Georgia · Private foundation
Hands of Blessing Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $19k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,162
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,617
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Hands of Blessing Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 4 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $30k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $53k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $84k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $50k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $55k | 77% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $36k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $37k | 60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Rescue Mission | $46,432 | 8 | 0% |
| Fransalian Missionaries Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Christian Service Center Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $5,969 | 1 | 0% |
| Anointing Fire Catholic Youth Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| International Friendship Ministries Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $3,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Fathers Heart Ministry | $3,015 | 3 | n/a |
| Franciscan Friars of the Atonement | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Deposits Closet Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Rescue Mission | $46,432 | 8 | 0% |
| Fransalian Missionaries Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Christian Service Center Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $5,969 | 1 | 0% |
| Anointing Fire Catholic Youth Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| International Friendship Ministries Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $3,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Fathers Heart Ministry | $3,015 | 3 | n/a |
| Franciscan Friars of the Atonement | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Deposits Closet Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chattahoochee Fuller Center Project Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Society of the Divine Word | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seneca Choices for Life Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Reach International Corporation | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wesleyan School Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hopewell United Methodist Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Rural Ministry | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Interfaith Food Closet | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Healing Center Church | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Word on Fire Catholic Ministries | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Helpsavelife Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Invisible Children Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 80 recipients with no EIN on record ($362k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hands of Blessing Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Lanier Family Foundation · Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hands of Blessing Inc
- How much does Hands of Blessing Inc give?
- Hands of Blessing Inc reported 4 grants totaling $18,779 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Hands of Blessing Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (68%), Human Services (14%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are Hands of Blessing Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Valley Rescue Mission ($46k), Fransalian Missionaries Inc ($7k), Christian Service Center Inc ($6k).
- Does Hands of Blessing Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hands of Blessing Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hands of Blessing Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lanier Family Foundation, Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc, Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc.
- Where is Hands of Blessing Inc based?
- Hands of Blessing Inc is based in GA.
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