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Promise Child

To bring hope to children through a saving relationship with jesus christ by first meeting the basic individual needs such as food, clothing, shelter and education.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$1.1MReligion$661kHuman Services$100kHealth$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kFood & Nutrition$10kEducation$5kRecreation & Sports$5k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $49,389, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,895,640 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,846,251 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $43k
$42,868
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IDAHOPE FAMILIES$42,868
ANCHORED INTERNA$6,521
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 (FY21–24, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%IDAHOPE FAMILIES: $43k → 12%IDAHOPE FAMILIES: $16k → 12%Idahope Families: $13k → 12%Idahope Families: $13k → 12%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.

Grants abroad, by region: $1.2M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 3 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-sa Afri$823k · 68% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: BASIC · MEDICAL · MISSION

South Asia$262k · 22% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: BASIC · EDUCATI · MISSION

North Ameri$125k · 10% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: BASIC · EDUCATI · MISSION

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 7 repeat orgs$249k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +98% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$1.7M
$249k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+98%
+33%

Still filing today

71%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
ReligionPhilanthropyInternationalHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • H
    HOSANNA
    4× · 2017–2021 · $467k · revenue +120%
  • EO
    ENDS OF THE EARTH MINISTRIES
    3× · 2017–2019 · $321k · revenue +98%
  • IF
    IDAHOPE FAMILIES INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $85k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • CT
    CROSS TO LIGHT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $93k · revenue +2%
  • CC
    CALVARY CHAPEL SAVING GRACE
    one grant, 2017 · $74k
  • HF
    HEART FOR AFRICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $21k · revenue +33%
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
Uncharted Ministries

Uncharted ministries informs, inspires and challenges the christian church to serve the people of the middle east and in uncharted lands.

Religion
3
Ivory Coast Christian Mission

train church leaders and planting churches outside USA

Religion
4
Passionlife Ministries Inc

Passionlife ministries is a global missions initiative to spread the gospel of life and expand the pregnancy help movement among nations plagued by abortion, infanticide and gendercide.

Religion
5
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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6
Possibilities Africa

To mobilize and equip christians to become agents of spiritual and socio-economic transformation in africa.

International
7
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
8
Orphan Outreach

To glorify the Lord Jesus Christ by ministering to orphans around the world by meeting spiritual, physical, emotional, and educational needs.

International
9
Bless the Children Ministries Inc

To be the love of christ to uganda's orphaned and vulnerable children, equipping them to become authentic godly leaders that transform generations

International
10
Onechild Global

One child global's mission is to advocate for children in hard places and provide holistic care so they have hope and thrive. onechild global's 355 hope centers provide holistic child development progress in nineteen countries.

International
11
Life International

To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.

Health
12
Africa Harvest Mission Inc

Evangelism, education, providing for the poor.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heart for Africa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ends of the Earth 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

9 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. 9 of the 17 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)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOSANNA: $467,382 · ReligionHOSANNAANCHORED INTERNATIONAL RELIEF: $410,412 · ReligionANCHORED INTERNATIONAL RELIEFCROSS TO LIGHT CORPORATION: $92,750 · ReligionCROSS TO LIGHT CORPORATION+1 more: $20,905 · ReligionEnd of Earth Ministry: $292,060 · OtherEnd of Earth MinistryCALVARY CHAPEL WESTGROVE: $80,675 · OtherCALVARY CHAPEL WESTGROVECALVARY CHAPEL SAVING GRACE: $74,392 · OtherCALVARY CHAPEL SAVING GRACE+5 more: $39,955 · Other+5 moreENDS OF THE EARTH MINISTRIES: $320,858 · PhilanthropyENDS OF THE EARTH …IDAHOPE FAMILIES INC: $85,015 · Human ServicesLIFE CHOICES PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $24,721 · HealthPENNSYLVANIA UNITED MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: $16,000 · InternationalFOR THE CHILDREN: $5,120 · Recreation & Sports
Religion$991,449Other$487,082Philanthropy$320,858Human Services$85,015Health$24,721International$16,000Recreation & Sports$5,120

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 budgetHOSANNA: $467,382 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetANCHORED INTERNATIONAL RELIEF: $410,412 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetCROSS TO LIGHT CORPORATION: $92,750 over 1y, 19% of budgetIDAHOPE FAMILIES INC: $85,015 over 4y, 17% of budgetLIFE CHOICES PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $24,721 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetHEART FOR AFRICA INC: $20,905 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOR THE CHILDREN: $5,120 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds HOSANNA ↗
  • Who funds ANCHORED INTERNATIONAL RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds ENDS OF THE EARTH MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds CROSS TO LIGHT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds IDAHOPE FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE CHOICES PREGNANCY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART FOR AFRICA INC ↗
  • Who funds PENNSYLVANIA UNITED MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FOR THE CHILDREN ↗

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 FoundationNatl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Servant FoundationKS13.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · 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 Promise Child funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Promise Child. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    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.

    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 17 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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