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Covenant Foundation 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.

$9.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
23
States reached
$2.0M
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 FY20192025.

Religion$9.7MPhilanthropy$3.4MArts & Culture$2.5MCommunity Improvement$1.2MInternational$1.1MEducation$826kFood & Nutrition$350kHuman Services$338kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 45 grants below total $6,062,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $9,925,500 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $3,863,500 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $429k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+6 grants · $4.1M
$50,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$112M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Access Audio, Inc.$1,980,000
Edify$590,000
Mission Meadows Bible Camp$500,000
Black Lake Bible Camp$500,000
ECHO$285,000
The Bowery Mission$250,000
Finishing Fund Management$235,000
Venture$160,000
Campus Crusade for Christ$100,000
Montreat College$100,000
Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries$100,000
Evangelical Covenant Church$100,000
Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary$100,000
KICY$100,000
BLOC Ministries, Inc.$85,000
02Your 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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$13M · 47 repeat orgs$5.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +26% for the ones you funded once.

47 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
54

Total granted

$13M
$4.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+26%

Still filing today

30%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’22’23’24
ReligionInternationalYouth DevelopmentHealthCommunity ImprovementEducationOther

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

  • E
    Edify
    3× · 2020–2024 · $940k · revenue +95%
  • MONTREAT COLLEGE
    4× · 2019–2024 · $800k · revenue +60%
  • FF
    FINISHING FUND MANAGEMENT
    2× · 2023–2024 · $385k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • CH
    COLLEGE HILL COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $990k · revenue +35% · 54% of their budget
  • W
    WONDERHUNTgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +74% · 73% of their budget
  • AA
    ACCESS AUDIO INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $315k · revenue +290% · 32% of their budget

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

03Your 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
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…

2
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
3
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
4
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
5
International Commission Inc

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

Religion
6
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
7
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
8
Serving Beyond Borders

Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.

Human Services
9
Challenge Ministries Us

The organization exists to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ while providing support and serving the poor through benevolent assistance, medical services, education, orphan care, church planting, etc.

International
10
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

11
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
12
Union Foundation Us

Rigorous biblical and accessible education, training and resources for churches worldwide.

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Commission to Every Nation and the most unlike its peers is Springs Inc. 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 backsteadyEducation Equity InitiativesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Christian Youth CampsChristian Outreach Ministri…Faith-Based Homeless Servic…Food Pantries and AssistanceAffordable Housing Developm…
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 29 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%2%<5yr12%10%5–10yr21%20%10–20yr14%34%20–35yr16%12%35–55yr20%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%1%<5yr12%9%5–10yr21%19%10–20yr14%47%20–35yr16%8%35–55yr20%17%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/45
the rest of the field
11%
8,037/74,261

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.

03the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 115 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
26/38
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Access Audio, Inc. — $2,480,000 · OtherAccess Audio, Inc.Evangelical Covenant Church — $1,242,000 · OtherEvangelical Covenant ChurchBreakthrough Urban Ministries — $775,000 · OtherBreakthrough Urban MinistriesMission Meadows Bible Camp — $750,000 · OtherMission Meadows Bible CampCrossroads Community Church — $600,000 · OtherJohnson Charitable Gift Fund — $500,000 · OtherECHO — $500,000 · Other+84 more — $5,509,000 · Other+84 moreJOHNSON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $2,500,000 · PhilanthropyJOHNSON CHARITA…ACCESS AUDIO INC — $315,000 · PhilanthropyACCESS AUDIO IN…+1 more — $50,000 · PhilanthropyBLACK LAKE BIBLE CAMP — $500,000 · ReligionBLACK LAKE B…WONDERHUNT — $500,000 · ReligionWONDERHUNTFINISHING FUND MANAGEMENT — $385,000 · ReligionFINISHING FU…Christian Herald Association Inc — $250,000 · ReligionChristian He…Back 2 Back Ministries Inc — $248,000 · ReligionBack 2 Back …BLOC MINISTRIES INC — $220,000 · ReligionBLOC MINISTR…COMMISSION TO EVERY NATION — $151,000 · ReligionCOMMISSION T…JESUSONLINE MINISTRIES — $90,000 · Religion+1 more — $68,500 · ReligionEdify — $940,000 · InternationalECHO Inc — $285,000 · InternationalBread for the World Institute — $150,000 · InternationalCITY OF REFUGE INC — $50,000 · International+1 more — $15,000 · InternationalMONTREAT COLLEGE — $800,000 · EducationGordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc — $304,000 · EducationCOLLEGE HILL COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $990,000 · Community Improvement+1 more — $15,000 · Community ImprovementCHAMPION MINISTRIES INC — $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOALITION OF CARE GREATER CINCINNATI — $30,000 · Youth Development
Other$12,356,000Philanthropy$2,865,000Religion$2,412,500International$1,440,000Education$1,104,000Community Improvement$1,005,000Youth Development$280,000

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 budgetJOHNSON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $2,500,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCOLLEGE HILL COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $990,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetEdify — $940,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetMONTREAT COLLEGE — $800,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBLACK LAKE BIBLE CAMP — $500,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetWONDERHUNT — $500,000 over 1y, 73% of budgetFINISHING FUND MANAGEMENT — $385,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetACCESS AUDIO INC — $315,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetGordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc — $304,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetECHO Inc — $285,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc — $250,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBack 2 Back Ministries Inc — $248,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBLOC MINISTRIES INC — $220,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetVENTURE — $160,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES — $153,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMISSION TO EVERY NATION — $151,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBread for the World Institute — $150,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCHAMPION MINISTRIES INC — $150,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY RELIEF INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSANCTUARY MENTAL HEALTH MINISTRIES — $100,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC — $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJESUSONLINE MINISTRIES — $90,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE PREEMPTIVE LOVE COALITION — $70,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMIO Frontiers — $68,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRESTAVEK FREEDOM FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSPRINGS INC — $50,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION OF CARE GREATER CINCINNATI — $30,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetNW FURNITURE BANK — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSONNET HOUSE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetCOALITION FOR CHRISTIAN OUTREACH — $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSonLight Power Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCINCINNATI URBAN PROMISE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetREGENT UNIVERSITY — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 JOHNSON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
  • Who funds COLLEGE HILL COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
  • Who funds Edify
  • Who funds MONTREAT COLLEGE
  • Who funds BLACK LAKE BIBLE CAMP
  • Who funds WONDERHUNT
  • Who funds FINISHING FUND MANAGEMENT
  • Who funds ACCESS AUDIO INC
  • Who funds Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc
  • Who funds ECHO Inc
  • Who funds Christian Herald Association Inc
  • Who funds Back 2 Back Ministries Inc
  • Who funds BLOC MINISTRIES INC
  • Who funds VENTURE
  • Who funds CITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES
  • Who funds COMMISSION TO EVERY NATION
  • Who funds Bread for the World Institute
  • Who funds CHAMPION MINISTRIES INC
  • Who funds Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
  • Who funds CITY RELIEF INC
  • Who funds SANCTUARY MENTAL HEALTH MINISTRIES

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.

Johnson Charitable Gift FundOH34.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · World Vision Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation

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.

04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Covenant Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Covenant Foundation 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 115 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 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 $11M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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