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Faith and Freedom Foundation Co Ac Ackenheil at a glance

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Faith and Freedom Foundation Co Ac Ackenheil

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.

$23k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$97kArts & Culture$29kInternational$7kEducation$7kHuman Services$6kHealth$5kYouth Development$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$1,019
Median grant
4
States reached
$104k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MT LEBANON EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$15,000
BLACK HAWK RELIEF FUND$2,500
BETHEL FIFE AND DRUM NSDAR$2,500
NSDAR$1,588
HEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL$1,019
GREATER PITTSBURGH FOOD BANK$150
BETHEL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY$146
VIETNAM VETERANS INC$100
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$100
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $600 → 12%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $600 → 12%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $600 → 12%BETHEL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2k → 11%BETHEL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1k → 11%BETHEL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1k → 11%BETHEL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1k → 11%BETHEL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1k → 11%BETHEL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $146 → 11%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

ME
NH
ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
PA
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$134k · 39 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 37 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
12

Total granted

$134k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+62%

Still filing today

41%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
ReligionEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthInternationalOther
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

  • NS
    NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $11k · revenue +28%
  • BP
    BETHEL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $6k · revenue +27%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $3k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NEW LIFE CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE COLORADO
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • EL
    ELKS LODGE
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
2
United Way Worldwide

To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.

Philanthropy
3
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
4
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
5
Visionsynergy

Our mission is to accelerate the great commission by equipping leaders, developing networks, and catalyzing collaboration toward spiritual breakthroughs among the least reached peoples and places of the world.

International
6
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
Summit Ministries Inc

Summit ministries is an educational christian ministry with the purpose of equipping tomorrow's servant leaders to analyze competing worldviews and champion the christian faith, inspiring each one to love god with all his heart, soul,…

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9
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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10
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
11
Geneva College

Geneva college is a christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to god and neighbor.

Education
12
Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sat-7 North America; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. 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

25 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. 25 of the 59 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MT LEBANON EVANGILICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $37,500 · OtherMT LEBANON EVANGILICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMT LEBANON EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $15,000 · OtherMT LEBANON EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $11,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNEW LIFE CENTER INC: $6,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $5,000 · OtherTHE NAVIGATORS: $4,500 · OtherWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC: $4,500 · Other+34 more: $42,276 · Other+34 moreNATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $11,485 · Arts & CultureVETERANS BREAKFAST CLUB: $950 · Arts & CultureBETHEL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6,086 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $1,800 · Human ServicesLigonier Ministries Inc: $2,250 · ReligionAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $1,800 · ReligionPITTSBURGH REGION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MINISTRIES: $1,500 · ReligionIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $900 · ReligionSAT-7 NORTH AMERICA: $600 · ReligionSOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $500 · ReligionAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $4,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $200 · HealthFriends of Forman Christian College Inc: $1,800 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,700 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $200 · Education+1 more: $100 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,250 · InternationalHEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,019 · International
Other$126,026Arts & Culture$12,435Human Services$7,886Religion$7,550Health$4,700Education$3,800International$3,269

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 budgetNATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $11,485 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBETHEL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6,086 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Forman Christian College Inc: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH REGION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MINISTRIES: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS BREAKFAST CLUB: $950 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF WEST VIRGINIA INC: $900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAT-7 NORTH AMERICA: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE CONSERVANCY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWreaths Across America: $460 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIETNAM VETERANS INC PITTSBURGH: $100 over 1y, 0.4% 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 NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds Ligonier Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Forman Christian College Inc ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON CITY MISSION ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH REGION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HEALING HANDS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS BREAKFAST CLUB ↗
  • Who funds CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF WEST VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds IN TOUCH MINISTRIES 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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…Centimark FoundationRaymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Centimark Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Faith and Freedom Foundation Co Ac Ackenheil funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Faith and Freedom Foundation Co Ac Ackenheil. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 59 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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