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Convoy of Hope

CONVOY OF HOPE is a faith-based organization with a driving passion to feed the world through children's feeding initiatives, community outreaches, disaster response, and strategic program partners.

$319M
Granted FY2021
21
Grants FY2021
14
States reached
$2.5M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

International$7.2MEducation$5.2MReligion$4.7MFood & Nutrition$1.8MHuman Services$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$70kCivil Rights$45kCrime & Legal$40kOther$0
02FY2021 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 21 grants below total $7,272,816, the rows itemized in this filing. The $318,569,672 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $311,296,856 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $127k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $580k
  • $250k+7 grants · $6.6M
$64,984
Median grant
14
States reached
$160M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EVANGEL UNIVERSITY$2,500,000
MISSION OF HOPE HAITI$1,453,260
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD WORLD MISSIONS$1,083,076
WITNESS AS MINISTRY$680,750
PETROS NETWORK$289,823
OPERATION LIFT UP$279,515
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN$272,100
DAYS FOR GIRLS INTERNATIONAL$200,000
MISSIONARY COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD$129,313
MOBILE MEDICAL DISASTER RELIEF DBA LIVEBEYOND$70,400
BAYSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF SARASOTA INC$64,984
NORTH CAROLINA ASSEMBLIES OF GOD$60,000
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD US MISSIONS$55,000
NEW LIFE CHURCH$25,000
CALCUTTA MERCY MINISTRIES$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PHOENIX DREAM CENTER FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%BACKYARD ORPHANS: $20k → 9%ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: $256k → 17%BOMBAY TEEN CHALLENGE: $40k → 9%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $8k → 13%CALCUTTA MERCY MINISTRIES: $25k → 19%EMERGE CONSELING: $10k → 13%OPERATION LIFT UP: $428k → 22%EVANGEL HOME: $5k → 19%ASSEMBLIES OF GOD FAMILY SERVICES INC DBA COMPACT FAMILY SERVICES: $100k → 17%OPERATION LIFT UP: $280k → 22%OPERATION LIFT UP: $67k → 22%TURNING POINT PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $15k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI INC: $6k → 15%ELEVATE LIVES: $62k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $52M on the FY2021 return

Schedule F, as filed: 8 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Central America and the Caribbean$45M · 86% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROGRAM PARTNER

Sub-Saharan Africa$3.6M · 7% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROGRAM PARTNER

Middle East and North Africa$1.0M · 2% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROGRAM PARTNER

South Asia$755k · 1% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROGRAM PARTNER

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$599k · 1% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROGRAM PARTNER

East Asia and the Pacific$545k · 1% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROGRAM PARTNER

North America (Canada and Mexico)$472k · 1% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROGRAM PARTNER

South America$291k · 1% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROGRAM PARTNER

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 15 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2021, 6 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
47

Total granted

$18M
$924k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+42%

Still filing today

53%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $495k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesReligionInternationalHealthEducationPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • EU
    Evangel University
    5× · 2017–2021 · $5.1M · revenue +51%
  • WI
    WAM INC DBA WITNESS AS MINISTRY
    4× · 2018–2021 · $2.4M · revenue +271% · 88% of their budget
  • FM
    FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1.8M · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • CD
    CONCILIO DE DISTRITO DE PUERTO RICO DE LAS ASAMBLEAS DE DIOS INC
    2× · 2018–2021 · $86k
  • EL
    Elevate Livesgraduated
    4× · 2017–2021 · $62k · revenue +42%
  • CH
    CITY HELP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -93%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Loaves & Fishes the Church Without Walls

Community outreach and church services

Religion
2
Manna of Life Ministries

Manna of life ministries, inc. is a non-for-profit faith based program dedicated to serving the homeless and destitute. our goal is to address their immediate hunger needs and ultimately, to emplower them to reverse their current situation.

Food & Nutrition
3
Our Daily Bread Christian Food Ministry Inc

The purpose of this company is to provide food to homeless and indigent families in our area.

Human Services
4
Come to Him Ministries

To help those struggling in a personal crisis find relief and disciple them into a christ-centered lifestyle through a ministry of reconciliation, applying the truth of scripture, working with others and sharing in fellowship with those…

Health
5
Victory Life Church International

Church, religious

Religion
6
Feed My People

To show god's love and compassion to all his people, but particularly his people in need.

Human Services
7
Refuge of Hope Ministries

Glorify and serve god by providing meals for hungry men, women, and children, emergency shelter and transition to independence for homeless men, and spiritual hope through jesus christ.

Religion
8
Community for Christ Outreach

Religious Orginazation

Housing & Shelter
9
Bread of Life Mission

Bringing hope, healing, and recovery to seattle's homeless through a christ-centered approach.

Human Services
10
Reaching Out to the Nations Inc

Reaching Out To The Nations' mission is to both preach and demonstrate the love of Go through its projects and programs which include preaching, food distribution, widow and orphan assistance and leadership training.

Religion
11
Messengers of Hope Mission Inc

mobile food pantry

Food & Nutrition
12
Fountain of Hope Inc

Improving the quality of life of those in need through food, knowledge and the word of god.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ruth Paz Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
42
Early backer (in before they grew)
149/162
Grantees still filing
115/162
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC: $4,569,471 · ReligionMISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF…CONVOY OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $378,503 · ReligionCONVOY OF HOPE FOUNDATIONPetros Network: $289,823 · Religion+9 more: $267,327 · ReligionEvangel University: $5,141,904 · EducationEvangel UniversityWAM INC DBA WITNESS AS MINISTRY: $2,373,720 · InternationalWAM INC DBA WITNESS AS M…FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $1,772,100 · InternationalFEED MY STARVING CHILDRE…Days For Girls International: $206,000 · International+2 more: $76,700 · InternationalTHE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: $2,609,681 · OtherTHE GENERAL COUNCIL …+41 more: $1,046,481 · Other+41 moreOPERATION LIFT UP: $775,415 · Human ServicesASSEMBLIES OF GOD FAMILY SERVICES AGENCY: $356,353 · Human ServicesElevate Lives: $61,776 · Human ServicesCITY HELP FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human Services+8 more: $128,637 · Human ServicesPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $40,000 · Crime & LegalBLESSMAN INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 · HealthTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE MIDLANDS INC: $10,000 · Health
Religion$5,505,124Education$5,141,904International$4,428,520Other$3,656,162Human Services$1,372,181Crime & Legal$40,000Health$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEvangel University: $5,141,904 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetMISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC: $4,569,471 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetWAM INC DBA WITNESS AS MINISTRY: $2,373,720 over 4y, 88% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $1,772,100 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetOPERATION LIFT UP: $775,415 over 3y, 95% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $378,503 over 2y, 40% of budgetPetros Network: $289,823 over 1y, 12% of budgetDays For Girls International: $206,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetLoving with Mercy Ministries Inc: $148,181 over 3y, 72% of budgetMOBILE MEDICAL DISASTER RELIEF INC: $70,400 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCITY HELP FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSet Beautiful Free: $40,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetCALCUTTA MERCY MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetREFUGE FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBACKYARD ORPHANS: $20,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetTHE RELEVATE GROUP INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetInternational Christian Concern Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKERMAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEmerge Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBLESSMAN INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCAPITOL COMMISSION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE MIDLANDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOUR VALLEY CARES FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARK Missions International: $7,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetSamuels House: $6,300 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI INC: $6,137 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKids on A Mission: $6,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetEVANGEL HOME INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds Evangel University ↗
  • Who funds MISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC ↗
  • Who funds WAM INC DBA WITNESS AS MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION LIFT UP ↗
  • Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASSEMBLIES OF GOD FAMILY SERVICES AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds Petros Network ↗
  • Who funds Days For Girls International ↗
  • Who funds Loving with Mercy Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE MEDICAL DISASTER RELIEF INC ↗
  • Who funds Elevate Lives ↗
  • Who funds CITY HELP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Set Beautiful Free ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE NETWORKS ↗
  • Who funds CALCUTTA MERCY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BACKYARD ORPHANS ↗
  • Who funds THE RELEVATE GROUP INC ↗

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.

Lesea Global Feed the Hungry IncIN35× affinity18 shared granteesties to 2 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lesea Global Feed the Hungry Inc · Feed the Children Inc · The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Foundation · Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · Ozarks Food Harvest Inc · Convoy of Hope Foundation · Stanley & Elaine Ball Charitable Tr · Musgrave Foundation · Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation · Roy W Slusher Charitable Foundation · Farmlink Project · Threshold of Hope Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Convoy of Hope funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Convoy of Hope. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 75 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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