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E Thomas Arington 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.

$528k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$899kInternational$628kRecreation & Sports$271kEducation$157kFood & Nutrition$95kYouth Development$60kHealth$46kPhilanthropy$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $470k
$50,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$216k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BACK 2 BACK MINISTRIES$160,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
ILLUMINATIONS$100,000
BLOC MINISTRIES$60,000
MISSIONAL LABS$50,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$15,000
SPORTS REACH$15,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$10,401
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$10,000
SDHBC COALITION$8,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DENVER CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $8k → 12%THE ISREAL STORY: $15k → 16%A CHILDS HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
IN
OH
PA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AR
TN
NC
SC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 17 repeat orgs$894k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
45

Total granted

$1.6M
$715k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+33%

Still filing today

65%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $178k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionEducationInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • Back 2 Back Ministries Inc
    5× · 2019–2024 · $476k · revenue +25%
  • IF
    ILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $220k · revenue +18%
  • BM
    BLOC MINISTRIES INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $192k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $95k
  • CS
    CHRISTIAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP INC
    one grant, 2023 · $60k
  • MH
    MARS HILL MINISTRIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $53k · revenue +88%
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.

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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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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
Dallas International University

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

Education
4
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
5
Champion Christian College Inc

To develop christ-centered servant leaders through a challenging academic environment in order to impact the world for the kingdom of god.

Education
6
Cbmc International Inc

Our mission is to establish and strengthen cbmc ministries at the national and regional levels across the globe as they engage the marketplace with the gospel of jesus christ and partner with men and women in transformative discipleship…

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7
International Partnerships Inc

To provide support for the efforts of christians of the former soviet union in reaching the influencers of their countries for christ.

Religion
8
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
9
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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10
Faith School of Theology

Faith's purpose is to mentor students for spirit-filled leadership in ministry, in light of the great commission. while academics are important, the classrooms are not the only learning place. through a combination of formal instruction,…

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11
School of Christ International

The organization's primary purpose is to reach this world with the message of jesus christ.

Religion
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Multiple Sclerosis Society. 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

34 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. 34 of the 67 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
30/34
Grantees still filing
21/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Back 2 Back Ministries Inc: $476,175 · ReligionBack 2 Back Ministries IncBLOC MINISTRIES INC: $192,000 · ReligionBLOC MINISTRIES INCBIBLICA INC: $110,000 · ReligionBIBLICA INCMISSIONAL LABS INC: $50,000 · ReligionMISSIONAL LABS INC+4 more: $85,000 · Religion+4 moreSPORTS REACH INC: $142,675 · OtherSPORTS REACH INCIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $95,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHRISTIAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP INC: $60,000 · OtherCHRISTIAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP INCFOCUS MINISTRIES LORD'S GYM: $50,000 · OtherFOCUS MINISTRIES LORD'S GYMLIBERTY BIBLE ACADEMY: $31,018 · OtherCHRISTIAN STUDENTS FELLOWSHIP UK: $30,000 · OtherIWU ALLIANCE GARDEN: $29,000 · OtherFCA LACROSSE CINCINNATI: $28,500 · OtherCOMPASSIONATE JUSTICE: $30,000 · Other+33 more: $242,500 · Other+33 moreILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $220,000 · PhilanthropyILLUMINATIO…NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CH…CURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $115,000 · InternationalMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $65,000 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $10,401 · International+2 more: $980 · InternationalMARS HILL MINISTRIES INC: $52,758 · EducationCINCINNATI CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $50,132 · EducationCedarville University: $18,000 · EducationOHIO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $8,500 · EducationINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $8,000 · Education+1 more: $3,000 · EducationTEAM FOCUS INC: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentSCORE: $50,000 · Recreation & Sports
Religion$913,175Other$838,693Philanthropy$250,000International$191,381Education$140,390Youth Development$100,000Recreation & Sports$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBack 2 Back Ministries Inc: $476,175 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $220,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLOC MINISTRIES INC: $192,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSPORTS REACH INC: $142,675 over 8y, 11% of budgetCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $115,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIBLICA INC: $110,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM FOCUS INC: $55,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetMARS HILL MINISTRIES INC: $52,758 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCINCINNATI CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $50,132 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMISSIONAL LABS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFINISHING FUND MANAGEMENT: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE JUSTICE: $30,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetSCORE INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCedarville University: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Underground Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetThe Israel Story Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSDHB COALITION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetThe Denver Children's Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Denver Children's Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Child's Hope International: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $480 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.

Johnson Charitable Gi…Natl Christian Charit…Christian Community F…Raymond James Charita…Servant FoundationArthur J Gallagher Fo…Renaissance Charitabl…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…
Johnson Charitable Gift FundOH15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Servant Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 E Thomas Arington Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from E Thomas Arington Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–40%
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.
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Find your warmest path to E Thomas Arington Family 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 67 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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