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Nissi Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$138k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$36k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$492kFood & Nutrition$76kInternational$74kPhilanthropy$49kHealth$42kArts & Culture$11kHuman Services$9kCrime & Legal$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k27 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $66k
$2,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$382k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RIVER OF LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH$35,985
CITYTEAM MINISTRIES$19,480
PAYPAL GIVINGFUND$10,600
Individual grant recipient$8,684
GOSPEL OPERATION INTERNATIONAL$6,200
TIANYI STUDIOS CORPORATION$6,000
GLORY FOUNDATION$6,000
TRAINING RESOURCE INSTITUTE$6,000
THE MEDIA EVANGELISM ASSOCIATION US$5,060
TENDER HEARTS EMMANUEL ETERNITY THE$5,000
HOMECOMING GLOBAL$4,000
PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL$3,914
PLACE OF PROVIDENCE ORG$3,087
U CHANNEL FOUNDATION$3,000
SILVER LINING MISSIONS$2,000
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 (FY24–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%TIANYI STUDIOS CORPORATION: $6k → 10%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

WA
IL
WI
MA
NJ
CA
CO
KY
VA
DC
OK
MS
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of Nissi Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 74% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 69%.

Nissi Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$712k · 29 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +55% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
23

Total granted

$712k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+55%

Still filing today

38%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
ReligionPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • CM
    CITYTEAM MINISTRIES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $101k · revenue +50%
  • RO
    RIVER OF LIFE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $76k · revenue ×16
  • GF
    GLORY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $39k · revenue +61% · 29% of their budget

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
  • GO
    GOSPEL OPERATION INTERNATIONAL FOR CHINESE CHRISTIANSgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue +55%
  • GO
    GOSPEL OPERATION INTERNATIONAL FOR
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
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
Asia Us Impact

Religious

Religion
2
China Soul for Christ Foundation
Religion
3
Vision for Asia

Christian Ministry Activities

Religion
4
More International Ministries

To spread the gospel of jesus christ through crusades

Religion
5
China Evangelistic Mission Inc

China Christian Evangelic mission development

Religion
6
Da Los Angeles Church Network

To assist small Chinese churches in growth, breakthrough, and support ministers financially; to advance God's kingdom ministry via multimedia.

Religion
7
China Partner

Help churches in china fulfill the great commission through training emerging christian leaders. train leaders in evangelism, evangelistic preaching, pastoral care and leadership through seminaries and bible school in china. distribute…

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8
Korean World Mission Council
Religion
9
Jessica Yoon Ministries

Spread the Christianity

Religion
10
Chinese Worldwide Gospel Mission

To spread gospel and provide Christianity training to the people in China through volunteer pastors and church elders from the United States.

Religion
11
China Training Network

To Train Christian Leaders and Plant Churches in China

—
12
Evangelical Chinese Gospel Mission Inc

Charitable, religious & educational

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Media Evangelism Association Usa; the most unlike its peers is Love Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 65 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/28
Grantees still filing
18/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RIVER OF LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $205,045 · OtherRIVER OF LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCHPARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INC: $66,538 · OtherPARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INCIndividual grant recipient: $39,880 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGOSPEL OPERATION INTERNATIONAL: $26,100 · OtherGOSPEL OPERATION INTERNATIONALHOMECOMING GLOBAL: $22,500 · OtherSHOWERS OF BLESSINGS EVANGELISTIC: $16,300 · Other+35 more: $70,864 · Other+35 moreCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $101,335 · ReligionCITYTEAM MINISTRIESANSWERS IN GENESIS INC: $31,081 · ReligionANSWERS IN GENESIS INCTRAINING & RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $18,000 · ReligionTRAINING & RESOURCE INSTIT…CREATION MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL (US) INC: $9,170 · ReligionTHE MEDIA EVANGELISM ASSOCIATION USA: $7,030 · ReligionAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 · Religion+6 more: $6,350 · ReligionRIVER OF LIFE FOUNDATION: $75,820 · Arts & CultureRIVER OF LI…U Channel Foundation: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureGLORY FOUNDATION: $38,500 · PhilanthropyPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $10,600 · PhilanthropySILVER LINING MISSIONS: $6,587 · PhilanthropyMBS NORTH AMERICA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP INC: $2,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyTianyi Studios Corporation: $6,000 · Human ServicesROL-ACTS NONPROFIT CORP: $500 · Education+1 more: $15 · EducationAmerican Diabetes Association: $75 · Health
Other$447,227Religion$179,966Arts & Culture$80,320Philanthropy$57,937Human Services$6,000Education$515Health$75

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $101,335 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRIVER OF LIFE FOUNDATION: $75,820 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetGLORY FOUNDATION: $38,500 over 4y, 29% of budgetANSWERS IN GENESIS INC: $31,081 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOMECOMING GLOBAL: $22,500 over 3y, 22% of budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $10,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATION MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL (US) INC: $9,170 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MEDIA EVANGELISM ASSOCIATION USA: $7,030 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSILVER LINING MISSIONS: $6,587 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTianyi Studios Corporation: $6,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetGOSPEL OPERATION INTERNATIONAL FOR CHINESE CHRISTIANS: $3,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetU Channel Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDOUBLE PORTION MEDIA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHARVEST EVANGELISM INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPurpose Driven Connection DBA Pastor Ricks Daily Hope: $950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROL-ACTS NONPROFIT CORP: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIANLU MINISTRIES SPRING CAMP: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY: $15 over 1y, 0.0% 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 CITYTEAM MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds RIVER OF LIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLORY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANSWERS IN GENESIS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMECOMING GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds TRAINING & RESOURCE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ↗
  • Who funds CREATION MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL (US) INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MEDIA EVANGELISM ASSOCIATION USA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SILVER LINING MISSIONS ↗
  • Who funds Tianyi Studios Corporation ↗
  • Who funds GOSPEL OPERATION INTERNATIONAL FOR CHINESE CHRISTIANS ↗
  • Who funds U Channel Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MBS NORTH AMERICA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds DOUBLE PORTION MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST EVANGELISM INC ↗
  • Who funds AMAZING LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE TREE INTERNATIONAL ↗

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.

Shp Christian Foundat…Jyar Family FoundationFreshwind FoundationWestgate FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Shp Christian FoundationCA22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shp Christian Foundation · Jyar Family Foundation · Freshwind Foundation · Westgate Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Nissi Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nissi Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oral Roberts University: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 65 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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