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Philos Enterprises Inc

PHILOS ENTERPRISES, INC.

$1.2M
Granted FY2023
12
Grants FY2023
8
States reached
$400k
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, FY2018 to 2023.

International$1.1MHealth$1.1MEducation$923kReligion$166kHousing & Shelter$155kHuman Services$126kArts & Culture$65k
02FY2023 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $62k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $770k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$100,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAYO CLINIC$400,000
SAMARATIN'S PURSE$221,333
VISTA VILLAGE INC$150,000
VILLAGE PROJECT AFRICA$102,500
INDIANA WESLYAN UNIVERSITY$100,000
LEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$100,000
CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION$96,100
CELEBRATE LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC$26,500
LIBERTY YOUTH RANCH$20,000
TCMIA$15,100
Individual grant recipient$3,000
LIVING HOPE MOUNTAIN RESPITE$1,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 49% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%MAYO CLINIC: $600k → 9%THE SALVATION ARMY: $15k → 14%MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $250k → 13%CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION: $96k → 17%CAMP BOGGY CREEK: $50k → 10%RECIPROCAL MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $40k → 11%RIDING INTO HISTORY: $25k → 14%MILES FOR MYELOMA: $15k → 7%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $35k → 17%SAMARATIN'S PURSE: $221k → 21%CELEBRATE LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC DBA TEACH ONE TO LEAD ONE: $27k → 8%LIVING HOPE MOUNTAIN RESPITE: $2k → 11%LEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $186k → 5%TCMIA: $15k → 16%INDIANA WESLYAN UNIVERSITY: $100k → 19%VISTA VILLAGE INC: $150k → 15%MAYO CLINIC: $400k → 9%THE SALVATION ARMY: $6k → 14%MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $250k → 13%CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION INC: $43k → 17%RIDING INTO HISTORY INC: $20k → 14%SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $70k → 21%CELEBRATE LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $27k → 8%LEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $100k → 5%MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $17k → 13%RIDING INTO HISTORY: $20k → 14%SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $40k → 21%LEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $20k → 5%SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $24k → 21%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

MN
WI
IN
OH
CA
CO
AR
TN
NC
OK
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 38% of Philos Enterprises Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 7% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 23%.

Philos Enterprises Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.8% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 9 repeat orgs$420k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
6

Total granted

$2.2M
$151k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+99%

Still filing today

89%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $270k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
ReligionEducationHealthHousing & ShelterInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • VP
    VILLAGE PROJECT AFRICA INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $673k · revenue +22% · 26% of their budget
  • MC
    Mid-America Christian University Inc
    3× · 2018–2021 · $517k · revenue +45%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $355k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BOGGY CREEK GANG INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +62%
  • RM
    RECIPROCAL MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2019 · $40k · revenue +5%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $35k · revenue +99%
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
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

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…

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2
Sole Ministries

None

Religion
3
Christ Life Academy

Christ life academy is a kingdom education school, partnering with christian parents in their role of educating and discipling their children, by providing academic excellence and training students to think biblically and critically in all…

Education
4
Christian Life Missions

Christian life missions (clm) is a non-profit organization established in 1956 whose sole purpose is to meet the challenges and existing needs of people throughout the world while sharing the gospel of jesus christ.

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5
Doug Holliday Ministries Inc

Doug Holliday Ministries exists to ignite the Body of Christ with Great Commandment-Great Commission priorities by inspiring, instructing, and involving the next generation of missional leaders worldwide. Programs include: Inspiring:…

Religion
6
Champion Christian College Inc

To develop christ-centered servant leaders through a challenging academic environment in order to impact the world for the kingdom of god.

Education
7
Christlife Ministries

Christlife ministries is a non-denominational program dedicated to the discipleship & restoration of ex-offenders, their families, & the imprisoned. mission begins with turning hearts, minds, and souls of parents to their children and…

Crime & Legal
8
John Smithwick Ministries International

To promote the gospel of jesus christ in other nations as well as training teams for evangelism through trips, crusades and internship program at the stateside office.

Youth Development
9
Christian Life Ministries

Counsel beleivers who are in need of spiritual and mental healing. bring non believers the good news of the gospel of grace. educate others on how to counsel through the word of god. provide seminars and conferences to enhance christian…

Human Services
10
What Matters Ministries and Missions

The organizations exempt purpose is to rescue orphans and widows, feed the poor, build the local church through ministry, crusades and outreaches and to win souls around the world.

Religion
11
Christ Mission College

Cmc passionately develops a students god-given potential in a practical process of biblical higher education, discipleship, and practical experience for sacrificial service in the church and community to expand gods kingdom in the world…

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12
Rooted Ministries

Rooted Ministries endeavors to train, equip, and empower people to a greater, Christ-centered destiny in Gulu, Uganda, and Orange County, California. Rooted Ministries Nursery and Primary School, and Rooted Ministries Secondary Academy…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legacy Christian School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Riding Into History Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 21 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
13/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYO CLINIC: $1,000,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICTHE BOGGY CREEK GANG INC: $50,000 · Health+1 more: $35,000 · HealthMid-America Christian University Inc: $517,190 · OtherMid-America Christian…RIDING INTO HISTORY INC: $65,000 · OtherRIDING INTO HISTORY I…RECIPROCAL MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $40,000 · OtherRECIPROCAL MINISTRIES…+6 more: $61,120 · Other+6 moreVILLAGE PROJECT AFRICA INC: $673,000 · InternationalVILLAGE PROJECT AFRI…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $355,333 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURS…CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION INC: $138,800 · ReligionCHRISTIAN MOTORC…CELEBRATE LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $53,520 · ReligionCELEBRATE LIFE I…LEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $305,700 · EducationLEGACY CHRIS…INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationINDIANA WESL…VISTA VILLAGE INC: $150,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterLIBERTY YOUTH RANCH INC: $105,000 · Human Services
Health$1,085,000Other$683,310International$673,000Religion$547,653Education$405,700Housing & Shelter$155,000Human Services$105,000

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 budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE PROJECT AFRICA INC: $673,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetMid-America Christian University Inc: $517,190 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $355,333 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $305,700 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetVISTA VILLAGE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION INC: $138,800 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLIBERTY YOUTH RANCH INC: $105,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIDING INTO HISTORY INC: $65,000 over 3y, 44% of budgetCELEBRATE LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $53,520 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE BOGGY CREEK GANG INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRECIPROCAL MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAFE OF LIFE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

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.

Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA12× affinity9 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Philos Enterprises Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Philos Enterprises Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Philos Enterprises Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Philos Enterprises Inc 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 21 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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