· Private foundation
Gillis Family Foundation
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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k43 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $162k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES | $162,000 |
| STATELINE BAPTIST CHURCH | $25,000 |
| REACHING & TEACHING INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| BAND OF BROTHERS | $10,000 |
| AWANA | $6,000 |
| BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| FATHERS CHILD MINISTRY | $1,100 |
| MESSIANIC JEWISH ALLIANCE OF AMERICA | $1,050 |
| RACE TRACK CHAPLAINCY OF AMERICA INC | $1,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $1,000 |
| COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $1,000 |
| WAUKAWAY SPRINGS CHRISTIAN RETREAT CENTER | $750 |
| INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISITANS AND JEWS | $550 |
| FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH | $350 |
| KAIROS PRISON MINISTRY | $300 |
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 (FY23–24, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 100% of Gillis Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 19% of the giving stays in MS; by stated purpose, 0%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
42 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 12 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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FOFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES6× · 2019–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +80%
- BOBand of Brothers2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +346% · 28% of their budget
- CCColumbus Christian Academy Inc3× · 2022–2024 · $7k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- NNHCFone grant, 2022 · $15k
- PMPONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETYone grant, 2019 · $1k
- CUCitizens United Foundationone grant, 2021 · $600 · revenue -67%
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
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…
Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…
Aac's purpose is to build up and defend great commission anglican churches in north america through developing faithful leaders, equipping local churches and engaging the church and culture with gospel clarity.
Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
How this is measured
34 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. 34 of the 73 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 FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds HISPANIOLA MOUNTAIN MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds AWANA CLUBS INTERNATIONAL AND AFFILIATES ↗
- Who funds Band of Brothers ↗
- Who funds REACHING AND TEACHING INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds Columbus Christian Academy Inc ↗
- Who funds FATHER'S CHILD MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds RACE TRACK CHAPLAINCY OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds Citizens United Foundation ↗
- Who funds BIBLICA INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds UNITEUS INC ↗
- Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN ↗
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: Farrell Family Foundation · Ebs Foundation · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · The Lewis Family Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Christian Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gillis Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gillis Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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