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Project42

PROJECT42 exists to help raise awareness and resources for the 42 of the world that has little or no access to the gospel of jesus christ.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
24
States reached
$1.5M
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$8.3MInternational$102kHuman Services$34k
02FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $124k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $440k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $930k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.5M
$13,600
Median grant
24
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AG World Missions$1,481,950
Venture$158,081
Bethany Fellowship Inc$148,388
AIRA - The Go Fund$114,575
Seed Company$92,450
Pioneers-USA$84,175
Lifehouse Church Missions Inc$76,875
The Timothy Initiative$76,825
Hope International$75,600
New Covenant Missions$52,575
The New Horizons Foundation Inc$50,875
Cru$43,211
TRIAD dba BlackBox$38,252
The Traveling Team$31,200
RIMI - Reaching Indians Ministries International$31,100
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 (FY23–24, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Vapor Ministries: $11k → 18%Calcutta Mercy: $17k → 16%CALCUTTA MERCY: $17k → 16%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
WI
MA
IA
IN
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
NM
AR
NC
HI
OK
AL
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.5M · 40 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

40 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
9

Total granted

$6.5M
$146k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+36%

Still filing today

53%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionInternationalHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • V
    VENTURE
    3× · 2021–2024 · $360k · revenue +47%
  • A
    AIRO
    5× · 2020–2024 · $346k · revenue +75%
  • TT
    THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $129k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • 1O
    1615 OUTFITTERSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $37k · revenue +113%
  • MI
    MOUNTAINCHILD INC
    one grant, 2023 · $26k · revenue -97%
  • FC
    FAITH COMES BY HEARING INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
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 City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
2
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
3
Indigenous Ministries International Inc

The purpose of IMI is reaching nationals through nationals in ministry.

Religion
4
Next Worldwide Inc

With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.

—
5
Crossing Cultures International Inc

Crossing Cultures International, Inc. exists to glorify God by equipping Christ followers globally with comprehensive training for effective ministry.

Religion
6
Timothy Two Project International

Reaching and teaching pastors in the majority world.

Religion
7
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
8
World Indigenous Missions Inc

Engaged in missionary training, organizing churches, evangelism, and related Christian activities.

Religion
9
Equip Ministries International

Equip ministries trains overseas pastors and leaders, empowers the church, provides humanitarian aid, and attempts to reach the unreached peoples around the world by working with church leaders to fulfil

Religion
10
Reaching Souls International Inc

Our mission is in our name - Reaching Souls. Our core driving force, the reason we exist as an organization, is to reach souls for Christ. Our strategic purpose is to reach the maximum number of people for Christ in the least amount of…

Religion
11
Ambassadors for Christ International Ltd

Teams of Nationals accelerating the spread of the Gospel through local churches worldwide.

Religion
12
Go InterNational Inc

Go seeks to help people develop and pursue their passion to fulfil the Great Commission.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is All Nations International Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lifehouse Church Missions Inc. 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

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 65 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/41
Grantees still filing
29/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: $2,954,722 · OtherTHE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GODAG World Missions: $1,481,950 · OtherAG World MissionsBETHANY FELLOWSHIP INC: $846,713 · OtherBETHANY FELLOWSHIP INCVENTURE: $359,656 · OtherPIONEERS: $303,025 · OtherSEED COMPANY INC: $229,939 · Other+20 more: $598,545 · Other+20 moreAIRO: $346,025 · ReligionAIROLifehouse Church Missions Inc: $180,503 · ReligionLifehouse Churc…THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC: $129,375 · ReligionTHE TIMOTHY INI…TRAVELING TEAM INC: $57,100 · ReligionREACHING INDIANS MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $51,100 · ReligionHOSANNA: $42,625 · Religion+21 more: $370,407 · Religion+21 moreNEW COVENANT MISSIONS INC: $100,660 · InternationalHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $75,600 · InternationalHEAD FIRST DEVELOPMENT: $32,240 · InternationalILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $69,241 · PhilanthropyThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $50,875 · PhilanthropyFAITH COMES BY HEARING INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCALCUTTA MERCY MINISTRIES INC: $34,063 · Human ServicesVapor Ministries Inc: $10,850 · Human Services1615 OUTFITTERS: $36,900 · Housing & ShelterDEAF BIBLE SOCIETY INC: $27,800 · EducationGordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc: $5,001 · EducationDISCIPLE MAKERS INCREASE: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$6,774,550Religion$1,177,135International$208,500Philanthropy$145,116Human Services$44,913Housing & Shelter$36,900Education$32,801Youth Development$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVENTURE: $359,656 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetAIRO: $346,025 over 5y, 14% of budgetLifehouse Church Missions Inc: $180,503 over 2y, 19% of budgetTHE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC: $129,375 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW COVENANT MISSIONS INC: $100,660 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $75,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $69,241 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTRAVELING TEAM INC: $57,100 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetREACHING INDIANS MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $51,100 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetWORLD MISSIONS & EVANGELISM INC: $51,015 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $50,875 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSANNA: $42,625 over 2y, 0.1% of budget1615 OUTFITTERS: $36,900 over 1y, 11% of budgetJOSHUA NATIONS INTERNATIONAL: $36,401 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCALCUTTA MERCY MINISTRIES INC: $34,063 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetALL NATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $33,795 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetHEAD FIRST DEVELOPMENT: $32,240 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetSAT-7 NORTH AMERICA: $31,156 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL FRONTIER MISSIONS INC: $29,485 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetDEAF BIBLE SOCIETY INC: $27,800 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMOUNTAINCHILD INC: $26,200 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetTalking Bibles International: $26,001 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetJoshua Project Initiative Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSeek Ministries: $25,955 over 2y, 24% of budgetYouth for Christ International Ministries: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetReaching Unreached Nations Inc: $17,408 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFrontier Alliance International Inc: $11,201 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVapor Ministries Inc: $10,850 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREFLEJO INC: $10,700 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetPioneer Bible Translators: $6,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUIPNET: $5,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENGAGE GLOBAL CO SANDRA JENSEN: $5,001 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetGordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc: $5,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL SERVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,001 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDISCIPLE MAKERS INCREASE: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% 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.

Servant FoundationChristian Community F…The Signatry Charitab…Finishing Fund Manage…The Bolick FoundationG II CharitiesThe Maclellan Foundat…Chattanooga Christian…Summit FoundationGordon Christian TrustInternational Generos…Natl Christian Charit…
Servant FoundationKS43.8× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Finishing Fund Management · The Bolick Foundation · G II Charities · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Summit Foundation · Gordon Christian Trust · International Generosity Foundation Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Project42 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Project42. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%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
    3get no government money at all
    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

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    How do I get to Project42?

    Find your warmest path to Project42 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 65 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 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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