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Lifesong Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Lifesong Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$24k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$101kInternational$19kReligion$16kRecreation & Sports$12kHealth$4kHuman Services$3kYouth Development$1k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$241k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY$10,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$5,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$2,500
SANTIAGO PARTNERSHIP$2,000
TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN CHURCH$2,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$1,548
BRAVELY WOMEN'S HEALTH$500
HOPE HEALS HEARTS H3$500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Messiah University: $250 → 8%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $30 → 14%Columbia International University: $19k → 16%CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $900 → 13%Fellowship of Christian Athletes: $5k → 15%Harrison Recreational Booster Club: $261 → 12%Global Service Network Inc: $500 → 8%Wayfinders: $1k → 10%Moravia Moravian Church: $250 → 16%SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3k → 21%Phare Warrior: $1k → 5%Tippecanoe Valley Elementary School Building Corp: $260 → 5%TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $2k → 5%United Church of Morocco: $1k → 13%Upper Room Christian Fellowship: $500 → 19%SANTIAGO PARTNERSHIP: $2k → 15%Columbia International University: $16k → 16%WESTMINSTER ACADEMY: $35 → 13%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5k → 15%Moravia Moravian Church Grv Yd: $250 → 16%Traders Point Christian Church: $2k → 5%Faith Christian School: $3k → 19%Santiago Partnership: $2k → 15%Columbia International University: $10k → 16%Fellowship of Christian Athletes: $1k → 15%Traders Point Christian Church: $2k → 5%Faith Christian School: $3k → 19%Santiago Partnership: $1k → 15%COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%Fellowship of Christian Athletes: $500 → 15%Traders Point Christian Church: $2k → 5%Matrix Lifecare Center Inc: $1k → 19%Santiago Partnership: $1k → 15%COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%Fellowship of Christian Athletes: $500 → 15%Bravely Women's Health: $500 → 19%Columbia International University: $10k → 16%Matrix Lifecare Center Inc: $500 → 19%Columbia International University: $10k → 16%BRAVELY WOMEN'S HEALTH: $500 → 19%Columbia International University: $10k → 16%Bravely Women's Health: $500 → 19%Matrix Lifecare Center Inc: $500 → 19%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

IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
TN
NC
SC
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$48k · 7 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +87% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
15

Total granted

$48k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+87%
+43%

Still filing today

43%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
EducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalReligionHealthOther
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

  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    5× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +87%
  • Compassion International Incorporated
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +16%
  • ML
    Matrix LifeCare Center Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $4k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • UC
    United Church of Morocco
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • PW
    PHARE WARRIORgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +87%
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
Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
2
Great Commission University Inc

Gcu serves the global church by educating mission leaders to fulfill the great commission of jesus christ. gcu accomplishes this mission through a comprehensive program of biblical and general education, christ-centered service and…

Education
3
Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the…

Education
4
Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
5
Prison Fellowship International

To transform the lives of prisoners, their families, and victims through a global network of ministry partners.

Crime & Legal
6
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
7
Biola University Inc

Biola university is a private christian university located in southern california. for over 116 years, biola has stood out as an institution grounded on biblically centered education, intentional spiritual development, and career…

Education
8
Faith School of Theology

Faith's purpose is to mentor students for spirit-filled leadership in ministry, in light of the great commission. while academics are important, the classrooms are not the only learning place. through a combination of formal instruction,…

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9
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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10
Amazing Facts International

To proclaim to the world the everlasting gospel of revelation 14:6-12 and to encourage revival in the remnant church by leading people to embrace salvation by faith in jesus, to establish them in the church, and to disciple all believers…

Religion
11
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
12
Tri-State Christian Academy Inc

Our desire is to provide balanced, biblical direction to the child as a support to the home and to train each student to be self-disciplined and biblically directed in their walk with god and their fellow man. it is also our desire to meet…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fellowship of Christian Athletes; the most unlike its peers is Harrison Recreational Booster Club. 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

14 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. 14 of the 24 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
13/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $94,000 · EducationCOLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY+4 more: $1,035 · EducationTRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN CHURCH INC: $6,500 · OtherTRADERS POINT CHRIS…FAITH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $6,000 · OtherFAITH CHRISTIAN SCH…Individual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant re…Matrix LifeCare Center Inc: $3,500 · OtherMatrix LifeCare Cen…HOPE HEALS HEARTS H3: $3,000 · OtherHOPE HEALS HEARTS H…United Church of Morocco: $1,000 · Other+6 more: $2,421 · Other+6 moreCompassion International Incorporated: $11,124 · InternationalCompassion I…THE SANTIAGO PARTNERSHIP: $5,638 · InternationalTHE SANTIAGO…FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHI…R Bruce Irons Camp Fund: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentR Bruce I…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,500 · ReligionPHARE WARRIOR: $1,000 · ReligionAmerican Heart Association Inc: $30 · Health
Education$95,035Other$27,421International$16,762Youth Development$13,000Religion$3,500Health$30

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $94,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $11,124 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SANTIAGO PARTNERSHIP: $5,638 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMatrix LifeCare Center Inc: $3,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPHARE WARRIOR: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetR Bruce Irons Camp Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL SERVICE NETWORK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER ACADEMY INC: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $30 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 COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds THE SANTIAGO PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds Matrix LifeCare Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds PHARE WARRIOR ↗
  • Who funds R Bruce Irons Camp Fund ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL SERVICE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds HARRISON RECREATIONAL BOOSTER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds MESSIAH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗

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.

Natl Christian Charit…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA12.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Lifesong Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lifesong Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 24 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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