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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.

$647k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2025
31
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$125,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 53
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$4.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Covenant Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionEducationCivil RightsPhilanthropyHealthPublic BenefitOther
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
FY2025still arriving33$647k9%
FY202431$969k13%
FY202338$1.7M34%
FY202253$2.2M43%
FY202120$1.0M20%
FY202028$422k11%
FY201917$567k6%
FY201819$3.2M26%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$5.7MReligion$3.9MPublic Benefit$650kCivil Rights$400kInternational$399kHuman Services$210kYouth Development$197kHealth$127kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
MI
NY
IA
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Patrick Henry College$3,902,467518%
Shelby Kennedy Foundation Inc$1,750,000369%
Mercy International$363,00098%
Family Research Council$235,00060%
Answers in Genesis Inc$200,00050%
Dr James Dobson Family Institute$195,00031%
Living Waters Publications$190,00052%
Joni and Friends$185,00060%
Turning Point USA Inc$175,00020%
Summit Ministries Inc$153,99561%
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All grantees of Covenant Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Patrick Henry College$3,902,467518%
Shelby Kennedy Foundation Inc$1,750,000369%
Mercy International$363,00098%
Family Research Council$235,00060%
Answers in Genesis Inc$200,00050%
Dr James Dobson Family Institute$195,00031%
Living Waters Publications$190,00052%
Joni and Friends$185,00060%
Turning Point USA Inc$175,00020%
Summit Ministries Inc$153,99561%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$136,8007n/a
First Liberty Institute$135,00030%
Wallbuilder Presentations Inc$125,0002n/a
The Heritage Family School$121,00042%
Antioch Ministries International$120,4509n/a
Well Versed Inc$115,5005n/a
Oak Hills Church Inc$110,0002n/a
Life Action Ministries$110,00030%
Only A Servant Ministries Inc$108,50096%
Alliance Defending Freedom$100,00010%
Texas Public Policy Foundation$100,00010%
American Family Association Inc$80,00040%
Intercessors for America Inc$70,0003n/a
Torch of Freedom Foundation$67,50031%
Family Educators Alliance of South Texas$64,50027%
Onecry Global Ministries Inc$60,00032%
Ripe for Harvest World Outreach$54,0009n/a
Students for Life of America Inc$50,00010%
Medical Institute for Sexual Health$50,00014%
The Justice Foundation$45,00033%
Texas Home School Coalition Inc$40,00031%
Museum of the Bible$35,00020%
All Nations$32,10094%
Family Legacy Missions International$31,15020%
Voice of the Martyrs Inc$25,0002n/a
Florida Family Voice Inc$25,00012%
Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show Association$22,125118%
Proclaiming His Word Inc$21,40093%
Life Outreach International Association of Churches Inc$20,0001n/a
Ives Dairy Road Baptist Church$20,0003n/a
Hayovel Inc$15,00020%
God's World Publications Inc$10,00010%
David Rives Ministries$10,00010%
National Religious Broadcasters$10,00010%
Awakening for Today Ministries Inc$10,0001n/a
Peru Mission USA Inc$10,00011%
Capitol Ministries$10,00010%
Behold Israel$10,00010%
Global Outreach Mission Inc$9,60020%
Global Outreach Group$9,60025%
Crisis Pregnancy Services Inc$5,00010%
Both Hands Foundation$5,00010%
The Grand Awakening$5,00017%
In the Gap Inc$5,00011%
Far East Broadcasting Company$5,00010%
The Pal Foundation$4,00012%
Serge Global Inc$2,10010%
Gideons International$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Covenant Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPatrick Henry College: $3,902,467 over 5y, 18% of budgetShelby Kennedy Foundation Inc: $1,750,000 over 3y, 69% of budgetMercy International: $363,000 over 9y, 7.7% of budgetFamily Research Council: $235,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAnswers in Genesis Inc: $200,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDr James Dobson Family Institute: $195,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetLiving Waters Publications: $190,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetJoni and Friends: $185,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $175,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSummit Ministries Inc: $153,995 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFirst Liberty Institute: $135,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Heritage Family School: $121,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetLife Action Ministries: $110,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOnly A Servant Ministries Inc: $108,500 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetAlliance Defending Freedom: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Public Policy Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Family Association Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTorch of Freedom Foundation: $67,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFamily Educators Alliance of South Texas: $64,500 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetOnecry Global Ministries Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMedical Institute for Sexual Health: $50,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetThe Justice Foundation: $45,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetTexas Home School Coalition Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMuseum of the Bible: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAll Nations: $32,100 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetFamily Legacy Missions International: $31,150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFlorida Family Voice Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGillespie County Youth Livestock Show Association: $22,125 over 1y, 18% of budgetProclaiming His Word Inc: $21,400 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetHayovel Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGod's World Publications Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDavid Rives Ministries: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Religious Broadcasters: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPeru Mission USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCapitol Ministries: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBehold Israel: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Outreach Mission Inc: $9,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Outreach Group: $9,600 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetCrisis Pregnancy Services Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoth Hands Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Grand Awakening: $5,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetIn the Gap Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFar East Broadcasting Company: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pal Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSerge Global Inc: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 46.

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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.

Christian Community Foundation IncCO43.7× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · The Pal Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Quest Family Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation

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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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.

About Covenant Foundation Inc

How much does Covenant Foundation Inc give?
Covenant Foundation Inc reported 35 grants totaling $646,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 53 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Covenant Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Religion (33%), Public Benefit (5%).
Who are Covenant Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Patrick Henry College ($3.9M), Shelby Kennedy Foundation Inc ($1.8M), Mercy International ($363k).
Does Covenant Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Covenant Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Covenant Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation, The Pal Foundation.
Where is Covenant Foundation Inc based?
Covenant Foundation Inc is based in TX.

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

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