Indiana · Private foundation
Melchizedek Foundation
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.
- $400k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $53,972
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $95,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Melchizedek Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $400k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $162k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $155k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $154k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $145k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $396k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $169k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $303k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celebrity Fight Night Foundation Inc | $274,750 | 4 | 10% |
| Arizona Next Level Basketball Found | $166,500 | 5 | 33% |
| Aesop Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Gilbert Christian Schools Inc | $104,082 | 5 | 0% |
| Man in the Mirror Inc | $97,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Grace Church | $37,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Apologia Christian Ministries | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Joy Christian School | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Childhelp Inc | $25,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Arizona Policy Inc | $23,675 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celebrity Fight Night Foundation Inc | $274,750 | 4 | 10% |
| Arizona Next Level Basketball Found | $166,500 | 5 | 33% |
| Aesop Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Gilbert Christian Schools Inc | $104,082 | 5 | 0% |
| Man in the Mirror Inc | $97,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Grace Church | $37,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Apologia Christian Ministries | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Joy Christian School | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Childhelp Inc | $25,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Arizona Policy Inc | $23,675 | 3 | 0% |
| House of Refuge Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Awakened Heart Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Arizona Christian University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Renewing America Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dream Center Foundation | $8,195 | 1 | 0% |
| Larry and Martha Day Charitable Tru | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| African Bible Colleges Inc | $5,450 | 1 | 0% |
| Phoenix Seminary Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Darrin Reed Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| In Touch Mission International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Valley Bible Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jundt Family Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Friends of Casa Hogar | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Melchizedek Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Arizona Community Foundation · Larry and Martha Day Charitable Tru · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About Melchizedek Foundation
- How much does Melchizedek Foundation give?
- Melchizedek Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $399,915 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Melchizedek Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (23%), Crime & Legal (21%), Health (14%).
- Who are Melchizedek Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Celebrity Fight Night Foundation Inc ($275k), Arizona Next Level Basketball Found ($167k), Aesop Inc ($110k).
- Does Melchizedek Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melchizedek Foundation 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 Melchizedek Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, Arizona Community Foundation, Larry and Martha Day Charitable Tru.
- Where is Melchizedek Foundation based?
- Melchizedek Foundation is based in IN.
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