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Christian Heritage Foundation Attn Michael a Kulp

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$112k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$792kPublic Benefit$81kCivil Rights$54kRecreation & Sports$29kArts & Culture$27kEducation$25kHuman Services$12kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$4,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DON SUNSHINE MINISTRIES$15,000
Individual grant recipient$7,000
IN TOUCH MINISTRIES$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
RIVERBEND COMMUNITY CHURCH$5,000
JEWISH VOICE MINISTRIES$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
TURNING POINT USA$5,000
HARVEY CEDARS BIBLE CONFERENCE$5,000
PRISON BOOK PROJECT$5,000
PATHWAY TO VICTORY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ACLJ$4,000
KJOL$4,000
AMERICAN CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE$3,000
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 (FY21–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PREBORN: $3k → 16%KASH FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%MERCY CHEFS: $2k → 20%MERCY CHEFS: $2k → 20%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
MI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$838k · 38 repeat orgs$186k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
37

Total granted

$838k
$174k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+33%

Still filing today

34%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
ReligionCivil RightsHuman ServicesCrime & LegalPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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

  • DS
    DON SUNSHINE MINISTRIES
    8× · 2017–2025 · $155k · revenue +68%
  • CR
    Coral Ridge Ministries Media Inc
    4× · 2017–2021 · $90k · revenue +50%
  • IT
    IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $22k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • AA
    ARISE AND SHINE MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2017 · $26k
  • NB
    NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
3
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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4
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
5
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
6
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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7
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
8
Global Media Outreach

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

Religion
9
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
10
Advocates for Faith and Freedom

Organized for religious purposes to promote the gospel of jesus christ by protecting, defending and advocating religious civil liberties

Crime & Legal
11
Liberty Justice Center

To advance economic and social liberties and a free enterprise society through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research. in addition, the center will train law students, lawyers and policy activists in the…

Crime & Legal
12
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is First Liberty Institute; the most unlike its peers is Freedom Watch Inc Center for Economic Justice. 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

33 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. 33 of the 81 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/33
Grantees still filing
26/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ACLJ: $66,300 · OtherACLJKJOL: $58,000 · OtherKJOLLIBERTY COUNSEL INC: $38,200 · OtherLIBERTY COUNSEL INCRIVERBEND COMMUNITY CHURCH: $34,000 · OtherWORLDTEAM USA INC: $29,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $27,000 · OtherARISE AND SHINE MINISTRIES: $25,998 · Other+48 more: $383,320 · Other+48 moreDON SUNSHINE MINISTRIES: $155,000 · ReligionDON SUNSHINE MINISTRIESCoral Ridge Ministries Media Inc: $90,000 · ReligionCoral Ridge Ministries Media In…IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $22,000 · ReligionIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INCJOY IN JESUS MINISTRIES: $14,000 · Religion+5 more: $10,500 · ReligionWND NEWS CENTER: $13,000 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTE: $4,000 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $3,500 · Public Benefit+1 more: $100 · Public BenefitALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $12,000 · Civil RightsLiberty Guard Inc: $4,000 · Civil RightsFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $2,500 · Civil RightsFREEDOM WATCH INC CENTER FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE: $2,000 · Civil RightsTHOMAS MORE SOCIETY: $10,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CENTER FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY: $8,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $500 · Crime & LegalHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $9,300 · EducationAMERICAN CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · EducationMERCY CHEFS INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesMission Pre-Born Inc: $3,000 · Human ServicesKASH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesAnd Then There Were None: $500 · Human Services
Other$661,818Religion$291,500Public Benefit$20,600Civil Rights$20,500Crime & Legal$18,500Education$14,300Human Services$9,500

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 budgetDON SUNSHINE MINISTRIES: $155,000 over 8y, 16% of budgetCoral Ridge Ministries Media Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $22,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJOY IN JESUS MINISTRIES: $14,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetPROJECT VERITAS: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWND NEWS CENTER: $13,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetJONI AND FRIENDS: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS MORE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $9,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Performing Arts Tuition Scholarship Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetAMERICAN CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLiberty Guard Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Institute: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM WATCH INC CENTER FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetReaching Unreached Nations Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREVELATION MEDIA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKASH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREASONS TO BELIEVE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICE DEFENSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FINALLY HOME: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnd Then There Were None: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $100 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 DON SUNSHINE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Coral Ridge Ministries Media Inc ↗
  • Who funds IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds JOY IN JESUS MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT VERITAS ↗
  • Who funds WND NEWS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JONI AND FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS MORE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY ↗

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.

Servant FoundationKS19× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation · Farrell Family Foundation · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · California Community Foundation · William H & Ella W McMahan Foundation · Leoffler Trust · Dorbarleo Foundation Inc · Ebs Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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 Christian Heritage Foundation Attn Michael a Kulp funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Christian Heritage Foundation Attn Michael a Kulp. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 81 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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