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For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $340k
$15,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$84k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CITY MISSION$35,000
SALVATION ARMY EASTERN TERRITORY$35,000
PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES$30,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$30,000
WORLD VISION INC$25,000
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$20,000
IN HIS STEPS FOUNDATION$20,000
YOUTH FOR CHRIST - CLEVELAND$20,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$20,000
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA$18,000
THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$17,000
CORNERSTONE PREGNANCY SERVICES$15,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$15,000
IHS GLOBAL$10,000
COLSON CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW$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 (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, 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.

area typical 11%FRIENDS OF THE GOOD SAMARITANS INC: $5k → 18%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $5k → 17%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

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

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$512k · 17 repeat orgs$100k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
2

Total granted

$512k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+73%

Still filing today

71%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalReligionCivil RightsHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • PF
    PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES
    2× · 2024–2025 · $50k · revenue +3%
  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
    2× · 2024–2025 · $40k · revenue +8%
  • CM
    CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $39k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • CI
    CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -11%
  • CP
    CLEVELAND PREGNANCY CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +73%
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
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

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…

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2
Christianity Today International

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.

Religion
3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
5
Corus International Inc

TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…

Human Services
6
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

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…

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7
Christel House International Inc

Chi prepares graduates of the christel house schools operated by its affiliated entities, which chi funds and oversees, to achieve upward economic mobility, demonstrate good citizenship, and become empowered to identify and realize their…

International
8
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
9
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
10
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
11
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
12
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is Western Reserve Historical Society. 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

23 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. 23 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY: $65,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYCITY MISSION: $65,000 · OtherCITY MISSIONYOUTH FOR CHRIST - CLEVELAND: $40,000 · OtherYOUTH FOR CHRIST - CLEVELANDCROSSROAD PRISON MINISTRY: $20,000 · OtherCROSSROAD PRISON MINISTRYAgape International Missions: $10,000 · OtherGOOD NEWS GLOBAL: $10,000 · OtherIN HIS STEPS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherIN HIS STEPS FOUNDATIONCLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN: $16,000 · OtherCLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDENFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $15,000 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $10,000 · OtherCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $39,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM …The Musical Arts Association: $33,000 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts …CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM …WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $14,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN RESERVE H…WORLD VISION INC: $45,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION IN…Compassion International Incorporated: $20,000 · InternationalCompassion Inte…BLUE DRAGON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION USA: $10,000 · InternationalBLUE DRAGON CHI…INTERNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES: $10,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL H…INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $10,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL J…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $60,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S…The Colson Center for Christian Worldview: $10,000 · ReligionThe Colson …PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $50,000 · Crime & LegalALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $40,000 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsCORNERSTONE PREGNANCY SERVICES: $15,000 · HealthCLEVELAND PREGNANCY CENTER: $10,000 · Health
Other$281,000Arts & Culture$106,000International$95,000Religion$70,000Crime & Legal$50,000Civil Rights$50,000Health$25,000

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

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 budgetWORLD VISION INC: $45,000 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
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.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to For Jesus Loved Me First Foundation?

    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.

    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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