Georgia · Private foundation
Encouragement Ministries Inc
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.
- $68k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Encouragement Ministries Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $68k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $70k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $59k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $60k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $49k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $38,854 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Union Mission Corporation | $3,552 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| By Grace Trust | $720 | 1 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Covenant House | $270 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $38,854 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Union Mission Corporation | $3,552 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| By Grace Trust | $720 | 1 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Covenant House | $270 | 1 | 0% |
| American Indian College Fund | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $104 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($278k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Encouragement Ministries Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About Encouragement Ministries Inc
- How much does Encouragement Ministries Inc give?
- Encouragement Ministries Inc reported 10 grants totaling $67,711 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Encouragement Ministries Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (51%), Food & Nutrition (21%), Education (21%).
- Who are Encouragement Ministries Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Friends of the World Food Program Inc ($39k), United States Fund for Unicef ($12k), Mercy Ships International ($7k).
- Does Encouragement Ministries Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Encouragement Ministries 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.
- Where is Encouragement Ministries Inc based?
- Encouragement Ministries Inc is based in GA.
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