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Dunbar Family 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.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$172kHealth$106kInternational$60kRecreation & Sports$20kYouth Development$15kPublic Benefit$15k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $65k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TURNING POINT USA$15,000
CAMP COLE$10,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE - ISRAEL$10,000
RECONCILIATION MINISTRIES$10,000
MT HOREB CHURCH$10,000
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FCA$10,000
PROVERBS 31 MINISTRIES$5,000
ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$5,000
OLIVER GOSPEL MISSION$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CHRIST CENTRAL MINISTIRIES: $10k → 11%SHARING GOD'S LOVE: $5k → 16%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $10k → 15%ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $10k → 17%ONE CHURCH: $5k → 13%SAMARITAN'S PURSE - ISRAEL: $20k → 21%ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $10k → 12%FAITH MOVES MOUNTAINS FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%CAMP COLE: $48k → 16%ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $5k → 17%SAMARITAN'S PURSE - ISRAEL: $20k → 21%ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $5k → 12%MT HOREB CHURCH: $25k → 11%CAMP COLE: $10k → 16%ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $3k → 17%SAMARITAN'S PURSE - ISRAEL: $10k → 21%MT HOREB CHURCH: $10k → 11%CAMP COLE: $10k → 16%CAMP COLE: $10k → 16%EASTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $15k → 16%EASTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $15k → 16%RECONCILIATION MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%FIRST CHURCH OF NAZARENE: $5k → 16%RECONCILIATION MINISTRIES: $2k → 16%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.
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$315k · 11 repeat orgs$73k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
7

Total granted

$315k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+16%

Still filing today

55%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionYouth DevelopmentEducationInternationalOther
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

  • RM
    Reconciliation Ministries Inc
    5× · 2020–2025 · $37k · revenue +110%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue +13%
  • EM
    EZEKIEL MINISTRIES INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $15k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • Compassion International Incorporated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +16%
  • CC
    CHRIST CENTRAL MINISTIRIES
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +1%
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
Likewise Ministry

Likewise Ministry exists to train Christians in the disciple-making strategy of Jesus. Through an in-depth study of the life of Christ, ongoing coaching, and on-location training experiences, learners are equipped to apply Jesus' model to…

Religion
2
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
3
Reconciliation Ministries International Inc

Reconciliaton Ministries Intl. is a Christian evangelical organization preaching and teaching the Word of God in over 60 countries. The ministry equips and encourages Christians everywhere to be saved, healed, and delivered according to…

Religion
4
The King's University

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.

Education
5
Far Reaching Ministries

Far Reaching Ministries (FRM) was founded to carry the Gospel Jesus Christ to the world with discipleship as our primary objective. We plant and edify evangelical churches, found Bible schools, gather intimate small groups, and sustain…

International
6
Transform Ministries
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7
Tim Robnett Ministries Dba ETeamGlobal

To Identify, Affirm, Train, and Mobilize Ephesians 4 evangelists to equip the church for evangelism.

Religion
8
Firm Foundation in Christ Ministries Inc

FFICM helps new believers build a firm foundation for their faith based on a strong relationship with Christ. FFICM programs teach how to follow up with new believers and enable them to have a strong relationship with Christ.

Religion
9
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
10
Global Servants Inc

Christian world-wide missions and ministries to see lives changed by the power and truth of Gods Word.

Religion
11
Cross to Light Corporation

Cross to Light is a nondenominational Christian organization providing spiritual education and physical aid to people in need around the world. Since 2005, Cross to Light has helped people cross from darkness to light by hearing the Gospel…

Religion
12
Mio Frontiers

Church planting among the least evangelized peoples of the world through recruiting, training, sending, and serving field workers.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Faith Moves Mountains Foundation. 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

10 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. 10 of the 20 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAMP COLE: $78,140 · OtherCAMP COLESAMARITAN'S PURSE - ISRAEL: $50,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE - ISRAELMOUNT HOREB CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherMOUNT HOREB CHURCHEASTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $30,000 · OtherEASTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $17,500 · OtherST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITALTURNING POINT USA INC: $15,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCCHRIST CENTRAL MINISTIRIES: $10,000 · OtherCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FCA: $10,000 · Other+3 more: $15,000 · Other+3 moreReconciliation Ministries Inc: $37,000 · ReligionReconciliation Min…PROVERBS 31 MINISTRY INC: $15,000 · ReligionPROVERBS 31 MINIST…Oliver Gospel Mission: $7,500 · ReligionOliver Gospel Miss…Faith Moves Mountains Foundation: $2,500 · ReligionASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $15,000 · EducationEZEKIEL MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 · EducationYOUNG LIFE: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCompassion International Incorporated: $10,000 · International
Other$260,640Religion$62,000Education$30,000Youth Development$25,000International$10,000

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 budgetReconciliation Ministries Inc: $37,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROVERBS 31 MINISTRY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEZEKIEL MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOliver Gospel Mission: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFaith Moves Mountains Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 3.0% 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.

  • Who funds Reconciliation Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds PROVERBS 31 MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds EZEKIEL MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds Oliver Gospel Mission ↗
  • Who funds Faith Moves Mountains Foundation ↗

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.

Central Carolina Comm…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Central Carolina Community FoundationSC15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.

    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 20 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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