Illinois · Public charity
Josiah Venture
To equip young leaders throughout Central and Eastern Europe to fulfill Christ's commission through the local church.
- $6.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $279k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $26,333
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $170,673
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $22M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Josiah Venture funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $279k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $17k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $37k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $47k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $11k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association of Baptists for World Evangelism Inc | $170,673 | 1 | n/a |
| Axia International | $51,502 | 1 | 1% |
| Crossroads Bible Church | $47,056 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith and Learning International NFP | $42,378 | 3 | 0% |
| Guidelight Inc | $37,328 | 1 | 5% |
| Sonlife Classic Nfp | $26,333 | 1 | 14% |
| Global One80 Inc | $16,922 | 1 | 5% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $10,617 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Europe Mission | $5,641 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Josiah Venture
- How much does Josiah Venture give?
- Josiah Venture reported 5 itemized grants totaling $279,149, out of $5,994,327 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Josiah Venture fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (79%), International (12%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Josiah Venture's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Association of Baptists for World Evangelism Inc ($171k), Axia International ($52k), Crossroads Bible Church ($47k).
- Does Josiah Venture fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Josiah Venture?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Endowment Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Josiah Venture based?
- Josiah Venture is based in IL.
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