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Praise the Lord 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.

$3k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$1.4MHuman Services$112kPublic Benefit$30kEmployment$21kEducation$20kCivil Rights$6kInternational$5kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,200
Median grant
3
States reached
$779k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WARRIOR NOTES$1,200
KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES$1,200
KINGDOM OF GOD GLOBAL CHURCH$700
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 (FY17–17, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AIM HIGH: $30k → 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $20k → 10%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

MI
OH
CA
CO
VA
NC
OK
LA
GA
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$889k · 18 repeat orgs$741k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +90% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
24

Total granted

$889k
$741k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+90%
0%

Still filing today

17%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
ReligionEmploymentHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • DH
    DAVID HERNANDEZ MINISTRIES
    5× · 2018–2023 · $600k
  • PR
    PROPHET ROB SANCHEZ MINISTRIES
    3× · 2020–2022 · $65k
  • SW
    SHEKINAH WORLD MISSION CENTER
    4× · 2017–2021 · $50k

Funded once

  • BC
    BRIDGE CHURCH OF WNC
    one grant, 2021 · $470k
  • LM
    LIVG MINISTRY
    one grant, 2022 · $80k
  • H4
    HOMES 4 FAMILIES
    one grant, 2021 · $45k
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
Global Mission

To bring the gospel of jesus christ to those who have never heard it and take care of orphans

Religion
2
Activation International Ministries

Teaching and ministering to pastors internationally and in the usa.

Religion
3
Christ to the World Ministries Inc

Proclaim and share the Gospel of Christ in unique ways throughout Asia to reach Christians and non-Christians.

Religion
4
Livingwaterinme Ministries

To spread the love of christ, to restore joy to people, and to revive the lands - revival prayer walks in the us; prayer walks in other countries; speeches and life testimony sharing; mercy ministry; worship & music ministry; children…

Religion
5
Impact International Ministries Inc

Preach and teach gospel of jesus christ

Religion
6
Knowing Love Ministries

Teaching the gospel

Religion
7
Soon Movement Global

To win people to know jesus christ and have a personal relationship with god, build people to be spiritual mutiplying disciple, and send people to win the world with fulfilling the holy spirit.

Religion
8
Propagate Media Incorporaton

This media outreach tool affords preachers and teachers of the Word in Christs Kingdom the global projection of media gospel. Our vision of Propagate Media Incorporation is to lift Jesus Christ higher for the world to see! But I, when I am…

Religion
9
Transformation Prayer Ministry International Inc

Facilitate prayer ministry throughout the world through web ministry training and distribution of training materials

Religion
10
Gods Promise Ministries International

Religious Purposes

Housing & Shelter
11
Kingdom Living Now Dba Break the Cycle Global

Ministry

Religion
12
Word Alive Ministries

Preaching the word of god plus ministering in song.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alabaster Heart Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Shin Shin Educational Foundation. 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

14 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. 14 of the 42 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/14
Grantees still filing
6/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAVID HERNANDEZ MINISTRIES: $599,600 · OtherDAVID HERNANDEZ MINISTRIESBRIDGE CHURCH OF WNC: $470,000 · OtherBRIDGE CHURCH OF WNCLIVG MINISTRY: $80,000 · OtherLIVG MINISTRYPROPHET ROB SANCHEZ MINISTRIES: $65,448 · OtherSHEKINAH WORLD MISSION CENTER (SWMC): $49,993 · Other+24 more: $190,395 · Other+24 morePROPHETIC LIFE MINISTRY: $29,000 · ReligionAndrew Wommack Ministries Inc: $22,700 · ReligionCOMPASSION TO ACTION INC: $10,000 · ReligionWarrior Notes: $7,700 · ReligionGLORY AND WONDERS WORLD MISSION: $5,000 · Religion+1 more: $2,000 · ReligionAIM HIGH: $30,000 · Human ServicesFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $20,000 · Human ServicesSUMMER SEARCH: $20,000 · Employment+1 more: $500 · EmploymentSHIN SHIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · InternationalALABASTER HEART FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Philanthropy2 LIVVV: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,455,436Religion$76,400Human Services$50,000Employment$20,500International$20,000Philanthropy$7,000Arts & Culture$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPROPHETIC LIFE MINISTRY: $29,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetAndrew Wommack Ministries Inc: $22,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHIN SHIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWarrior Notes: $7,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetALABASTER HEART FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetGLORY AND WONDERS WORLD MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTD JAKES FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 AIM HIGH ↗
  • Who funds PROPHETIC LIFE MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds Andrew Wommack Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds SHIN SHIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER SEARCH ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION TO ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds Warrior Notes ↗
  • Who funds ALABASTER HEART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLORY AND WONDERS WORLD MISSION ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds GO FORTH MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds 2 LIVVV ↗
  • Who funds TD JAKES FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Glass Family Foundati…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Glass Family FoundationAR13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Glass Family Foundation · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Praise the Lord Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Praise the Lord Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Praise the Lord Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Praise the Lord 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.

    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 42 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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