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Columbia International University

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

$11M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
States reached
$119k
Largest
01What you fund
0185% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Philanthropy$1.5MReligion$1.4MEducation$91kHealth$48kInternational$47kHousing & Shelter$35kYouth Development$24kHuman Services$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 1 grants below total $118,927 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $10,658,630 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $10,539,703 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$118,927
Median grant
States reached
$105M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$118,927
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Interchurch Holiness Convention: $9k → 10%World Witness: $25k → 10%Riverland Hills Baptist Church Ck: $30k → 16%Market Life: $12k → 18%ABHE: $25k → 13%International Messengers: $26k → 12%CEF: $92k → 8%Bethel Colony of Mercy: $12k → 16%Source of Light Ministries: $11k → 11%Equip: $163k → 13%Missionary Training International: $20k → 9%Tabernacle Church of Norfolk: $10k → 19%World Witness: $19k → 10%Hammond High School: $20k → 16%Pioneers: $15k → 13%International Messengers: $10k → 12%CEF: $89k → 8%Bethel Colony of Mercy: $12k → 16%Equip Leadership: $109k → 13%Missionary Training International: $20k → 9%World Witness: $19k → 10%Godspeed Resources Con: $28k → 16%Pioneers: $15k → 13%International Messengers: $10k → 12%CEF: $70k → 8%Bethel Colony of Mercy: $12k → 16%Equip: $10k → 13%Mission Training International: $10k → 9%World Witness: $19k → 10%Godspeed Resources Con: $27k → 16%CRU: $13k → 13%CEF: $57k → 8%National Christian Foundation: $1.5M → 13%World Witness: $18k → 10%Providence Home: $25k → 16%CRU: $13k → 13%CEF: $24k → 8%Kids Alive International: $20k → 13%Godspeed Resources Con: $25k → 16%Godspeed Resources Con: $25k → 16%Godspeed Resources Con: $25k → 16%First Presbyterian Church: $82k → 16%First Presbyterian Church: $77k → 16%First Presbyterian Church: $58k → 16%First Presbyterian Church: $53k → 16%First Presbyterian Church: $50k → 16%Grace ARP: $20k → 16%Providence Home: $10k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ID
IA
PA
CO
MO
VA
NC
SC
OK
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.6M · 17 repeat orgs$308k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +44% since the first grant, against +37% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
13

Total granted

$1.6M
$189k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+37%

Still filing today

53%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $119k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionEducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CE
    CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $332k · revenue +30%
  • EL
    EQUIP Leadership Inc
    3× · 2020–2023 · $282k · revenue +44%
  • VI
    VALEO INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $130k · revenue +133%

Funded once

  • RH
    RIVERLAND HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • AF
    ASSOCIATION FOR BIBLICAL HIGHER EDUCATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +18%
  • CC
    CROSSOVER COMMUNICATIONS INTLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +103%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Carolina College of Biblical Studies

Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.

Education
3
Faith Baptist Bible College

Post secondary and graduate educational institution The mission of Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary is to equip vocational Christian workers and other servant leaders while inspiring them to take the Word to the world.

Education
4
Charlotte Christian College & Theological Seminary

To educate, train, and develop ministers, evangelists, missionaries, and other people who are going to enter the Christian ministry. Educate ministers and missionaries to serve the Lord.

Religion
5
God's Bible School College & Missionary Training Home

God's bible school and college seeks to glorify god and to serve his church by providing higher education centered in holy scripture and shaped by wesleyan conviction, thus preparing faithful servants to proclaim jesus christ and spread…

Education
6
Charis Bible College Inc

Charis Bible Colleges, Inc. (CBC) was established to train and equip individuals to carry out the Gospel of Jesus Christ through practical application through mentoring, training, and teaching.

Religion
7
Central Christian College of the Bible

Central christian college of the bible (central) exists to develop servant-leaders for the church. as a traditional undergraduate bible college of the restoration movement, central equips faithful men and women for leadership ministry.

Education
8
Biblical Education By Extension Inc

To assist the church, primarily in closed countries, in the establishment of continuing indigenous church-based training centers in which servant leaders are equipped to develop growing and reproducing churches.

Religion
9
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
10
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
11
Believer's International Inc

Christian publishing company

12
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc and the most unlike its peers is International Messengers. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 45 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%4%<5yr17%0%5–10yr20%7%10–20yr14%19%20–35yr9%26%35–55yr13%44%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%0%<5yr17%0%5–10yr20%1%10–20yr14%62%20–35yr9%5%35–55yr13%32%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 19% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/31
the rest of the field
19%
10,947/58,270

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC — $1,473,728 · PhilanthropyNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INCFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $318,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHIndividual grant recipient — $118,927 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWORLD WITNESS THE BOARD OF FOREIGN — $99,100 · OtherWORLD WITNESS THE BOARD OF FORE…MISSIONARY INTERNSHIP INC — $50,000 · OtherMISSIONARY INTERNSHIP INCBETHEL COLONY OF MERCY INC — $48,000 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC — $37,800 · OtherPROVIDENCE HOME — $35,000 · Other+12 more — $210,800 · Other+12 moreEQUIP Leadership Inc — $282,000 · ReligionEQUIP Leadership…VALEO INC — $129,500 · ReligionVALEO INCInternational Messengers — $46,000 · ReligionInternational Me…CROSSOVER COMMUNICATIONS INTL — $25,000 · Religion+1 more — $5,290 · ReligionCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC — $331,600 · Youth DevelopmentCHILD EVANG…HOBE SOUND BIBLE COLLEGE INC — $39,000 · EducationASSOCIATION FOR BIBLICAL HIGHER EDUCATION — $25,000 · EducationHAMMOND SCHOOL — $20,000 · EducationFAITH BIBLE COLLEGE — $7,000 · EducationKids Alive International Inc — $20,000 · InternationalPalmetto Family Council — $12,000 · Human Services
Philanthropy$1,473,728Other$917,627Religion$487,790Youth Development$331,600Education$91,000International$20,000Human Services$12,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC — $1,473,728 over 1y, 0.0% of 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 budgetASSOCIATION FOR BIBLICAL HIGHER EDUCATION — $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCROSSOVER COMMUNICATIONS INTL — $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC
  • Who funds CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC
  • Who funds EQUIP Leadership Inc
  • Who funds VALEO INC
  • Who funds BETHEL COLONY OF MERCY INC
  • Who funds International Messengers
  • Who funds HOBE SOUND BIBLE COLLEGE INC
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE HOME
  • Who funds BIBLE STUDIES INC DBA MARKET LIFE MINISTRIES & JUST FOR WOMEN MINISTRIES
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR BIBLICAL HIGHER EDUCATION
  • Who funds CROSSOVER COMMUNICATIONS INTL
  • Who funds HAMMOND SCHOOL
  • Who funds Kids Alive International Inc
  • Who funds Palmetto Family Council
  • Who funds FAITH BIBLE COLLEGE
  • Who funds 2 LIVE BEYOND INC
  • Who funds TEEN MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — 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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Columbia International University funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 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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