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Christian Heritage Ministries

TO ORGANIZE, ESTABLISH, FUND AND OPERATE ONE OR MORE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES TO SUPPORT, TEACH, AND DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE ON A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS BASED ON A FOUNDATION OF FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY BIBLE AND MINISTER TO THE SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

$396k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$739kPhilanthropy$733kEducation$331kYouth Development$180kRecreation & Sports$117kHuman Services$95kHousing & Shelter$61kHealth$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $353k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Pioneer Bible Camp$30,000
Redemption Church$30,000
Elevation Church$25,000
Young Life$25,000
Pregnancy Resource Center of SLC$25,000
Orchard Hills Bible Church$25,000
Hello Creative$22,000
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship$20,300
Individual grant recipient$20,000
Safe Harbor$20,000
Good News Prison Ministry$20,000
Faith Reimagined$15,750
Church of the Valley$15,000
Stone of Hope Youth$15,000
Open Hand Ministry$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%OGDEN RESCUE MISSION: $16k → 9%CLEAN PATHWAYS: $25k → 6%SAFE HARBOR CHURCH: $20k → 6%CLEAN PATHWAYS: $20k → 6%SAFE HARBOR CRISIS CENTER: $15k → 6%Clean Pathways: $10k → 6%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.
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 22 repeat orgs$408k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
18

Total granted

$1.3M
$260k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+8%

Still filing today

45%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $149k 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 ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • SO
    Stone of Hope Youth
    6× · 2018–2025 · $90k · revenue +51%
  • IC
    InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA
    6× · 2018–2025 · $88k · revenue +4%
  • OH
    OPEN HAND MINISTRY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $45k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • BC
    BIG CANYON RANCH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +8%
  • FB
    FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • F
    FLEXTALK
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -66%
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
Safe Haven Counseling Associates in

Biblical counseling

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2
Explore God Network
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3
Puzzle Piece Ministries

To deliver the message of Jesus

Religion
4
Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry Inc

To glorify god by equipping the church with proper christian doctrine and to help non-believers come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.

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5
Refuge for Prodigals International Bible Ministries Inc
Religion
6
New Perspective Ministries

New Perspective Ministry is a faith-based Christian non-profit ministry dedicated to empowering families to experience restoration and healing in Christ by equipping church leaders.The mission of New Perspective Ministries arises out of…

Religion
7
North America Bible Institute

North America Bible Institute (NABI) is an evangelical graduate school, made up of students who are diverse in both ethnicity and ministry aims -- but united in great love for Jesus and his gospel. As a graduate school, NABI offers them…

Education
8
Plain Truth Ministries Worldwide

Ptm worldwide publishes christianity without the religion magazine and plain truth magazine. ptm further serves with daily radio programs, blogs, bible surveys and many other free inspirational resources on its website, www.ptm.org

Religion
9
Follow Him Media Inc
Religion
10
Teaching Ministry of the Word of Truth

A training ministry that equips the saints more focusing on preparing leaders and ministers of the word for the work of ministry to the building up of the body of Christ.

Religion
11
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
12
Grateful Shepherd Ministries

Training pastors and leaders in christian faith

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Utah Partnerships for Christ Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hands Across Borders. 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

24 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. 24 of the 52 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAPSTONE CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $201,000 · OtherCAPSTONE CLASSICAL ACADEMYELEVATION CHURCH: $132,217 · OtherELEVATION CHURCHREDEMPTION CHURCH: $115,000 · OtherREDEMPTION CHURCHWASHINGTON HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH: $92,000 · OtherWASHINGTON HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCHBIBLE EXPLORERS ACADEMY PRESCHOOL: $75,000 · OtherBIBLE EXPLORERS ACADEMY PRESCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $70,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSafe Harbor: $65,000 · OtherSafe HarborGOOD NEWS PRISON MINISTRY: $62,000 · OtherGOOD NEWS PRISON MINISTRY+22 more: $346,761 · Other+22 moreNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $733,029 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $87,568 · ReligionInterVarsit…BIG CANYON RANCH INC: $50,000 · ReligionBIG CANYON …Utah Partnerships for Christ Inc: $44,426 · ReligionUtah Partne…HELLO CREATIVE: $22,000 · ReligionHELLO CREAT…THE CHARA PROJECT: $12,500 · ReligionHANDS ACROSS BORDERS: $8,500 · Religion+5 more: $26,623 · Religion+5 moreClean Pathways: $55,000 · Human ServicesOPEN HAND MINISTRY: $45,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HARBOR CRISIS CENTER: $35,000 · Human ServicesRESCUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE INC: $16,056 · Human ServicesStone of Hope Youth: $90,220 · Youth DevelopmentFight the New Drug Inc: $30,000 · HealthBEAUTY FROM ASHES: $5,250 · HealthHOPE CHRISTIAN COUNSELING INC: $5,000 · HealthABIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $30,000 · EducationFLEXTALK: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,158,978Philanthropy$733,029Religion$251,617Human Services$151,056Youth Development$90,220Health$40,250Education$30,000Arts & Culture$25,000

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 budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $733,029 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAPSTONE CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $201,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetStone of Hope Youth: $90,220 over 6y, 20% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $87,568 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetClean Pathways: $55,000 over 3y, 41% of budgetBIG CANYON RANCH INC: $50,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetOPEN HAND MINISTRY: $45,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetUtah Partnerships for Christ Inc: $44,426 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetPIONEER BIBLE CAMP: $37,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetSAFE HARBOR CRISIS CENTER: $35,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFight the New Drug Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetABIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $30,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetFLEXTALK: $25,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetHELLO CREATIVE: $22,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetTHE CHARA PROJECT: $12,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetHANDS ACROSS BORDERS: $8,500 over 1y, 22% of budgetRatio Christi Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBEAUTY FROM ASHES: $5,250 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHOPE CHRISTIAN COUNSELING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPURSUEGOD: $4,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetUTAH ADVANCE MINISTRIES: $3,250 over 1y, 15% of budgetSTANDING TOGETHER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% 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 NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CAPSTONE CLASSICAL ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Stone of Hope Youth ↗
  • Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ↗
  • Who funds Clean Pathways ↗
  • Who funds BIG CANYON RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN HAND MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds Utah Partnerships for Christ Inc ↗
  • Who funds PIONEER BIBLE CAMP ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HARBOR CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Fight the New Drug Inc ↗
  • Who funds ABIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds FLEXTALK ↗
  • Who funds HELLO CREATIVE ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHARA PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds HANDS ACROSS BORDERS ↗
  • Who funds GENESIS PROJECT 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.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to Christian Heritage Ministries?

    Find your warmest path to Christian Heritage Ministries 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 52 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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