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Manthei Charitable Trust at a glance

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Manthei Charitable Trust

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.

$304k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$304k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Human Services$438kReligion$285kEducation$256kInternational$157kPhilanthropy$50kRecreation & Sports$12kHousing & Shelter$3kEnvironment$1k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$304,370
Median grant
1
States reached
$139k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LITTLE ROOTS CHILD CARE$304,370
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $305k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OVERLAND MISSIONS: $300 → 10%LITTLE ROOTS CHILD CARE: $304k → 9%OVERLAND MISSIONS: $300 → 10%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

WA
MN
MI
IN
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
GA
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$837k · 17 repeat orgs$365k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
3

Total granted

$837k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+118%
+10158%

Still filing today

71%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $304k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
InternationalReligionHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • OH
    ORPHAN HELPERSINC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $128k · revenue +166%
  • AI
    ANSWERS IN GENESIS INC
    2× · 2017–2022 · $36k · revenue +100%
  • P
    PLIES
    2× · 2020–2021 · $23k · revenue +252%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue ×103
  • FO
    FAMILY OF CHRIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • BL
    BIG LIFE FOUNDATION USAgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +133%
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
International Leadership Institute

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…

Religion
2
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
3
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
4
Institute of Chinese Studies

ChinsSource is a trusted partner and platform for educating the global church on critical issues facing the church and ministries in China and for connecting Christians inside and outside China to advance the kingdom of God globally

International
5
Timothy Two Project International

Reaching and teaching pastors in the majority world.

Religion
6
Youth for Christ International Ministries

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.

Religion
7
Next Worldwide Inc

With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.

—
8
Leadership Resources International

International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures

Religion
9
CrossTalk Global

CrossTalk Global is a Christian educational organization that empowers and trains global church leaders to effectively communicate the Scriptures and share the hope of Christ in their communities. These projects are carried out in the USA…

Religion
10
New Life International Christian Ministry Inc

Our mission is proclaiming the message of salvation through the saving power of the Holy Spirit to reach the unreached by evangelizing; motivating, mobilizing and organizing the body of Christ.

Religion
11
Chinese Christian Life Fellowship Inc

To edify and make disciples of mainland china and overseas chinese christians to become devoted to only one great person: jesus christ the lord and savior and be motivated by only one greater purpose: building up his church for his glory

Religion
12
Tellasia Ministries Inc

Tellasia brings christ and establishes communities of faith where he is not yet known. win life mentors new disciples, establishes self-supporting churches, trains pastors, and catalyzes church planting movements.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Biglife International Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lifestream Foundtion. 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 21 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIFT UP AMERICA: $157,000 · OtherLIFT UP AMERICACAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: $136,000 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRISTCAMPUS CRUSADE MILITARY MINISTRY: $37,000 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE MILITARY MINISTRYGENESIS CHURCH: $22,000 · OtherGENESIS CHURCHCHURCH DOCTOR MINISTRIES: $20,000 · Other+4 more: $19,000 · OtherLittle Roots Childcare: $304,370 · Human ServicesLittle Roots Childcare+1 more: $600 · Human ServicesTHORNSTON EDUCATIONAL FUND: $217,360 · EducationTHORNSTON EDUCATIONAL …PLIES: $22,500 · EducationPLIESORPHAN HELPERSINC: $128,000 · InternationalORPHAN HELPERS…ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE IN CHINA: $16,000 · InternationalENGLISH LANGUA…Pacific Island Ministries: $8,000 · InternationalANSWERS IN GENESIS INC: $35,595 · ReligionSEMILLA INC: $16,000 · ReligionEmbracing the Journey: $5,500 · ReligionNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $49,708 · PhilanthropyFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $7,000 · Youth Development
Other$391,000Human Services$304,970Education$239,860International$152,000Religion$57,095Philanthropy$49,708Youth Development$7,000

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 budgetLittle Roots Childcare: $304,370 over 1y, 40% of budgetTHORNSTON EDUCATIONAL FUND: $217,360 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetLIFT UP AMERICA: $157,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetORPHAN HELPERSINC: $128,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetANSWERS IN GENESIS INC: $35,595 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLIES: $22,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE IN CHINA: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Island Ministries: $8,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEmbracing the Journey: $5,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetBIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOVERLAND MISSIONS INC: $600 over 2y, 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.

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…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Renaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Christian Community Foundation IncCO12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Manthei Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Manthei Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%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 · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Manthei Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Manthei Charitable Trust 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 21 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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