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Ephesians 320 Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ephesians 320 Foundation 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.

$10k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$136kInternational$78kEnvironment$50kReligion$22kEducation$8kArts & Culture$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$35k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASHINGTON FAMILY MINISTRIES$10,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BUILDING ARIZONA FAMILIES: $2k → 11%CHILD ADOPTION ASSOCIATES: $3k → 8%FAMILY CONNECTIONS INC: $3k → 15%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $5k → 11%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 13%HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN SERVICES: $5k → 15%SHOW HOPE: $5k → 4%WASATCH INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION: $5k → 9%AGAPE ADOPTIONS: $2k → 9%REECE'S RAINBOW: $1k → 6%GLOBAL ADOPTION SERVICES INC: $3k → 7%CRADLE OF HOPE ADOPTION CENTER: $2k → 8%ADOPTION ASSISTANCE: $2k → 15%HOLT INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 15%WASATCH INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION: $2k → 9%HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN SERVICES: $4k → 15%AAC ADOPTION & FAMILY NETWORK INC: $3k → 11%HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN SERVICES: $2k → 15%AMERICA WORLD ADOPTION: $2k → 6%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

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IA
IN
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
OK
LA
MS
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.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$157k · 12 repeat orgs$175k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
48

Total granted

$157k
$165k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-10%
+3%

Still filing today

58%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
Human ServicesReligionInternationalEducationOther
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

  • LF
    LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC
    2× · 2017–2021 · $26k · revenue +164%
  • LC
    LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $19k · revenue +159%
  • NC
    NIGHTLIGHT CHRISTIAN ADOPTIONS
    4× · 2018–2021 · $10k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • RN
    RIDE NATURE CORPORATION
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • BC
    BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
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
Hand in Hand Christian Adoption Inc
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2
United in Love Adoptions
Human Services
3
Adopt International

To assist people in adopting domestic and international children educate families about adoption and provide counseling to birth parents

Human Services
4
All About U Adoptions Inc
Human Services
5
Adoption Authority Inc

Providing compassion, respect, and loving care to each individual on their unique adoption journey. We commit to honoring and nurturing expectant mothers through pregnancy, birth, and life after placement.

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6
Adoption Choices Inc

The Organization is a full-service adoption agency whose services include adoptive placements, counseling, consultation and adoptive home assessments.

Human Services
7
Deliver Rescuing Children At Risk

Finding forever homes for children

Human Services
8
Hope Adoption Inc

Adoption Counseling/International Adoption: To unite orphaned children from around the world with loving adoptive families to provide educational programs and continuing services to these families and to provide humanitarian aid to the…

Human Services
9
Adoption Advocates Inc

Adoption placements

Human Services
10
Adoption Avenues

Adoption of children

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11
Amazing Grace Adoptions

Amazing grace adoptions is a child-placing agency, able to provide quality adoption and foster care services.

Human Services
12
A Lifetime Adoption Foundation
Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifeline Children's Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Building Arizona Families. 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

30 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. 30 of the 61 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/30
Grantees still filing
16/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RIDE NATURE CORPORATION: $50,000 · OtherRIDE NATURE CORPORATIONCCAI ADOPTION SERVICES: $29,600 · OtherCCAI ADOPTION SERVICESSMALL WORLD INC: $14,000 · OtherSMALL WORLD INCALL BLESSINGS INC DBA KENTUCKY ADOPTION SERVICES: $10,000 · OtherWASHINGTON FAMILY MINISTRIES: $10,000 · OtherNIGHTLIGHT CHRISTIAN ADOPTIONS: $10,000 · Other+34 more: $94,300 · Other+34 moreHOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $15,500 · Human ServicesHOLT INTERNATIONAL …WASATCH INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesWASATCH INTERNATION…SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE: $5,000 · Human ServicesSHAOHANNAHS HOPE IN…THE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE GLADNEY CENTER …GLOBAL ADOPTION SERVICES INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesAAC ADOPTION & FAMILY NETWORK: $3,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY CONNECTIONS INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesChild Adoption Associates Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesAgape Adoptions: $2,000 · Human ServicesCAROLINA ADOPTION SERVICES INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesADOPTION ASSISTANCE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesAMERICA WORLD ADOPTION ASSOCIATION: $2,000 · Human Services+4 more: $6,000 · Human Services+4 moreLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $26,000 · InternationalLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $19,000 · ReligionHAND IN HAND MINISTRIES INC: $2,000 · ReligionFAITHFUL LOVE INC: $2,000 · ReligionFlourish Adoption Ministries Inc: $8,000 · Education
Other$217,900Human Services$57,000International$26,000Religion$23,000Education$8,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $19,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $15,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMALL WORLD INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALL BLESSINGS INC DBA KENTUCKY ADOPTION SERVICES: $10,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNIGHTLIGHT CHRISTIAN ADOPTIONS: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFlourish Adoption Ministries Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWASATCH INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL ADOPTION SERVICES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAAC ADOPTION & FAMILY NETWORK: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIVING HOPE ADOPTION AGENCY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSEE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY CONNECTIONS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetShepherd Care Ministries Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChild Adoption Associates Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDillon International Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAgape Adoptions: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAROLINA ADOPTION SERVICES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetADOPTION ASSISTANCE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHAND IN HAND MINISTRIES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICA WORLD ADOPTION ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAITHFUL LOVE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetOpen Door Adoption Agency Inc: $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLutheran Family Service: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREECE'S RAINBOW INC: $1,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICANS FOR INTERNATIONAL AID & ADOPTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SMALL WORLD INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL BLESSINGS INC DBA KENTUCKY ADOPTION SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds NIGHTLIGHT CHRISTIAN ADOPTIONS ↗
  • Who funds Flourish Adoption Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds WASATCH INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE ↗
  • Who funds THE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL ADOPTION SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds AAC ADOPTION & FAMILY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds LIVING HOPE ADOPTION AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Shepherd Care Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds Child Adoption Associates Inc ↗
  • Who funds Dillon International Inc ↗

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.

Pure IncOur RescueNatl Christian Charit…Orphan OutreachAmy's Legacy Foundati…Promise686 IncRaymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
Pure IncAR27.9× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pure Inc · Our Rescue · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Orphan Outreach · Amy's Legacy Foundation · Promise686 Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Ephesians 320 Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ephesians 320 Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    6get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 61 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.

    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 FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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