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Mission Increase 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.

$2.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$2.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$10MPhilanthropy$110kPublic Safety & Disaster$67kInternational$61kHuman Services$60kYouth Development$50kHousing & Shelter$25kPublic Benefit$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,240,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISSION INCREASE$2,240,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $244k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE BRIDGE TO HOPE INC: $10k → 11%GOD'S FAN CLUB: $5k → 11%GLOBAL HEART MINISTRIES: $169k → 5%HEART FOR WINTER HAVEN: $5k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY MINISTRIES: $15k → 18%MY SAFE HARBOR: $20k → 10%OCJ KIDS: $10k → 11%NCOMPASS: $10k → 8%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

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ID
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NY
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CA
CO
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GA
TX
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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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.9M · 6 repeat orgs$676k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
55

Total granted

$9.9M
$676k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+41%

Still filing today

67%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

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ReligionHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • MI
    MISSION INCREASE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $9.4M · revenue +17% · 48% of their budget
  • LP
    Luis Palau Association
    2× · 2017–2018 · $279k · revenue +54%
  • RESPONDER LIFE
    6× · 2017–2023 · $67k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • GH
    Global Heart Ministries Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $169k · revenue -22%
  • GL
    GENEROUS LIFE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +78%
  • RW
    RIVER WEST CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
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.

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Heart Bridge International

Heart Bridge International exists to equip and empower Christians around the world to fulfill the Great Commission. The organization provides free ministry training, discipleship resources, and practical coaching to under-resourced…

Religion
2
Connect the World

The purpose of the organization is to share the passionate love of god the father throughout the world, his salvation through his son, the lord jesus christ, and to lead people to an experience with the holy spirit and his power. our…

Religion
3
Global Gospel Initiative Inc
Religion
4
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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5
Asia Us Impact

Religious

Religion
6
Global Faith Network
Human Services
7
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
8
Wounded Spirits Ministries

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…

Recreation & Sports
9
Explore God Network
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New Heart World Ministries
Religion
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Face to Faith Ministry

Our mission is to make disciples of jesus christ by engaging indigenous pastors around the world. our vision is to train pastors and their congregants to share the gospel in a friendly, non-denominational approach across all ethnicities,…

Religion
12
International Needs

International needs has the vision to transform lives and change communities by helping christian nationals serve both god and neighbor within their own countries.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is Luis Palau Association. 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

34 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. 34 of the 62 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/34
Grantees still filing
27/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MISSION INCREASE: $9,434,494 · PhilanthropyMISSION INCREASE+1 more: $100,000 · PhilanthropyLuis Palau Association: $279,000 · ReligionRESPONDER LIFE: $66,895 · Religion+6 more: $26,120 · ReligionGlobal Heart Ministries Inc: $169,000 · Human ServicesMY SAFE HARBOR INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE FAMILY MINISTRIES: $15,000 · Human ServicesOCJ KIDS: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIDGE TO HOPE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNcompass: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesRIVER WEST CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherPUI TAK CENTER: $35,000 · OtherBEYOND VICTORY MINISTRIES: $21,750 · OtherALONG SIDE MINISTRIES INC: $20,020 · OtherMISSIONARY CARE MINISTRY: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · Other21ST CENTURY CHURCH DBA INSPIRATION ACADEMY: $10,000 · OtherLEADING WITH A LIMP: $10,000 · OtherTHE BRANCH OF NASHVILLE INC: $10,000 · OtherSAGAMORE INSTITUTE INC: $22,917 · OtherOur Fathers Table: $10,000 · Other+25 more: $52,946 · OtherYOUNG LIFE: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentURBAN YOUTH COLLABORATIVE: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIVING CHILDREN HOPE: $15,000 · InternationalAFRICAN ROAD INC: $15,000 · International+3 more: $60 · InternationalAFRICA NEW LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $30,020 · Education
Philanthropy$9,534,494Religion$372,015Human Services$244,000Other$277,633Youth Development$40,000International$30,060Education$30,020

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 budgetMISSION INCREASE: $9,434,494 over 5y, 48% of budgetLuis Palau Association: $279,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetGlobal Heart Ministries Inc: $169,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetGENEROUS LIFE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetRESPONDER LIFE: $66,895 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetPUI TAK CENTER: $35,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAFRICA NEW LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $30,020 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAGAMORE INSTITUTE INC: $22,917 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALONG SIDE MINISTRIES INC: $20,020 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMY SAFE HARBOR INC: $20,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE FAMILY MINISTRIES: $15,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetGIVING CHILDREN HOPE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN YOUTH COLLABORATIVE: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAFRICAN ROAD INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetOCJ KIDS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetRECLAIMING HEARTS MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetTHE BRANCH OF NASHVILLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetNcompass: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTouchstone Youth Rescue Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetHEART FOR WINTER HAVEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetGODS FAN CLUB: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKINDRED PARTNERS: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIBLEPROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION CONNECT INC: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $20 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.

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…M J Murdock Charitabl…Servant FoundationAbbVie FoundationRenaissance Charitabl…Raymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA15.1× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Servant Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Mission Increase Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mission Increase Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 33%
  • Kindred Partners: 42% of income from government
  • Responder Life: 33% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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How do I get to Mission Increase Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mission Increase Foundation 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 62 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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