California · Private foundation
Faithful Servants Foundation
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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2020
- 9
- Grants FY2020
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
80% of Faithful Servants Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Faithful Servants Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $913,664
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 5
- Total assets, FY2020
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 50% of the organizations Faithful Servants Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 8 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $83k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $61k | 22% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $85k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Efa Foundation | $913,664 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dreams Will Come True Foundation | $270,000 | 1 | 69% |
| First Baptist Church of Los Altos Inc | $81,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Bridges Community Church | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc | $29,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Go Live Serve International Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pioneers | $6,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Childfund International USA | $5,723 | 9 | 0% |
| Revelation Media Inc | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Efa Foundation | $913,664 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dreams Will Come True Foundation | $270,000 | 1 | 69% |
| First Baptist Church of Los Altos Inc | $81,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Bridges Community Church | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc | $29,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Go Live Serve International Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pioneers | $6,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Childfund International USA | $5,723 | 9 | 0% |
| Revelation Media Inc | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese Cancer Memorial Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $166 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($211k), not named here.
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Faithful Servants Foundation
- How much does Faithful Servants Foundation give?
- Faithful Servants Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $1,292,656 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Faithful Servants Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (62%), International (20%), Food & Nutrition (6%).
- Who are Faithful Servants Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Efa Foundation ($914k), Samaritan's Purse ($300k), Dreams Will Come True Foundation ($270k).
- Does Faithful Servants Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Faithful Servants Foundation 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 Faithful Servants Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Faithful Servants Foundation based?
- Faithful Servants Foundation is based in CA.
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