· Private foundation
First Harvest 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $98k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YOUNG LIFE | $98,296 |
| CHRISTIAN UNION | $10,800 |
| UCI FOUNDATION | $5,050 |
| MOUNTAIN LIFE CHURCH | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| FLOODWAYS (DEEPER MINISTIRES INC) | $5,000 |
| SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $3,069 |
| TALK ABOUT CURING AUTISM | $2,500 |
| ST JOSEPH'S HOUSING INITIATIVE | $2,500 |
| UNSILENCED | $2,500 |
| THE TRINITY FORUM | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YLYOUNG LIFE5× · 2021–2025 · $305k · revenue +38%
- CUCHRISTIAN UNION INC3× · 2021–2025 · $24k · revenue +77%
- SJSt Joseph Housing Initiative5× · 2021–2025 · $17k · revenue +93%
Funded once
- F(FLOODWAYS (DEEPER MINISTRIES INC)one grant, 2023 · $10k
- OLOUR LADY OF QUEEN OF ANGELES CATHOLIC CHURCHone grant, 2021 · $10k
- WBWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INCone grant, 2021 · $6k
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.
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
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.
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
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.
Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…
Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.
One for israel's purposes are to unite u.s. and international churches, ministries and individuals for the proclamation of the gospel in israel, to raise funds for evangelism and gospel proclamation, to provide tangible relief for israel's…
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…
Catholic leadership institute provides bishops, priests,religious, deacons and lay persons in the roman catholic church with world-class, pastoral leadership formation and consulting services that strengthen their confidence and competence…
The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…
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…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 39 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN UNION INC ↗
- Who funds St Joseph Housing Initiative ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds 4WORD ↗
- Who funds THE AUTISM COMMUNITY IN ACTION ↗
- Who funds Segerstrom Center for the Arts ↗
- Who funds HOMEWORD ↗
- Who funds WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HUNGER FUND ↗
- Who funds Floodways ↗
- Who funds THE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT ↗
- Who funds Hope For Life ↗
- Who funds GROW MONGOLIA INC ↗
- Who funds ALPHA CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TRINITY FORUM 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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization First Harvest Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Harvest Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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