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Christians for Biblical Equality

See schedule o.CHRISTIANS FOR BIBLICAL EQUALITY (cbe), www.cbeinternational.org, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization comprised of individuals, churches, colleges, seminaries, and organizations, representing more than 100 different denominations in 214 countries and territories. Cbe advances the biblical foundation for the equal dignity,…

$18k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
6
Grants FY2025
3
Organizations funded FY2024
67%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$3,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 3
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$735k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Christians for Biblical Equality funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving5$15k60%
FY20243$9k67%
FY20233$18k67%
FY20222$18k100%
FY20213$18k67%
FY20202$12k100%
FY20192$12kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$111k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
MO
NC
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fuller Theological Seminary$15,00030%
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary$15,0002n/a
George Fox University$12,00020%
Nazarene Theological Seminary$9,0002n/a
Alliance University$6,00010%
Biola University Inc$6,00010%
Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc$6,00010%
Western Seminary$6,0001n/a
Emory University$6,00010%
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc$6,00010%
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All grantees of Christians for Biblical Equality by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fuller Theological Seminary$15,00030%
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary$15,0002n/a
George Fox University$12,00020%
Nazarene Theological Seminary$9,0002n/a
Alliance University$6,00010%
Biola University Inc$6,00010%
Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc$6,00010%
Western Seminary$6,0001n/a
Emory University$6,00010%
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc$6,00010%
Roberts Wesleyan University$3,00010%
Duke University$3,00010%
Bethel University$3,00010%
Eastern University$3,00010%
Samford University$3,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Christians for Biblical Equality supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFuller Theological Seminary: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge Fox University: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBiola University Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach Atlantic University Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoberts Wesleyan University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethel University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEastern University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamford University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 12.

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.

Lilly Endowment IncIN17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

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About Christians for Biblical Equality

How much does Christians for Biblical Equality give?
Christians for Biblical Equality reported 6 grants totaling $18,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Christians for Biblical Equality fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
Who are Christians for Biblical Equality's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Fuller Theological Seminary ($15k), Northern Baptist Theological Seminary ($15k), George Fox University ($12k).
Does Christians for Biblical Equality fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Christians for Biblical Equality?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
Where is Christians for Biblical Equality based?
Christians for Biblical Equality is based in MN.

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 16 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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