South Carolina · Private foundation
John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $475,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 17
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 26 | $1.4M | 12% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $1.1M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $1.1M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $712k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $785k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $929k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $771k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $818k | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions | $2,104,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Western Reformed Seminary | $445,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Answers in Genesis Inc | $410,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Westminster Catawba Christian School Inc | $270,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grace Dental and Medical Missions Inc | $260,000 | 9 | 15% |
| Teen Challenge North Carolina Adolescent Program | $242,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Baptist International Evangelistic Ministries Inc | $235,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Restoration Farm Inc | $210,000 | 9 | 58% |
| Redeemer Classical Christian School Inc | $192,500 | 3 | n/a |
| American Family Association Inc | $190,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions | $2,104,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Western Reformed Seminary | $445,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Answers in Genesis Inc | $410,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Westminster Catawba Christian School Inc | $270,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grace Dental and Medical Missions Inc | $260,000 | 9 | 15% |
| Teen Challenge North Carolina Adolescent Program | $242,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Baptist International Evangelistic Ministries Inc | $235,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Restoration Farm Inc | $210,000 | 9 | 58% |
| Redeemer Classical Christian School Inc | $192,500 | 3 | n/a |
| American Family Association Inc | $190,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore Inc | $182,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Gospel Fellowship Association | $155,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Pleasant Dale Baptist Church | $148,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Baptist Mid-Missions | $140,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Partners in Christ | $131,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Simple Faith Ranch | $95,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Psalm 119 Association Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Law Enforcement Charitable Foundation Inc | $77,000 | 2 | 35% |
| American Opinion Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| South Carolina Policy Council Education Foundation | $70,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Presbyterian Missionary Union | $65,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Ohio Bible Mission | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baptist International Missions Incorporated | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Missionary Clearinghouse Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Forest Hill Baptist Church | $35,000 | 4 | n/a |
| North County Christian School | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Faith Theological Seminary I Inc | $26,000 | 5 | 65% |
| Prison Fellowship Ministries | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Meherrin Regional Christian Academy Inc | $16,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Agua Es Vida | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Providence Classical School | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Biblical Ministries Worldwide Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Calvary Tabernacle | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Womens Enrichment Center | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lake Pointe Family Ministries of the Carolinas Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Calvary Tabernacle Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Union Baptist Church | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lancaster Childrens Home | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Back to the Bible | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crestwood Presbyterian Church | $750 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc
- How much does John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc give?
- John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc reported 26 grants totaling $1,372,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (65%), Education (7%), International (4%).
- Who are John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions ($2.1M), Western Reformed Seminary ($445k), Answers in Genesis Inc ($410k).
- Does John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nutramax Family Foundation, P & B Foundation, The Denney Foundation.
- Where is John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc based?
- John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc is based in SC.
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