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Kenosis Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$375k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$76k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$449kInternational$343kFood & Nutrition$287kRecreation & Sports$197kCivil Rights$109kCrime & Legal$68kEducation$53kHealth$24kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $102k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $68k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $205k
$7,600
Median grant
13
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAMARITANS PURSE$76,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$68,900
HERE'S LIFE AFRICA$60,000
COMPASSION MINISTRIES$22,800
THE HARVEST CENTER OF CHARLOTTE$21,600
BUT GOD MINISTRIES$12,000
OPERATION MOBILIZATION$12,000
KINDESS FARMS$9,000
DOORS OF HOPE$8,400
PRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL$8,000
FAITH COMES BY HEARING$8,000
WORLD VISION$8,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH$7,600
IMPACT CHURCH$6,750
BRANCH OF HOPE$6,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMPASSION MINISTRIES: $23k → 17%COMPASSION MINISTRIES: $23k → 17%COMPASSION MINISTRIES: $23k → 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

WA
OR
CA
CO
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 31 repeat orgs$100k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
10

Total granted

$1.9M
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+309%

Still filing today

29%
10%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionCrime & LegalFood & NutritionEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther
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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $141k · revenue +40%
  • TH
    The Harvest Center of Charlotte Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $68k · revenue +28%
  • PF
    PRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL
    3× · 2022–2024 · $43k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • M
    MISCELLANEOUS
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • KINDNESS FARMgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue +309%
  • MM
    MEDICAL MINISTRIES CLINIC
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
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.

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Compassion Ministries
Religion
2
Come to Him Ministries

To help those struggling in a personal crisis find relief and disciple them into a christ-centered lifestyle through a ministry of reconciliation, applying the truth of scripture, working with others and sharing in fellowship with those…

Health
3
Free to Worship Ministries

This church will be that place of emergency where people can come any time of day or night. We will be a place that will lead people back to health both spiritually and naturally.

Religion
4
Samaria Global Ministries

Religious and counselling

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5
Face to Faith Ministry

Our mission is to make disciples of jesus christ by engaging indigenous pastors around the world. our vision is to train pastors and their congregants to share the gospel in a friendly, non-denominational approach across all ethnicities,…

Religion
6
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
7
Spirit Invasion Ministries

Spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Religion
8
Source of Hope Ministries
Religion
9
Hope in the Harvest Missions

The organization's mission is to seek to cultivate christ's hope in underdeveloped and impoverished areas of the world through agricultural and personal transformation.

International
10
Dozen Ministries

Religious

Religion
11
Christian Faith Ministry

Feeding the hungry

Human Services
12
Harvest Foundation

Encourage and prepare churches around the world to respond fully to the directives of jesus christ. witness the love of god to individuals in words and deeds of service. minister to needs for healing and growth in all areas: physical,…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Compassion Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Branch of Hope. 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

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 45 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HERES LIFE AFRICA: $360,000 · OtherHERES LIFE AFRICAIndividual grant recipient: $243,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $196,700 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $130,826 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHOPERATION MOBILIZATION: $100,000 · OtherOPERATION MOBILIZATIONIndividual grant recipient: $90,005 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOMPASSION MINISTRIES: $69,400 · Other+27 more: $342,523 · Other+27 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $141,000 · Religion+1 more: $3,600 · ReligionThe Harvest Center of Charlotte Inc: $68,400 · Food & NutritionKINDNESS FARM: $6,500 · Food & NutritionCOMPASSION MINISTRIES INC: $68,400 · Human ServicesPRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL: $43,000 · Crime & LegalDOORS OF HOPE: $25,200 · Crime & LegalFRENCH CAMP ACADEMY: $35,500 · EducationBUT GOD MINISTRIES: $12,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $8,000 · InternationalBRANCH OF HOPE: $18,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,532,454Religion$144,600Food & Nutrition$74,900Human Services$68,400Crime & Legal$68,200Education$35,500International$20,000Housing & Shelter$18,000

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 budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $141,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harvest Center of Charlotte Inc: $68,400 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCOMPASSION MINISTRIES INC: $68,400 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL: $43,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRENCH CAMP ACADEMY: $35,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDOORS OF HOPE: $25,200 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $21,600 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetBRANCH OF HOPE: $18,000 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetBUT GOD MINISTRIES: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKINDNESS FARM: $6,500 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetPrecept: $3,600 over 3y, 0.0% 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 SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds The Harvest Center of Charlotte Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds FRENCH CAMP ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds DOORS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds BRANCH OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds BUT GOD MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds KINDNESS FARM ↗
  • Who funds Precept ↗

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.

Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Servant FoundationKS13.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 45 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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