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French Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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French Family Charitable 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.

$284k
Granted FY2025still arriving
47
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$50k
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, FY2022 to 2025.

Religion$115kHealth$103kEducation$80kInternational$74kFood & Nutrition$60kEmployment$27kHousing & Shelter$27kHuman Services$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k38 grants · $118k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $117k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEPSE$50,000
HERITAGE BAPTIST CHURCH$25,000
STEPS INC$25,000
AMA NYAME MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER$15,000
FACES$11,500
COVENANT HOUSE$10,000
CHRISTIAN VETERINARY MISSION$10,000
SCOPE MEALS ON WHEELS$10,000
FINCA INTERNATIONAL$10,000
SEVA FOUNDATION$5,000
BETTER DAYS OF FARMVILLE$5,000
PRINCE EDWARD VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUA$5,000
HEART OF VIRGINIA FREE CLINIC$5,000
FISTULA FOUNDATION$5,000
CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT$5,000
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 (FY24–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%REESTABLISH RICHMOND: $3k → 22%REESTABLISH RICHMOND: $2k → 22%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
MT
IL
IA
IN
PA
CA
KY
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
$452k · 36 repeat orgs$126k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
16

Total granted

$452k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+20%

Still filing today

58%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthReligionAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • AN
    AMA NYAME MEMORIAL MEDICAL CTR INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $35k · revenue +40%
  • SI
    STEPS INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $27k · revenue +12%
  • CV
    CHRISTIAN VETERINARY MISSION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA
    one grant, 2024 · $12k
  • AU
    AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +20%
  • ST
    ST THERESA CATHOLIC CH FOOD PANTRY
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
2
Global Partners in Care

The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.

International
3
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

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

International
4
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
5
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
6
Medical Teams International

Medical teams international is a christian humanitarian relief agency focused on providing life-saving medical care for people in crisis.

International
7
Relief International Inc

Relief international (ri) partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change, and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience, and promote long-term health and wellbeing of people in the communities that we serve. relief…

International
8
Food for the Hungry Inc

Food for the hungry is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that has designed, developed and delivered solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on…

International
9
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc

The cooperative for assistance and relief everywhere, inc. and its subsidiaries (care or the organization) was established in 1945 and is an international humanitarian organization delivering emergency relief and long-term international…

International
10
Earthenable Inc

Earthenable works to solve the housing crisis in africa by revolutionizing the rural housing industry through innovative, affordable, and sustainable home-building solutions. its mission is to create healthier, safer, and climate-resilient…

International
11
World Vision Inc

World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…

International
12
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action; the most unlike its peers is The Schaeffer Center for Christian Study. 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

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 72 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
25/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEPSE: $60,000 · OtherPEPSEHERITAGE BAPTIST CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherHERITAGE BAPTIST CHURCHSTEPS INC: $27,000 · OtherSTEPS INCST THERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherST THERESA CATHOLIC CHURCHSCOPE MEALS ON WHEELS: $18,000 · OtherSCOPE MEALS ON WHEELSBAPTIST COLLEGIATE MINISTRY ALUMNI: $15,000 · OtherLONGWOOD UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES USA: $11,500 · Other+35 more: $116,000 · Other+35 moreAMA NYAME MEMORIAL MEDICAL CTR INC: $35,000 · HealthAMA NYAME MEMORI…FACES: $21,500 · HealthFACESHeart of Virginia Free Clinic Inc: $16,000 · HealthHeart of Virgini…Ronald McDonald House Global: $5,000 · HealthRonald McDonald …The Fistula Foundation: $5,000 · HealthThe Fistula Foun…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $20,000 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE PO…FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATI…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS F…Mercy Ships International: $10,000 · InternationalMercy Ships Int…CAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $7,750 · InternationalCAMFED USA FOUN…INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $6,250 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL J…EVIDENCE ACTION: $5,000 · InternationalEVIDENCE ACTIONSEVA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDATIONINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $3,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,000 · International+1 more: $1,500 · InternationalCOVENANT HOUSE: $20,000 · Human ServicesRE-ESTABLISH RICHMOND INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesKINGSPORT HOMELESS MINISTRY INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesPATTYS HOPE: $4,000 · Human ServicesISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $2,500 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $15,000 · ReligionEPISCOPAL CHURCH HOME FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · ReligionTHE SCHAEFFER CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN STUDY: $2,000 · ReligionCHRISTIAN VETERINARY MISSION: $20,000 · AnimalsFEED MORE INC: $9,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$317,500Health$83,500International$81,500Human Services$42,000Religion$24,000Animals$20,000Food & Nutrition$9,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMA NYAME MEMORIAL MEDICAL CTR INC: $35,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetSTEPS INC: $27,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFACES: $21,500 over 3y, 35% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN VETERINARY MISSION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHeart of Virginia Free Clinic Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MORE INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $7,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEPISCOPAL CHURCH HOME FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $6,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER KINGSPORT INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRE-ESTABLISH RICHMOND INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKINGSPORT HOMELESS MINISTRY INC: $4,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetPATTYS HOPE: $4,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetLEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SCHAEFFER CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN STUDY: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget3E RESTORATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMALARIA CONSORTIUM US INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK IN APPALACHIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

The Community Foundat…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation IncVA14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 French Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from French Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 72 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home