Virginia · Public charity
Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation
Bring help and hope in the united states and around the world through programs that include hunger relief, medical care, clean water, child development and disaster relief.
- $49M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $417k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $217,345
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $44M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $417k | 80% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $1.4M | 75% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $157k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $504k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $506k | 74% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $945k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 46 | $2.0M | 87% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $902k | 93% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Blessing Disaster Relief Services Inc | $2,040,606 | 9 | 100% |
| Family Life Center Inc | $1,028,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Cathedral in the Pines Christian Center | $393,803 | 2 | n/a |
| The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc | $160,276 | 2 | 0% |
| Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders Inc | $145,150 | 2 | 4% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Paradise | $122,628 | 2 | n/a |
| Ocracoke Interfaith Relief & Recovery Team | $104,893 | 1 | 15% |
| United Way of South Hampton Roads | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fathers House Church of Oroville Inc | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm Share Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Blessing Disaster Relief Services Inc | $2,040,606 | 9 | 100% |
| Family Life Center Inc | $1,028,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Cathedral in the Pines Christian Center | $393,803 | 2 | n/a |
| The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc | $160,276 | 2 | 0% |
| Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders Inc | $145,150 | 2 | 4% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Paradise | $122,628 | 2 | n/a |
| Ocracoke Interfaith Relief & Recovery Team | $104,893 | 1 | 15% |
| United Way of South Hampton Roads | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fathers House Church of Oroville Inc | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm Share Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope | $80,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Bethel Church of Redding | $76,328 | 3 | n/a |
| Oroville Hope Center | $68,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Without Limits Christian Center Inc | $60,607 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighthouse to the Nations Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miraclefeet | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| St Andrew Baptist Church Inc | $56,274 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith Temple | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Pine United Methodist Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marathon Community United Methodist | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Disaster Relief Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Generation Away | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marathon Church of God | $46,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Jones Community Center Inc | $46,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Magalia Community Church | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Triumph New Testament Church Inc | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Virginia Symphony Orchestra | $41,667 | 2 | 0% |
| New Life Assembly of God | $40,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Gospel Tabernacle | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Unlimited Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Compassion Churches | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Life Church of Houma & Associat | $37,300 | 1 | 5% |
| Somebody Cares Tampa Bay Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Abundant Life Christian Center of Lamarque Incorporated | $32,637 | 3 | n/a |
| East Lumberton Baptist Church | $32,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lifesong for Orphans Inc | $32,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Cityhope Church | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healing Place Church | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Assembly of God | $31,492 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth With a Mission Asheville Inc | $31,310 | 1 | n/a |
| New Church Assembly of God Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chesterfield Missionary Baptist | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherwood Baptist Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church of Taft | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ghent Area Ministry | $30,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Christian International Network of Churches Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Panama City First Baptist Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| HASER Inc | $28,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Church at New Bern | $27,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Keys Area Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Global River Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nat'L Assoc of Christian Churches | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercury One Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Journey Church Texas | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvest for Lost Souls Outreach Ministry | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Cross Church Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Neighborhood Church of Chico | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Liberty Christian Church of Havelock | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Chefs Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mt Sinai Holiness Tabernacle | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Assembly of God | $21,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Glad Tidings Tabernacle | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvest Christian Fellowship | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| High Praise Worship Center International | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gulf Shores United Methodist Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brownsville Assembly of God Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighthouse on the Rock | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Feathervine | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Big Pine Christian Center Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Trinity Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Star of the Sea Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bel Air Presbyterian Church | $19,710 | 1 | n/a |
| The Manna Church | $19,410 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Assembly of God | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Celebration Church Inc | $17,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Pine Elementary Academy Inc | $17,100 | 1 | 1% |
| Valley Churches United | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bayou Boeuf Volunteer Fire Company Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| America Wide Charity Awc Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Wine Development Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| One Hope Network | $11,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Restoration Fellowship a Cornerstone Church Inc | $10,580 | 1 | n/a |
| Gift of Life International Inc | $10,153 | 1 | 0% |
| Cathedral of Praise Miracle Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Neighbor Settlement House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Liberty Church Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisiana Family Forum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wilmington Response | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Life Baptist Church of Jacksonville North Carolina | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith Temple Church of God in Christ-Silsbee Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian World Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hogar Padre Venard Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church Unlimited | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cutting Edge Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| The Volunteer Way Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Community Baptist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Powerhouse Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Destiny Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crossbridge Christian Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornerstone Community Development Corporation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sonoma Ave Church of Christ in Santa Rosa Ca | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Walking With Swager | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Church Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Living Water Family Worship Ministries | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Living Word Christian Center | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| East Kentucky Dream Center Inc | $6,040 | 1 | 3% |
| Catalyst Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Resource Center | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vineyard of the Islands | $5,435 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation
- How much does Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation give?
- Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $416,598, out of $49,271,094 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (91%), Religion (3%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Operation Blessing Disaster Relief Services Inc ($2.0M), Family Life Center Inc ($1.0M), Cathedral in the Pines Christian Center ($394k).
- Does Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Florida Keys, North Valley Community Foundation, Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.
- Where is Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation based?
- Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation is based in VA.
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