· Private foundation
Lifeway Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $38k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $59k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DISCIPLESHIP UNLIMITED | $58,625 |
| ORPHANOS | $16,780 |
| STUDENTS STANDING STRONG | $8,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $5,000 |
| PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS | $5,000 |
| CARENET | $5,000 |
| CHRISTIAN WOMENS JOB CORP | $3,500 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $3,500 |
| JUDICIAL WATCH | $2,000 |
| GOSPEL EXPRESS MINISTRIES | $2,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $2,000 |
| FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL | $1,000 |
| LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $565k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 44% of Lifeway Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DUDISCIPLESHIP UNLIMITED INC7× · 2018–2024 · $121k · revenue +24%
- UIUTTERMOST INTERNATIONAL4× · 2017–2023 · $59k · revenue +688%
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSE5× · 2020–2024 · $42k · revenue +106%
Funded once
- SSSAMUEL'S SANCTUARY MINISTRIES ORPHAone grant, 2023 · $15k
- PDPROYECTO DESARROLLO HUMANOgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +58%
- LILIFESHAPE INCone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -37%
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.
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.
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…
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.
Mobilization of churches in America by taking pastors and laymen on vision and service trips overseas in fulfillment of Jesus command to go ye into all the world, making disciples...
The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…
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.
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.
Mission Without Borders (MWB) is dedicated to reaching people for Christ through an international network of Christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,…
The organization exists to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ while providing support and serving the poor through benevolent assistance, medical services, education, orphan care, church planting, etc.
The organizations exempt purpose is to rescue orphans and widows, feed the poor, build the local church through ministry, crusades and outreaches and to win souls around the world.
The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…
Christar international serves as a catalyst to the network of christar ministries by facilitating and encouraging partnerships with churches who sen dout men and women who proclaim the gospel for life-giving transformation in communitiesw…
Our mission is to affirm life through evangelism, education, counseling and practical assistance.
How this is measured
31 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. 31 of the 60 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 LIFEWAY HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds DISCIPLESHIP UNLIMITED INC ↗
- Who funds UTTERMOST INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds Orphanos Foundation ↗
- Who funds STUDENTS STANDING STRONG ↗
- Who funds Pioneer Bible Translators ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds Living Water International ↗
- Who funds PROYECTO DESARROLLO HUMANO ↗
- Who funds LIFESHAPE INC ↗
- Who funds Restoration Development Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTH ASIA ADVOCATES ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN WOMENS JOB CORP ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds GOSPEL EXPRESS EVANGELISTIC TEAM MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds COASTAL BEND GRACE HOUSE ↗
- Who funds Christian Aid Ministries ↗
- Who funds Child Legacy International Inc ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE MOMMIES 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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lifeway Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lifeway Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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