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Proverbs 327 Foundation

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.

$4.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Religion$5.6MEducation$1.2MYouth Development$1.0MHuman Services$660kInternational$100kFood & Nutrition$70kArts & Culture$25k
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $935k
  • $250k+6 grants · $3.0M
$100,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIFEWISE ACADEMY$1,000,000
HOPE ACADEMY$500,000
SEARCH MINISTRIES$500,000
RESOURCE GLOBAL$475,000
FIXED POINT FOUNDATION$300,000
SYNERGOI$250,000
REVIVE CHURCH$225,000
CALVARY CHAPEL NAPLES$150,000
VALLEY LIGHT PROGRAMS INC$100,000
MARK HENRY MINISTRIES$100,000
INTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION$100,000
EMBRACE THE TRUTH$100,000
HOPE FARM SCHOOL$100,000
TAKE CHARGE MINNESOTA$60,000
SXMX OUTREACH$40,000
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, $360k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SYNERGOI: $250k → 6%TAKE CHARGE MINNESOTA: $60k → 11%TAKE CHARGE MINNESOTA: $50k → 11%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

MN
IL
WI
MI
OH
VA
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.8M · 14 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
8

Total granted

$6.8M
$317k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
-6%

Still filing today

57%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • HA
    HOPE ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +19%
  • RG
    RESOURCE GLOBAL
    3× · 2022–2024 · $925k · revenue +118% · 26% of their budget
  • FP
    FIXED POINT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $500k · revenue +21% · 73% of their budget

Funded once

  • PI
    PASSAGES ISRAEL
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • FOOD FOR THE POOR INC
    one grant, 2022 · $70k · revenue -16%
  • VO
    VOICE OF THE MARTYRS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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
King Ministries International

To spread the Gospel of Jesus the Christ

Religion
2
For the Gospel Ministries

Support local churches, leaders, and christians from around the world through online content that strengthens and affirms their life in christ. committed to using every means possible to reach every age and life stage with the gospel…

Religion
3
Prepare Ministries Inc

At Prepare our goal is to prepare every saint to meet the Lord on His day of appearing. To stand before Him with no regret. We seek to raise up an authentic witness of Jesus on earth. We seek to do this through supporting church planters,…

Religion
4
Spread Truth Ministries Inc

Spread truth develops training materials and resources to help christians confidently share christ in relevant and loving ways.

Religion
5
Explore God Network
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6
Ambassadors for Christ International - Usa Inc

Ambassadors for Christ International - USA is a fellowship of gospel preachers and teachers whose mission is to preach Christ, edify the Church, and to glorify God and serve as a catalyst for revival, evangelism, and training of Christians…

Religion
7
Leadership Revolution Inc

Leadership Revolution is a ministry founded to develop leaders globally who will spread the gospel and make disciples in their arena of influence.

Religion
8
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
9
Rohi Global Mission Inc

Our mission is to teach and preach the gospel to people around the world, plant churches, and train leaders who will carry on this important work.

Philanthropy
10
Tim Robnett Ministries Dba ETeamGlobal

To Identify, Affirm, Train, and Mobilize Ephesians 4 evangelists to equip the church for evangelism.

Religion
11
Equippers Group International

To produce and publish training materials for church leadership and development. To facilitate churches groups and individual participation in world mission.

Religion
12
Global Gospel Initiative Inc
Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifewise Inc; the most unlike its peers is Take Charge Minnesota. 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

17 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. 17 of the 28 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEARCH MINISTRIES INC: $1,500,000 · OtherSEARCH MINISTRIES INCMARK HENRY MINISTRIES LLC: $765,000 · OtherMARK HENRY MINISTRIES LLCBROOKLYN PARK EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH: $675,000 · OtherBROOKLYN PARK EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCHCALVARY CHAPEL NAPLES: $450,000 · OtherCALVARY CHAPEL NAPLES+7 more: $405,000 · Other+7 moreRESOURCE GLOBAL: $925,000 · ReligionRESOURCE GLOBALFIXED POINT FOUNDATION: $500,000 · ReligionFIXED POINT FOUNDATIONEMBRACE THE TRUTH: $300,000 · ReligionEMBRACE THE TRUTHSXMX OUTREACH MINISTRY INC: $120,000 · ReligionSXMX OUTREACH MINISTRY IN…+4 more: $90,000 · ReligionHOPE ACADEMY INC: $1,000,000 · EducationHOPE ACADEMY I…HOPE FARM SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationHOPE FARM SCHO…LIFEWISE INC: $1,000,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIFEWISE INC+1 more: $2,075 · Youth DevelopmentVALLEY LIGHT PROGRAMS INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesSYNERGOI INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesTAKE CHARGE MINNESOTA: $110,000 · Human ServicesFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $70,000 · InternationalNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$3,795,000Religion$1,935,000Education$1,100,000Youth Development$1,002,075Human Services$660,000International$70,000Arts & Culture$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOPE ACADEMY INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetLIFEWISE INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetRESOURCE GLOBAL: $925,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetFIXED POINT FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 2y, 73% of budgetVALLEY LIGHT PROGRAMS INC: $300,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetEMBRACE THE TRUTH: $300,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetSYNERGOI INC: $250,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetSXMX OUTREACH MINISTRY INC: $120,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetTAKE CHARGE MINNESOTA: $110,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetHOPE FARM SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $70,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetApologetics Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Antioch Ministries Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAlpha USA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEXCELSIS CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetREIGN MINISTRIES: $2,075 over 1y, 0.1% 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 HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFEWISE INC ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCE GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds FIXED POINT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY LIGHT PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds EMBRACE THE TRUTH ↗
  • Who funds SYNERGOI INC ↗
  • Who funds SXMX OUTREACH MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds TAKE CHARGE MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FARM SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds Apologetics Inc ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds International Antioch Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds Alpha USA ↗
  • Who funds EXCELSIS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds REIGN MINISTRIES ↗

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 FoundationKS13.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Proverbs 327 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Proverbs 327 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%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
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.

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 28 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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