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Have Mercy Ministries Inc at a glance

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Have Mercy Ministries Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$32k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Religion$52kYouth Development$46kHuman Services$45kHousing & Shelter$39kInternational$21kFood & Nutrition$19kEducation$15kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$97k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Achieve Foundation$5,000
United Community Corporation$5,000
Remnant Ministries Church Intl$5,000
The Maplewood Foundation$5,000
Montclair Emergency Services Hope$5,000
Another Choice Youth and Family$3,000
Chance For A Brighter Future$2,000
Modern Day Missions$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%Mercy Center: $5k → 6%Mercy Center: $5k → 6%United Community Corporation: $5k → 16%Second Street Youth Center: $4k → 10%Another Choice Youth and Family: $3k → 17%Sierra House Inc: $5k → 16%Another Choice Youth and Family: $3k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CO
TN
NC
DC
HI
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$178k · 13 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
25

Total granted

$178k
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
+46%

Still filing today

69%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentEducationHousing & ShelterInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • GIRLS GROUP
    4× · 2021–2024 · $20k · revenue +39%
  • JA
    JOIS ANGELS
    4× · 2019–2022 · $19k · revenue +234%
  • JP
    JERICHO PROJECT
    4× · 2019–2022 · $19k · revenue +165%

Funded once

  • NL
    NAACP Legal Defense and Education F
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • MAUI FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +138%
  • MB
    MENDING BROKEN PIECES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Making It Possible to End Homelessness Inc

The organization's mission is to increase local services and resources for the homeless. miph provides affordable permanent housing in central new jersey, giving families a stable place to live while they prepare for their lives free from…

Housing & Shelter
2
South Jersey Dream Center Inc

The mission of south jersey dream center (sjdc) is to help break the vicious cycle of poverty by offering people options to change.

Science & Tech
3
Newark Community Health Centers Inc

The mission of newark community health centers is to provide affordable, high quality, and accessible healthcare to the communities that we serve. as one of the largest providers of comprehensive primary care services for uninsured and…

Health
4
Food Bank for New York City

Food bank for nyc has been the city's major hunger-relief organization driven by our mission to empower every new yorker to achieve food security for good. we harness the collective power of our network of food providers, partners, and…

Community Improvement
5
Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey a Nj Nonprofit Corporation

The mission of the independent colleges and universities of new jersey, a new jersey non-profit corporation is to advance the interests of new jersey's independent, non-profit, public mission institutions of higher education by promoting…

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6
Share My Meals Inc

Originating in mercer county in 2020 with the mission of tackling both food insecurity and food waste, share my meals has since expanded across the state of new jersey. more than 994,000 new jersey residents are food-secure while over 1.9…

Human Services
7
Women Aware Inc

Women aware envisions a society where individuals can live free from violence and injustice. our mission is to promote the safety and self-sufficiency of individuals and families affected by domestic violence in middlesex county, new…

Human Services
8
Food Bank Association of New York State

The mission of feeding new york state is to lead a unified effort for a hunger-free state of new york. the mission of food banking is to obtain food and deliver it to emergency food programs. feeding new york state works to end hunger by…

Food & Nutrition
9
Covenant House New Jersey Inc

To provide shelter, food, medical and mental health care, legal services, educational and vocational services and an array of housing options, including transitional and permanent housing opportunities, for youth facing homelessness and…

Human Services
10
Hunger Solutions New York Inc

We strive to maximize participation in, and support for, federally funded nutrition assistance programs including supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), the school breakfast program and national school lunch program, the summer…

Food & Nutrition
11
Homefront Inc

Homefront's mission is to end homelessness in central new jersey by harnessing the caring, resources, and expertise of the community. we lessen the immediate pain of homelessness and help families become self-sufficient. we work to give…

Education
12
Jersey Cares Inc

Established in 1993, jersey cares is a nonprofit organization dedicated to volunteerism and civic engagement in new jersey. we engage individuals, families, community groups, and corporations in a broad spectrum of volunteer opportunities…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Center Corporation; the most unlike its peers is The Maplewood Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 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. 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
20/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REMNANT MINISTRIES CHURCH INTERNATIONAL: $20,000 · OtherREMNANT MINISTRIES CHURCH INTERNATIONALAchieve Foundation: $15,000 · OtherAchieve FoundationAGAPE FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER INC: $15,000 · OtherAGAPE FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER INCBIBLE-WAY APOSTOLIC MISSIONS: $8,000 · OtherBIBLE-WAY APOSTOLIC MISSIONSNAACP Legal Defense and Education F: $5,000 · OtherMENDING BROKEN PIECES INC: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherNeighborhood USA Project: $5,000 · OtherROSEVILLE OUTREACH COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $5,000 · OtherInstitute Responsible Leadership: $5,000 · OtherGreater Shiloh Church: $5,000 · OtherSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $10,000 · OtherSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INCWYNONA'S HOUSE: $9,000 · OtherWYNONA'S HOUSEBUF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CORPORATION INC: $5,000 · Other+11 more: $32,000 · Other+11 moreJOIS ANGELS: $19,000 · Food & NutritionJOIS ANGELSMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BA…TABLE TO TABLE INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionTABLE TO TAB…Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity Fo…MERCY CENTER CORPORATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesMERCY CENTE…Another Choice Youth and Family Outreach Inc: $6,000 · Human ServicesAnother Cho…Sierra House Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesSierra Hous…United Community Corporation: $5,000 · Human ServicesUnited Comm…SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesSECOND STRE…GIRLS GROUP: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS GRO…ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentALL THING…JERICHO PROJECT: $19,000 · Housing & ShelterJERICHO P…MONTCLAIR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR HOPE INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterMONTCLAIR…FRIENDS OF FONDATION DE FRANCE INC: $17,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $4,000 · InternationalTHE MAPLEWOOD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CODEY FUND FOR MENTAL HEALTH INC: $4,000 · Philanthropy
Other$149,000Food & Nutrition$34,000Human Services$30,000Youth Development$25,000Housing & Shelter$24,000International$21,000Philanthropy$14,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGIRLS GROUP: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJOIS ANGELS: $19,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetJERICHO PROJECT: $19,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF FONDATION DE FRANCE INC: $17,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY CENTER CORPORATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MAPLEWOOD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWYNONA'S HOUSE: $9,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAnother Choice Youth and Family Outreach Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSierra House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTABLE TO TABLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTCLAIR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR HOPE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBUF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CORPORATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CODEY FUND FOR MENTAL HEALTH INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bold Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSALVATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE A NJ N: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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.

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.

Community Foundation …The Provident Bank Fo…Pseg Foundation IncColumbia Bank Foundat…Investors Foundation …The Hyde and Watson F…Td Charitable Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ24.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Provident Bank Foundation · Pseg Foundation Inc · Columbia Bank Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Have Mercy Ministries Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Have Mercy Ministries Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Salvation and Social Justice a Nj N: 52% of income from government
  • United Community Corporation: 45% of income from government
  • Mercy Center Corporation: 21% of income from government
  • Buf Health and Human Services Corporation Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Sierra House Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 42 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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