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Pinetops 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.

$3.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
48
Grants FY2025
45
Organizations funded FY2024
38%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$36,431
Largest grant, FY2025
$600,000
Organizations funded a year
32 to 45
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$53M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Pinetops Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $557k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesEducationInternationalHealthPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving46$3.0M43%
FY202445$2.2M38%
FY202344$2.8M48%
FY202241$2.6M56%
FY202132$1.7M56%
FY202032$1.7Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$5.9MEducation$2.2MPhilanthropy$1.7MCommunity Improvement$1.5MInternational$930kHuman Services$824kHousing & Shelter$385kScience & Tech$365kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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PA
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CO
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MD
AZ
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NC
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fuller Theological Seminary$1,425,00041%
The Veritas Forum Inc$1,400,000610%
National Christian Foundation Inc$1,161,00056%
Praxis Inc$520,00045%
Charity Global Inc$464,03250%
Edify$400,50052%
The Center For The Research of Early Christian Documents$365,000513%
Healing Hands of Joy$365,00057%
AND Institute Inc$340,000512%
Duke University$293,83050%
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All grantees of Pinetops Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fuller Theological Seminary$1,425,00041%
The Veritas Forum Inc$1,400,000610%
National Christian Foundation Inc$1,161,00056%
Praxis Inc$520,00045%
Charity Global Inc$464,03250%
Edify$400,50052%
The Center For The Research of Early Christian Documents$365,000513%
Healing Hands of Joy$365,00057%
AND Institute Inc$340,000512%
Duke University$293,83050%
Center for Christianity and Public Life$265,00034%
Mission India$250,0003n/a
Sinapis Group Inc$240,00033%
Connections Homes Inc$185,00046%
Mehr Reformed Ministries$183,000312%
Horizons International$150,00031%
The Human Trafficking Institute$150,00021%
Embracing God Ministries Inc$150,00036%
Jews for Jesus$140,0002n/a
Transforming the Bay With Christ$131,000112%
For the Nations Refugee Outreach$130,00022%
Sat-7 North America$125,00021%
Grace City Church$120,9014n/a
Starfish Project Incorporated$120,00032%
Fresh Start Churches$120,000253%
Helping Hands Ministries Inc$110,82340%
Chalmers Center for Economic Development$100,00022%
Strategic Resource Group Inc$100,00010%
Hiinga Inc$92,00027%
Illuminations Foundation Inc$91,00030%
University of Chicago$90,00010%
Esperanza Ministries$90,00014%
African Leadership Foundation$86,00011%
Standing Stone Ministries Inc$80,00030%
Alpha USA$80,00011%
Symphony of Hope International Fka Sounds of Promise$80,000254%
Axis$80,00020%
Agape Children's Ministry Inc$75,00015%
InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA$75,00040%
African Leadership Inc$75,00016%
Urban Youth Collaborative$75,00034%
Redemptive Real Estate$75,0001n/a
Samaritan's Purse$71,33340%
Wycliffe Associates Inc$70,0001n/a
Keller Content Development Inc$67,8501n/a
Bluebird Ministries$66,4313n/a
New Story Inc$60,00010%
City to City Socal$55,00015%
Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc$55,0001n/a
China Aid Association Inc$55,00022%
Dynamic Church Planting International$52,90023%
Bible Study Fellowship$50,00010%
Summit Ministries Inc$50,00010%
Multiply Project$50,0001n/a
Gospel Rescue Mission of Grants Pass$45,00042%
Sports Outreach Institute Inc$42,00012%
Focus on the Family$40,0001n/a
Crown Financial Ministries Inc$40,00030%
Missionworks$39,00032%
North Coast Christian Ministries Inc DBA Hope for San Diego$37,50041%
Cornell University$35,00010%
Behind the Scene International$35,000122%
Bible Training Centre for Pastors Inc$34,0001n/a
Pulse Outreach$30,00011%
Bridging Lines$30,000163%
Faith and Learning International NFP$25,75010%
New Generations$25,00010%
Missional Labs Inc$20,00014%
Community Bridges Foundation$20,00028%
The South Pacific District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance$20,0001n/a
Design Outreach Inc$20,0001n/a
Globe International Ministries Inc$20,0001n/a
East-West Ministries International$20,0001n/a
Community Growth Foundation$20,000130%
Mission to the World Pca Inc$20,0002n/a
Hope International$20,00010%
The Relevate Group Inc$16,00011%
Loving All Nations Inc$15,00019%
The Gathering$15,00020%
Town North Presbyterian Church$15,0001n/a
American Whitewater$15,00021%
Change Agent Network Inc Eric Wowoh$14,00014%
Flourish San Diego$12,0002n/a
Brookwood in Georgetown Vocational Inc$10,00010%
Friends of Wpc Nepal$10,00014%
Sports Outreach Northwest$10,00015%
Promise 4 Paws$10,0001n/a
Jude 3 Project Inc$10,00013%
Ethnos360 Inc$10,0001n/a
Arab Vision Incorporated$10,00017%
Caleb Global$10,00020%
A Rocha USA Inc a Rocha USA$10,00011%
Taming Mustangs Inc$10,00011%
Teen Challenge Inc$8,0001n/a
International Justice Mission$8,00020%
Cascade Christian Schools$7,00020%
Eye of a Needle Foundation Inc$6,80018%
The Shepherds House Ministries$5,1661n/a
Bend Church of the Nazarene$5,0001n/a
St Charles Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Seattle Pacific University$5,00010%
The Faith and Law Project$5,00011%
Real Options$5,00010%
Casa Colibri$5,00012%
Pregnancy Care Center$5,00010%
Samaritan Aviation$5,00010%
Daybreak Church$5,0001n/a
COTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association$5,00010%
Third Millennium Ministries Inc$5,00010%
Jerome Prairie Bible Church$4,5051n/a
Measure the Clouds$4,00011%
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc$3,61810%
Grace Ministries International Inc$3,50010%
New Hope Volunteers$3,0001n/a
501 Collective$3,00012%
Family Access Network Foundation$2,06010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Pinetops Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 90 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFuller Theological Seminary: $1,425,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetThe Veritas Forum Inc: $1,400,000 over 6y, 9.9% of budgetNational Christian Foundation Inc: $1,161,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetPraxis Inc: $520,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetCharity Global Inc: $464,032 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEdify: $400,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetThe Center For The Research of Early Christian Documents: $365,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetHealing Hands of Joy: $365,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetAND Institute Inc: $340,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetDuke University: $293,830 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Christianity and Public Life: $265,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetSinapis Group Inc: $240,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetConnections Homes Inc: $185,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetMehr Reformed Ministries: $183,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetHorizons International: $150,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetThe Human Trafficking Institute: $150,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetEmbracing God Ministries Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetTransforming the Bay With Christ: $131,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetFor the Nations Refugee Outreach: $130,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetSat-7 North America: $125,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetStarfish Project Incorporated: $120,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetFresh Start Churches: $120,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetHelping Hands Ministries Inc: $110,823 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetChalmers Center for Economic Development: $100,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetStrategic Resource Group Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHiinga Inc: $92,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetIlluminations Foundation Inc: $91,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $90,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEsperanza Ministries: $90,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetAfrican Leadership Foundation: $86,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStanding Stone Ministries Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAlpha USA: $80,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSymphony of Hope International Fka Sounds of Promise: $80,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetAxis: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAgape Children's Ministry Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAfrican Leadership Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetUrban Youth Collaborative: $75,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $71,333 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew Story Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCity to City Socal: $55,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetChina Aid Association Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetDynamic Church Planting International: $52,900 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetBible Study Fellowship: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSummit Ministries Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGospel Rescue Mission of Grants Pass: $45,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetSports Outreach Institute Inc: $42,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCrown Financial Ministries Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 90.

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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.

The Maclellan Foundation IncTN43.9× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · First Fruit Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · International Generosity Foundation Trust · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Ten Talents Foundation · Prairie Creek Partners Charitable Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · The New Horizons Foundation Inc · Hearth & Home Ministries Inc

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.

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How do I get to Pinetops Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Pinetops Foundation 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.

About Pinetops Foundation

How much does Pinetops Foundation give?
Pinetops Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $3,105,816 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 45 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Pinetops Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Education (15%), Philanthropy (11%).
Who are Pinetops Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Fuller Theological Seminary ($1.4M), The Veritas Forum Inc ($1.4M), National Christian Foundation Inc ($1.2M).
Does Pinetops Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Pinetops Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Pinetops Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Maclellan Foundation Inc, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation.
Where is Pinetops Foundation based?
Pinetops Foundation is based in OR.

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 140 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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