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Christian Ministries Foundation Inc

To provide stewardship services to christian individuals and organizations.

$465k
Granted FY2022
6
Grants FY2022
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2022.

Religion$437kPhilanthropy$143kCivil Rights$134kInternational$93kEducation$45kHuman Services$12kHealth$11kCommunity Improvement$10k
02FY2022 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $138,026, the rows itemized in this filing. The $464,532 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $326,506 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $73k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MATTHEW 10 INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY$50,000
ETHNOS 360$35,554
GRACE CHURCH$25,000
ABUNDANT LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH$12,000
BLACKSBURG BAPTIST CHURCH$7,972
CUYAHOGA VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$7,500
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 (FY22–22, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MATTHEW 10 INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY: $50k → 12%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

ND
IL
MI
OR
SD
IN
OH
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
TN
NC
SC
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$457k · 10 repeat orgs$283k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2022, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
18

Total granted

$457k
$189k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+35%

Still filing today

30%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationReligionInternationalCivil RightsHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • BC
    BLACKSBURG CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
    2× · 2017–2020 · $118k
  • EI
    ETHNOS360 INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $84k
  • Mercy Ships International
    2× · 2017–2018 · $68k · revenue +251%

Funded once

  • GB
    GROTON BIBLE CHAPEL INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • CH
    CHAPEL HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue +34%
  • SH
    SAWYER HIGHLANDS CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $16k
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
More International Ministries

To spread the gospel of jesus christ through crusades

Religion
2
Trinity Western University

Trinity Western University's mission is to produce positive, goal-oriented graduates with thoroughly Christian minds-growing disciples of Jesus Christ who glorify God through fulfilling the Great Commission, serving God and people in…

Education
3
Reconciliation Ministries International Inc

Reconciliaton Ministries Intl. is a Christian evangelical organization preaching and teaching the Word of God in over 60 countries. The ministry equips and encourages Christians everywhere to be saved, healed, and delivered according to…

Religion
4
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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5
Tyndale Theological Seminary Inc Fka Tyndale International Mission

Provide a quality master's level education to approximately 60 degree program students and 20 non-degree students

Education
6
Angel Christian Television Trust Inc

Our mission is to go into all the world and preach the Gospel through all forms of media and broadcast. We are a Christian organization spreading the word of God to the ends of the earth.

Religion
7
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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8
Westminster Biblical Missions

Westminster Biblical Mission has been established for the purpose of founding faithful Christian churches in locations that do not currently have them. The organization trains pastors and assists them with materials needed to operate…

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9
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
10
Mission Partners for Christ Aka Community Health Initiatives
Community Improvement
11
Asia Us Impact

Religious

Religion
12
Institute of Chinese Studies

ChinsSource is a trusted partner and platform for educating the global church on critical issues facing the church and ministries in China and for connecting Christians inside and outside China to advance the kingdom of God globally

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Outreach to America's Youth Inc; the most unlike its peers is Luis Palau Association. 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

19 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. 19 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BLACKSBURG CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: $117,584 · OtherBLACKSBURG CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPETHNOS360 INC: $83,554 · OtherETHNOS360 INCABUNDANT LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH: $44,000 · OtherABUNDANT LIFE BAPTIST CHURCHCHURCH ON MAIN INC: $27,972 · OtherCHURCH ON MAIN INCGRACE CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherGROTON BIBLE CHAPEL INC: $25,000 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC: $23,200 · OtherSOUTHBEND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $16,400 · OtherFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $20,074 · Other+11 more: $108,675 · Other+11 moreRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $123,421 · PhilanthropyRenaissance Cha…Mercy Ships International: $68,250 · InternationalTRINITY CHRISTIAN CENTER OF SANTA ANA: $14,000 · ReligionOUTREACH TO AMERICA'S YOUTH INC: $14,000 · ReligionBRIDGE TRUST-USA INC: $12,334 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $9,310 · ReligionLuis Palau Association: $6,000 · ReligionALPHA CENTER: $50,000 · Civil RightsMatthew 10 International Ministry Inc Attn Dr Pete Sulack: $50,000 · Human ServicesCHAPEL HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $18,000 · EducationTRINITY SCHOOL OF DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL INC: $8,300 · EducationCUYAHOGA VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $7,500 · EducationTrinity International University: $6,000 · EducationRIVER OF LIFE SCHOOL: $5,000 · Education
Other$491,459Philanthropy$123,421International$68,250Religion$55,644Civil Rights$50,000Human Services$50,000Education$44,800

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 budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $123,421 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $68,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALPHA CENTER: $50,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMatthew 10 International Ministry Inc Attn Dr Pete Sulack: $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $20,074 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPEL HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $18,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWellspring for the World Inc: $15,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTRINITY CHRISTIAN CENTER OF SANTA ANA: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUTREACH TO AMERICA'S YOUTH INC: $14,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetBRIDGE TRUST-USA INC: $12,334 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF TENWEK INC: $10,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLeadership Development DBA Centered: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $9,310 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY SCHOOL OF DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL INC: $8,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCUYAHOGA VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLuis Palau Association: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity International University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER OF LIFE SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% 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.

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.

Christian Community F…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Renaissance Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …Donor Advised Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO18.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Ministries Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Christian Ministries Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Christian Ministries Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Christian Ministries Foundation Inc 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 34 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports $220k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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