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Kentucky Christian Foundation Inc National Christian Foundation Kentucky

Our vision is every person reached and restored through the love of Christ.

$367k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$184k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

53% of Kentucky Christian Foundation Inc National Christian Foundation Kentucky’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

9
’20
10
’21
18
’22
15
’23
8
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0188% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2020–2024.

Philanthropy$2.6MReligion$291kHuman Services$234kYouth Development$105kArts & Culture$80kPublic Safety & Disaster$63kEducation$50kInternational$34kEmployment$25kOther$499k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 9 grants below total $349,296 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $366,918 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $17,622 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $166k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $184k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Natl Christian Charitable Fnd$183,741
Camp GRAVES$32,555
Faithful Platform Fnd$23,000
Lexington Leadership Fnd$20,000
Young Life KY Development$20,000
Christian Family Media$20,000
Christian Student Fellowship$20,000
Refuge for Women$20,000
HOTEL Inc$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–23, $194k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Awake Ministries: $10k → 9%Freedom Lake Ministries: $14k → 15%Transform Scott County: $10k → 8%Freedom Lake Ministries: $10k → 15%The Hope Initiative: $100k → 19%Scarlet Hope: $20k → 15%Scarlet Hope: $10k → 15%Christian Appalachian Project: $10k → 15%New Life Day Center: $10k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$815k · 13 repeat orgs$566k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
30

Total granted

$815k
$503k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+21%

Still filing today

69%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesInternationalEmploymentYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BT
    By The Spirit Ministries Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $172k · revenue +222%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $105k · revenue +62%
  • LL
    LEXINGTON LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $80k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • HI
    HOPE INITIATIVE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +4%
  • HM
    HR MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +10%
  • CC
    Catalyst Community Center
    one grant, 2022 · $40k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
House of Refuge Faith Based
Human Services
2
Dozen Ministries

Religious

Religion
3
Gods Promise Ministries International

Religious Purposes

Housing & Shelter
4
House of Hope Ministry Inc

Church organization

Religion
5
Refuge for Prodigals International Bible Ministries Inc
Religion
6
Transform Ministries
—
7
Unify Ministries
Religion
8
Spirit Invasion Ministries

Spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Religion
9
Lamb S House Ltd

Ministry that turns men from addiction to Jesus Christ by daily engaging them in spiritual, physical and financial guidance and goals

—
10
Salt With a Mission

Teach the ministry of christ

Religion
11
Relationship With Jesus Inc
Religion
12
Global Gospel Initiative Inc
Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life and the most unlike its peers is Compassionate Justice. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 12 years old; the field is 17. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%15%<5yr14%21%5–10yr18%46%10–20yr17%6%20–35yr15%3%35–55yr15%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%6%<5yr14%4%5–10yr18%10%10–20yr17%76%20–35yr15%1%35–55yr15%4%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 15% of your grantees by number, and just 6% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/41
the rest of the field
13%
1,777/13,497

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
24/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC — $2,557,777 · PhilanthropyNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INCCHRISTIAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP INC — $120,000 · OtherCHRISTIAN STUDENT…Bethlehem Missionary Baptist — $60,000 · OtherBethlehem Mission…ABIGAIL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC — $46,450 · OtherABIGAIL ACADEMY F…Catalyst Community Center — $40,000 · OtherCatalyst Communit…OPERATION MAKING A CHANGE INCORPORATED — $30,000 · OtherHOTEL INC — $30,000 · OtherCatalyst Community Church — $25,000 · OtherHR MINISTRIES INC — $50,000 · OtherHR MINISTRIES INC+17 more — $206,549 · Other+17 moreBy The Spirit Ministries Inc — $171,549 · ReligionLANE OF ROSES INC — $30,000 · ReligionFaithful Platform Foundation Inc — $23,000 · ReligionLONNIE RILEY MINISTRIES INC — $15,000 · ReligionHope House Ministries Inc — $11,475 · ReligionPRACTICAL SHEPHERDING INC — $10,000 · ReligionC3 CURBSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH INC — $10,000 · ReligionRefuge International Inc — $10,000 · ReligionBUILDING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS LLC — $10,000 · ReligionHOPE INITIATIVE INC — $100,000 · Human ServicesSCARLET HOPE INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesLEXINGTON RESCUE MISSION — $25,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM LAKE INC — $24,000 · Human ServicesIron Bell Ministries Inc — $15,000 · Human ServicesTransform Scott County Inc — $10,000 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR OF HOPE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE DAY CENTER INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG LIFE — $105,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEXINGTON LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $80,000 · Arts & CultureCAMP GRAVES — $62,555 · Public Safety & Disaster
Philanthropy$2,557,777Other$607,999Religion$291,024Human Services$234,000Youth Development$105,000Arts & Culture$80,000Public Safety & Disaster$62,555

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC — $2,557,777 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBy The Spirit Ministries Inc — $171,549 over 3y, 16% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $105,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE INITIATIVE INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLEXINGTON LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $80,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCAMP GRAVES — $62,555 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetHR MINISTRIES INC — $50,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetABIGAIL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC — $46,450 over 2y, 44% of budgetSCARLET HOPE INC — $30,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetLANE OF ROSES INC — $30,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetHOTEL INC — $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLEXINGTON RESCUE MISSION — $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFREEDOM LAKE INC — $24,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetCHRISTIAN FAMILY MEDIA MINISTRIES INC — $20,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetREFUGE FOR WOMEN INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE JUSTICE — $15,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetREFUGE BOWLING GREEN INC — $15,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetIron Bell Ministries Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetLONNIE RILEY MINISTRIES INC — $15,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetPsalm 823 Mission Inc — $12,139 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetGOOD NEWS CENTER INC — $12,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHope House Ministries Inc — $11,475 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTransform Scott County Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetPRACTICAL SHEPHERDING INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNADUS FILMS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetOPEN DOOR OF HOPE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUBILEE JOBS OF LEXINGTON INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW LIFE DAY CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetC3 CURBSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH INC — $10,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetRefuge International Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Blue Grass Community …Honorable Order of Ke…The Community Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…The Community Foundat…Kentucky Social Welfa…The King's Daughters …LG&E and Ku Foundatio…Baird Foundation IncRaymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…
Blue Grass Community Foundation IncKY20.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation · The King's Daughters and Sons Foundation of Kentucky Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Kentucky Christian Foundation Inc National Christian Foundation Kentucky funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your 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
    9report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Kentucky Christian Foundation Inc National Christian Foundation Kentucky?

    Find your warmest path to Kentucky Christian Foundation Inc National Christian Foundation Kentucky 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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