· Private foundation
Dave & Laura Cheatham Family Founda
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $36k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BIOLA UNIVERSITY | $22,000 |
| CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY | $14,300 |
| CRU | $4,000 |
| NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NCNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION5× · 2017–2021 · $117k
- ACANTIOCH COMMUNITY CHURCH4× · 2019–2022 · $69k
- NUNORTHRISE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO3× · 2017–2019 · $56k
Funded once
- CUCITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKone grant, 2022 · $17k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $10k
- NUNORTHRISE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2023 · $8k
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.
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.
North America Bible Institute (NABI) is an evangelical graduate school, made up of students who are diverse in both ethnicity and ministry aims -- but united in great love for Jesus and his gospel. As a graduate school, NABI offers them…
The ministty of campus movement exists to build laborers on the campus to see a movement of god that changes the world. our mission is to evangelize the lost, establish & equip young christians, and export them into the world to be…
To bring the gospel of jesus christ to those who have never heard it and take care of orphans
Christ Life Ministries' vision is transforming lives for Christ through the preaching of the gospel and discipleship.
See schedule o.christians for biblical equality (cbe), www.cbeinternational.org, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization comprised of individuals, churches, colleges, seminaries, and organizations, representing more than 100 different…
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…
Gcu serves the global church by educating mission leaders to fulfill the great commission of jesus christ. gcu accomplishes this mission through a comprehensive program of biblical and general education, christ-centered service and…
None
To provide a center for the study of theology and ministry in evangelical persuasion based upon the infallible and interrant inspired word of God in the bible.
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.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BIOLA UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR FAITHWALK LEADERSHIP ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Save the Storks ↗
- Who funds Dark Horse Global Inc ↗
- Who funds MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS ↗
- Who funds OPERATION IDREAM ↗
- Who funds Missions Ministries ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dave & Laura Cheatham Family Founda funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dave & Laura Cheatham Family Founda. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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