewalk Advocates for Life: $35,000 · HealthPROMISE OF LIFE NETWORK: $30,000 · HealthThe Bridge Corp: $20,000 · Health+5 more: $45,750 · HealthAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $235,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $100,000 · Food & NutritionNORTH CANTON CARES PANTRY: $45,000 · Food & NutritionPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $40,000 · Food & NutritionGODS WAREHOUSE INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionStark County Hunger Task Force Inc: $20,000 · Food & NutritionTHE LEGACY PROJECT OF STARK: $110,575 · EducationHERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $107,250 · EducationCHAPEL HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationHOPE ACADEMY INC: $30,000 · EducationMISSION SANTA MARIA: $25,000 · EducationThe Trinity Christian School Non-Profit Corporation: $13,985 · EducationWEAVER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $12,000 · EducationThe Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: $12,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · Education
Other$4,705,500Human Services$2,865,899Youth Development$814,000Housing & Shelter$781,500Health$485,690Food & Nutrition$460,000Education$350,810

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH INC: $1,024,907 over 5y, 11% of budgetCHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetLove Our Community Inc: $437,500 over 5y, 34% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $235,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFOSTER THE FAMILY: $205,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetALLIANCE PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $169,940 over 4y, 27% of budgetMY VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $160,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetTotal Living Center: $150,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetAlliance Family Health Center Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetOHUDDLE INCORPORATED: $148,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetCARING FOR KIDS INC: $144,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPEGASUS FARM: $133,025 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetCHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME OF OHIO INC: $130,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HAVEN HOME LLC: $113,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetTHE LEGACY PROJECT OF STARK: $110,575 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetURBAN VISION: $107,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetHERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $107,250 over 4y, 32% of budgetTHE GLOBAL ORPHAN PROJECT INC: $105,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL INC: $101,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFeeding America: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Covenant World Missions: $100,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetHannahs Home: $100,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetShepherds House of Portage County: $80,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetCompassion Delivered Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetFOSTERING FAMILY MINISTRIES INC: $60,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetHands and Feet Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetHope Bridge: $52,000 over 2y, 90% of budgetWhole Latte Love Cafe Inc: $51,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $50,692 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OHIO MASONIC HOME BENEVOLENT ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST CENTRAL OHIO: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTrue Freedom Enterprises: $50,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetChristian Alliance for Orphans: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $46,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetHOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE: $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNORTH CANTON CARES PANTRY: $45,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetALONGSIDE FAMILIES: $45,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetSENECA HILLS BIBLE CONFERENCE: $41,640 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHARTVILLE MIGRANT COUNCIL INC: $40,295 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetReplanted Ministry: $40,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cooper House Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetSPIRIT OF FAITH ADOPTIONS INC: $40,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetPregnancy Support Network: $40,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSHILOH PLACE MCKINNEY: $40,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHOPES BRIDGE OF MIDDLE TN: $40,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetFAMILY HOPE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 5.1% 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 CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Love Our Community Inc ↗
  • Who funds AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds FOSTER THE FAMILY ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE PREGNANCY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MY VILLAGE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds Total Living Center ↗
  • Who funds Alliance Family Health Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds OHUDDLE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds CARING FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds PEGASUS FARM ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME OF OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HAVEN HOME LLC ↗
  • Who funds THE LEGACY PROJECT OF STARK ↗
  • Who funds URBAN VISION ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE GLOBAL ORPHAN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds New Covenant World Missions ↗
  • Who funds Hannahs Home ↗
  • Who funds Shepherds House of Portage County ↗
  • Who funds Compassion Delivered Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOSTERING FAMILY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Hands and Feet 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.

Stark Community Found…In His Steps Foundati…Sisters of Charity Fo…Austin-Bailey Health …Akron Community Found…Hoover Foundation Inc…Timken Co Charitable …Northern Ohio Golf Ch…Health Foundation of …United Way of Greater…Sisler McFawn Foundat…Diebold Employees Cha…
Stark Community FoundationOH57.1× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stark Community Foundation · In His Steps Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton · Austin-Bailey Health & Wellness Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · Hoover Foundation Income Account · Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund · Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation Inc · Health Foundation of Greater Massillon · United Way of Greater Stark County · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Diebold Employees Charitable Fd Ta

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
54report 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 Christ Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Christ 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 281 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home