· Private foundation
Karis Foundation Barney Barron Co-Trustee
Read this first · the figures below need context
74% of Karis Foundation Barney Barron Co-Trustee’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Karis Foundation Barney Barron Co-Trustee named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $55k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k6 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE BIBLE PROJECT | $22,200 |
| FORUM OF CHRISTIAN LEADERS | $13,000 |
| GLOBAL SCHOLARS #123 | $5,000 |
| CRU | $5,000 |
| JEWS FOR JESUS | $5,000 |
| ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES | $3,000 |
| BETHEDEN MINISTRIES | $1,000 |
| FAITH & LEARNING INTERNATIONAL | $750 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 41% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BBIBLEPROJECT6× · 2018–2023 · $34k · revenue +336%
- FAFaith and Learning International NFP4× · 2017–2020 · $4k · revenue +138%
- TMThe Master's University and Seminary3× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +41%
Funded once
- HOHEART OF GOD MINISTRIES INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $800 · revenue +88%
- DDDAILY DOSE OF HEBREWone grant, 2019 · $750
- VOVOICE OF THE MARTYRS INCone grant, 2019 · $500
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.
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services
To assist the church, primarily in closed countries, in the establishment of continuing indigenous church-based training centers in which servant leaders are equipped to develop growing and reproducing churches.
Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
To equip young leaders throughout Central and Eastern Europe to fulfill Christ's commission through the local church.
Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…
As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.
To present a biblical perspective of god's plans and purpose for israel and the church
To provide the bible in accurate, contemporary translations and formats so that more people around the world will have the opportunity to be transformed by jesus christ.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 21 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds BIBLEPROJECT ↗
- Who funds Forum of Christian Leaders ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL SCHOLARS ↗
- Who funds Zola Levitt Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds COFFEE CREEK RIDING CENTER ↗
- Who funds Faith and Learning International NFP ↗
- Who funds The Master's University and Seminary ↗
- Who funds BETHEDEN MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds HEART OF GOD MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds The Meadows Center for Opportunity Inc ↗
- Who funds China Aid Association Inc ↗
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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Karis Foundation Barney Barron Co-Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Karis Foundation Barney Barron Co-Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.
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