Illinois · Private foundation
Encourage Inc
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.
- $9.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $882,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,019,103
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $40M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Encourage Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $9.0M | 57% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $610k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $430k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $313k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $180k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $230k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $1.4M | 55% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $779k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connections for the Homeless Inc | $2,530,000 | 2 | 18% |
| St Albans Episcopal Church Inc | $1,273,028 | 6 | n/a |
| Lake Wales Care Center Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Anchor House Services Inc | $882,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Anchor House Inc of Polk County | $508,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Scripture Union | $125,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Diocese of Central Florida Inc | $123,308 | 1 | n/a |
| Society for Kingdom Living | $110,000 | 2 | 27% |
| Third Millennium Ministries Inc | $105,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Peace of the City Ministries Inc | $105,000 | 2 | 15% |
Show all 30 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connections for the Homeless Inc | $2,530,000 | 2 | 18% |
| St Albans Episcopal Church Inc | $1,273,028 | 6 | n/a |
| Lake Wales Care Center Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Anchor House Services Inc | $882,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Anchor House Inc of Polk County | $508,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Scripture Union | $125,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Diocese of Central Florida Inc | $123,308 | 1 | n/a |
| Society for Kingdom Living | $110,000 | 2 | 27% |
| Third Millennium Ministries Inc | $105,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Peace of the City Ministries Inc | $105,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Hutchcraft Ministries Inc | $86,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Anglican Church in North America | $85,000 | 2 | n/a |
| CS Lewis Institute | $70,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Shining Light Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Bible Study Media Inc | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| AvSTEM Inc | $61,500 | 2 | 25% |
| Christ Church | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Officers Christian Fellowship of the United | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Revel | $45,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Man in the Mirror Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Seneca Gospel Mission | $30,000 | 1 | 36% |
| Kairos Prison Ministry International Inc | $23,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Holy Trinity Anglican Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Call | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ariel a Ministry of Proclamation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Howtolife Movement | $8,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Rwanda Ministry Partners | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of the Apostles Columbia | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Love Ministries | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jesus Father of the Poor Clinic Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Encourage Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Encourage Inc
- How much does Encourage Inc give?
- Encourage Inc reported 7 grants totaling $9,027,939 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Encourage Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (31%), Religion (25%), Housing & Shelter (19%).
- Who are Encourage Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Connections for the Homeless Inc ($2.5M), St Albans Episcopal Church Inc ($1.3M), Lake Wales Care Center Inc ($1.0M).
- Does Encourage Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Encourage Inc 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 Encourage Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Encourage Inc based?
- Encourage Inc is based in IL.
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