Virginia · Public charity
Christian Relief Services Inc
The purpose of christian relief services is to provide funding, services and critically needed goods to help people in communities striving to break the stranglehold of poverty and to help develop and implement sustainable solutions to the needs of these communities.
- $39M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $6.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,900,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Christian Relief Services Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $6.5M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $8.7M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $8.7M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $7.4M | 43% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $4.9M | 29% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $3.9M | 20% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $2.0M | 25% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $2.4M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian Youth Running Strong Inc | $26,378,000 | 9 | 59% |
| Christian Relief Services Charities Inc | $10,854,172 | 8 | 91% |
| Americans Helping Americans Inc | $5,126,813 | 9 | 46% |
| Bread and Water for Africa Inc | $3,458,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Christian Relief Services Charities Inc | $352,182 | 2 | n/a |
| Christian Relief Servies of Vriginina | $310,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Community Ministries Inc | $61,055 | 1 | 1% |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Aim Foundation Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Christian Relief Services Charities Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian Youth Running Strong Inc | $26,378,000 | 9 | 59% |
| Christian Relief Services Charities Inc | $10,854,172 | 8 | 91% |
| Americans Helping Americans Inc | $5,126,813 | 9 | 46% |
| Bread and Water for Africa Inc | $3,458,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Christian Relief Services Charities Inc | $352,182 | 2 | n/a |
| Christian Relief Servies of Vriginina | $310,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Community Ministries Inc | $61,055 | 1 | 1% |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Aim Foundation Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Christian Relief Services Charities Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Women United for Action Inc | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rebuilding TogetherArlingtonFairfax Falls Church Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Core Community Organized Relief Effort | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Christian Relief Services Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Christian Relief Services Inc
- How much does Christian Relief Services Inc give?
- Christian Relief Services Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $6,520,000, out of $38,619,394 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Christian Relief Services Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (68%), International (31%), Public Safety & Disaster (1%).
- Who are Christian Relief Services Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Indian Youth Running Strong Inc ($26M), Christian Relief Services Charities Inc ($11M), Americans Helping Americans Inc ($5.1M).
- Does Christian Relief Services Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Christian Relief Services Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Christian Relief Services Inc based?
- Christian Relief Services Inc is based in VA.
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