Illinois · Public charity
Growing Hope Globally
As a christian response to world hunger, GROWING HOPE GLOBALLY links the grassroots energy and commitment of the us agricultural community with the capability and desire of small farmers in developing countries to grow lasting solutions to hunger.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $123,345
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $621,643
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Growing Hope Globally funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $1.7M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.6M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $1.8M | 10% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Renew | $3,916,742 | 8 | 4% |
| Church World Service Inc | $3,774,109 | 8 | 1% |
| Mennonite Central Committee U S | $2,936,453 | 8 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $1,228,694 | 8 | n/a |
| Lutheran World Relief Inc | $1,050,988 | 8 | 0% |
| World Hope International Inc | $590,531 | 8 | 1% |
| Presbyterian Church USA a Corp | $325,384 | 6 | n/a |
| North Park University | $296,682 | 4 | 0% |
| Church of the Nazarene Inc | $280,765 | 8 | n/a |
| Evangelical Covenant Church | $189,748 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Renew | $3,916,742 | 8 | 4% |
| Church World Service Inc | $3,774,109 | 8 | 1% |
| Mennonite Central Committee U S | $2,936,453 | 8 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $1,228,694 | 8 | n/a |
| Lutheran World Relief Inc | $1,050,988 | 8 | 0% |
| World Hope International Inc | $590,531 | 8 | 1% |
| Presbyterian Church USA a Corp | $325,384 | 6 | n/a |
| North Park University | $296,682 | 4 | 0% |
| Church of the Nazarene Inc | $280,765 | 8 | n/a |
| Evangelical Covenant Church | $189,748 | 3 | n/a |
| United Methodist Church & Its Affiliated Organizations | $184,918 | 2 | n/a |
| Church of the Brethren | $140,725 | 3 | n/a |
| World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The General Council on Finance and Administration of the United Metho | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
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: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Lilly Endowment Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Verizon Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
About Growing Hope Globally
- How much does Growing Hope Globally give?
- Growing Hope Globally reported 10 itemized grants totaling $2,142,059, out of $2,233,574 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Growing Hope Globally fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (93%), Religion (7%).
- Who are Growing Hope Globally's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: World Renew ($3.9M), Church World Service Inc ($3.8M), Mennonite Central Committee U S ($2.9M).
- Does Growing Hope Globally fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Growing Hope Globally?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, The US Charitable Gift Trust, Lilly Endowment Inc.
- Where is Growing Hope Globally based?
- Growing Hope Globally is based in IL.
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