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Mojo Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
55
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2024 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $586k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $678k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.5M
$20,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$46M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,250,000
GRAND RAPIDS INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP$700,000
NORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$500,000
PARKVIEW CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE$200,000
HOMES FOR HOPE$125,000
GENERAL BOARD OF THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE$103,000
COMMUNITY FOOD CLUB OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS$100,000
MACKINAC CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY$50,000
I LIKE GIVING$50,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS$50,000
RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN - EDUCATIONAL FUND$35,000
PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER$35,000
WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES$35,000
ICCF COMMUNITY HOMES$30,000
GRACES TABLE$26,000
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 (FY17–24, $425k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SAMARITAS: $25k → 21%COMMUNITY LINK: $17k → 8%SAMARITAS: $25k → 21%COMMUNITY LINK: $15k → 8%SAMARITAS: $20k → 21%COMMUNITY LINK: $10k → 8%SAMARITAS: $20k → 21%COMMUNITY LINK: $10k → 8%SAMARITAS: $15k → 21%SAMARITAS: $15k → 21%SAMARITAS: $15k → 21%SAMARITAS: $5k → 21%SEEDS OF PROMISE: $10k → 11%SEEDS OF PROMISE: $3k → 11%SEEDS OF PROMISE: $3k → 11%SEEDS OF PROMISE: $3k → 11%SEEDS OF PROMISE: $3k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $100k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $2k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $2k → 11%STREAMS OF HOPE: $2k → 11%FLAT RIVER OUTREACH MINSTRIES INC: $25k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $35k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $35k → 11%URBAN FAMILY MINISTRIES: $10k → 11%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

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 56 repeat orgs$414k to everyone else

56 repeat relationships: 48 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
7

Total granted

$16M
$164k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+54%

Still filing today

64%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalHousing & ShelterReligionEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • ON
    OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.7M · revenue +252%
  • NC
    NORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $561k · revenue +145%
  • MT
    MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES
    7× · 2017–2023 · $445k · revenue +141%

Funded once

  • HOPE INTERNATIONALgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue +140%
  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOOD CLUBS OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS
    one grant, 2018 · $45k
  • LP
    Luis Palau Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +54%
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.

1
Christianity Today International

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.

Religion
2
Found in Faith Ministries Inc Dba Fresh Start Furnishings

We provide furniture and home goods to families and individuals that financially qualify for our program. our current focus area is harford county, maryland but are happy to give referrals to resources in other counties when possible.

Human Services
3
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
4
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
5
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries
Health
6
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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7
But God Ministries

Sharing the love of jesus christ by building sustainable communities around the world and providing medical care to low-income households in the united states. the organization is currently building two sustainable communities in haiti and…

International
8
Freedom That Lasts Ministries

Ftlm seeks to equip churches to minister to those who are suffering from addiction and equip christians with the resources needed to facilitate spiritual growth in christlike character and biblical wisdom.

Human Services
9
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

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…

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10
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
11
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
12
The Wellspring Group

Wellspring provides a discipleship model for individuals and churches to engage as a part of their overall spiritual development. this is done through retreat and small group experiences and through equipping churches and organizations to…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor 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

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 70 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
32/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRAND RAPIDS INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP: $2,850,000 · OtherGRAND RAPIDS INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPHOMES FOR HOPE: $575,000 · OtherHOMES FOR HOPEWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $559,500 · OtherWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INCMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $445,000 · OtherMEL TROTTER MINISTRIESDA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S: $420,000 · Other+42 more: $3,103,500 · Other+42 moreOLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,650,000 · EducationOLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $561,000 · EducationNORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS+1 more: $140,000 · EducationFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS: $340,000 · Housing & ShelterSAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $290,000 · Housing & ShelterICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $215,000 · Housing & ShelterHOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC: $180,000 · Housing & ShelterSAMARITAS: $140,000 · Human ServicesStreams of Hope: $106,000 · Human ServicesWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $70,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LINK INC: $52,000 · Human ServicesGRACE'S TABLE: $51,000 · Human ServicesFLAT RIVER OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSEEDS OF PROMISE: $22,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $297,500 · Food & NutritionUNKNOWN NATIONS: $80,000 · InternationalWOMEN AT RISK INTERNATIONAL INC: $80,000 · InternationalHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $75,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $31,000 · International+2 more: $10,000 · InternationalMACKINAC CENTER: $250,000 · Public Benefit
Other$7,953,000Education$6,351,000Housing & Shelter$1,025,000Human Services$476,000Food & Nutrition$297,500International$276,000Public Benefit$250,000

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 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 budgetWHITECAPS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $115,000 over 8y, 44% 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
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 OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds DA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MACKINAC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Pregnancy Resource Center ↗
  • Who funds ICCF COMMUNITY HOMES ↗
  • Who funds Women's Resource Center ↗
  • Who funds HOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN EDUC FUND ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAS ↗
  • Who funds Cornerstone University ↗
  • Who funds COMPREHENSIVE THERAPY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Keys for Kids Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds WHITECAPS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Streams of Hope ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNKNOWN NATIONS ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN AT RISK INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds KENTWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LINK INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACE'S TABLE ↗

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 Communit…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Douglas & Maria Devos…Heart of West Michiga…Barnabas FoundationDick and Betsy Devos …The Mercantile Bank F…The David and Carol V…Christian Community F…Consumers Energy Foun…The Sebastian Foundat…Jerry & Marcia Tuberg…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mojo Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mojo Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home