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God's Gift

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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
105
Grants FY2024
65
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$600,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 116
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
23
Total assets, FY2024
$57M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations God's Gift funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
ReligionHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEducationCrime & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving86$1.5M23%
FY202365$1.4M17%
FY2022116$4.0M46%
FY202178$2.0M44%
FY202054$1.6M63%
FY20192$55k0%
FY201855$860k2%
FY201793$2.2Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$6.8MPhilanthropy$3.6MHuman Services$1.6MInternational$1.2MHealth$1.1MCivil Rights$1.0MCrime & Legal$480kHousing & Shelter$344kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Emmanuel Faith Community Church Inc$1,050,0002n/a
Hope International$900,00051%
Kalaheo Missionary Church$737,0005n/a
Soul Shepherding$475,000416%
Alliance Defending Freedom$424,00040%
Miles Christi$400,0005n/a
Agnus Dei Foundation$325,000515%
Open Arms Pcc and Real Choices$275,000710%
My Friend's House Family and Children Services Inc$250,00058%
Mission Aviation Fellowship$250,0005n/a
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All grantees of God's Gift by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Emmanuel Faith Community Church Inc$1,050,0002n/a
Hope International$900,00051%
Kalaheo Missionary Church$737,0005n/a
Soul Shepherding$475,000416%
Alliance Defending Freedom$424,00040%
Miles Christi$400,0005n/a
Agnus Dei Foundation$325,000515%
Open Arms Pcc and Real Choices$275,000710%
My Friend's House Family and Children Services Inc$250,00058%
Mission Aviation Fellowship$250,0005n/a
Cornerstone Marriage and Family Life Ministries$235,500524%
Young America's Foundation$230,00030%
Life Teen Inc$227,00041%
Thomas More Society$220,00031%
Waikiki Baptist Church$216,0005n/a
SWP INC dba SHADOW WARRIORS$190,000344%
Liberty Counsel Inc$175,0001n/a
Pro-Life Pregnancy Counseling & Educational League$156,500520%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$150,00030%
Kauai Prison Ministry$145,0004n/a
Union Gospel Mission Association of Spokane$142,5005n/a
With God All Things Are Possible$140,00022%
Hope International$140,0003n/a
Focus on the Family$120,0002n/a
Hayden Bible Church Inc$112,0003n/a
Immaculate Heart Media Inc$102,5004n/a
Build a Miracle$100,00052%
Hope Clinic For Women$96,50068%
Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Parish in San Diego Ca Real Prop S$95,0004n/a
Operation First Response Inc$94,50028%
First Liberty Institute$94,00011%
Mikael$90,000316%
Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths$90,00034%
San Diego Rescue Mission Inc$84,00070%
Enlighten Learning Resource Inc$80,000517%
The Dynamic Catholic Institute$80,00040%
Real Life Catholic$80,00042%
Birth Choice of San Marcos$75,00057%
Priority Living Inc$75,00031%
Birth Choice Centers Inc$75,00053%
Silent Voices Inc Dba Real Choices Chula Vista$70,000510%
Rainbow Omega Inc$70,00040%
Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc$70,0005n/a
Food for the Poor Inc$62,00050%
Williamson County Child Advocacy Center Inc$60,00026%
The Her Campaign$60,000312%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$60,00040%
Pacific Justice Institute$55,00020%
Life Choices Pregnancy Center Inc$55,00047%
Edify$55,00020%
The Elizabeth Hospice Inc$52,00060%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$50,00030%
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans$50,00013%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$50,00030%
Missionary Church Inc$50,0003n/a
Canopy Village Foundation Inc$50,00032%
Ripe for Harvest World Outreach$46,0002n/a
Catholic Secondary Education- Diocese of San Diego Incorporated$46,0004n/a
Voice of the Martyrs Inc$46,0005n/a
Awana Clubs International and Affiliates$45,00040%
San Diego Christian Servicemens Center Inc$45,000512%
Cataldo Lighthouse Ministries Inc an Idaho Corporation$45,0003n/a
Culture of Life Family Services$41,00021%
Thessalonika Family Services Inc$40,00032%
Fred Jordan Missions$40,0002n/a
Joni and Friends$37,00030%
Genesis Preparatory Academy$35,00020%
Juvenile Justice Outreach Inc$35,000412%
Hope International Ministries Inc$35,00032%
Prison Fellowship International$35,00040%
Jews for Jesus$34,0004n/a
Grace Lake Ministries$33,000510%
Forest Home Inc$32,0004n/a
Help the Persecuted Inc$30,0003n/a
Tennessee Alliance for Kids$30,00024%
The Well Outreach Inc$30,00012%
Veterans For Child Rescue Inc$30,00012%
One Generation Away$30,00010%
Graceworks Ministries Inc$30,00010%
Voices for Children$30,00020%
Grace to You$30,0003n/a
Embrace Equine Ministry$30,000316%
Support the Enlisted Project Inc$30,00021%
Archdiocese for the Military Services USA$30,0003n/a
Turning Point Pregnancy Resource Center Inc$30,00027%
Elam Ministries$28,00030%
Mosaic Health$27,50041%
Bible League$27,0004n/a
Warm Blankets Childrens Foundation Inc Dba Kinship United$27,00021%
Calicinto Ranch Inc$25,00024%
Project Dynamo Inc$25,00012%
Every Generation Ministries Inc$25,00031%
World Central Kitchen Inc$25,00010%
Children of the Immaculate Heart$25,00021%
2nd Chance Discipleship Ministries$25,000312%
Bear Valley Community Church$25,0003n/a
Hope Church Santa Monica$25,0001n/a
Gospel for Asia Inc$25,0002n/a
Wounded Warrior Support Network$25,000221%
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation$25,00040%
Catholic Action for Faith and Family$25,00015%
Plena Vita Counseling$22,0001n/a
Life Without Limbs$21,00031%
Shower Up$20,00013%
Great Commission Media Ministries-USA$20,00013%
Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention$20,0003n/a
One Place Church Inc$20,0001n/a
Prison Bible Studies$20,0001n/a
Americans United for Life Inc$20,00030%
On Site for Seniors Inc$20,000224%
Jaars Inc$20,00030%
Samaritan's Purse$19,00030%
The Navigators$17,0002n/a
California Family Alliance$17,0002n/a
Cornerstone Charities International$16,0004n/a
Operation Finally Home$15,00010%
Ligonier Ministries Inc$15,0003n/a
Paralyzed Veterans of America Cal-Diego Chapter$15,00023%
Far Reaching Ministries$15,00020%
Cal Farley's Boys Ranch$15,00020%
Cocolalla Lake Bible Conference Association$15,00032%
Homeword Inc$15,00020%
Walden Environment Dba Walden Family Services$15,00020%
Baja Christian Ministries$15,00011%
St Martin's Academy$15,00011%
Tomorrow Clubs International$15,00020%
Purehope Coalition$15,00022%
Canopy Village Inc$15,00020%
Partners in Evangelism International$14,00021%
Young Life$13,00020%
Alternatives$12,00012%
Kids Alive International Inc$12,00020%
Missionary Air Group Inc$12,00012%
Dynamic Church Planting International$11,00020%
Seal-Nsw Family Foundation$10,00010%
Thistle Farms Inc$10,00010%
Family Research Council$10,00020%
Mighty Oaks Foundation$10,00010%
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates$10,0001n/a
Village Missions$10,00020%
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$10,00010%
Paul Tripp Ministries Inc$10,00011%
The Evangelical Catholic Inc$10,00010%
GOSPEL PARTNERS MEDIA INC dba FORTIS INSTITUTE$10,00020%
Guitars For Vets Inc$10,00011%
Seed Company Inc$10,0002n/a
Folds of Honor South Dakota Chapter$10,00015%
Kidworks Community Development Corp$10,00010%
Gary Sinise Foundation$10,00010%
Association of Biblical Counselors$10,00013%
Hayden Bible Fellowship$10,0001n/a
Rubies Lv$10,0001n/a
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc$10,00020%
The Gospel Coalition Inc$10,0001n/a
International Justice Mission$10,00020%
Saddle Up$10,00010%
International Christian Adoptions Institute for Childrens Aid$10,00011%
Sts Francis and Alphonsus$10,00013%
Scripture Union$9,0002n/a
Word for the World$9,0002n/a
Survivors Rescue$8,5002n/a
Hume Lake Christian Camps Inc$8,0001n/a
Military Community Youth Ministries$8,00010%
Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego$8,00030%
Action International Ministries$8,0001n/a
Christian Anti Defamation Commissio$8,000114%
The Salvation Army$8,0001n/a
Far East Broadcasting Company$7,00010%
Voyagers Bible Church$7,0001n/a
Talking Bibles International$7,00011%
40 Days for Life$7,00020%
The Sheepfold Inc$7,00010%
Venture Ministries Incorporated$7,00023%
Biblica Inc$7,00020%
Cadence International$7,00020%
Thornston Educational Fund$7,00010%
Dr James Dobson Family Institute$6,00020%
The Timothy Initiative Inc$5,00010%
Thistle and Bee Enterprises Inc$5,00011%
Theocast Inc$5,0001n/a
Lutheran High South - Orange County Crean Lutheran South High School$5,0001n/a
Women's Center Inc$5,00010%
Mission Pre-Born Inc$5,00010%
The Word for the World USA$5,00010%
Reliant Mission Inc$5,0001n/a
Hermano Pablo Ministries$5,00011%
Wycliffe Associates Inc$5,0001n/a
LC Fund for Priestly Formation$5,00010%
Ross Point Camp & Conference Center Inc$5,0001n/a
Tanalian Bible Camp Camp$5,00010%
Reform Alms$5,0001n/a
Maranatha Christian Schools$5,0001n/a
Blessed Hope Chapel$5,0001n/a
China Outreach Ministriesinc$5,00010%
Epic International Corporation$5,00010%
Presbyterian Camp and Conference Centers Inc$5,0001n/a
Heartbeat International Inc$5,00010%
Judicial Watch Inc$5,00010%
Advocates for Faith and Freedom$5,00013%
Far Corners Missions$5,00011%
Spectrum Ministries$5,0001n/a
Compassion International Incorporated$4,0001n/a
Anvil of Hope$2,50012%
Mama's Kitchen$2,00010%
Navy Marine Corps Proud Foundation Inc$1,50013%
United Cerebral Palsy Association of San Diego County$1,00010%
Anchored International Inc$1,0001n/a
Faces for Hope Dba Faces 4 Hope$1,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego$1,00010%
Dr Clarence York Foundation$50010%
Solutions for Change Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

God's Gift supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 150 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHope International: $900,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSoul Shepherding: $475,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetAlliance Defending Freedom: $424,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAgnus Dei Foundation: $325,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetOpen Arms Pcc and Real Choices: $275,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetMy Friend's House Family and Children Services Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetCornerstone Marriage and Family Life Ministries: $235,500 over 5y, 24% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $230,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLife Teen Inc: $227,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThomas More Society: $220,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSWP INC dba SHADOW WARRIORS: $190,000 over 3y, 44% of budgetPro-Life Pregnancy Counseling & Educational League: $156,500 over 5y, 20% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWith God All Things Are Possible: $140,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBuild a Miracle: $100,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetHope Clinic For Women: $96,500 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetOperation First Response Inc: $94,500 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetFirst Liberty Institute: $94,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMikael: $90,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetRiding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths: $90,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetSan Diego Rescue Mission Inc: $84,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEnlighten Learning Resource Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetThe Dynamic Catholic Institute: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetReal Life Catholic: $80,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetBirth Choice of San Marcos: $75,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetPriority Living Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBirth Choice Centers Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetSilent Voices Inc Dba Real Choices Chula Vista: $70,000 over 5y, 9.7% of budgetRainbow Omega Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $62,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWilliamson County Child Advocacy Center Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetThe Her Campaign: $60,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetPrison Fellowship Ministries: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Justice Institute: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLife Choices Pregnancy Center Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetEdify: $55,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Elizabeth Hospice Inc: $52,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Coalition for Homeless Veterans: $50,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCanopy Village Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetAwana Clubs International and Affiliates: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSan Diego Christian Servicemens Center Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetCulture of Life Family Services: $41,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThessalonika Family Services Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetJoni and Friends: $37,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGenesis Preparatory Academy: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJuvenile Justice Outreach Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 12% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 150.

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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.

Christian Community Foundation IncCO34.6× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · The San Diego Foundation · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · International Generosity Foundation Trust · Eternal Perspective Ministries · From His Hand Foundation · First Fruit Inc · The Bolick 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.

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How do I get to God's Gift?

Find your warmest path to God's Gift 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.

About God's Gift

How much does God's Gift give?
God's Gift reported 105 grants totaling $2,102,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 116 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does God's Gift fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Philanthropy (21%), Human Services (9%).
Who are God's Gift's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Emmanuel Faith Community Church Inc ($1.1M), Hope International ($900k), Kalaheo Missionary Church ($737k).
Does God's Gift fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does God's Gift accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as God's Gift?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation, The Signatry Charitable Trust.
Where is God's Gift based?
God's Gift is based in CA.

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 249 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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