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First Presbyterian Church Foundation

The foundation's mission is to solicit and receive money and property from individuals and organizations that desire to support evangelical christian missions and ministries and to productively manage these funds pending their distribution for those who wish their personal ministry to endure indefinitely.

$322k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$79k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$958kHuman Services$220kEducation$96kHousing & Shelter$83kInternational$38kArts & Culture$10kYouth Development$10kFood & Nutrition$6k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $158,896, the rows itemized in this filing. The $321,537 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $162,641 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

  • Under $10k8 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $36k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $79k
$6,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$79,403
MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES$16,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN ACADEMY$10,493
NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS MINISTRIES$10,000
POE MILL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER$6,000
BEL-AIR COMMUNITY PARTNERS$6,000
FLOURISH ADOPTION MINISTRIES$6,000
PREMIERE ARTS COLLECTIVE$5,000
OUTREACH FOUNDATION$5,000
MAN IN THE MIRROR$5,000
ECO PRESBYTERY OF NORTH CAROLINA$5,000
REBUILD UPSTATE$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY19–24, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $32k → 10%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $16k → 10%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $15k → 10%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $10k → 10%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $5k → 10%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.

Grants abroad, by region: $96k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 4 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Middle East and North Africa$75k · 78% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: MINISTRY SUPPORT

Russia and Neighboring States$11k · 11% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: MINISTRY SUPPORT

Sub-Saharan Africa$6k · 6% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: MINISTRY SUPPORT

South Asia$4k · 4% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: MINISTRY SUPPORT

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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 13 repeat orgs$143k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
10

Total granted

$1.3M
$117k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
+33%

Still filing today

69%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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
ReligionEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NF
    NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $196k · revenue +108%
  • MH
    MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $78k · revenue +37%
  • FP
    FIRST PRESBYTERIAN ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $41k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • CA
    CHRISTIAN ARABIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • KC
    KB CHARITABLE TRUSTgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +33%
  • CF
    CALVARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $16k
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
Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
2
Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
3
Tri-State Christian Academy Inc

Our desire is to provide balanced, biblical direction to the child as a support to the home and to train each student to be self-disciplined and biblically directed in their walk with god and their fellow man. it is also our desire to meet…

Education
4
Greenville Classical Academy

Provide a distinctly Christ-centered, biblical and classical education producing students who glorify God in their thoughts, words and deeds.

Education
5
Greenbriar Christian Retreat
Religion
6
Sole Ministries

None

Religion
7
Palmetto Christian Academy of Greenwood

Palmetto christian academy of greenwood provides an environment of academic excellence and christian nurture to prepare students for godly living.

Education
8
Redeemed Christian Church of God

To strengthen marriages and families, to encourage Christian fellowship as we evangelize the lost around us and minister to the needy with the resources God has blessed us.

Religion
9
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

To prepare students to serve christ and his church through biblical, experiential and practical ministry. prts provides theological training and instruction in accordance with the scriptures and the historic reformed creeds for promotion…

Education
10
For the Gospel Ministries

Support local churches, leaders, and christians from around the world through online content that strengthens and affirms their life in christ. committed to using every means possible to reach every age and life stage with the gospel…

Religion
11
Christian Counseling & Training Center Inc

Provide counseling through assessments and counseling sessions. provided training program to churches and individuals.increase outreach in the community through social media and the web.

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12
Greenforest-Mccalep Christian Acade Mic Center Inc

The mission for Greenforest-McCalep Christian Academic Center is to achieve excellence by educating students spiritually and academically by cultivating Christian values and promoting Christian Service.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

18 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. 18 of the 28 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA: $733,707 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINAOUTREACH FOUNDATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC: $35,000 · Other+9 more: $130,480 · Other+9 moreNEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $196,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD FOCUSMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $78,000 · Human ServicesMIRACLE HILL MINISTRI…EASTERN DOMINICAN CHRISTIAN MISSION: $37,425 · ReligionEASTERN D…CHRISTIAN LEARNING CENTERS OF THE UPSTATE INC: $36,800 · ReligionCHRISTIAN…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,500 · ReligionSAMARITAN…Joshua's Way Inc: $6,250 · ReligionJoshua's …The Premier Foundation: $5,000 · ReligionMAN IN THE MIRROR INC: $5,000 · ReligionREBUILD UPSTATE: $5,000 · ReligionFIRST PRESBYTERIAN ACADEMY INC: $40,993 · EducationPOE MILL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $26,250 · EducationFlourish Adoption Ministries Inc: $16,000 · EducationBEL-AIRE COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $6,000 · EducationGordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc: $5,680 · EducationKB CHARITABLE TRUST: $20,000 · PhilanthropyLEAD COLLECTIVE INCCHA: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentMEALS ON WHEELS OF GREENVILLE INC: $6,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$899,187Human Services$274,000Religion$115,975Education$94,923Philanthropy$20,000Youth Development$10,000Food & Nutrition$6,000

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 budgetNEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $196,000 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $78,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFIRST PRESBYTERIAN ACADEMY INC: $40,993 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEASTERN DOMINICAN CHRISTIAN MISSION: $37,425 over 2y, 13% of budgetCHRISTIAN LEARNING CENTERS OF THE UPSTATE INC: $36,800 over 4y, 16% of budgetOUTREACH FOUNDATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPOE MILL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $26,250 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKB CHARITABLE TRUST: $20,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetFlourish Adoption Ministries Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetLEAD COLLECTIVE INCCHA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF GREENVILLE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEL-AIRE COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $6,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc: $5,680 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Premier Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAN IN THE MIRROR INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREBUILD UPSTATE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Dabo's All in Team Fo…South Carolina Christ…Sisk Foundation Bunco…The Jolley FoundationDuke Energy FoundationServant FoundationScsymmes FoundationUnited Way of Greenvi…Natl Christian Charit…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Renaissance Charitabl…
Dabo's All in Team FoundationSC17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dabo's All in Team Foundation · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Sisk Foundation Buncombe St Methodist Church · The Jolley Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Servant Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · United Way of Greenville County Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable 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 First Presbyterian Church Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Presbyterian Church Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 28 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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