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Foundation for Christian Ministries

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES FUNDS TO CHURCHES AND INDIVIDUALS TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS IN HELPING THOSE IN NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

$280k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$277k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Religion$932kHuman Services$547kPhilanthropy$320kHealth$312kHousing & Shelter$36kCrime & Legal$29kFood & Nutrition$14kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $250k+1 grant · $277k
$277,197
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION$277,197
APPOINTED CHURCH$3,000
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 (FY17–22, $356k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $6k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $6k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $6k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $6k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $6k → 13%FAMILY MINISTRIES OF FLORIDA: $5k → 13%FAMILY MINISTRIES OF FLORIDA: $5k → 13%FAMILY FIRST: $75k → 13%FAMILY FIRST: $50k → 13%FAMILY FIRST: $50k → 13%FAMILY FIRST: $50k → 13%FAMILY FIRST: $50k → 13%FAMILY FIRST: $33k → 13%AUTISM SHIFTS: $6k → 13%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.
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 20 repeat orgs$553k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 20 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
6

Total granted

$2.0M
$273k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+24%

Still filing today

60%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $280k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
ReligionHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • FF
    FAMILY FIRST INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $310k · revenue +516%
  • CC
    CHOICES CLINICS INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $276k · revenue +32%
  • CC
    Crossing Cultures International Inc
    6× · 2017–2022 · $131k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • BS
    BELL SHOALS BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $175k
  • BI
    BIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue +61%
  • NI
    NEUROSHIFTS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue -84%
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
Crossroads for Her Ministry Inc

A non-denominational local christian ministry focused on providing christ-centered physical, mental and spiritual comfort to women in need. our mission is to present christ's love through the gospel as we endeavor to enrich the lives of…

Religion
2
Life Training Ministries Inc

Christian counseling for individuals with anxiety depression or other emotional struggles. Christian counseling for marriages and other couples.

Human Services
3
Elevateher International Ministries

mission is to empower women to heal from trauma, grow in faith, and thrive in purpose, fully realizing their full potential

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4
Lifehouse Church Missions Inc

The promotion of the gospel of Jesus christ through international evangelism through the establishment of churches, support organizations, and missionaries.

Religion
5
Safe Haven Counseling Associates in

Biblical counseling

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6
His House Inc
Religion
7
Faithbytheword Incorporated

As Christs followers, we have the Holy Spirit residing within us, which means we have His power to fulfill this command. We cant save anyone, but its our responsibility to tell people about the God who can. How will they believe unless…

Human Services
8
Follow Him Media Inc
Religion
9
Grace Community International

Grace community exists to glorify jesus christ through biblically-based teaching designed to win the world for christ through heads of households, disciple the world through families, equip christian families to live the christian life…

Housing & Shelter
10
His House Outreach Ministries Inc Dba She Brews Coffee & Transition Prog

We equip and empower women transitioning out of incarceration by providing stable employment and housing, life skills, and mentors to walk alongside them. Through this, we inspire hope, disrupt cycles of incarceration, and restore families.

Housing & Shelter
11
Turning Hearts Ministries International Inc

Christian religious teaching organization providing biblically based resources on emotional and relationship wholeness.

Religion
12
Intimate Life Ministries
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc; the most unlike its peers is Her Lighthouse Inc. 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

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 30 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOVING FORWARD WITH DR STEPHEN RUMMAGE INC: $377,000 · OtherMOVING FORWARD WITH DR STEPHEN RUMMAGE INCFISHHAWK FELLOWSHIP INC: $214,000 · OtherFISHHAWK FELLOWSHIP INCBELL SHOALS BAPTIST CHURCH: $175,000 · OtherBELL SHOALS BAPTIST CHURCHONE MORE CHILD INC: $160,500 · OtherONE MORE CHILD INCSOUTH BAY COMMUNITY CHURCH: $36,000 · Other+6 more: $77,600 · Other+6 moreCrossing Cultures International Inc: $130,500 · ReligionCrossing Cultures …CONSTRUCTION FOR WORLDWIDE EVANGELISM INC A/K/A CWE MISSIONS: $116,025 · ReligionCONSTRUCTION FOR W…ELEVATE HIM INC: $59,500 · ReligionELEVATE HIM INCFAITH TAMPA BAY INC: $43,950 · ReligionFAITH TAMPA BAY IN…TESTUDO MINISTRIES INC HARTZOG: $28,500 · ReligionTESTUDO MINISTRIES…WORKPLACE PARACLETES INC: $21,600 · ReligionLIGHTHOUSE GOSPEL MISSION: $14,100 · Religion+1 more: $5,500 · ReligionFAMILY FIRST INC: $309,600 · Human ServicesFAMILY FIRST IN…METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN MI…+2 more: $16,400 · Human ServicesNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $277,197 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CHRIS…Faith Community Foundation: $30,000 · PhilanthropyFaith Communit…NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $12,500 · PhilanthropyCHOICES CLINICS INC: $275,500 · HealthCHOICES CLINI…COMPASS INC: $30,000 · HealthCOMPASS INCBIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsHOPE FOR HER FLORIDA INC: $50,750 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,040,100Religion$419,675Human Services$356,000Philanthropy$319,697Health$305,500Recreation & Sports$75,000Crime & Legal$50,750

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 budgetFAMILY FIRST INC: $309,600 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $277,197 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetCHOICES CLINICS INC: $275,500 over 6y, 9.8% of budgetCrossing Cultures International Inc: $130,500 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetCONSTRUCTION FOR WORLDWIDE EVANGELISM INC A/K/A CWE MISSIONS: $116,025 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetBIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetELEVATE HIM INC: $59,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetHOPE FOR HER FLORIDA INC: $50,750 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetFAITH TAMPA BAY INC: $43,950 over 5y, 7.9% of budgetCOMPASS INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFaith Community Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetTESTUDO MINISTRIES INC HARTZOG: $28,500 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetWORKPLACE PARACLETES INC: $21,600 over 2y, 10% of budgetHER LIGHTHOUSE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE GOSPEL MISSION: $14,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOOKSON HILLS FAMILY MINISTRIES OF FLORIDA INC: $10,400 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNEUROSHIFTS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMARY AND MARTHA HOUSE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

  • Who funds FAMILY FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHOICES CLINICS INC ↗
  • Who funds Crossing Cultures International Inc ↗
  • Who funds CONSTRUCTION FOR WORLDWIDE EVANGELISM INC A/K/A CWE MISSIONS ↗
  • Who funds BIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ELEVATE HIM INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR HER FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds FAITH TAMPA BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Faith Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TESTUDO MINISTRIES INC HARTZOG ↗
  • Who funds WORKPLACE PARACLETES INC ↗
  • Who funds HER LIGHTHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE GOSPEL MISSION ↗
  • Who funds NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ↗
  • Who funds COOKSON HILLS FAMILY MINISTRIES OF FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEUROSHIFTS INC ↗
  • Who funds MARY AND MARTHA HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds VIDA NUEVA TAMPA BAY 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.

Community Foundation …Natl Christian Charit…Allegany Franciscan M…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Allegany Franciscan Ministries Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Foundation for Christian Ministries funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foundation for Christian Ministries. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Choices Clinics Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Hope for Her Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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 · 0–20%
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

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Find your warmest path to Foundation for Christian Ministries 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 30 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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