California · Private foundation
Kwa Ministries
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $150k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $57,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Kwa Ministries funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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 | 10 | $150k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $96k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $89k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $110k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $93k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $88k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $65k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $117k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Community Church of Cypress | $109,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc | $90,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Konnections-R-Us Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 100% |
| Ethnos360 Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Riverview Baptist Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Precious Life Shelter Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Casa Youth Shelter | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Calling All Disciples | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Long Beach Rescue Mission | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Community Church of Cypress | $109,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc | $90,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Konnections-R-Us Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 100% |
| Ethnos360 Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Riverview Baptist Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Precious Life Shelter Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Casa Youth Shelter | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Calling All Disciples | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Long Beach Rescue Mission | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts and Services for Disabled Inc Dba Able Arts Work | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Coast Chapter of National League of Young Men Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($521k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kwa Ministries supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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.
Open a dossier: Long Beach Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Kwa Ministries
- How much does Kwa Ministries give?
- Kwa Ministries reported 10 grants totaling $150,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Kwa Ministries fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (42%), Animals (12%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
- Who are Kwa Ministries's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Grace Community Church of Cypress ($110k), Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc ($91k), Konnections-R-Us Inc ($21k).
- Does Kwa Ministries fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kwa Ministries 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 Kwa Ministries?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Long Beach Community Foundation, California Community Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Kwa Ministries based?
- Kwa Ministries is based in CA.
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