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Cityserve International

The mission of CITYSERVE INTERNATIONAL is to train, equip and mobilize the local church to live out the gospel of jesus christ in its community through compassion.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
16
Itemized grants FY2024
11
Organizations funded FY2023
64%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$2.0M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$633,748
Organizations funded a year
2 to 23
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$3.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 64% of the organizations Cityserve International funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $261k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
ReligionFood & NutritionInternationalPhilanthropyCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
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
FY2024still arriving16$2.0M50%
FY202311$1.2M64%
FY202216$1.9M81%
FY20216$1.2M67%
FY202023$1.5M96%
FY20182$550kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Youth Development$3.3MFood & Nutrition$1.7MInternational$1.2MReligion$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$587kEnvironment$350kHuman Services$171kCivil Rights$125kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
NV
OH
CA
CO
MO
VA
KS
AR
TN
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cityserve Network$3,324,502610%
Neighborhoods to Nations$1,075,000453%
Canyon Hills Assembly of God$500,0001n/a
The Arise Foundation$311,500225%
New York School of Urban Ministry Inc$256,066117%
No Child Hungry Inc$245,00028%
National Faith Advisory Board Inc$215,0002n/a
United in Purpose$124,9902n/a
National Baptist Convention of America Inc$70,0001n/a
Cityserve Foundation$50,0001n/a
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All grantees of Cityserve International by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cityserve Network$3,324,502610%
Neighborhoods to Nations$1,075,000453%
Canyon Hills Assembly of God$500,0001n/a
The Arise Foundation$311,500225%
New York School of Urban Ministry Inc$256,066117%
No Child Hungry Inc$245,00028%
National Faith Advisory Board Inc$215,0002n/a
United in Purpose$124,9902n/a
National Baptist Convention of America Inc$70,0001n/a
Cityserve Foundation$50,0001n/a
Museum of the Bible$50,00010%
City of Destiny Inc$44,2881n/a
Mission Alabama$33,83811%
The Clapham Group LLC$31,2501n/a
A21 USA Inc$30,00010%
CityServe KC Co$30,000123%
New Life Church of Arkansas Inc$25,0001n/a
Dr James Dobson Family Institute$25,00010%
Foodlink Foundation Inc$22,80612%
World Harvest Church Inc$19,5001n/a
Food Bank of Central New York$15,33010%
Furnishing Families of Texas Dba Furnishing Families International$10,00011%
Ten Talents Foundation$10,00015%
Giving Hope Inc$10,00010%
One Love Initiative dba Circuit Riders$10,00010%
Operation Blessing Inc$10,0001n/a
Kansas City Dream Center Co$10,00011%
Calvary Chapel South Maui$10,0001n/a
Rural Compassion$9,82811%
Gods Warehouse Inc$9,716116%
Lakewood Church$9,0001n/a
New Life Ministries Inc$7,5291n/a
Rsws Foundation$6,5521n/a
Iron Gate Inc$6,52810%
Eighth Day Church Inc$5,4601n/a
Life Church of God$5,3561n/a
Kings Point Church of God$5,3561n/a

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Cityserve International supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCityserve Network: $3,324,502 over 6y, 10% of budgetNeighborhoods to Nations: $1,075,000 over 4y, 53% of budgetThe Arise Foundation: $311,500 over 2y, 25% of budgetNew York School of Urban Ministry Inc: $256,066 over 1y, 17% of budgetNo Child Hungry Inc: $245,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetMuseum of the Bible: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMission Alabama: $33,838 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetA21 USA Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCityServe KC Co: $30,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetDr James Dobson Family Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFoodlink Foundation Inc: $22,806 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFood Bank of Central New York: $15,330 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFurnishing Families of Texas Dba Furnishing Families International: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTen Talents Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetGiving Hope Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOne Love Initiative dba Circuit Riders: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKansas City Dream Center Co: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRural Compassion: $9,828 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGods Warehouse Inc: $9,716 over 1y, 16% of budgetIron Gate Inc: $6,528 over 1y, 0.3% 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 20.

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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.

Servant FoundationKS19.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · World Vision Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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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How do I get to Cityserve International?

Find your warmest path to Cityserve International 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.

About Cityserve International

How much does Cityserve International give?
Cityserve International reported 16 itemized grants totaling $1,977,927, out of $2,750,792 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Cityserve International fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (38%), Food & Nutrition (20%), International (13%).
Who are Cityserve International's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Cityserve Network ($3.3M), Neighborhoods to Nations ($1.1M), Canyon Hills Assembly of God ($500k).
Does Cityserve International fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Cityserve International?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, World Vision Inc, The Signatry Charitable Trust.
Where is Cityserve International based?
Cityserve International is based in MO.

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 57 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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