Colorado · Private foundation
Love in Action
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $16M
- Granted FY2023
- 2
- Grants FY2023
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $15,750,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $15,750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 18
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $109M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Love in Action funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | $16M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $12M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $4.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.
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, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligonier Ministries Inc | $1,325,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Augustine Institute Inc | $1,248,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Global Media Outreach | $1,120,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Focus on the Family | $1,094,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Seminar Network Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hope International | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Morning Star Development | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Love Justice International | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope Haven Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harvest Bridge | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligonier Ministries Inc | $1,325,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Augustine Institute Inc | $1,248,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Global Media Outreach | $1,120,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Focus on the Family | $1,094,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Seminar Network Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hope International | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Morning Star Development | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Love Justice International | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope Haven Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harvest Bridge | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Truth for Life | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $5,350 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($25M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Love in Action supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Love in Action
- How much does Love in Action give?
- Love in Action reported 2 grants totaling $15,752,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 18 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Love in Action fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Religion (91%), Education (5%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are Love in Action's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: Ligonier Ministries Inc ($1.3M), Augustine Institute Inc ($1.2M), Global Media Outreach ($1.1M).
- Does Love in Action fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Love in Action accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Love in Action?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Love in Action based?
- Love in Action is based in CO.
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