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Michael Gordon Black Foundation at a glance

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Michael Gordon Black Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$681k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$840kInternational$233kEducation$155kHealth$85kFood & Nutrition$75kRecreation & Sports$44kCrime & Legal$36kPhilanthropy$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $181k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $500k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAF FOUNDATION$100,000
BIBLICA FOUNDATION$100,000
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INC$100,000
AVANT MINISTRIES$100,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$50,000
PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL$50,000
DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$25,000
WELD FOOD BANK$25,000
PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER$25,000
NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED$20,524
BRIDGING THE GAP-MILE HIGH UNITED WAY$20,000
NETWORK BEYOND ITI$20,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$15,525
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$10,000
SARUNI INTERNATIONAL$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 49% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%LEUKEMIA SOCIETY: $5k → 9%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $10k → 17%DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $253k → 14%AVANT MINISTRIES: $100k → 8%SARUNI INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 3%NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED: $21k → 7%BIBLICA FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 9%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $16k → 12%PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 12%INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $10k → 7%DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $25k → 14%AVANT MINISTRIES: $10k → 8%NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED: $5k → 7%BIBLICA FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%WELD FOOD BANK: $25k → 9%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $5k → 12%PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 12%INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $5k → 7%DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $25k → 14%AVANT MINISTRIES: $10k → 8%NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED: $5k → 7%BIBLICA FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%WELD COUNTY FOOD BANK: $15k → 9%PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 12%INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $5k → 7%DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $25k → 14%AVANT MINISTRIES: $10k → 8%BIBLICA FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%WELD COUNTY FOOD BANK: $15k → 9%PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 12%DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $25k → 14%AVANT MINISTRIES: $10k → 8%BIBLICA FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%THE RESOURCE CENTER: $13k → 9%PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 12%DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $25k → 14%BIBLICA FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER: $13k → 9%NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED: $5k → 12%RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 9%NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED: $5k → 12%POUDRE LEARNING CENTER: $10k → 9%WELD FOOD BANK: $10k → 9%THE RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 9%WELD FOOD BANK: $10k → 9%CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH: $5k → 9%BRIDGING THE GAPS: $15k → 9%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
ID
WI
NY
WY
CO
MO
VA
DC
TX
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 23 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
11

Total granted

$1.5M
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+9%

Still filing today

52%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionInternationalHealthEducationRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • DT
    Dallas Theological Seminary
    6× · 2019–2024 · $378k · revenue +52%
  • BI
    BIBLICA INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $150k · revenue +80%
  • WF
    WELD FOOD BANK
    5× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • I
    ISI
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • BT
    Bridging the Gaps Dyslexia Center
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -66%
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
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
2
Mission Without Borders International

The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…

International
3
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
4
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
5
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
6
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
7
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
8
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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9
Timothy Two Project International

Reaching and teaching pastors in the majority world.

Religion
10
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
11
Redeem International

Redeem's mission is to protect widows and orphans from violent abuse and exploitation.

International
12
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Justice Mission; the most unlike its peers is Pregnancy Resource Center Inc. 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

19 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. 19 of the 34 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AVANT MINISTRIES: $140,000 · OtherAVANT MINISTRIESINTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INC: $130,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INCPARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INC: $93,000 · OtherPARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INCBRIDGING THE GAP-MILE HIGH UNITED WAY: $30,000 · OtherBRIDGING THE GAP-MILE HIGH UNITED WAYRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $27,525 · OtherPOUDRE LEARNING CENTER: $20,000 · OtherNETWORK BEYOND: $30,000 · OtherNETWORK BEYOND+11 more: $73,000 · Other+11 moreDallas Theological Seminary: $377,543 · EducationDallas Theological Seminary+1 more: $5,000 · EducationBIBLICA INC: $150,000 · ReligionBIBLICA INCMAF FOUNDATION: $145,000 · ReligionMAF FOUNDATION+2 more: $5,000 · ReligionCompassion International Incorporated: $93,000 · InternationalCompassion…INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $20,000 · InternationalINTERNATIO…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $13,000 · InternationalMEDECINS S…SARUNI INTERNATIONAL: $12,000 · InternationalSARUNI INT…Pregnancy Resource Center Inc: $38,000 · HealthTHE RESOURCE CENTER FOR PREGNANCY & PERSONAL HEALTH: $35,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $7,000 · HealthWELD FOOD BANK: $75,000 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $41,524 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$543,525Education$382,543Religion$300,000International$138,000Health$80,000Food & Nutrition$75,000Recreation & Sports$42,024

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 budgetDallas Theological Seminary: $377,543 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBIBLICA INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMAF FOUNDATION: $145,000 over 6y, 53% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $93,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWELD FOOD BANK: $75,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $41,524 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetPregnancy Resource Center Inc: $38,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetTHE RESOURCE CENTER FOR PREGNANCY & PERSONAL HEALTH: $35,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetNETWORK BEYOND: $30,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSARUNI INTERNATIONAL: $12,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WELD COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHACK: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $500 over 1y, 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.

  • Who funds Dallas Theological Seminary ↗
  • Who funds BIBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds MAF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds WELD FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC ↗
  • Who funds Pregnancy Resource Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE RESOURCE CENTER FOR PREGNANCY & PERSONAL HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK BEYOND ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SARUNI INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WELD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Bridging the Gaps Dyslexia Center ↗
  • Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds THE SHACK ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS 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.

Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA11.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Michael Gordon Black Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael Gordon Black Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–40%
    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.

    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 34 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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