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DNBA Foundation at a glance

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DNBA Foundation

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.

$129k
Granted FY2019
13
Grants FY2019
4
States reached
$39k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

96% of DNBA Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year DNBA Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $129k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

10
’17
15
’18
10
’19
3
’20
2
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$956kPhilanthropy$240kReligion$159kHuman Services$143kHousing & Shelter$35kHealth$11kCrime & Legal$10kInternational$9kOther$0
02FY2019 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k8 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $107k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE VILLAGE CHURCH$39,000
PROJECTHANDUP$25,000
HARDING UNIVERSITY$20,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LODI$13,000
YOUNG LIFE PROPERTY CHARITABLE TR$10,000
CHIN COMMUNITY MINISTRY$5,000
COACHES OUTREACH$5,000
PREGNANCY HELP 4 U INC$5,000
NAOMIS VILLAGE INC$2,684
COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY$2,000
NAOMIS VILLAGE INC$1,287
HARDING UNIVERSITY$1,000
NAOMIS VILLAGE INC$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JOURNEY TO DREAM FOUNDATION: $500 → 8%CITYSQUARE: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MN
NY
OR
CT
CA
CO
VA
AR
DC
AL
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 8 repeat orgs$198k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
12

Total granted

$1.1M
$150k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+105%

Still filing today

63%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’24
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalReligionHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NV
    NAOMI'S VILLAGE INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $8k · revenue +56%
  • CO
    COACHES OUTREACH
    2× · 2018–2019 · $7k · revenue +46%
  • PH
    PREGNANCY HELP 4U INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $7k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • FU
    Family Upreach Inc New Life Behavior
    one grant, 2017 · $125k · revenue +13% · 41% of their budget
  • C
    CITYSQUARE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -48%
  • CA
    COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF DENTON COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +83%
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.

04Its field

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.

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…

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3
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
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 seventy countries around the world.

International
6
Coalition for Christian Outreach

The cco (coalition for christian outreach) is an interdenominational campus ministry organization with a mission of "transforming college students to transform the world." the cco is supported primarily through donor contributions and…

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7
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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8
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

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9
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
10
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
11
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
12
Covenant HomeCare

Covenant HomeCare provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coaches Outreach; the most unlike its peers is East Coast Assistance Dogs Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 27 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Harding University Inc: $944,713 · OtherHarding University IncFamily Upreach Inc New Life Behavior: $125,000 · OtherFamily Upreach Inc New Life BehaviorFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LODI: $83,500 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LODITHE VILLAGE CHURCH: $72,000 · OtherTHE VILLAGE CHURCH+11 more: $40,900 · OtherNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $240,000 · PhilanthropyNATL CHRISTIAN CH…PROJECTHANDUP: $25,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $100 · Housing & ShelterHERITAGE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $9,967 · EducationADOPT-A-CLASSROOM INC: $1,000 · EducationEAST COAST ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $500 · EducationCITYSQUARE: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE JOURNEY TO DREAM FOUNDATION: $500 · Human ServicesCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF DENTON COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsNAOMI'S VILLAGE INC: $8,348 · InternationalHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $1,000 · International+1 more: $100 · International
Other$1,266,113Philanthropy$240,000Housing & Shelter$25,100Education$11,467Human Services$10,500Civil Rights$10,000International$9,448

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHarding University Inc: $944,713 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $240,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Upreach Inc New Life Behavior: $125,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetPROJECTHANDUP: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCITYSQUARE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF DENTON COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHERITAGE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $9,967 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAOMI'S VILLAGE INC: $8,348 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChin Community Ministry: $8,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetCOACHES OUTREACH: $7,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPREGNANCY HELP 4U INC: $6,800 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Bible Study: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADOPT-A-CLASSROOM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR MISSIONAL LEADERSHIP DBA SPARROW MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE JOURNEY TO DREAM FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST COAST ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Communities Foundatio…Community Foundation …Natl Christian Charit…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…United Way WorldwideThe Ayco Charitable F…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Verizon Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX20.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Verizon 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization DNBA Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from DNBA Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to DNBA Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to DNBA Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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