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Covenant Charities Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$200k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fund
0191% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Religion$1.3MRecreation & Sports$806kYouth Development$445kInternational$338kHuman Services$197kHousing & Shelter$67kEducation$14kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$200,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Watermark Community Church$200,000
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:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $197k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Livada Orphan Care: $100k → 5%Livada Orphan Care: $50k → 5%Livada Orphan Care: $30k → 5%Behind Every Door: $1k → 14%The Men of Nehemiah: $10k → 14%Interfaith Family Services: $5k → 14%S M Wright Foundation: $250 → 14%Council for Life: $1k → 14%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.

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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.9M · 20 repeat orgs$312k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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21

Total granted

$2.9M
$312k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+10%

Still filing today

65%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterInternationalOther

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

  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    3× · 2018–2020 · $369k · revenue +39%
  • DT
    Dallas Theological Seminary
    5× · 2017–2021 · $281k · revenue +81%
  • LO
    LIVADA ORPHAN CARE INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $180k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • SC
    Saddleback Church
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • YL
    Young Life - Trail West
    one grant, 2020 · $66k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $25k

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
Intentional Life Media

Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.

Religion
2
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
3
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
4
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…

5
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
6
The King's University

The King's University integrates Biblical education and practical ministry to shape Spirit-formed individuals who follow Jesus, serve His Church, and are sent to impact the world.

Education
7
L I F E Ministries Inc Community Pregnancy Center

Our mission is to affirm life through evangelism, education, counseling and practical assistance.

Health
8
Serving Alongside Ministry

The mission of the organization is to provide ministry leaders, such as pastors, lay ministers and misionaires with individual, marriage and crisis counseling in the untied states and around the world

Religion
9
Lx Ministries Inc

Our mission is to multiply the global impact and influence of Christian leaders and pastors throughout their organizations and communities. Our activities involve working with members of the leadership of other exclusively charitable…

Religion
10
Life Network

Life Network provides support and mentoring to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies; offers parenting support, material resources, and referrals; and promotes sexual risk avoidance through education to foster a culture that values…

Health
11
Freedom That Lasts Ministries

Ftlm seeks to equip churches to minister to those who are suffering from addiction and equip christians with the resources needed to facilitate spiritual growth in christlike character and biblical wisdom.

Human Services
12
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life and the most unlike its peers is Six Five Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyChristian Missionary Organi…Family FoundationsFaith-Based Healthcare Syst…Child & Family Crisis Servi…Christian K-12 Schools
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number27%9%<5yr17%0%5–10yr19%32%10–20yr15%36%20–35yr8%14%35–55yr13%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value27%8%<5yr17%0%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr15%52%20–35yr8%9%35–55yr13%22%55yr+

The field is 27% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 8% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/28
the rest of the field
17%
5,117/30,583

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

24 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. 24 of the 41 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
13/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Halftime — $805,000 · OtherHalftimeWATERMARK COMMUNITY CHURCH — $438,600 · OtherWATERMARK COMMUNITY CHURCHFamily Legacy Missions International — $327,594 · OtherFamily Legacy Missions InternationalConcord Church Dallas — $100,267 · OtherSaddleback Church — $100,000 · OtherSEARCH MINISTRIES INC — $100,000 · Other+15 more — $205,749 · Other+15 moreYOUNG LIFE — $368,955 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE+1 more — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentDallas Theological Seminary — $281,000 · EducationDallas The…+2 more — $7,200 · EducationCHRISTIAN UNION INC — $84,000 · ReligionMIKE RYAN MINISTRIES INC — $75,000 · ReligionFINISHING WELL MINISTRIES — $40,000 · ReligionApartment Life Inc — $25,000 · Religion+2 more — $5,000 · ReligionLIVADA ORPHAN CARE INC — $180,000 · Human ServicesMEN OF NEHEMIAH INC — $10,000 · Human Services+4 more — $7,250 · Human ServicesEMILY'S PLACE INC — $41,800 · Housing & ShelterSIX FIVE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyBRIDGE2RWANDA INC — $9,000 · International
Other$2,077,210Youth Development$378,955Education$288,200Religion$229,000Human Services$197,250Housing & Shelter$41,800Philanthropy$10,000International$9,000

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 budgetYOUNG LIFE — $368,955 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Legacy Missions International — $327,594 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetDallas Theological Seminary — $281,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLIVADA ORPHAN CARE INC — $180,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetCHRISTIAN UNION INC — $84,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMIKE RYAN MINISTRIES INC — $75,000 over 3y, 34% of budgetEMILY'S PLACE INC — $41,800 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFINISHING WELL MINISTRIES — $40,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetApartment Life Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEN OF NEHEMIAH INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLeadership Network — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSIX FIVE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetCAPITAL FOR KIDS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBRIDGE2RWANDA INC — $9,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe King's College — $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH FAMILY SERVICES — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS LIFE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPractice Ministries Inc — $4,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNEW LIFE RANCH INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE CROSSROADS ACADEMY — $1,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR LIFE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEMPART USA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEHIND EVERY DOOR MINISTRIES INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 YOUNG LIFE
  • Who funds Family Legacy Missions International
  • Who funds Dallas Theological Seminary
  • Who funds LIVADA ORPHAN CARE INC
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN UNION INC
  • Who funds MIKE RYAN MINISTRIES INC
  • Who funds EMILY'S PLACE INC
  • Who funds FINISHING WELL MINISTRIES
  • Who funds Apartment Life Inc
  • Who funds MEN OF NEHEMIAH INC
  • Who funds Leadership Network
  • Who funds SIX FIVE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CAPITAL FOR KIDS
  • Who funds BRIDGE2RWANDA INC
  • Who funds The King's College
  • Who funds INTERFAITH FAMILY SERVICES
  • Who funds DALLAS LIFE INC
  • Who funds Practice Ministries Inc
  • Who funds NEW LIFE RANCH INC
  • Who funds CORNERSTONE CROSSROADS ACADEMY
  • Who funds COUNCIL FOR LIFE
  • Who funds EMPART USA
  • Who funds BEHIND EVERY DOOR MINISTRIES INC
  • Who funds SM Wright Foundation

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.

Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX31.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Servant Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · The Dan and Martha Lou Beaird Foundation · Merrick Family Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Morning Star Family Foundation · Denman Family Foundation · Amazing Grace Life

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 Covenant Charities Inc 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%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–10%
    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Covenant Charities Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Covenant Charities Inc 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.

    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 41 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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