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Fuller Theological Seminary

The seminary is a multi-denominational post-baccalaureate school of religious learning that prepares students for christian vocations through its two schools: school of mission & theology and school of psychology & marriage & family therapy.

$9.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
94
Grants FY2025still arriving
24
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 94 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 94 grants below total $1,188,940, the rows itemized in this filing. The $9,576,401 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $8,387,461 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k92 grants · $1.2M
$12,500
Median grant
24
States reached
$303M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REAL RESOURCES INC$37,500
CHURCH PLANTING NETWORK$12,500
WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$12,500
NATIONAL CATHOLIC NETWORK DE PASTORAL JUVENIL HISPANA - LA RED$12,500
MOSAIC HOUSE MINISTRIES$12,500
THEREFOREGO MINISTRIES$12,500
PROJECT SAVVY$12,500
COHESION$12,500
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT NEXT GEN$12,500
TRUTHS TABLE LLC$12,500
CHRIST IN YOUTH$12,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS$12,500
YOUNG LIFE$12,500
PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH INTERNATIONAL$12,500
BLACK CHRISTIAN INFLUENCERS$12,500
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 62% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE DIASPORA NETWORK: $13k → 10%FUTURE OF FAITH: $13k → 9%GENERATION DISTINCT: $8k → 14%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
IL
MI
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
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 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
Explore God Network
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2
Encounter Church

Church

Religion
3
The Life Connection Inc
Religion
4
Raise Up Global Ministries

Raise Up Global Ministries is committed to educating Christian leaders in communities around the world. The three programs of Raise Up equip the global church by 1 Developing biblically based interactive materials and 2 Training…

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5
Be Reconciled

We exist to provide educational and training resources for believers to love biblical unity live out reconciliation and lead reconciliation conversations

Religion
6
Youth Conference Ministries Inc

To develop youth servant leaders who will share the message of jesus christ with their peers.

Youth Development
7
G2G Center

Curriculum development and distribution & Christian Leadership Training

Religion
8
Continuum Network

Continuum Network is a religious and educational engine designed to hep Christian believers, discover, develop, and deploy their unique calling. We are coaches, consultants, and advocates for followers of Jesus who want to learn how to…

Religion
9
Filipino Cursillos in Christianity La
Religion
10
Unify Ministries
Religion
11
Transform Ministries
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12
Vision for Youth

To train and encourage youth workers and students for effective global ministry

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Real Resources Inc; the most unlike its peers is Made for Pax Co. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

57 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. 57 of the 93 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/57
Grantees still filing
22/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

+45 more: $561,627 · Other+45 moreREAL RESOURCES INC: $37,500 · ReligionREAL RESOURCES INCRESTORATIVE JUSTICE INSTITUTE: $25,000 · ReligionRESTORATIVE JUSTICE INSTITUTE+26 more: $324,245 · Religion+26 moreRESCUE A GENERATION: $12,500 · EducationWhats Your Forte Foundation: $12,500 · EducationAXIS: $12,500 · EducationNORTH PARK UNIVERSITY: $12,500 · EducationTHE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $12,500 · EducationHIGH DESERT CHRISTIAN COLLEGE DBA THE VOICES SCHOOL FOR LIBERATION AND THEOLOGY: $12,500 · EducationFLAGLER COLLEGE INC: $12,500 · EducationDYNAMIC YOUTH MINISTRIES: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOON MINISTRIES CORP: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentNew Life Centers of Chicagoland: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH FOR CHRISTUSA INC: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentAZ Reach: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentBE THE BRIDGE: $12,500 · Community ImprovementCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $12,500 · Community ImprovementPASSION LA: $12,500 · Community ImprovementLA MISION DE SAN LUCAS: $12,500 · Human ServicesFUTURE OF FAITH: $12,500 · Human ServicesGeneration Distinct: $8,068 · Human ServicesTREEHOUSE INC: $12,500 · Health
Other$561,627Religion$386,745Education$87,500Youth Development$70,000Community Improvement$37,500Human Services$33,068Health$12,500

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 budgetRESTORATIVE JUSTICE INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetMOSAIC HOUSE MINISTRIES: $12,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetDYNAMIC YOUTH MINISTRIES: $12,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRESCUE A GENERATION: $12,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNational Network of Youth Ministries: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHASING JUSTICE TOGETHER FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK: $12,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetABLAZE MINISTRIES INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCENTER FOR FAITHJUSTICE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE WITNESS INC: $12,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetNORTH PARK UNIVERSITY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENDING WINGS: $12,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Savvy: $12,500 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetENCIRCLED: $12,500 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetNATIONAL CATHOLIC NETWORK DE PASTORAL JUVENIL HISP: $12,500 over 1y, 39% of budgetArrabon Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPASSION LA: $12,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCatholic Volunteer Network: $12,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetYOUTH FOR CHRISTUSA INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSojourners Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChurch Planting Network Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLeadership LINKS: $12,500 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetMADE FOR PAX CO: $12,495 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetYOUTH MINISTRY CONSULTANTS: $11,750 over 1y, 5.4% 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.

Lilly Endowment IncDevos Urban Leadershi…Barnabas FoundationG II CharitiesInternational Generos…The Maclellan Foundat…World Vision IncChristian Community F…Gordon Christian TrustCalvin UniversityServant FoundationJohnson Charitable Gi…
Lilly Endowment IncIN27.3× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Devos Urban Leadership Initiative · Barnabas Foundation · G II Charities · International Generosity Foundation Trust · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · World Vision Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Gordon Christian Trust · Calvin University · Servant Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund

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 Fuller Theological Seminary funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fuller Theological Seminary. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%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
    3get 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.

    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 93 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 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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