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Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries Inc

Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries (FIRM) is working toward a day when every person in Israel will be transformed by the love of Jesus.

$5.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$425k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

International$926kArts & Culture$501kReligion$484kHuman Services$304kPhilanthropy$45kYouth Development$10kEnvironment$10kHealth$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $976,174, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,690,863 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,714,689 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $113k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $438k
  • $250k+1 grant · $425k
$35,056
Median grant
11
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HaTikva Project USA$424,520
King of Kings Jerusalem$183,762
JH Israel$90,000
Reach Initiative International$84,994
Chosen People Ministries$79,434
Jerusalem Seminary$35,056
Vision for Israel$18,651
City of Life Ministries$16,453
Light to the Nations International Inc$13,300
Kehila Ministries International$10,004
Whole Word Institute$10,000
The Beautiful Land Initiative$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $272k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, 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%MERCY CHEFS INC: $272k → 20%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

NY
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
KS
TN
NC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $4.7M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region, $4.7M to organizations and $16k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Middle East and North Africa$4.7M · 100% · 63 grants · 13 people

Stated purpose: General Support · Travel Costs · Benevolence

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 8 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
11

Total granted

$1.1M
$919k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+16%

Still filing today

63%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $316k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • HP
    HATIKVA PROJECT US INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $490k · revenue +24% · 26% of their budget
  • JS
    Jerusalem Seminary
    2× · 2023–2024 · $45k · revenue +97%
  • SO
    Seed of Abraham Ministries Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $36k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • K
    KKCJ
    one grant, 2023 · $501k
  • MC
    MERCY CHEFS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $272k · revenue +85%
  • TA
    THE ARISE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $45k · revenue +25%
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
Israel Restoration Ministries
Religion
2
Sherit Isroel
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3
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
4
The Jerusalem Connection
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5
Cry for Zion

Ministry of the Gospel and the support for the Jewish State of Israel.

Religion
6
The Watchman International Inc

To teach about prayer and Israel.

Religion
7
Israel Initiative 2020 Inc
International
8
Messianic Ministry to Israel

The mission of CMI is to give the message of hope to Israel and a message of enlightenment to Gentile Christians. The purpose is to proclaim the Gospel to the Jewish people worldwide as well as educate the Christian community about its…

Religion
9
Ohr Olam Corp

publish religious books

Religion
10
Why Stand With Israel

To educate and inspire the global church to live out its biblical responsibility to stand with israel.

Religion
11
Israel Mission Agency Corp

Israel mission agency (ima) is formed for the purpose of supporting outreach ministry in israel, and beyond, in the middle east, to proclaim the gospel of yeshua, the messiah, (aka) jesus, the christ

Religion
12
Naalah At Yerushalyim Inc
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Light of Zion; the most unlike its peers is Seed of Abraham Ministries Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 27 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KKCJ: $500,689 · OtherKKCJKING OF KINGS MINISTRIES INC: $225,120 · OtherKING OF KINGS MINISTRIES INCREACH INITIATIVE: $190,495 · OtherREACH INITIATIVEREACH INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL: $84,994 · OtherREACH INITIATIVE INTERNATIONALCHOSEN PEOPLE MINISTRIES INC: $79,434 · OtherCHOSEN PEOPLE MINISTRIES INC+9 more: $106,751 · Other+9 moreHATIKVA PROJECT US INC: $490,417 · InternationalHATIKVA PROJECT US INCMERCY CHEFS INC: $271,613 · Human ServicesMERCY CHEFS IN…NEAR EAST MEDIA: $32,263 · Human ServicesNEAR EAST MEDI…JH ISRAEL: $90,000 · ReligionJH ISRAELJerusalem Seminary: $44,983 · ReligionJerusalem Se…CITY OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $38,453 · ReligionCITY OF LIFE…Seed of Abraham Ministries Inc: $36,465 · ReligionSeed of Abra…THE 4220 FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · ReligionTHE 4220 FOU…Messenger International Inc: $16,200 · ReligionMessenger In…KEHILA MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL dba Kehila News: $10,004 · Religion+1 more: $5,062 · ReligionTHE ARISE FOUNDATION: $45,000 · PhilanthropyFIELDS OF WHEAT INC: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,187,483International$490,417Human Services$303,876Religion$261,167Philanthropy$45,000Youth Development$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHATIKVA PROJECT US INC: $490,417 over 3y, 26% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $271,613 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetJH ISRAEL: $90,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE ARISE FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetJerusalem Seminary: $44,983 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetCITY OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $38,453 over 2y, 10% of budgetSeed of Abraham Ministries Inc: $36,465 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNEAR EAST MEDIA: $32,263 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE 4220 FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetREMNANT OF ISRAEL: $18,651 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKEHILA MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL dba Kehila News: $10,004 over 1y, 17% of budgetFIELDS OF WHEAT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLIGHT OF ZION: $5,062 over 1y, 2.0% 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 HATIKVA PROJECT US INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCY CHEFS INC ↗
  • Who funds JH ISRAEL ↗
  • Who funds THE ARISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Jerusalem Seminary ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF LIFE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Seed of Abraham Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEAR EAST MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds THE 4220 FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds REMNANT OF ISRAEL ↗
  • Who funds Messenger International Inc ↗
  • Who funds KEHILA MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL dba Kehila News ↗
  • Who funds FIELDS OF WHEAT INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT OF ZION ↗

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.

Jewish Voice Ministri…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Voice Ministries IntlAZ19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Voice Ministries Intl · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries 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 27 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 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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