California · Private foundation
Christian Development Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $152k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2026
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $36,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 39
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 8
- Total assets, FY2026
- $500k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 10% of the organizations Christian Development Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 19 | $152k | 16% |
| FY2025 | 20 | $253k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $254k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $250k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $1.2M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $176k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $210k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $297k | 42% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacifica Christian High School | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Gathering | $407,000 | 10 | 7% |
| Sonshine Haven Inc | $202,100 | 10 | 32% |
| Hopestart International Inc | $194,000 | 7 | 15% |
| The Rock Church | $137,000 | 5 | n/a |
| First Southern Baptist Church of San Diego California | $112,500 | 4 | n/a |
| East County Transitional Living Center | $103,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Radius International | $85,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $63,077 | 2 | 0% |
| Therapy Center Inc Dba Challenge Center | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 58 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($825k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Christian Development Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 · The San Diego Foundation · Servant Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Greater Horizons · Siebel Family Charitable Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · The New Horizons Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego
How this is measured
Compare Christian Development Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Christian Development Foundation Inc
- How much does Christian Development Foundation Inc give?
- Christian Development Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $151,710 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 39 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Christian Development Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (27%), Education (21%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are Christian Development Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Pacifica Christian High School ($500k), The Gathering ($407k), Sonshine Haven Inc ($202k).
- Does Christian Development Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Christian Development Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Christian Development Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, The San Diego Foundation, Servant Foundation.
- Where is Christian Development Foundation Inc based?
- Christian Development Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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