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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 FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$217k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Safety & Disaster$6.2MReligion$183kPhilanthropy$100kHealth$70kHuman Services$64kInternational$53kFood & Nutrition$50kArts & Culture$42kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $416,598, the rows itemized in this filing. The $49,271,094 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $48,854,496 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $142k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $267k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$44M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OBDRS$217,345
One Generation Away$50,000
Youth With a Mission Asheville Inc$31,310
Mercury One$25,000
Virginia Symphony$25,000
Harvest Christian Fellowship$20,000
Bel Air Presbyterian Church$19,710
Restoration Fellowship Church$10,580
Gift of Life International Inc$10,153
Living Waters Family Worshp$7,500
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 (FY18–24, $231k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $10k → 14%Good Neighbor Settlement House: $10k → 23%The Volunteer Way: $10k → 12%MERCY UNLIMITED INC: $40k → 8%MERCY CHEFS INC: $25k → 20%NEW WINE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15k → 16%Oroville Hope Center: $69k → 18%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $6k → 14%Grace Jones Community Center: $47k → 13%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

IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
KY
VA
KS
TN
NC
SC
HI
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $13M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 9 regions, $5.9M to organizations and $6.7M to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Central America and the Caribbean$4.8M · 38% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: Humanitarian Relief

East Asia and the Pacific$3.0M · 24% · 9 grants

Stated purpose: Humanitarian Relief

North America (Canada and Mexico)$1.1M · 9%

Stated purpose: Humanitarian Relief

Sub-Saharan Africa$1.0M · 8% · 6 grants

Stated purpose: Humanitarian Relief · Clean Water

Russia and Neighboring States$822k · 7% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: Humanitarian Within Ukraine · Ukrainian Refugee Relief · Child Development in Armenia

South Asia$507k · 4% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: Humanitarian Relief

South America$492k · 4%

Stated purpose: Humanitarian

Middle East and North Africa$421k · 3% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: Israel Relief · Iraq Refugee Relief · Medical Clinic in Jordan

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$373k · 3% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Humanitarian Relief

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 16 repeat orgs$3.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +94% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
86

Total granted

$3.3M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+94%
+28%

Still filing today

38%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $174k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesReligionHousing & ShelterPublic Safety & DisasterHealthInternationalOther
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

  • OB
    Operation Blessing Disaster Relief Services Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +207% · 100% of their budget
  • FC
    FULLER CENTER DISASTER REBUILDERS INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $145k · revenue +66%
  • M
    MIRACLEFEET
    3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • FL
    Family Life Center Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue +7%
  • OI
    OCRACOKE INTERFAITH RELIEF & RECOVERY TEAM
    one grant, 2021 · $105k · revenue -99%
  • UW
    United Way of South Hampton Roads
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -32%
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
Grace Resource Center Inc

To provide food, shelter, clothing, medical assistance and other immediate need to the thousands of needy and homeless people living in our area.

Housing & Shelter
2
Victory At Sarasota Inc

We are a church, food bank, outreach that ministers the love of Jesus to our city and the surrounding cities by preaching and teaching the word of God every Sunday. We also minister to anyone with a food need weekly through our food bank.…

Religion
3
Loaves & Fishes the Church Without Walls

Community outreach and church services

Religion
4
Fountain of Hope Inc

Improving the quality of life of those in need through food, knowledge and the word of god.

Food & Nutrition
5
Gainesville Community MinistryInc

Gainesville Community Ministry provides help and hope to families and individuals in crisis.

Human Services
6
Faith Outreach Ministries of the Grand Strand

Non profit ministry that seeks to improve the community through providing food, and other services for humanity

Human Services
7
Victory Life Church International

Church, religious

Religion
8
Harvest of Hope Food Pantry Inc

Food Pantry

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9
Christian Care

Provide meals, clothing, counseling, referrals, spiritual guidance and shelter to anyone in need without charge

Housing & Shelter
10
Our Daily Bread Christian Food Ministry Inc

The purpose of this company is to provide food to homeless and indigent families in our area.

Human Services
11
Messengers of Hope Mission Inc

mobile food pantry

Food & Nutrition
12
Bread of Refuge Inc

Bread of Refuge is a food pantry that distributes over 1600 banana boxes of food every month to families in need. We also feed 75-to-100 homeless people every week.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercury One Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boys & Girls Club of Keys Area Inc. 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

39 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. 39 of the 110 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
26/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Family Life Center Inc: $1,028,000 · OtherFamily Life Center IncCATHEDRAL IN THE PINES CHRISTIAN CENTER: $393,803 · OtherCATHEDRAL IN THE PINES CHRISTIAN CENTER+83 more: $2,342,418 · Other+83 moreOperation Blessing Disaster Relief Services Inc: $2,040,606 · Public Safety & DisasterOperation Blessing Disaster Relief …OCRACOKE INTERFAITH RELIEF & RECOVERY TEAM: $104,893 · Public Safety & Disaster+1 more: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterFULLER CENTER DISASTER REBUILDERS INC: $145,150 · Housing & ShelterHOPE: $80,000 · Housing & ShelterGHENT AREA MINISTRY: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterHOGAR PADRE VENARD INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $160,276 · ReligionTHE LIFE CHURCH OF HOUMA & ASSOCIAT: $37,300 · ReligionSomebody Cares Tampa Bay Inc: $35,000 · ReligionVALLEY CHURCHES UNITED: $15,000 · ReligionONE HOPE NETWORK: $11,000 · ReligionOroville Hope Center: $68,500 · Human ServicesGRACE JONES COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $46,500 · Human ServicesMercy Unlimited Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesMERCY CHEFS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesNew Wine Development Corporation: $15,000 · Human ServicesGood Neighbor Settlement House Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE VOLUNTEER WAY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $6,000 · Human ServicesUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $100,000 · PhilanthropyMIRACLEFEET: $60,000 · HealthSTAR OF THE SEA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthGIFT OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,153 · Health
Other$3,764,221Public Safety & Disaster$2,155,499Housing & Shelter$265,150Religion$258,576Human Services$231,000Philanthropy$100,000Health$90,153

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 budgetOperation Blessing Disaster Relief Services Inc: $2,040,606 over 9y, 100% of budgetFamily Life Center Inc: $1,028,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $160,276 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFULLER CENTER DISASTER REBUILDERS INC: $145,150 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetOCRACOKE INTERFAITH RELIEF & RECOVERY TEAM: $104,893 over 1y, 15% of budgetUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFARM SHARE INC: $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE: $80,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetOroville Hope Center: $68,500 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetMIRACLEFEET: $60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGRACE JONES COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $46,500 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetVIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $41,667 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMercy Unlimited Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE LIFE CHURCH OF HOUMA & ASSOCIAT: $37,300 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetSomebody Cares Tampa Bay Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $32,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGHENT AREA MINISTRY: $30,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetHASER Inc: $28,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Keys Area Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetMercury One Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTAR OF THE SEA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIG PINE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY INC: $17,100 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetVALLEY CHURCHES UNITED: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNew Wine Development Corporation: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetONE HOPE NETWORK: $11,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGIFT OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,153 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGood Neighbor Settlement House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCUTTING EDGE MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetTHE VOLUNTEER WAY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST KENTUCKY DREAM CENTER INC: $6,040 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 Operation Blessing Disaster Relief Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds Family Life Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc ↗
  • Who funds FULLER CENTER DISASTER REBUILDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds OCRACOKE INTERFAITH RELIEF & RECOVERY TEAM ↗
  • Who funds United Way of South Hampton Roads ↗
  • Who funds FARM SHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Oroville Hope Center ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLEFEET ↗
  • Who funds ONE GENERATION AWAY ↗
  • Who funds GRACE JONES COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Unlimited Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE LIFE CHURCH OF HOUMA & ASSOCIAT ↗
  • Who funds Somebody Cares Tampa Bay Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH WITH A MISSION ASHEVILLE INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation …North Valley Communit…Publix Super Markets …Somebody Cares Americ…Making ChangeChurch World Service …Good360Feed the Children IncThe Society of St And…World Vision IncSamaritan's PurseShare Our Strength
Community Foundation of the Florida KeysFL17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Florida Keys · North Valley Community Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Somebody Cares America Inc · Making Change · Church World Service Inc · Good360 · Feed the Children Inc · The Society of St Andrew Inc · World Vision Inc · Samaritan's Purse · Share Our Strength

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 Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Star of the Sea Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Farm Share Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 110 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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