· Private foundation
Parable Ministries Foundation
Its FY2019 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 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k12 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $39k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GRACE CHURCH | $38,737 |
| OASIS MINISTRY | $6,600 |
| CAMPUS CRUSADE | $3,850 |
| THE NAVIGATORS | $3,300 |
| AMIZIMA MINISTRIES | $3,000 |
| TECATE MISSION | $2,200 |
| AMERICAN LEPROSY MISSION | $1,200 |
| FRONT PORCH | $1,200 |
| CAPTIVE HEARTS | $1,200 |
| ADVOCATES INTERNATIONAL | $1,200 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $1,100 |
| CENTRAL COAST YOUTH FOR CHRIST | $600 |
| WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS | $550 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2019, 1 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 FY2019, 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
BARNABAS INTERNATIONAL2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +65%- CHCAPTIVE HEARTS MINISTRIES3× · 2017–2019 · $4k · revenue +75%
- FPFront Porch Communities and Services3× · 2017–2019 · $4k · revenue +164%
Funded once
- PLPRIORITY LIVING INCone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +12%
- CCCOASTAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +456%
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.
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…
To spread the gospel of jesus christ through crusades
International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures
Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…
Train and Counsel Pastors, Missionaries and others to meet the spiritual and physical needs of all peoples.
Religious
To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.
Ministry
Ambassadors for Christ International - USA is a fellowship of gospel preachers and teachers whose mission is to preach Christ, edify the Church, and to glorify God and serve as a catalyst for revival, evangelism, and training of Christians…
Mobilization of churches in America by taking pastors and laymen on vision and service trips overseas in fulfillment of Jesus command to go ye into all the world, making disciples...
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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 BARNABAS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds Advocates International Inc ↗
- Who funds CAPTIVE HEARTS MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds Front Porch Communities and Services ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL COAST YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC ↗
- Who funds PRIORITY LIVING INC ↗
- Who funds COASTAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Parable Ministries Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Parable Ministries Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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