· Private foundation
Ludwig Family Foundation
Its FY2026 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $115k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Wisdom International | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| Delight Ministries | $20,000 |
| Life Challenge of SE Michigan | $10,000 |
| Pure Desire Ministries | $10,000 |
| Erie Cuty Mission | $10,000 |
| Love Inc Greater Livingston | $10,000 |
| Bethel Baptist Church | $10,000 |
| New Hope Center for Grief Support | $10,000 |
| The Ivy Table | $10,000 |
| CRU | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +43% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2026, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WIWISDOM INTERNATIONAL INC9× · 2017–2026 · $457k · revenue +333%
- STSHEPHERDS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY INC7× · 2017–2025 · $436k · revenue +594%
- CMCITY MISSION OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF ERIE2× · 2024–2025 · $25k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $85k
- WFWiscom for the Heartone grant, 2023 · $75k
- AUASHLAND UNIVERSITYone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +3%
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.
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,…
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…
Wesley biblical seminary is a multi-denominational school of theology that provides undergraduate, graduate and doctorate level education for individuals who are preparing for christian service.
The mission of hope international university is to empower students through christian higher education to serve the church and impact the world for christ. the university specializes in fields offering significant influence on society…
See schedule o. founded in 1902, university of northwestern - st. paul is a nondenominational christian university that integrates the educational philosophy of "faith, learning and living" through two focuses: higher education and media.…
Welch college is a christian higher education institution that educates leaders to serve christ, his church, and his world through biblical thought and life
To develop spiritual leaders in every nation who can teach others about the love of christ, a love that cannot be earned and cannot be lost.
The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…
The formation of men for the gospel ministry as pastors, evangelists, & teachers who shall proclaim the whole counsel of god throughout a changing world. the theological training of church officers as stewards of christ, and the…
Our mission is to advance the gospel of jesus christ through the next generation by engaging the lost and discipling believers on college campuses.
Provide christian teaching for pastors, teachers and other church leaders in various parts of the world. the teaching includes the bible, theology, church history, apologetics and practical ministry and related fields.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 23 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 WISDOM INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds SHEPHERDS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY INC ↗
- Who funds DELIGHT MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds CITY MISSION OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF ERIE ↗
- Who funds THE IVY TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds ASHLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds NEW HOPE CENTER FOR GRIEF SUPPORT INC ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds CHRIST'S PROVISIONS 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 · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ludwig Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ludwig Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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