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Mojo Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
55
Grants FY2024
46
Organizations funded FY2023
9%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,250,000
Organizations funded a year
42 to 48
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$46M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Mojo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsReligionInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving54$3.8M11%
FY202346$2.4M9%
FY202242$2.2M2%
FY202148$2.5M8%
FY202045$1.9M4%
FY201946$1.6M7%
FY201845$1.3M16%
FY201742$945kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$6.5MReligion$4.2MHousing & Shelter$1.8MHuman Services$1.4MYouth Development$680kFood & Nutrition$523kHealth$434kPublic Benefit$250kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
MI
OR
OH
PA
CA
CO
KS
AR
TN
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Olivet Nazarene University Foundation$5,650,000814%
Homes for Hope$575,0007n/a
Northpointe Christian Schools$561,00063%
Mel Trotter Ministries$445,00071%
Da Blodgett - St John's$420,00081%
Family Promise of Grand Rapids$340,00081%
Kids' Food Basket Inc$297,50082%
Safe Haven Ministries Inc$290,00083%
Mackinac Center$250,00080%
Pregnancy Resource Center$245,00082%
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All grantees of Mojo Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Olivet Nazarene University Foundation$5,650,000814%
Homes for Hope$575,0007n/a
Northpointe Christian Schools$561,00063%
Mel Trotter Ministries$445,00071%
Da Blodgett - St John's$420,00081%
Family Promise of Grand Rapids$340,00081%
Kids' Food Basket Inc$297,50082%
Safe Haven Ministries Inc$290,00083%
Mackinac Center$250,00080%
Pregnancy Resource Center$245,00082%
Church of the Nazarene Inc$233,0008n/a
Iccf Community Homes$215,00080%
I Like Giving$200,0003n/a
Women's Resource Center$188,00074%
Home Repair Services of Kent County Inc$180,00081%
Right to Life of Michigan Educ Fund$175,00071%
Avon Community Church$157,4008n/a
Samaritas$140,00080%
Cornerstone University$140,00070%
Comprehensive Therapy Center$135,00082%
Keys for Kids Ministries Inc$127,00082%
Streams of Hope$106,00044%
Young Life Foundation$105,0007n/a
Guiding Light Mission Inc$93,00080%
Unknown Nations$80,00081%
Women at Risk International Inc$80,00081%
Kentwood Public Schools Education Foundation$80,000741%
Hope International$75,00010%
Wedgwood Christian Services$70,00020%
Community Link Inc$52,00040%
Grace's Table$51,00024%
Grace Adventures$40,00020%
Forgotten Man Ministries$40,00080%
Remembrance Ranch$40,00029%
Van Andel Institute$38,50080%
InterAct Ministries Inc$31,00080%
Focus on the Family$31,0008n/a
Salvation Army$31,0008n/a
Matthew 2540 Heartside Inc$31,00081%
International Justice Mission$31,00080%
Luis Palau Association$30,00010%
Love Your Neighbor of West Michigan$27,50050%
Flat River Outreach Ministries Inc$25,00011%
Kids' Life Bible Clubs$24,00086%
Seeds of Promise$22,000514%
Awana Foundation$11,00041%
Love Your Neighbor$10,0002n/a
Urban Family Ministries$10,00014%
Heartside Ministry Inc$6,0006n/a
Mars Hill Bible Church$5,0001n/a
Food for the Poor Inc$5,00010%
Mercury One Inc$5,00010%
Youth With a Mission$3,0002n/a
National Foundation for Transplants Inc$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Mojo Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOlivet Nazarene University Foundation: $5,650,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetNorthpointe Christian Schools: $561,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetMel Trotter Ministries: $445,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetDa Blodgett - St John's: $420,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Promise of Grand Rapids: $340,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetKids' Food Basket Inc: $297,500 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetSafe Haven Ministries Inc: $290,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetMackinac Center: $250,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPregnancy Resource Center: $245,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetIccf Community Homes: $215,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWomen's Resource Center: $188,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetHome Repair Services of Kent County Inc: $180,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetRight to Life of Michigan Educ Fund: $175,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetSamaritas: $140,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCornerstone University: $140,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetComprehensive Therapy Center: $135,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetKeys for Kids Ministries Inc: $127,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetStreams of Hope: $106,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetGuiding Light Mission Inc: $93,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUnknown Nations: $80,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWomen at Risk International Inc: $80,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetKentwood Public Schools Education Foundation: $80,000 over 7y, 41% of budgetHope International: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWedgwood Christian Services: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Link Inc: $52,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGrace's Table: $51,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetGrace Adventures: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetForgotten Man Ministries: $40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetRemembrance Ranch: $40,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetVan Andel Institute: $38,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetInterAct Ministries Inc: $31,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMatthew 2540 Heartside Inc: $31,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetInternational Justice Mission: $31,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLuis Palau Association: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLove Your Neighbor of West Michigan: $27,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFlat River Outreach Ministries Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKids' Life Bible Clubs: $24,000 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetSeeds of Promise: $22,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetAwana Foundation: $11,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetUrban Family Ministries: $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercury One Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Foundation for Transplants Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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.

Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI50.7× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Barnabas Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · Jerry & Marcia Tubergen 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.

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About Mojo Foundation

How much does Mojo Foundation give?
Mojo Foundation reported 55 grants totaling $3,782,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 48 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Mojo Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (39%), Religion (25%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
Who are Mojo Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Olivet Nazarene University Foundation ($5.7M), Homes for Hope ($575k), Northpointe Christian Schools ($561k).
Does Mojo Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mojo Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Mojo Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation, Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation.
Where is Mojo Foundation based?
Mojo Foundation is based in MI.

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 70 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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