· Private foundation
Grey Sparrow 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 $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $145k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NEW HOPE ASSEMBLY OF GOD | $100,000 |
| VALLEY CHURCH | $100,000 |
| DES MOINES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $30,000 |
| MATT AND JAKKI ESTOCK | $20,000 |
| CHRIST UNLIMITED MINISTRIES | $20,000 |
| AGAPE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER | $20,000 |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | $15,000 |
| INTL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEW | $10,000 |
| FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| GARDEN GATE RANCH INC | $10,000 |
| GODSPEED EQUINE | $5,000 |
| LIFE 1071 | $5,000 |
| MARTHAS HOUSE OF HOPE INC | $5,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $155k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 5 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, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FRFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL4× · 2021–2024 · $125k · revenue +16%
- DMDES MOINES CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS4× · 2021–2024 · $110k · revenue +55%
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSE5× · 2019–2024 · $110k · revenue +151%
Funded once
- ATADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE OF THEone grant, 2019 · $100k
- HMHOPE MINISTRIESone grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -15%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $25k
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.
The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…
Our ultimate mission at the porch is clear and simple: to raise up mighty sons of god who will carry the authority of the kingdom of heaven, and make jesus known in the earth. we desire to raise up men of god who will love his truth with…
To glorify god by equipping the church with proper christian doctrine and to help non-believers come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.
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To strengthen marriages and families, to encourage Christian fellowship as we evangelize the lost around us and minister to the needy with the resources God has blessed us.
This church will be that place of emergency where people can come any time of day or night. We will be a place that will lead people back to health both spiritually and naturally.
To care for the needy, share the good news of jesus christ and change lives by providing counseling, life skill training, dignity gained through work and christ-centered discipleship.
Organization's mission: courage for life exists to encourage individuals to embrace their god-given courage for life. we create emotional health, spiritual growth, and bible study resources to disciple individuals to grow in their…
We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…
Biblical counseling
The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…
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…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 42 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 FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds DES MOINES CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds HOPE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds WOODSON CENTER ↗
- Who funds JOPPA ↗
- Who funds GRAND VIEW CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds BIBLEPROJECT ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds Save the Storks ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ↗
- Who funds GARDEN GATE RANCH INC ↗
- Who funds GODSPEED EQUINE ↗
- Who funds MARTHAS HOUSE OF HOPE 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.
Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · United Way Worldwide · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Grey Sparrow Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grey Sparrow Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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