Kentucky · Private foundation
Christian Word Ministries Inc
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.
- $675k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 68
- Grants FY2025
- 58
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 58
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Christian Word Ministries Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k 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 | 65 | $670k | 28% |
| FY2024 | 58 | $522k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 52 | $437k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 48 | $396k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $262k | 48% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $199k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $160k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $102k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Cancer Society Inc | $188,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Hope Center Inc | $180,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Lexington School Inc | $97,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Stable Recovery Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 1% |
| God's Pantry Food Bank Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation Inc | $66,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Jubilee Jobs of Lexington Inc | $60,500 | 9 | 2% |
| University of Kentucky | $52,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Hospital Auxiliary | $50,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Shepherd's House Inc | $49,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 54 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 60 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Christian Word Ministries Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Hilary Boone Foundation Inc · Keeneland Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Ee Murry Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · American Water Charitable Foundationinc
How this is measured
About Christian Word Ministries Inc
- How much does Christian Word Ministries Inc give?
- Christian Word Ministries Inc reported 68 grants totaling $675,358 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 58 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Christian Word Ministries Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (33%), Religion (23%), Education (11%).
- Who are Christian Word Ministries Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Cancer Society Inc ($188k), The Hope Center Inc ($181k), Lexington School Inc ($97k).
- Does Christian Word Ministries Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Christian Word Ministries 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 Word Ministries Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation Inc, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc.
- Where is Christian Word Ministries Inc based?
- Christian Word Ministries Inc is based in KY.
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