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Lafferty Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$756k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Community Improvement$1.6MReligion$1.3MEducation$278kPhilanthropy$74kHealth$64kHuman Services$44kInternational$37kArts & Culture$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $178k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $295k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.2M
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE LAFF DAF FUND AT NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$756,240
THE LAFFERTY HSIEH CHARITABLE FUND AT BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$736,017
THE LAFFERTY ETZEL LEGACY DAF AT MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST$735,596
THE LAFFERTY HSIEH CHARITABLE FUND AT BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$70,057
THE LAFFERTY ETZEL LEGACY DAF AT MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST$70,057
BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP$55,000
MENLO SCHOOL$50,000
PALAU (FKA LUIS PALAU ASSOCIATION)$50,000
THE LAFF DAF FUND AT NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$46,089
GALATIANS 62 INC$30,000
LIVE THE LIFE SOUTH FLORIDA INC$25,000
RIO VISTA CHURCH$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
YOUNG LIFE$16,000
ANN CHILDREN'S FUND$11,000
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 (FY17–24, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INSPIRE MINISTRIES: $5k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%INSPIRE MINISTRIES: $5k → 12%CHARITY - WATER: $3k → 17%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $5k → 10%MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%SHERIDAN HOUSE: $500 → 13%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

VT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
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.

25%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$921k · 41 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

41 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
72

Total granted

$921k
$200k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+57%

Still filing today

51%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionEducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyPublic BenefitOther
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

  • LP
    Luis Palau Association
    6× · 2019–2025 · $216k · revenue +35%
  • Nova Southeastern University Inc
    2× · 2017–2019 · $175k · revenue +57%
  • MS
    MENLO SCHOOL
    2× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • FB
    FIRST BAPTIST FORT LAUDERDALE
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • PC
    PURE CHARITY
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • EP
    EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $11k · revenue +196%
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.

1
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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2
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
3
Christianity Today International

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.

Religion
4
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
5
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
6
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

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…

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7
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
8
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
9
Catholic Answers Inc

Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…

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10
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
11
Kingdom Advisors Inc

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…

Religion
12
Biblica Inc

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.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Fort Lauderdale Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No 31 Inc. 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

64 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. 64 of the 131 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/64
Grantees still filing
42/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE LAFFERTY HSIEH CHARITABLE FUND AT BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $806,074 · OtherTHE LAFFERTY HSIEH CHARITABLE FUND AT BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDTHE LAFFERTY ETZEL LEGACY DAF AT MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST: $805,653 · OtherTHE LAFFERTY ETZEL LEGACY DAF AT MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUSTTHE LAFF DAF FUND AT NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $802,329 · OtherTHE LAFF DAF FUND AT NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $105,000 · Other+84 more: $465,718 · Other+84 moreLuis Palau Association: $216,000 · ReligionLuis Palau…BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $55,000 · ReligionBIBLE STUD…GALATIANS 62 INC: $30,000 · ReligionGALATIANS …TELLING THE TRUTH INC: $16,000 · Religion+9 more: $28,750 · Religion+9 moreNova Southeastern University Inc: $175,000 · EducationRELATE WELL LIVE WELL INC: $25,000 · EducationPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $12,900 · EducationEDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS INC: $10,540 · Education+4 more: $6,075 · EducationANN CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $26,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $11,000 · HealthAvow Foundation Inc: $5,000 · HealthTHE BOOBIE QUEEN COMPANY: $5,000 · HealthHighlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc: $2,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthMOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesINSPIRE MINISTRIES: $10,000 · Human ServicesVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesGRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesSHERIDAN HOUSE INC: $1,500 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesBACKPACK BARBER FOUNDAITON INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITY FOR CHANGE INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $4,100 · Philanthropy+2 more: $400 · PhilanthropyKids Alive International Inc: $22,000 · International
Other$2,984,774Religion$345,750Education$229,515Health$51,500Human Services$35,600Philanthropy$32,500International$22,000

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 budgetLuis Palau Association: $216,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetNova Southeastern University Inc: $175,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMENLO SCHOOL: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANN CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetRELATE WELL LIVE WELL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetKids Alive International Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $16,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTELLING THE TRUTH INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $12,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBACKPACK BARBER FOUNDAITON INC: $12,000 over 2y, 47% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS INC: $10,540 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINSPIRE MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetTHE VERITAS FORUM INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITY FOR CHANGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAvow Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREES OF HOPEORG INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VILLAGE SCHOOL OF NAPLES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHLANDS-CASHIERS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHighlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHERIDAN HOUSE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Colson Center for Christian Worldview: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG DREAM MINISTRIES INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOIC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS MORE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPerforming Arts Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTurning Point for God: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE THREE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy Council of Highlands Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUS-CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 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 Luis Palau Association ↗
  • Who funds Nova Southeastern University Inc ↗
  • Who funds MENLO SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP ↗
  • Who funds GALATIANS 62 INC ↗
  • Who funds ANN CHILDREN'S FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds RELATE WELL LIVE WELL INC ↗
  • Who funds Kids Alive International Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds TELLING THE TRUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BACKPACK BARBER FOUNDAITON INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INSPIRE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE VERITAS FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VALERIE'S HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES ↗

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.

Collier Community Fou…The Community Foundat…Ashcourt Family Found…Al Williams Jr Family…Community Foundation …Chattanooga Christian…Christian Community F…The Signatry Charitab…The Klamon Family Fou…The Inman FoundationThe Woodcrest Foundat…The Simpson Foundation
Collier Community Foundation IncFL18.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Ashcourt Family Foundation Inc · Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · The Klamon Family Foundation Inc · The Inman Foundation · The Woodcrest Foundation · The Simpson 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 Lafferty Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lafferty Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oic of South Florida Inc: 89% of income from government
  • Nova Southeastern University Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Valerie's House Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 131 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home