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Proverbs 39 Foundation at a glance

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Proverbs 39 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.

$718k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$2.9MHuman Services$850kHealth$601kInternational$598kCivil Rights$385kHousing & Shelter$364kEducation$26kPhilanthropy$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $285k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $406k
$20,064
Median grant
10
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES$65,000
REDEEMER CHURCH$61,000
THREE ANGELS CHILDREN'S RELIEF$60,000
OPEN ARMS PREGNANCY CLINIC$60,000
SAVING INNOCENCE$60,000
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH$50,250
YOUNG LIFE - SCV$50,004
CONNECT 2 MINISTRIES$35,600
SCV PREGNANCY CENTER$25,000
NEW TRIBES MISSIONS$24,000
SCARLET HOPE$24,000
CAMPUS CRUSADES FOR CHRIST$24,000
MANNA WORLDWIDE$22,800
GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH$21,500
GUIDELIGHT$20,064
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 (FY20–25, $650k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EVANGELICAL COUNCIL FOR ABUSE PREVENTION: $5k → 14%LIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES: $80k → 16%GUIDELIGHT: $20k → 8%SCARLET HOPE: $24k → 15%LIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES: $75k → 16%GUIDELIGHT: $2k → 8%SCARLET HOPE: $17k → 15%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $15k → 17%LIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES: $75k → 16%SCARLET HOPE: $10k → 15%LIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES: $65k → 16%LIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES: $17k → 16%LIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES: $8k → 16%AXIA: $8k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $100 → 14%THREE ANGELS CHILDREN'S RELIEF: $60k → 14%THREE ANGELS CHILDREN'S RELIEF: $60k → 14%THREE ANGELS CHILDREN'S RELIEF: $60k → 14%THREE ANGELS CHILDREN'S RELIEF: $40k → 14%SCV SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 14%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

AK
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
OH
PA
CA
CO
KY
MD
KS
TN
HI
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.3M · 39 repeat orgs$508k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
40

Total granted

$5.3M
$496k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+3%

Still filing today

59%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
ReligionHuman ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth 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

  • SI
    SAVING INNOCENCE INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $425k · revenue +10%
  • BT
    BRIDGE TO HOME SCV
    8× · 2017–2025 · $348k · revenue +435%
  • LG
    LIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $319k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • UI
    United in Purpose
    one grant, 2022 · $375k · revenue -69%
  • CP
    CEDARS-SINAI - PEDIATRIC IBD PROGRAM
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • MS
    MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +20%
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
Adventive Cross Cultural Initiatives

ACCI serves pioneering Christians, empowering them to proclaim the gospel, fulfill their God-given visions, and advance the kingdom of God. ACCI longs for a world where lives are transformed through the Holy Spirit, where new disciples are…

Religion
4
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
5
Ason International Inc

Assisting national Christian leaders around the world.

Human Services
6
Cross to Light Corporation

Cross to Light is a nondenominational Christian organization providing spiritual education and physical aid to people in need around the world. Since 2005, Cross to Light has helped people cross from darkness to light by hearing the Gospel…

Religion
7
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
8
The King's University

The King's University integrates Biblical education and practical ministry to shape Spirit-formed individuals who follow Jesus, serve His Church, and are sent to impact the world.

Education
9
Servenow

Sharing Christ's Passion for the world by serving the most vulnerable through national churches and leaders.

Human Services
10
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
11
Crossing Cultures International Inc

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

Religion
12
San Diego Christian College

San Diego Christian College exists to educate and inspire students through the truth of scripture and the development of competencies that prepare graduates whose purpose is to impact the world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Joni and Friends; the most unlike its peers is Always Ready 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

49 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. 49 of the 82 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/49
Grantees still filing
30/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH: $1,141,000 · OtherCROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCHYOUNG LIFE - SCV: $450,036 · OtherYOUNG LIFE - SCVNEW TRIBES MISSIONS: $216,000 · OtherNEW TRIBES MISSIONSACTION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $179,000 · OtherACTION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIESCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC: $170,100 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INCASIAN HOPE: $133,284 · OtherREDEEMER CHURCH: $121,000 · OtherABWE FOUNDATION INC: $100,501 · Other+36 more: $434,078 · Other+36 moreSAVING INNOCENCE INC: $425,000 · Human ServicesSAVING INNOCENCE INCLIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES: $319,000 · Human ServicesLIFELINE GLOBAL MINI…THREE ANGELS CHILDREN'S RELIEF INC: $220,000 · Human ServicesTHREE ANGELS CHILDRE…SCARLET HOPE INC: $51,000 · Human Services+6 more: $59,664 · Human Services+6 moreSCV PREGNANCY CENTER: $321,100 · HealthSCV PREGNANC…OPEN ARMS PREGNANCY CLINIC: $210,000 · HealthOPEN ARMS PR…STANDING STONE MINISTRIES INC: $68,000 · HealthSTANDING STO…+5 more: $38,100 · Health+5 moreConnect 2 Ministries: $218,710 · ReligionJosiah Venture: $84,008 · ReligionAgape Impact Ministries Inc: $39,200 · ReligionUNION FOUNDATION: $25,000 · ReligionFaith and Learning International NFP: $15,750 · Religion+5 more: $19,400 · ReligionUnited in Purpose: $374,997 · Civil RightsBRIDGE TO HOME SCV: $347,500 · Community Improvement+1 more: $8,125 · Community ImprovementMANNA WORLDWIDE INC: $51,300 · EducationThe Master's University and Seminary: $6,000 · EducationBIOLA UNIVERSITY INC: $2,750 · Education+4 more: $3,026 · Education
Other$2,944,999Human Services$1,074,664Health$637,200Religion$402,068Civil Rights$374,997Community Improvement$355,625Education$63,076

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 budgetSAVING INNOCENCE INC: $425,000 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetBRIDGE TO HOME SCV: $347,500 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetSCV PREGNANCY CENTER: $321,100 over 9y, 8.6% of budgetLIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES: $319,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetTHREE ANGELS CHILDREN'S RELIEF INC: $220,000 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetConnect 2 Ministries: $218,710 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetOPEN ARMS PREGNANCY CLINIC: $210,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetJosiah Venture: $84,008 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSTANDING STONE MINISTRIES INC: $68,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMANNA WORLDWIDE INC: $51,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSCARLET HOPE INC: $51,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetAgape Impact Ministries Inc: $39,200 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetUNION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetGUIDELIGHT INC: $21,564 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVISALIA RESCUE MISSION: $16,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFaith and Learning International NFP: $15,750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA CLARITA VALLEY FOOD PANTRY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetACTION MINISTRIES INC: $10,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChild & Family Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Clarita Valley Committee On Aging: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA CLARITA VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $8,125 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetAxia: $8,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetThe Master's University and Seminary: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA CLARITA VALLEY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEVANGELICAL COUNCIL FOR ABUSE PREVENTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetPLANTED MINISTRIES: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBIOLA UNIVERSITY INC: $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlways Ready Ministries: $2,000 over 1y, 98% of budgetSTARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAWANA CLUBS INTERNATIONAL AND AFFILIATES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIBD SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWheaton College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJONI AND FRIENDS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budget7 DAY HERO: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCROSS BAR X YOUTH RANCH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKALAMAZOO COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN TO LOVE INTERNATIONAL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100 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 SAVING INNOCENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds United in Purpose ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE TO HOME SCV ↗
  • Who funds SCV PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THREE ANGELS CHILDREN'S RELIEF INC ↗
  • Who funds Connect 2 Ministries ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ARMS PREGNANCY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Josiah Venture ↗
  • Who funds STANDING STONE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MANNA WORLDWIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds SCARLET HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Agape Impact Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GUIDELIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds VISALIA RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Faith and Learning International NFP ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA CLARITA VALLEY FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ACTION MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Child & Family Center ↗
  • Who funds SPORTS OUTREACH NORTHWEST ↗

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.

Christian Community F…Christian Foundation …Chattanooga Christian…Servant FoundationBoeckmann Charitable …The Henry Mayo Newhal…The Ralph M Parsons F…Conrad N Hilton Found…Glenna and Lawrence S…Woodward Governor Cha…The Bolick FoundationNatl Christian Charit…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO19.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Christian Foundation of America DBA Christian Foundation of The West · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Servant Foundation · Boeckmann Charitable Foundation · The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro Family Foundation · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · The Bolick Foundation · 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 Proverbs 39 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Proverbs 39 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 82 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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