· Private foundation
Mustard Seed Faith Foundation
Its FY2025 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k12 grants · $55k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $122k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION | $122,000 |
| MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL | $10,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE INTERNATIONAL | $10,000 |
| LUIS PALAU ASSOCIATION | $7,000 |
| KINDRED PARTNERS | $6,000 |
| PORTLAND RESCUE MISSION | $6,000 |
| GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES | $6,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $5,000 |
| TRANSITIONAL YOUTH | $5,000 |
| CHOICE ADOPTIONS | $4,000 |
| ROAD 2 HOPE | $4,000 |
| SIM USA | $3,000 |
| WYCLIFFE | $3,000 |
| YOUNG LIFE | $3,000 |
| PAID IN FULL OREGON | $3,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.
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 FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NCNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC2× · 2023–2024 · $144k · revenue +48%
- LPLuis Palau Association6× · 2019–2024 · $42k · revenue +35%
- GSGood Samaritan Ministries8× · 2017–2024 · $39k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- FEFORWARD EDGE INTERNATIONALgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +42%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $2k
- NCNEWSBREAK CHURCHone grant, 2018 · $1k
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.
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…
We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.
Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.
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…
Provision international, a world-wide christian ministry of outreach, strives to meet the needs of the earth's less fortunate and downtrodden populace. we are committed to networking resources to serve people in areas of great need.
Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.
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.
We minister to orphans and widows in their distress by transitioning children from orphanages into loving families. We do this through Christ- centered care, training and social work.
To equip and assist christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically.
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.
With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 22 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 NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds Luis Palau Association ↗
- Who funds Good Samaritan Ministries ↗
- Who funds Braking Cycles ↗
- Who funds ROAD TO HOPE ROAD 2 HOPE MATERNITY HOMES ↗
- Who funds KINDRED PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds CHOICE ADOPTIONS ↗
- Who funds PAID IN FULL OREGON ↗
- Who funds DOOR TO GRACE ↗
- Who funds FORWARD EDGE INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
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: M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Oregon Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mustard Seed Faith Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mustard Seed Faith Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Kindred Partners: 42% of income from government
- Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
- Choice Adoptions: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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