Illinois · Public charity
Lifesong for Orphans Inc
Lifesongs mission is to bring joy and purpose to orphans and vulnerable children. We do this by mobilizing the church to care for the orphan, where each member can provide a unique and special service: some to adopt, some to care, some to give.
- $12M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,587,850
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,587,850
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $86M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Lifesong for Orphans Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $3.6M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $3.7M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $3.5M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $1.8M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $494k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $392k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $819k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $439k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifesong Inc | $12,512,850 | 4 | 100% |
| South Side Christian Academy | $1,326,425 | 4 | 91% |
| Schools for Haiti | $298,337 | 3 | 29% |
| Welcome Home Haiti | $160,413 | 1 | 73% |
| Christian Alliance for Orphans | $115,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Heart to Heart International Inc | $63,994 | 1 | 0% |
| First Church of the Nazarene | $21,869 | 1 | n/a |
| Lifesong Legacy Fund | $19,474 | 1 | n/a |
| McKinney Christian School | $19,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Ccai | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifesong Inc | $12,512,850 | 4 | 100% |
| South Side Christian Academy | $1,326,425 | 4 | 91% |
| Schools for Haiti | $298,337 | 3 | 29% |
| Welcome Home Haiti | $160,413 | 1 | 73% |
| Christian Alliance for Orphans | $115,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Heart to Heart International Inc | $63,994 | 1 | 0% |
| First Church of the Nazarene | $21,869 | 1 | n/a |
| Lifesong Legacy Fund | $19,474 | 1 | n/a |
| McKinney Christian School | $19,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Ccai | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastview Christian Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of the Bible | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Baptist Church of Hendersonville | $13,896 | 1 | n/a |
| Lynn University Inc | $12,520 | 1 | 0% |
| SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE | $10,950 | 1 | 0% |
| Waypoint Youth Foundation | $10,877 | 1 | n/a |
| Jefferson County Dhr | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Chosen & Dearly Loved Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mission Alabama | $6,675 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Lifesong for Orphans Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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.
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How this is measured
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About Lifesong for Orphans Inc
- How much does Lifesong for Orphans Inc give?
- Lifesong for Orphans Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $3,587,850, out of $11,546,118 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Lifesong for Orphans Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (86%), Education (9%), International (4%).
- Who are Lifesong for Orphans Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lifesong Inc ($13M), South Side Christian Academy ($1.3M), Schools for Haiti ($298k).
- Does Lifesong for Orphans Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lifesong for Orphans Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Lifesong for Orphans Inc based?
- Lifesong for Orphans Inc is based in IL.
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