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Heavenly Fathers Foundation at a glance

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Heavenly Fathers 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.

$9.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$1.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$17MCivil Rights$8.2MHuman Services$5.8MHealth$2.3MInternational$1.5MYouth Development$760kRecreation & Sports$667kPublic Benefit$553kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 45 grants below total $6,386,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $9,300,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,913,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $183k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+7 grants · $5.0M
$17,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$228M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Alliance For Religious Freedom for Finances$1,700,000
Alliance Defending Freedom$1,000,000
Serenity Foundation of Texas Impact Youth Prevention Program$750,000
Mountain Top Church$703,650
Dr. James Dobson Family Institute$325,000
Foundation to Abolish Abortion$287,000
AACC Foundation, Inc.$250,000
New Horizons Ranch & Center, Inc$215,000
PassionLife Ministries$178,600
Theology of the Body Evangelism$150,000
The Solid Rock, Inc.$100,000
DeliverFund$100,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$87,500
Jim H Green Kidz Harbor, Inc.$60,000
Judicial Watch Inc.$50,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33M · 48 repeat orgs$5.0M to everyone else

48 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
31

Total granted

$33M
$3.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+18%

Still filing today

46%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCivil RightsReligionPublic BenefitHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
    5× · 2018–2024 · $3.5M · revenue +117%
  • DJ
    Dr James Dobson Family Institute
    6× · 2017–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +62%
  • NH
    NEW HORIZONS RANCH & CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $595k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • SI
    Shammah Inner-City Ministries
    one grant, 2017 · $900k
  • DM
    DESTINY MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $581k
  • AF
    AAAC Foundation, Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
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.

03Its 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
Texas Pregnancy Care Network

Texas pregnancy care network is committed to assisting pregnant women and their families in need of compassionate, practical and life affirming alternatives to abortion.

Human Services
2
Education for Life Inc

The Womens Pregnancy Center is a Christ-centered ministry designed to engage and inform women in unplanned pregnancies, empowering them to make life-affirming decisions.

Health
3
Alternatives Pregnancy Center

It is our mission to provide women with medical care and alternatives to abortion as we proclaim the hope of the Gospel.

—
4
Truth Pregnancy Resource Center

To support any and all pregnant Texans to do what they want with their pregnancies.

Health
5
LifeHouse of Houston Inc

LifeHouse is a Christ-centered ministry ensuring life for unborn children by providing opportunities for housing, help, and hope for young women during their pregnancies and beyond.

—
6
Life Choice Center

To provide christian based outreach to clients by providing services and information free of charge to anyone in a crisis pregnancy situation, with the goal of assisting the client to carry the pregnancy to term and with continued care…

Health
7
Confidential Care Mobile Ministry

To rescue preborn babies from abortion and love their moms into the kingdom.

Civil Rights
8
Pregnancy Resources of Abilene Inc

Pregnancy Resources' mission is to inspire hope and unconditionally love everyone we serve by empowering them to thrive through compassionate support and positive solutions.

Civil Rights
9
My Choices Dba Obria Medical Clinics Pnw

To share the truth and love of Jesus Christ in conjunction with a ministry to those facing pregnancy related issues: a pregnant womens' counseling program, a free pregnancy testing program, a maternity support (baby supplies, clothing and…

Health
10
Aid for Women Inc

Aid for Women operates pregnancy help centers, pregnancy medical clinics and residential programs to assist women in difficult and unexpected pregnancy situations so that they might choose life.

—
11
South Texas Pregnancy Care Center

Crisis pregnancy counseling.

Health
12
LifeSpring Pregnancy Centers

LifeSpring Pregnancy Centers is a Christian organization dedicated to serving women with no cost and no judgment by providing services and abortion alternatives that empower mothers to choose life and families to thrive. Vision Life…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hendrick Home for Children. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 91 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
20/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mountain Top Church: $9,194,881 · OtherMountain Top ChurchSerenity House: $3,656,832 · OtherSerenity HouseAlliance For Religious Freedom for Finances: $3,400,000 · OtherAlliance For Religious Freedom for FinancesAAAC Foundation, Inc American Association of Christian Counselors: $1,250,000 · OtherShammah Inner-City Ministries: $900,000 · Other+59 more: $7,218,380 · Other+59 moreDr James Dobson Family Institute: $3,310,000 · ReligionDr James Dobso…PASSIONLIFE MINISTRIES INC: $911,600 · ReligionPASSIONLIFE MI…ALDERSGATE ENRICHMENT CENTER INC: $512,621 · ReligionALDERSGATE ENR…+1 more: $30,000 · ReligionALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $3,450,000 · Civil RightsALLIANCE DEF…FOUNDATION TO ABOLISH ABORTION: $497,000 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION T…+4 more: $212,000 · Civil RightsMEDICAL INSTITUTE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH: $1,075,000 · HealthINSTITUTE OF REPRODUCTIVE GRIEF CARE: $100,000 · HealthFORT WORTH CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $67,500 · HealthST JOHN PAUL II LIFE CENTER: $50,000 · HealthDeliverFund: $580,000 · Human ServicesEastland County Crisis Center Inc: $266,100 · Human ServicesTHE JIM H GREEN KIDZ HARBOR INC: $235,000 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH: $100,000 · Human ServicesPARKER COUNTY CENTER OF HOPE INC: $50,000 · Human Services+3 more: $41,000 · Human ServicesTHE SOLID ROCK: $361,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $100,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Public BenefitTEXAS POLICY RESEARCH INITIATIVE: $24,000 · Public BenefitOUR RESCUE: $225,270 · Arts & Culture
Other$25,620,093Religion$4,764,221Civil Rights$4,159,000Health$1,292,500Human Services$1,272,100Public Benefit$535,000Arts & Culture$225,270

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $3,450,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetDr James Dobson Family Institute: $3,310,000 over 6y, 9.7% of budgetMEDICAL INSTITUTE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH: $1,075,000 over 3y, 43% of budgetPASSIONLIFE MINISTRIES INC: $911,600 over 4y, 27% of budgetNEW HORIZONS RANCH & CENTER INC: $595,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetDeliverFund: $580,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetFOUNDATION TO ABOLISH ABORTION: $497,000 over 3y, 59% of budgetTHE SOLID ROCK: $361,000 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetEastland County Crisis Center Inc: $266,100 over 2y, 19% of budgetTHE JIM H GREEN KIDZ HARBOR INC: $235,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $225,270 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCisco Senior Nutrition Program Inc: $218,000 over 6y, 34% of budgetTHE NET FW INC: $162,363 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetHENDRICK HOME FOR CHILDREN: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSusan B Anthony List Education Fund: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH: $100,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetFORT WORTH CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $67,500 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetARLINGTON LIFE SHELTER: $60,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPARKER COUNTY CENTER OF HOPE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetST JOHN PAUL II LIFE CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES FOR THE VOICELESS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetMercy House Ministries Inc: $39,943 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetHOUSE OF FAITH - SAN ANGELO: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTEXAS POLICY RESEARCH INITIATIVE: $24,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetTEXANS FOR VACCINE CHOICE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetColeman Cares: $10,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds Dr James Dobson Family Institute ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL INSTITUTE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds PASSIONLIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW HORIZONS RANCH & CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DeliverFund ↗
  • Who funds ALDERSGATE ENRICHMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION TO ABOLISH ABORTION ↗
  • Who funds THE SOLID ROCK ↗
  • Who funds Eastland County Crisis Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE JIM H GREEN KIDZ HARBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds Cisco Senior Nutrition Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE NET FW INC ↗
  • Who funds HENDRICK HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Susan B Anthony List Education Fund ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF REPRODUCTIVE GRIEF CARE ↗

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 F…Community Foundation …Communities Foundatio…Food Bank of West Cen…Knights of Columbus C…Community Foundation …Austin Community Foun…Textron Charitable Tr…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Greater Houston Commu…Edward Jones Foundati…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO24.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Food Bank of West Central Texas · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Community Foundation of Abilene · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Edward Jones 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Heavenly Fathers Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Heavenly Fathers Foundation 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.

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 91 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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