Illinois · Public charity
Mission Quest
MISSION QUEST exists to glorify god by assisting christian missionaries and to reach the nations with the message of faith, grace, and victory through jesus christ. This is accomplished through mobilizing and support of missionaries and missionary projects.
- $3.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $235k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $34,489
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $108,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Mission Quest funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $235k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $150k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $63k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $71k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $83k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covone Ministries | $182,102 | 5 | 42% |
| Emmaus International LLC | $180,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Margham Inc | $135,204 | 5 | 46% |
| Ezra Tribal Initiative Incorporated | $70,123 | 2 | n/a |
| Barnabas and Associates Inc | $34,489 | 1 | 22% |
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About Mission Quest
- How much does Mission Quest give?
- Mission Quest reported 5 itemized grants totaling $234,559, out of $3,361,315 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Mission Quest fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (100%).
- Who are Mission Quest's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Covone Ministries ($182k), Emmaus International LLC ($180k), Margham Inc ($135k).
- Does Mission Quest fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Mission Quest based?
- Mission Quest is based in IL.
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