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Dallas Seminary Foundation

To support the mission of Dallas Theological Seminary by offering charitable planned giving and other related services to friends of the Seminary.

$15M
Granted FY2025still arriving
125
Grants FY2025still arriving
26
States reached
$6.1M
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Religion$68MEducation$4.0MPhilanthropy$4.0MInternational$1.4MCrime & Legal$1.4MHuman Services$1.3MArts & Culture$1.2MHealth$547kOther$0
02FY2025 · 125 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 125 grants below total $14,786,759 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $15,206,592 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $419,833 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k35 grants · $249k
  • $10k–50k61 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+9 grants · $11M
$17,100
Median grant
26
States reached
$122M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Dallas Theological Seminary$6,126,000
Child Evangelism Fellowship$1,482,332
Global Media Outreach$600,000
Urban Alternative$510,151
Focus on the Family$500,111
E3 Partners Ministry$500,001
American Council Asian Christ Acad$489,411
Ariel Ministries$488,111
Samaritans Purse$264,000
First Liberty Institute$239,000
Trinity Presbyterian Church$217,000
Kingdom Servants Inc$200,000
Game Plan for Life$200,000
222 Foundation$138,111
Compass Church Iowa$135,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Happy Hill Farm: $200k → 10%The Life Center: $32k → 12%Spoken Worldwide: $20k → 14%Cal Farleys Boys Ranch: $22k → 20%Helping Hands Ministries: $10k → 9%Overland Missions: $100k → 10%Frontlines International: $16k → 13%Apollos Project: $15k → 14%Helping Hands Ministries: $26k → 13%Happy Hill Farm: $100k → 10%The Life Center: $30k → 12%Spoken Worldwide: $16k → 14%Cal Farleys Boys Ranch: $21k → 20%Apollos Project: $10k → 14%Happy Hill Farm: $100k → 10%The Life Center: $23k → 12%Cal Farleys Boys Ranch: $19k → 20%Apollos Project: $8k → 14%Happy Hill Farm: $100k → 10%The Life Center: $22k → 12%Cal Farleys Boys Ranch: $12k → 20%Happy Hill Farm: $100k → 10%The Life Center: $12k → 12%Happy Hill Farm: $100k → 10%Spoken Worldwide: $10k → 14%Happy Hill Farm: $100k → 10%Happy Hill Farm: $100k → 10%Spoken Worldwide: $10k → 14%Happy Hill Farm: $25k → 10%Kingdom Servants Inc: $200k → 11%The Men of Nehemiah: $20k → 14%The Men of Nehemiah: $10k → 14%The Men of Nehemiah: $10k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$77M · 135 repeat orgs$3.2M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +20% since the first grant, against +3% for the ones you funded once.

135 repeat relationships — 94 still active in FY2025, 41 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

135
59

Total granted

$77M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+3%

Still filing today

61%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M 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
ReligionEducationHuman ServicesInternationalYouth DevelopmentHealthOther

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

  • DT
    Dallas Theological Seminary
    9× · 2017–2025 · $49M · revenue +81%
  • EP
    E3 Partners Ministry
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +8%
  • CE
    CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • TC
    TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $200k · revenue +144%
  • BC
    BEYOND CELIACgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $125k · revenue +70%
  • HI
    HEALTHCARE IN HAITI INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -77%

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
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…

3
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
4
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
5
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
6
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
7
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
8
Leadership Resources International

International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures

Religion
9
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
10
Overseas Campus Ministries Inc

To preach and propogate the gospel of jesus christ in the united states and throughout the world, to provide christian literature and training materials through various forms of media, and to offer christian leadership and discipleship…

Religion
11
Mission Without Borders International

The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…

International
12
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Global Outreach International Inc and the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Biblical Archaeology. 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 backsteadyCommunity FoundationsIndependent K-12 SchoolsChristian Youth CampsJewish Community Organizati…Youth Development ServicesHealth Access Advocacy and …Pregnancy Support ServicesCancer Support ServicesFaith-Based Social ServicesDevelopmental Disabilities …Volunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Senior Support ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyCommunity Arts CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Christian Missionary Organi…
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 36 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%2%<5yr16%7%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr10%29%35–55yr13%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%1%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr16%12%20–35yr10%12%35–55yr13%71%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.4% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.4%1/226
the rest of the field
15%
20,232/136,578

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

154 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. 154 of the 226 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
139/154
Grantees still filing
97/154
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Dallas Theological Seminary — $48,769,232 · EducationDallas Theological Seminary+19 more — $3,028,958 · Education+19 moreE3 Partners Ministry — $2,491,251 · ReligionE3 Partners Min…Luis Palau Association — $884,970 · ReligionLuis Palau Asso…GLOBAL MEDIA OUTREACH — $720,000 · ReligionGLOBAL MEDIA OU…RAMESH RICHARD EVANGELISM AND CHURCH HEALTH — $683,400 · ReligionRAMESH RICHARD …LIONHEART CHILDREN'S ACADEMY — $680,000 · ReligionLIONHEART CHILD…The Urban Alternative — $657,341 · ReligionThe Urban Alter…Christian Herald Association Inc — $532,000 · ReligionSKYLARK CAMPS INC — $515,000 · ReligionARIEL MINISTRIES — $488,111 · ReligionEast-West Ministries International — $460,939 · ReligionTELLING THE TRUTH INC — $457,520 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $400,000 · Religion+40 more — $2,151,469 · Religion+40 moreCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC — $938,958 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE …OVERSEAS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL INC — $806,500 · OtherOVERSEAS COUNCI…CAM INTERNATIONAL — $604,908 · OtherCOMPASS CHURCH IOWA — $585,000 · OtherBENT TREE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP — $584,000 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMILY — $550,645 · OtherNORTHWEST BIBLE CHURCH — $452,883 · OtherFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC — $516,850 · OtherPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES — $474,000 · Other+94 more — $6,054,862 · Other+94 moreNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC — $3,936,434 · Philanthropy+4 more — $140,617 · PhilanthropyCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC — $1,940,332 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE — $370,500 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $82,900 · Youth Development+1 more — $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentHAPPY HILL FARM CHILDRENS HOME INC — $925,000 · Human ServicesKINGDOM SERVANTS INC — $200,000 · Human ServicesPERMIAN BASIN WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER THE LIFE CENTER FOUNDATION — $119,000 · Human ServicesOVERLAND MISSIONS INC — $99,732 · Human ServicesYOUTH EQUIPPED TO SUCCEED — $75,000 · Human ServicesCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH — $74,000 · Human Services+6 more — $217,100 · Human ServicesFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE — $817,965 · Civil RightsTEXAS VALUES — $146,500 · Civil RightsALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM — $36,315 · Civil Rights+1 more — $10,000 · Civil Rights
Education$51,798,190Religion$11,122,001Other$11,568,606Philanthropy$4,077,051Youth Development$2,408,732Human Services$1,709,832Civil Rights$1,010,780

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDallas Theological Seminary — $48,769,232 over 9y, 18% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC — $3,936,434 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetE3 Partners Ministry — $2,491,251 over 9y, 9.5% of budgetCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC — $1,940,332 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetHAPPY HILL FARM CHILDRENS HOME INC — $925,000 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetLuis Palau Association — $884,970 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE — $817,965 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetOVERSEAS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL INC — $806,500 over 8y, 17% of budgetGLOBAL MEDIA OUTREACH — $720,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetRAMESH RICHARD EVANGELISM AND CHURCH HEALTH — $683,400 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetFoster College — $680,000 over 8y, 28% of budgetLIONHEART CHILDREN'S ACADEMY — $680,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetPRINCE OF PEACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — $675,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetThe Urban Alternative — $657,341 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc — $532,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC — $516,850 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetSKYLARK CAMPS INC — $515,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES — $474,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetEast-West Ministries International — $460,939 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTELLING THE TRUTH INC — $457,520 over 6y, 7.7% of budgetAFRICA NEW LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL — $404,580 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $400,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $370,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMastermedia International Inc — $357,540 over 9y, 7.8% of budgetCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF EAST TEXAS INC — $322,100 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetBiblical Education By Extension Inc — $305,200 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetTHE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC — $214,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION — $200,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetFIRST CHOICE WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTERS INC — $199,135 over 8y, 2.5% of budget222 Foundation — $188,111 over 3y, 21% of budgetYOUTH FOR CHRIST - PEORIA AREA — $159,300 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetTEXAS VALUES — $146,500 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetNOE INTERNATIONAL — $136,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetBEYOND CELIAC — $125,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetPERMIAN BASIN WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER THE LIFE CENTER FOUNDATION — $119,000 over 5y, 72% of budgetWorldview Academy — $111,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetWORD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP INC — $110,970 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPROBE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL — $100,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetHEALTHCARE IN HAITI INC — $100,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetOVERLAND MISSIONS INC — $99,732 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ASHBROOK CENTER — $96,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetOpen Doors With Brother Andrew Inc — $83,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $82,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOST & FOUND INTERNATIONAL INC — $81,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $81,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS LIFE INC — $77,400 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetGLOBAL OUTREACH INC — $77,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetYOUTH EQUIPPED TO SUCCEED — $75,000 over 2y, 1.7% 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 Dallas Theological Seminary
  • Who funds NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC
  • Who funds E3 Partners Ministry
  • Who funds CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC
  • Who funds HAPPY HILL FARM CHILDRENS HOME INC
  • Who funds Luis Palau Association
  • Who funds FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE
  • Who funds OVERSEAS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL INC
  • Who funds GLOBAL MEDIA OUTREACH
  • Who funds RAMESH RICHARD EVANGELISM AND CHURCH HEALTH
  • Who funds Foster College
  • Who funds LIONHEART CHILDREN'S ACADEMY
  • Who funds PRINCE OF PEACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
  • Who funds The Urban Alternative
  • Who funds Christian Herald Association Inc
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC
  • Who funds SKYLARK CAMPS INC
  • Who funds AMERICA COUNCIL OF ASIAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIA INC
  • Who funds ARIEL MINISTRIES
  • Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES
  • Who funds East-West Ministries International
  • Who funds TELLING THE TRUTH INC
  • Who funds AFRICA NEW LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE
  • Who funds Mastermedia International Inc
  • Who funds CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF EAST TEXAS INC
  • Who funds Biblical Education By Extension Inc
  • Who funds THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC
  • Who funds KINGDOM SERVANTS INC
  • Who funds GAME PLAN FOR LIFE 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.

Christian Community Foundation IncCO61.6× affinity63 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 Signatry Charitable Trust · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Dallas Seminary Found Vision Fund · Prairie Creek Partners Charitable Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · The Dallas Foundation · Breunig Family Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Texas Instruments 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.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Dallas Seminary Foundation 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.

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202122232425
no gov · 120%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    12get no government money at all
    13report 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, 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 226 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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