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Few Acres 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.

$475k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$357kHealth$250kEducation$125kScience & Tech$56kHuman Services$55kRecreation & Sports$15kCommunity Improvement$12kCrime & Legal$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $74k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $378k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$9.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$150,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$120,000
MAPS GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP$108,000
ELIJAH HOUSE ACADEMY$24,000
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$20,000
MUSCOGEE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC$20,000
IMPACT CAMPUS MINISTRIES INC$10,000
ATLAS FREE$6,000
ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL$5,000
JABBOK MINISTRIES INC$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE$2,500
DUKE UNIVERSITY$2,500
BATH COUNTY ARTS ASSOCIATION$2,000
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 (FY22–22, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BIG OAK RANCH: $50k → 13%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

NH
WA
NY
IN
CA
CO
MO
VA
TN
NC
SC
AL
GA
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$447k · 8 repeat orgs$455k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
17

Total granted

$447k
$243k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+6%

Still filing today

63%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $212k 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
EducationReligionHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • TR
    THE RELEVATE GROUP INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $19k · revenue +53%
  • HC
    HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +59%
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $8k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • SA
    SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +158%
  • BO
    BIG OAK RANCH INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +1%
  • HF
    HEART FOR GOD
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -54%
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
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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2
Welch College

Welch college is a christian higher education institution that educates leaders to serve christ, his church, and his world through biblical thought and life

Education
3
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
4
Erskine College and Theological Seminary

Erskine College exists to glorify God as a Christian academic community where students are equipped to flourish as whole persons for lives of service through the pursuit of undergraduate liberal arts and graduate theological education.

Education
5
Mid-Atlantic Christian University

Mid-atlantic christian university is an undergraduate institution of christian higher learning whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary christian leaders. students are taught to think…

Education
6
Belhaven University

Belhaven university prepares students academically and spiritually to serve jesus christ in their careers, in human relationships, and in the world of ideas.

Education
7
The Master's University and Seminary

The Master's University and Seminary (TMUS) exists to advance the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ through education. This is accomplished through unreserved commitment to worshipping God, authority of Scripture, personal holiness, serving…

Education
8
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
9
Global Scholars

Global scholars exists so that christian academics are adequately equipped to have a redemptive influence among their students, colleagues, universities and disciplines, at a reasonable cost.

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10
The King's University

The King's University integrates Biblical education and practical ministry to shape Spirit-formed individuals who follow Jesus, serve His Church, and are sent to impact the world.

Education
11
Criswell College

The mission of criswell college is to provide ministerial and professional higher education for men and women preparing to serve as christian leaders throughout society, while maintaining an institutional commitment to biblical inerrancy.

Education
12
Central Christian College of the Bible

Central christian college of the bible (central) exists to develop servant-leaders for the church. as a traditional undergraduate bible college of the restoration movement, central equips faithful men and women for leadership ministry.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fellowship of Christian Athletes; the most unlike its peers is Plus Nothing. 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

22 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. 22 of the 33 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAPS GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP: $148,000 · OtherMAPS GLOBAL FELLOWSHIPFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $145,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHATLAS FREE: $56,000 · OtherATLAS FREEELIJAH HOUSE ACADEMY: $55,003 · OtherELIJAH HOUSE ACADEMY+12 more: $47,764 · Other+12 moreChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation: $150,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital and Healthc…SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthSHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATIONBIG OAK RANCH INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesPLUS NOTHING: $12,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationHAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationIMPACT CAMPUS MINISTRIES: $10,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · EducationTHE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · EducationTHE RELEVATE GROUP INC: $18,815 · ReligionHEART FOR GOD: $15,000 · ReligionGLOBAL FELLOWSHIP INC: $7,500 · ReligionJabbock Ministries Inc: $2,500 · Religion+1 more: $1,000 · ReligionMUSCOGEE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FND: $20,000 · PhilanthropyFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $14,600 · Youth Development
Other$451,767Health$250,000Human Services$63,000Education$57,500Religion$44,815Philanthropy$20,000Youth Development$14,600

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetELIJAH HOUSE ACADEMY: $55,003 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBIG OAK RANCH INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCOGEE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FND: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE RELEVATE GROUP INC: $18,815 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEART FOR GOD: $15,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $14,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLUS NOTHING: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMICAH'S PROMISE INC: $10,010 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKore Venture Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetIMPACT CAMPUS MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJabbock Ministries Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSACRED HEART CENTER INC: $1,254 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRESTORE NYC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarked Men for Christ Inc: $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.

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…Harris Foundation co …Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Renaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…
The Community Foundation IncVA16.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Harris Foundation co Hiter Harris III · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 33 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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