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Faith Ventures Foundation 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.

$918k
Granted FY2024still arriving
52
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$289k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$3.6MInternational$824kHealth$388kHuman Services$299kEducation$152kCommunity Improvement$44kEnvironment$31kCivil Rights$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k27 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $366k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $166k
  • $250k+1 grant · $289k
$8,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UKRAINE EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$289,200
GOSHEN VALLEY BOYS RANCH$65,000
GOD'S GRACE FOR ALL NATIONS$50,536
LIFE FOR CHILDREN MINISTRY INC$50,000
SAMBURU COUNTY NKALUP VISION$45,000
SAMBURU COUNTY NKALUP VISION$40,200
SAMBURU COUNTY NKALUP VISION$30,000
EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY COLLEGE (ETHIOPIA)$25,000
S ASIA INST OF ADV CHRISTIAN STUDIES (SAIACS)-BANGALOR INDIA$25,000
SAMBURU COUNTY NKALUP VISION$24,200
ST MICHAEL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH$24,000
GLOBAL HOPE PARTNERS$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
LADIES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY$12,500
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$10,139
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.

US giving: 43% of grant dollars ($2.5M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 57% that went abroad ($3.3M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $265k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE BADDOUR CENTER: $10k → 19%THE BADDOUR CENTER: $10k → 19%GOSHEN VALLEY BOYS RANCH: $65k → 6%GOSHEN VALLEY BOYS RANCH: $65k → 6%LIFE FOR CHILDREN MINISTRY INC: $50k → 13%GOSHEN VALLEY BOYS RANCH: $65k → 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

IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 57% of all-years giving ($3.3M)

7 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Kenya$1.7M · 98 grants
Ukraine$958k · 6 grants
Bahamas$369k · 4 grants
United Kingdom$125k · 8 grants
Ethiopia$116k · 5 grants
Brazil$12k · 1 grant
OC$5k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 59 repeat orgs$358k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
39

Total granted

$5.5M
$296k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+33%

Still filing today

32%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k 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
ReligionInternationalEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • GV
    GOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $195k · revenue +16%
  • WM
    WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $80k · revenue +69%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    6× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • AG
    AFRICA GSOPEL CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $31k
  • EP
    EDEN PROJECT
    one grant, 2017 · $31k
  • TP
    THE PARISH CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
2
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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3
Crossing Cultures International Inc

Crossing Cultures International, Inc. exists to glorify God by equipping Christ followers globally with comprehensive training for effective ministry.

Religion
4
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
5
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
6
Leadership Resources International

International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures

Religion
7
Next Worldwide Inc

With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.

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8
New Life International Christian Ministry Inc

Our mission is proclaiming the message of salvation through the saving power of the Holy Spirit to reach the unreached by evangelizing; motivating, mobilizing and organizing the body of Christ.

Religion
9
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
10
World Indigenous Missions Inc

Engaged in missionary training, organizing churches, evangelism, and related Christian activities.

Religion
11
Indigenous Ministries International Inc

The purpose of IMI is reaching nationals through nationals in ministry.

Religion
12
Reaching Souls International Inc

Our mission is in our name - Reaching Souls. Our core driving force, the reason we exist as an organization, is to reach souls for Christ. Our strategic purpose is to reach the maximum number of people for Christ in the least amount of…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Water Missions International; the most unlike its peers is The Ladies' Benevolent 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

29 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. 29 of the 108 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UKRAINE EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $958,300 · OtherUKRAINE EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYSAMBURU COUNTY NKALUP VISION: $738,636 · OtherSAMBURU COUNTY NKALUP VISIONGOD'S GRACE FOR ALL NATIONS: $457,114 · OtherGOD'S GRACE FOR ALL NATIONSSOLID ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH: $369,300 · OtherSOLID ROCK BAPTIST CHURCHAFRICA GOSPEL CHURCH: $297,872 · OtherAFRICA GOSPEL CHURCHGOOD SAMARITAN HAITIAN ALLIANCE CHURCH INC: $263,476 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $250,020 · Other+79 more: $1,683,945 · Other+79 moreGOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $195,000 · Human ServicesLIFE FOR CHILDREN MINISTRY INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE BADDOUR CENTER INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $80,000 · InternationalSERVING ALONGSIDE INTERNATIONAL INC: $55,000 · InternationalGLOBAL HOPE PARTNERS: $50,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $41,500 · InternationalFaith Aid: $25,000 · InternationalSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $60,000 · ReligionINTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $50,000 · ReligionINFLUENCE INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 · Religion+3 more: $4,100 · ReligionThe Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: $40,000 · EducationINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $33,139 · EducationWESLEY BIBLICAL SEMINARY: $20,200 · EducationMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $7,100 · EducationFCS URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $40,000 · Community ImprovementJAARS INC: $22,000 · Community ImprovementALL NATIONS: $4,000 · Community ImprovementThe Extension Inc: $30,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$5,018,663Human Services$265,000International$251,500Religion$139,100Education$100,439Community Improvement$66,000Housing & Shelter$30,000

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 budgetGOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $195,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $80,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSERVING ALONGSIDE INTERNATIONAL INC: $55,000 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetGLOBAL HOPE PARTNERS: $50,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOVERSEAS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL INC: $50,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetLIFE FOR CHILDREN MINISTRY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetTHE LADIES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY: $47,500 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $41,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFCS URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $33,139 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Extension Inc: $30,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetINFLUENCE INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetFaith Aid: $25,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetJAARS INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWESLEY BIBLICAL SEMINARY: $20,200 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BADDOUR CENTER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY PREGNANCY CENTER: $16,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSari Bari USA Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetGEORGIA FESTIVAL CHORUS INC (THE): $7,500 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetFaith and Learning International NFP: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUIP INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVision Atlanta Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAN IN THE MIRROR INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristianity Today International: $100 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.

  • Who funds GOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds SERVING ALONGSIDE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL HOPE PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds OVERSEAS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE FOR CHILDREN MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LADIES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds FCS URBAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Extension 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 Community Foundat…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…The Signatry Charitab…The Bolick FoundationTyndale House Ministr…The Maclellan Foundat…GiveClear FoundationChristian Community F…Chattanooga Christian…Christian Community F…Raymond James Charita…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA16.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · The Bolick Foundation · Tyndale House Ministries · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · GiveClear Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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 Ventures Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Faith Ventures Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Faith Ventures Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Faith Ventures Foundation Inc 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 108 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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