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Prayer Unlimited

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$299k
Granted FY2024still arriving
61
Grants FY2024still arriving
23
States reached
$19k
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 2024.

Religion$990kInternational$177kEducation$85kHuman Services$84kHealth$73kCrime & Legal$60kCivil Rights$54kRecreation & Sports$32kOther$0
02FY2024 · 61 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k57 grants · $244k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
$4,700
Median grant
23
States reached
$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARMA HTS BAPTIST CHURCH$18,900
CITY MISSION$14,200
YOUTH FOR CHRIST$11,500
PARMA HTS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$10,125
CORNERSTONE PREGNANCY SERVICE$9,500
WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$8,070
SAMARITAN PURSE$8,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$7,600
PRISON FELLOWSHIP$7,600
AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE$7,200
BIBLE LEAGUE$7,120
SAT-7$7,000
AMG INTERNATIONAL$7,000
MISSION INDIA$7,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $4k → 18%CREATIVE BLESSING: $2k → 9%ISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $3k → 18%CREATIVE BLESSING: $2k → 9%ISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $3k → 18%CREATIVE BLESSING: $2k → 9%BETHEL FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 13%CREATIVE BLESSING: $2k → 9%BETHEL FOUNDATION INC: $4k → 13%CREATIVE BLESSING: $2k → 9%BETHEL FOUNDATION INC: $4k → 13%CREATIVE BLESSING: $2k → 9%BETHEL FOUNDATION INC: $4k → 13%CREATIVE BLESSING: $3k → 9%BETHEL FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 13%CREATIVE BLESSING: $1k → 9%BETHEL FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 13%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

WA
ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 67 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

67 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

67
13

Total granted

$1.6M
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+2%

Still filing today

31%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionInternationalHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationOther
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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $55k · revenue +134%
  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $54k · revenue +134%
  • CP
    CLEVELAND PREGNANCY CENTER
    7× · 2017–2023 · $49k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • TB
    TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • JJ
    JOANNE JOHNSON OC PARMA BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • LW
    Living with Power Ministries
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +136%
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
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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3
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
4
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
5
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
6
Youth for Christ International Ministries

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.

Religion
7
Mission Without Borders International

The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…

International
8
World Christian Broadcasting Corporation

World christian broadcasting exists so that people in places best served by broadcast media become aware of the good news of jesus christ and want to know more. geographic areas that cannot be easily served by missionaries are a priority.

Arts & Culture
9
Ason International Inc

Assisting national Christian leaders around the world.

Human Services
10
Global Outreach International Inc

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.

International
11
Timothy Two Project International

Reaching and teaching pastors in the majority world.

Religion
12
International Leadership Institute

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…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cross International Inc; the most unlike its peers is Living with Power Ministries. 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

32 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. 32 of the 92 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/32
Grantees still filing
23/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PARMA HTS BAPTIST CHURCH: $115,440 · OtherPARMA HTS BAPTIST CHURCHCITY MISSION: $89,000 · OtherCITY MISSIONAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE: $59,800 · OtherAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICEMISSION INDIA: $53,100 · OtherYOUTH FOR CHRIST: $45,500 · OtherPARMA HTS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $44,625 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $41,900 · OtherTRANSWORLD RADIO MINISTRIES: $40,600 · OtherPRISON FELLOWSHIP: $37,900 · OtherTHE NAVIGATOR: $36,425 · OtherBIBLE LEAGUE: $36,244 · Other+53 more: $459,060 · Other+53 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $54,580 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PU…SAT-7 NORTH AMERICA: $45,000 · ReligionSAT-7 NORTH AM…Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc: $32,400 · ReligionOpen Doors Wit…HUTCHCRAFT MINISTRIES INC: $31,000 · ReligionHUTCHCRAFT MIN…FAR EAST BROADCASTING COMPANY: $27,000 · ReligionFAR EAST BROAD…Cross International Inc: $20,100 · ReligionCross Internat…PAK7 US Inc: $7,600 · Religion+1 more: $2,000 · ReligionAMG INTERNATIONAL INC: $43,600 · InternationalAMG INTER…Compassion International Incorporated: $25,100 · InternationalCompassio…30 HEARTS: $21,350 · International30 HEARTSFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $21,300 · InternationalFOOD FOR …GLEANING FOR THE WORLD INC: $17,980 · InternationalGLEANING …India Partners: $8,000 · InternationalIndia Par…+2 more: $1,500 · InternationalThe Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: $40,924 · EducationWESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $22,772 · EducationTaylor University: $6,000 · EducationAGAPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $4,500 · EducationCLEVELAND PREGNANCY CENTER: $48,590 · HealthAMERICAN SICKLE CELL ANEMIA ASSOCIATION INC: $15,300 · HealthCORNERSTONE PREGNANCY SERVICES: $9,500 · HealthALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $54,200 · Civil Rights+1 more: $1,000 · Civil RightsBETHEL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCREATIVE BLESSINGS CORPORATION: $15,700 · Human ServicesISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $10,600 · Human Services
Other$1,059,594Religion$219,680International$138,830Education$74,196Health$73,390Civil Rights$55,200Human Services$46,300

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 budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $54,580 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $54,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND PREGNANCY CENTER: $48,590 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetSAT-7 NORTH AMERICA: $45,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAMG INTERNATIONAL INC: $43,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: $40,924 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Doors With Brother Andrew Inc: $32,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $31,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHUTCHCRAFT MINISTRIES INC: $31,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFAR EAST BROADCASTING COMPANY: $27,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $25,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $22,772 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH VOICE MINISTRIES INTL: $22,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budget30 HEARTS: $21,350 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $21,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCross International Inc: $20,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBETHEL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetGLEANING FOR THE WORLD INC: $17,980 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCREATIVE BLESSINGS CORPORATION: $15,700 over 8y, 11% of budgetAMERICAN SICKLE CELL ANEMIA ASSOCIATION INC: $15,300 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $10,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERLINK MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCORNERSTONE PREGNANCY SERVICES: $9,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetIndia Partners: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPAK7 US Inc: $7,600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTaylor University: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAGAPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $4,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL HOPE NETWORK INTL INC: $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 SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SAT-7 NORTH AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds AMG INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds HUTCHCRAFT MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FAR EAST BROADCASTING COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH VOICE MINISTRIES INTL ↗
  • Who funds 30 HEARTS ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds Cross International Inc ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GLEANING FOR THE WORLD 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.

In His Steps Foundati…Christian Community F…The Bolick FoundationServant FoundationTyndale House Ministr…AbbVie FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Renaissance Charitabl…Thrivent Charitable I…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…
In His Steps FoundationOH23.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: In His Steps Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Bolick Foundation · Servant Foundation · Tyndale House Ministries · AbbVie Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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 Prayer Unlimited funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Prayer Unlimited. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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

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How do I get to Prayer Unlimited?

Find your warmest path to Prayer Unlimited 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 92 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home