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Living Proof Ministries

Living Proof Ministries' primary exempt purpose is to disseminate religious teachings through public speaking engagements, seminars, Bible classes, radio and television programs, and distribution of audio, videotapes, and written material.

$32k
Granted FY2021
1
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Public Safety & Disaster$115kReligion$107kInternational$50kCivil Rights$37kArts & Culture$20kEducation$12kHousing & Shelter$7kFood & Nutrition$7k
02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $5,600, the rows itemized in this filing. The $31,601 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $26,001 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$5,600
Median grant
1
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Crete Collective$5,600
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Kids Meals Inc: $7k → 16%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.
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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$134k · 6 repeat orgs$220k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2021, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
12

Total granted

$134k
$214k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+8%

Still filing today

83%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
ReligionInternationalCommunity ImprovementEducationHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • HU
    HINES UGANDAN MINISTRIES
    3× · 2017–2019 · $28k · revenue +37%
  • BT
    BE THE BRIDGE
    2× · 2018–2019 · $27k · revenue ×14
  • HM
    HOPE MEDIA GROUP
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +204%

Funded once

  • BC
    BAYOU CITY FELLOWSHIP
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • TC
    THE CHURCH IN HOUSTON NORTHWEST FELLOWSHIP INC
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • TP
    THE PREEMPTIVE LOVE COALITION
    one grant, 2017 · $35k · revenue -71%
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
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
2
Knowing Jesus Ministries Inc

Knowing Jesus Ministries is here to help churches and parents to keep the Next Gen in the fight

Religion
3
Reconciliation Ministries International Inc

Reconciliaton Ministries Intl. is a Christian evangelical organization preaching and teaching the Word of God in over 60 countries. The ministry equips and encourages Christians everywhere to be saved, healed, and delivered according to…

Religion
4
Believer's International Inc

Christian publishing company

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5
Timothy Two Project International

Reaching and teaching pastors in the majority world.

Religion
6
Serving Beyond Borders

Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.

Human Services
7
Raise Up Global Ministries

Raise Up Global Ministries is committed to educating Christian leaders in communities around the world. The three programs of Raise Up equip the global church by 1 Developing biblically based interactive materials and 2 Training…

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8
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
9
Golden Oil Ministries Usa Inc

Empower believers to grow into wholeness in christ through faithful proclamation of the life-giving word.

Religion
10
Restoration Resources Ministry Inc

Presenting biblical principles that apply to marriage and family relationships through counseling and seminars.

Human Services
11
Peacemaker Ministries

To equip and assist christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically.

International
12
Leadership Revolution Inc

Leadership Revolution is a ministry founded to develop leaders globally who will spread the gospel and make disciples in their arena of influence.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Witness Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Preemptive Love Coalition. 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

16 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. 16 of the 19 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BAYOU CITY FELLOWSHIP: $50,000 · OtherBAYOU CITY FELLOWSHIPTHE CHURCH IN HOUSTON NORTHWEST FELLOWSHIP INC: $50,000 · OtherTHE CHURCH IN HOUSTON NORTHWEST FELLOWSHIP …FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF HOUSTON: $15,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF HOUSTONPOLISHED NETWORK INC: $6,500 · OtherKIDS' MEALS INC: $6,500 · OtherSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $6,500 · OtherHINES UGANDAN MINISTRIES: $28,100 · ReligionHINES UGANDAN MINISTRIESAmerica's Family Coaches Inc: $21,600 · ReligionAmerica's Family Coaches IncPromise Reapers Inc d/b/a Pray the Word Ministries: $21,600 · ReligionPromise Reapers Inc d/b/a Pray th…THIS REDEEMED LIFE: $10,000 · ReligionTHIS REDEEMED LIFETHE WITNESS INC: $10,000 · ReligionTHE WITNESS INCBUILD A BETTER US: $6,500 · ReligionBUILD A BETTER USThe Crete Collective: $5,600 · ReligionThe Crete CollectiveTHE PREEMPTIVE LOVE COALITION: $35,000 · HealthTHE PREEMPT…BE THE BRIDGE: $27,300 · Community ImprovementALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $15,800 · InternationalMILLENNIUM RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC: $6,500 · InternationalHOPE MEDIA GROUP: $20,000 · Arts & CultureFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $11,600 · Education
Other$134,500Religion$103,400Health$35,000Community Improvement$27,300International$22,300Arts & Culture$20,000Education$11,600

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE PREEMPTIVE LOVE COALITION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHINES UGANDAN MINISTRIES: $28,100 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBE THE BRIDGE: $27,300 over 2y, 25% of budgetAmerica's Family Coaches Inc: $21,600 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPromise Reapers Inc d/b/a Pray the Word Ministries: $21,600 over 2y, 23% of budgetHOPE MEDIA GROUP: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $11,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHIS REDEEMED LIFE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE WITNESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBUILD A BETTER US: $6,500 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Crete Collective: $5,600 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

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…Natl Christian Charit…Shell USA Company Fou…Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Christian Community Foundation IncCO14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Living Proof Ministries funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Living Proof Ministries. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    2report 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.
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    How do I get to Living Proof Ministries?

    Find your warmest path to Living Proof Ministries through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 19 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports $23k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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