· Private foundation
Paula and Van Jones 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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $31k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Campus Crusade for Christ | $15,500 |
| Crossings Church | $15,000 |
| K-Love | $5,000 |
| Hope Force Int'l | $5,000 |
| Reliant Mission | $4,800 |
| Mile High Workshop | $3,500 |
| Arise Ministries | $2,550 |
| Student Mobilization | $1,800 |
| Wycliff Bible Translators | $1,000 |
| World Missions & Evangelism Inc | $1,000 |
| Impact Oklahoma | $500 |
| YWCA | $250 |
| Bill Nicklas Golf Foundation | $200 |
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 (FY19–24, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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 FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HFHope Force International7× · 2019–2025 · $41k · revenue +158%
INFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC3× · 2019–2024 · $16k · revenue +83%
BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP2× · 2020–2021 · $15k · revenue +69%
Funded once
- 1P1st Presbyterian Church of Edmondone grant, 2019 · $13k
- SMSearch Ministriesone grant, 2019 · $8k
- SASigma Alpha Epsilon Foundationone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -23%
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.
To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
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.
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.
Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.
Provide relief to the poor and distressed by sharing the love of god in word and deed, we accomplish this through mercy missions, leadership training and community outreaches.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
Okaloosa habitat for humanity is a non-profit, christian organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in okaloosa county. we provide opportunites for the community to show god's love in action. through partnership with people…
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.
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…
Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 52 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 Hope Force International ↗
- Who funds INFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP ↗
- Who funds WORLD MISSIONS & EVANGELISM INC ↗
- Who funds IMPACT OKLAHOMA INC ↗
- Who funds ARISE SINGLE MOMS INC ↗
- Who funds STAND IN THE GAP INC ↗
- Who funds Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds VOICE OF THE TRUTH ↗
- Who funds DEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Mile High Workshop Inc ↗
- Who funds BSF INTERNATIONAL LLC ↗
- Who funds EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds FOSTERING SWEET DREAMS INC ↗
- Who funds REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds OKLAHOMA BAPTIST HOMES FOR CHILDREN 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.
Open a dossier: Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Kwco Cares Inc · American Fidelity Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Paula and Van Jones Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paula and Van Jones Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Dean Mcgee Eye Institute: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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