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David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation

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.

$25k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
7%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$200
Largest grant, FY2024
$7,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 42
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
18
Total assets, FY2024
$63k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 7% of the organizations David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600 went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time
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
FY2024still arriving36$25k14%
FY202330$21k7%
FY202236$21k6%
FY202142$27kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$45kCommunity Improvement$19kCivil Rights$14kArts & Culture$7kCrime & Legal$2kHuman Services$2kPublic Benefit$2kEducation$700Other$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Rutherford Institute$4,00040%
American Family Association Inc$4,00040%
Novo Mission Inc$3,8004n/a
The Navigators$2,6504n/a
Warriors for Christ$2,6004n/a
Concerned Women for America$1,20030%
The Charis Project$1,12530%
And Then There Were None$90040%
Abortion Survivors Network Inc$80040%
40 Days for Life$60040%
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All grantees of David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Rutherford Institute$4,00040%
American Family Association Inc$4,00040%
Novo Mission Inc$3,8004n/a
The Navigators$2,6504n/a
Warriors for Christ$2,6004n/a
Concerned Women for America$1,20030%
The Charis Project$1,12530%
And Then There Were None$90040%
Abortion Survivors Network Inc$80040%
40 Days for Life$60040%
Psychoheresy Awareness Ministries$50031%
Mario Murillo Ministries$5001n/a
Trans World Radio$5004n/a
American Bible Society$40040%
Parents Television Council Inc$40020%
Alliance Defending Freedom$40020%
Judicial Watch Inc$35040%
Open Doors Inc$30030%
Word of God Fellowship Inc$3002n/a
Reform America$30020%
Answers in Genesis Inc$30020%
Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc$2001n/a
Andrew Wommack Ministries Inc$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Rutherford Institute: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Family Association Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetConcerned Women for America: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Charis Project: $1,125 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAnd Then There Were None: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAbortion Survivors Network Inc: $800 over 4y, 0.1% of budget40 Days for Life: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPsychoheresy Awareness Ministries: $500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Bible Society: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetParents Television Council Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance Defending Freedom: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Doors Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetReform America: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnswers in Genesis Inc: $300 over 2y, 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 15.

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.

Servant FoundationKS17.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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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About David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation

How much does David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation give?
David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $24,638 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 42 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Community Improvement (20%), Civil Rights (15%).
Who are David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: The Rutherford Institute ($4k), American Family Association Inc ($4k), Novo Mission Inc ($4k).
Does David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation 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 David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
Where is David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation based?
David J and Anita Powell Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 51 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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