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Lewan Family Foundation

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.

$318k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$105k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$1.8MInternational$213kEducation$131kYouth Development$120kHealth$117kHousing & Shelter$95kCrime & Legal$68kArts & Culture$48kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k29 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $105k
$2,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$448k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DENVER SEMINARY$105,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHELETES$40,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
PROVIDENCE NETWORK$20,000
PROJECT CURE$20,000
DARE2SHARE$20,000
GLOBAL TRUST PARTNERS$10,000
DEER CREEK CHURCH$10,000
VALOR HIGH SCHOOL$7,089
MANNA RESOURCE CENTER$5,000
ID RA HA JE$5,000
YOUTH FOR CHRIST - DENVER$5,000
ANGEL TREE$5,000
TEACH BEYOND$3,000
FOUNDATIONS GRACE CHRISTIAN CHURCH$3,000
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, $289k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MANNA RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 3%MANNA RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 3%MOPS INTERNATIONAL: $55k → 12%MOPS INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 12%MOPS INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 12%MOPS INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 12%MOPS INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 12%MOPS INTERNATIONAL: $20k → 12%PROVIDENCE NETWORK: $25k → 12%PROVIDENCE NETWORK: $20k → 12%PROVIDENCE NETWORK: $10k → 12%PROVIDENCE NETWORK: $10k → 12%PROVIDENCE NETWORK: $10k → 12%PROVIDENCE NETWORK: $10k → 12%PROVIDENCE NETWORK: $10k → 12%CONFLUENCE MINISTRIES: $2k → 12%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $1k → 12%CONFLUENCE MINISTRIES: $1k → 12%CONFLUENCE MINISTRIES: $250 → 12%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

ME
NH
MN
IL
WI
MI
OR
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
AZ
AR
NC
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 72 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

72 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 39 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
29

Total granted

$2.9M
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+42%

Still filing today

38%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionHealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • D2
    Dare 2 Share Ministries
    8× · 2017–2024 · $180k · revenue +71%
  • MG
    MOMCO GLOBAL INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $175k · revenue +5%
  • CC
    Colorado Christian University
    3× · 2018–2021 · $95k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • E
    ECFA
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • RF
    REALITIES FOR CHILDREN CHARITIESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +178%
  • GD
    Game Day Memories
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +12%
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
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
2
Youth for Christ International Ministries

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.

Religion
3
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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4
Dallas International University

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

Education
5
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
6
Washington Prayer Coalition

to spread the gospel to the world by planting and serving churches, training local Christian leaders and to transform the world through prayer,

Religion
7
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
8
Next Worldwide Inc

With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.

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9
Vapor Ministries Inc

Establish sustainable centers for alleviating poverty and multiplying disciples in third-world environments.

Human Services
10
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
11
Crossing Cultures International Inc

Crossing Cultures International, Inc. exists to glorify God by equipping Christ followers globally with comprehensive training for effective ministry.

Religion
12
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Game Day Memories. 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

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 105 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/44
Grantees still filing
32/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DENVER SEMINARY: $710,000 · OtherDENVER SEMINARYFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHELETES: $340,250 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHELETESCRU: $199,500 · OtherCRUDare 2 Share Ministries: $180,000 · OtherDare 2 Share MinistriesCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC: $110,100 · Other+66 more: $599,689 · Other+66 moreMOMCO GLOBAL INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesMOMCO GLOBA…PROVIDENCE NETWORK fka THE EXECUTIVE NETWORK: $95,000 · Human ServicesPROVIDENCE …MANNA RESOURCE CENTER: $15,000 · Human Services+2 more: $4,250 · Human ServicesGlobal Trust Partners: $55,000 · ReligionFRONTIER LABOURERS FOR CHRIST: $30,000 · ReligionCRYSTAL CLEAR MINISTRIES: $16,000 · ReligionJosiah Venture: $10,000 · ReligionThe Denver Institute: $7,500 · ReligionEndurance with Jan & Dave Dravecky: $6,000 · ReligionInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $6,000 · Religion+5 more: $9,172 · ReligionBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $90,000 · HealthAlternatives Pregnancy Center Inc: $15,550 · HealthCraig Hospital Foundation: $5,000 · HealthGame Day Memories: $4,000 · Health+4 more: $3,500 · HealthRESTORATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS: $68,000 · Crime & LegalSAVE OUR YOUTH INC: $13,000 · Crime & LegalOPEN DOOR YOUTH GANG ALTERNATIVES: $12,500 · Crime & LegalTHE MASTER'S APPRENTICE INC: $6,000 · Crime & LegalColorado Christian University: $95,100 · Education+2 more: $2,100 · EducationYOUNG LIFE: $41,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH FOR CHRISTUSA INC: $14,000 · Youth Development
Other$2,139,539Human Services$289,250Religion$139,672Health$118,050Crime & Legal$99,500Education$97,200Youth Development$55,500

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 budgetDare 2 Share Ministries: $180,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMOMCO GLOBAL INC: $175,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetColorado Christian University: $95,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE NETWORK fka THE EXECUTIVE NETWORK: $95,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetBENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRESTORATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS: $68,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetGlobal Trust Partners: $55,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $41,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRONTIER LABOURERS FOR CHRIST: $30,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetCRYSTAL CLEAR MINISTRIES: $16,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetAlternatives Pregnancy Center Inc: $15,550 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMANNA RESOURCE CENTER: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetYOUTH FOR CHRISTUSA INC: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DENVER STREET SCHOOL: $14,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSAVE OUR YOUTH INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetOPEN DOOR YOUTH GANG ALTERNATIVES: $12,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SERVICE FELLOWSHIP: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJosiah Venture: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Denver Institute: $7,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSCUM OF THE EARTH CHURCH: $7,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetEndurance with Jan & Dave Dravecky: $6,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MASTER'S APPRENTICE INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREALITIES FOR CHILDREN CHARITIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGame Day Memories: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCONFLUENCE MINISTRIES: $3,250 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetResourcing Christian Education International: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRAYING PELICAN MISSIONS: $2,472 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMULTNOMAH UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCCER CHAPLAINS UNITED: $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFAR EAST BROADCASTING COMPANY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENDALL & TAYLOR ATKINSON FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBETHESDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARUNI INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER EDUCATION COUNCIL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIN INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJAARS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMissions Ministries: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOB TEBOW EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $100 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 Dare 2 Share Ministries ↗
  • Who funds MOMCO GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Christian University ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE NETWORK fka THE EXECUTIVE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds BENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RESTORATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS ↗
  • Who funds Global Trust Partners ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds FRONTIER LABOURERS FOR CHRIST ↗
  • Who funds CRYSTAL CLEAR MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Alternatives Pregnancy Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds MANNA RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FOR CHRISTUSA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DENVER STREET SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SAVE OUR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR YOUTH GANG ALTERNATIVES ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FELLOWSHIP ↗

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.

Christian Community F…Tyl FoundationColorado Gives Founda…The New Horizons Foun…The Denver FoundationServant FoundationThe Eugene C and Flor…The Anschutz Foundati…Richard H Lewis Famil…Thrivent Charitable I…Mile High United Way …Natl Christian Charit…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO46.2× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Tyl Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The New Horizons Foundation Inc · The Denver Foundation · Servant Foundation · The Eugene C and Florence Armstrong Family Foundation Inc · The Anschutz Foundation · Richard H Lewis Family Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Mile High United Way Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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 Lewan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lewan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%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
    2get no government money at all
    4report 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 105 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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