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Columbia International University

Ciu educates from a biblical worldview to impact the nations with the message of christ.

$11M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Itemized grants FY2024
4
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$119k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$118,927
Largest grant, FY2024
$118,927
Organizations funded a year
4 to 14
FY2017 to FY2023
Total assets, FY2024
$105M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Columbia International University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationReligionInternationalOther
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 arriving1$119k100%
FY20234$149k50%
FY20224$63k75%
FY202111$377k18%
FY202012$314k8%
FY201914$346k14%
FY201813$226k54%
FY201713$266kn/a
85% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.5MReligion$1.4MEducation$91kHealth$48kInternational$47kHousing & Shelter$35kYouth Development$24kHuman Services$12kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
IA
PA
CO
MO
VA
NC
SC
OK
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc$331,60051%
First Presbyterian Church$318,0005n/a
EQUIP Leadership Inc$282,00032%
Valeo Inc$129,50057%
World Witness the Board of Foreign$99,1005n/a
Missionary Internship Inc$50,0003n/a
Bethel Colony of Mercy Inc$48,00051%
International Messengers$46,00030%
Hobe Sound Bible College Inc$39,00030%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$37,8004n/a
Show all 30 grantees
All grantees of Columbia International University by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc$331,60051%
First Presbyterian Church$318,0005n/a
EQUIP Leadership Inc$282,00032%
Valeo Inc$129,50057%
World Witness the Board of Foreign$99,1005n/a
Missionary Internship Inc$50,0003n/a
Bethel Colony of Mercy Inc$48,00051%
International Messengers$46,00030%
Hobe Sound Bible College Inc$39,00030%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$37,8004n/a
Providence Home$35,00024%
Riverland Hills Baptist Church$30,0001n/a
Bible Studies Inc Dba Market Life Ministries & Just for Women Ministries$30,00033%
Pioneers$29,5002n/a
Crossover Communications Intl$25,00011%
Association for Biblical Higher Education$25,00011%
Mission Aviation Fellowship$24,0002n/a
Crossworld$24,0004n/a
Grace Presbyterian Church$20,0001n/a
Hammond School$20,00010%
Kids Alive International Inc$20,00010%
Source of Light Ministries International Inc$17,0002n/a
Palmetto Family Council$12,00023%
Tabernacle Church of Norfolk$10,0001n/a
Inter-Church Holiness Convention$9,0001n/a
Faith Bible College$7,00013%
2 Live Beyond Inc$6,00013%
Healing Hearts International Inc$6,0001n/a
The Navigators$5,3001n/a
Teen Missions International Inc$5,29010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($119k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Columbia International University supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChild Evangelism Fellowship Inc: $331,600 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetEQUIP Leadership Inc: $282,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetValeo Inc: $129,500 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetBethel Colony of Mercy Inc: $48,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetInternational Messengers: $46,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHobe Sound Bible College Inc: $39,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetProvidence Home: $35,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetBible Studies Inc Dba Market Life Ministries & Just for Women Ministries: $30,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetCrossover Communications Intl: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAssociation for Biblical Higher Education: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHammond School: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKids Alive International Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPalmetto Family Council: $12,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetFaith Bible College: $7,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budget2 Live Beyond Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTeen Missions International Inc: $5,290 over 1y, 0.2% 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 16.

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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.

Central Carolina Community FoundationSC19× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Robert Richardson Family Foundation · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Columbia International University

How much does Columbia International University give?
Columbia International University reported 1 itemized grants totaling $118,927, out of $10,658,630 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Columbia International University fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (44%), Religion (42%), Education (3%).
Who are Columbia International University's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc ($332k), First Presbyterian Church ($318k), EQUIP Leadership Inc ($282k).
Does Columbia International University fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Columbia International University?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Robert Richardson Family Foundation, Servant Foundation.
Where is Columbia International University based?
Columbia International University is based in SC.

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 32 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $12M 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 FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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