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For Jesus Loved Me First 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.

$390k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,000
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$84k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

International$160kArts & Culture$116kCrime & Legal$70kHuman Services$65kCommunity Improvement$65kCivil Rights$50kReligion$50kYouth Development$40kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
MI
NY
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
NC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Salvation Army$65,0002n/a
City Mission$65,0002n/a
Samaritan's Purse$60,00020%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$50,00020%
Alliance Defending Freedom$40,00020%
Cleveland Museum of Natural History$39,00020%
The Musical Arts Association$33,00020%
Cleveland Museum of Art$20,00020%
Compassion International Incorporated$20,0001n/a
Cleveland Botanical Garden$16,00020%
Show all 23 grantees
All grantees of For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Salvation Army$65,0002n/a
City Mission$65,0002n/a
Samaritan's Purse$60,00020%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$50,00020%
Alliance Defending Freedom$40,00020%
Cleveland Museum of Natural History$39,00020%
The Musical Arts Association$33,00020%
Cleveland Museum of Art$20,00020%
Compassion International Incorporated$20,0001n/a
Cleveland Botanical Garden$16,00020%
Cornerstone Pregnancy Services$15,0001n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$15,00010%
Western Reserve Historical Society$14,00020%
Cleveland Institute of Music$10,00010%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$10,00020%
Blue Dragon Children's Foundation USA$10,00020%
The Colson Center for Christian Worldview$10,00010%
International Health Services$10,00010%
Agape International Missions$10,00020%
Cleveland Pregnancy Center$10,0001n/a
International Justice Mission$10,00020%
Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc$5,0001n/a
Friends of the Good Samaritans Inc$5,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSamaritan's Purse: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPrison Fellowship Ministries: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance Defending Freedom: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Museum of Natural History: $39,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $33,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Museum of Art: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Botanical Garden: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Reserve Historical Society: $14,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCleveland Institute of Music: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Dragon Children's Foundation USA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Colson Center for Christian Worldview: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Health Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAgape International Missions: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Justice Mission: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 16.

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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.

American Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH12.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

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Find your warmest path to For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation 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.

About For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation

How much does For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation give?
For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $390,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (24%), Arts & Culture (17%), Crime & Legal (10%).
Who are For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: The Salvation Army ($65k), City Mission ($65k), Samaritan's Purse ($60k).
Does For Jesus Loved Me First 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 For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
Where is For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation based?
For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation is based in OH.

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-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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