· Private foundation
Mlp Charitable Trust
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YOUNG LIFE | $1,900 |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | $1,500 |
| CRU FOUNDATION | $1,200 |
| JONI AND FRIENDS | $1,000 |
| HELPS MINISTRIES | $1,000 |
| COMMISSION TO EVERY NATION | $1,000 |
| DYNAMIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $1,000 |
| WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS | $1,000 |
| FRONTIERS | $1,000 |
| SONSET SOLUTIONS | $1,000 |
| THE OAKS ACADEMY | $800 |
| COMMISSION MINISTERS NETWORK | $800 |
| RIVERSIDE BIBLE CHURCH | $800 |
| AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY | $600 |
| LIGONIER MINISTRIES | $600 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SSSONSET SOLUTIONS INC5× · 2017–2021 · $14k · revenue +28%
- EWEyes Wide Open International4× · 2018–2021 · $12k · revenue +83%
- CTCOMMISSION TO EVERY NATION5× · 2017–2021 · $7k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- P6Project 658 Incgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $600 · revenue +123%
- GVGOSPEL VOLUNTEERS INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue +36%
- BABRADFORD ACADEMYone grant, 2019 · $500
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
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…
Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.
Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
To assist the church, primarily in closed countries, in the establishment of continuing indigenous church-based training centers in which servant leaders are equipped to develop growing and reproducing churches.
Assisting national Christian leaders around the world.
Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 37 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SONSET SOLUTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds Eyes Wide Open International ↗
- Who funds COMMISSION TO EVERY NATION ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds DYNAMIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
- Who funds The Oaks Academy Inc ↗
- Who funds JONI AND FRIENDS ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds Josiah Venture ↗
- Who funds MIO Frontiers ↗
- Who funds THE FIELD SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ↗
- Who funds Ligonier Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds COMMISSION MINISTERS NETWORK ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds BEAUTIFUL DAY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Project 658 Inc ↗
- Who funds GOSPEL VOLUNTEERS INC ↗
- Who funds International Friendships Inc ↗
- Who funds INTO THE FIELD ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Columbus Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mlp Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mlp Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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