Tennessee · Public charity
Ministry Outreach Foundation
To bring together and strengthen the efforts of individuals and churches to reach the world with the gospel of jesus christ and to minister to those in need.
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,064,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $912k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Ministry Outreach Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 99% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.8M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $3.1M | 67% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $9.9M | 29% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $393k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $441k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $382k | 62% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $206k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $283k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $449k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mof - Preservation of Affordability Corp | $12,871,200 | 2 | 48% |
| Bott Radio Network Inc | $648,300 | 7 | 1% |
| Ridgeway Baptist Church | $200,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Secrets Savored Inc | $140,321 | 4 | 9% |
| Light Ministries Inc | $133,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Point of Impact Global Missions Inc | $92,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Harding Academy of Memphis Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope Fellowship Church | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westminster Academy | $33,860 | 3 | 0% |
| Disciple Makers Network | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mof - Preservation of Affordability Corp | $12,871,200 | 2 | 48% |
| Bott Radio Network Inc | $648,300 | 7 | 1% |
| Ridgeway Baptist Church | $200,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Secrets Savored Inc | $140,321 | 4 | 9% |
| Light Ministries Inc | $133,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Point of Impact Global Missions Inc | $92,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Harding Academy of Memphis Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope Fellowship Church | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westminster Academy | $33,860 | 3 | 0% |
| Disciple Makers Network | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Faith and Learning International NFP | $27,126 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Aid Mission | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphis Union Misson | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pillar Church Planting Network | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arise2read Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Mission Enablers International | $11,078 | 1 | 0% |
| Jerry Drace Evangelistic Association Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Brown Missionary Baptist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lane College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi College | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| With God All Things Are Possible | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| David Stockwell Evangelistic Association | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Calcasieu Youth Organization | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($691k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ministry Outreach 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: Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About Ministry Outreach Foundation
- How much does Ministry Outreach Foundation give?
- Ministry Outreach Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $3,095,778, out of $3,260,849 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ministry Outreach Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (85%), Religion (12%), International (1%).
- Who are Ministry Outreach Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mof - Preservation of Affordability Corp ($13M), Bott Radio Network Inc ($648k), Ridgeway Baptist Church ($200k).
- Does Ministry Outreach Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ministry Outreach Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc.
- Where is Ministry Outreach Foundation based?
- Ministry Outreach Foundation is based in TN.
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