· Private foundation
Fortress Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $5k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $62k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $36,425 |
| ST MARY'S COLLEGE | $13,720 |
| LONGVIEW CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $12,298 |
| MISSIONARY CHURCH ECR CRISIS RELIEF | $1,200 |
| MAPS GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP | $1,200 |
| COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL | $1,032 |
| CIRCLE CITY RELIEF | $1,000 |
| PHARE WARRIOR | $800 |
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 (FY17–23, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 +82% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- A1ASCENT 121 INC4× · 2017–2020 · $170k · revenue +99%
- PWPHARE WARRIOR4× · 2021–2024 · $116k · revenue +762% · 44% of their budget
- IJINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION3× · 2017–2019 · $45k · revenue +82%
Funded once
- MRMERCY ROAD CHURCHone grant, 2018 · $175k
- WIWAYFINDERS INC NFPone grant, 2022 · $80k
- ICINDIGENT CAREone grant, 2022 · $43k
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.
As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
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…
Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.
To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.
Christar international serves as a catalyst to the network of christar ministries by facilitating and encouraging partnerships with churches who sen dout men and women who proclaim the gospel for life-giving transformation in communitiesw…
The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…
To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.
Train, equip, and disciple pastors and church leaders to serve the Church and fulfill the great commission.
To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 54 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 ASCENT 121 INC ↗
- Who funds PHARE WARRIOR ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
- Who funds Longview Christian School Inc ↗
- Who funds BIBLICA INC ↗
- Who funds Back 2 Back Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds FOOD 4 SOULS INC ↗
- Who funds CHRISTS HOPE U S A INC ↗
- Who funds THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC ↗
- Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
- Who funds CIRCLE CITY RELIEF INC ↗
- Who funds COMMISSION TO EVERY NATION ↗
- Who funds Texas Health Resources ↗
- Who funds HOME RUN MINISTRIES ↗
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 · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Fortress Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fortress Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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