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Providence Christian Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$286k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$113k
Largest
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$408kHuman Services$407kPhilanthropy$136kInternational$38kHealth$28kRecreation & Sports$25kArts & Culture$14kPublic Benefit$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $246k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$692k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
314 COMMUNNITIES$112,700
SALVATION ARMY$83,334
BIBLE OPTICS$50,100
NAPLES COMMUNITY CHURCH$10,000
SLIMS - AFRICA$10,000
CITY CHURCH$5,000
BEATS$5,000
OAK CLIFF BIBLE CHURCH$5,000
ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS$3,000
LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY RETREAT$1,020
WORLD VISION$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $240k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%INTEGRATED COMMUNITY MINIS: $5k → 35%INTEGRATED COMMUNITY MINIS: $5k → 35%ATLANTA MISSION: $10k → 13%BIBLE OPTICS: $8k → 13%FAITHBRIDGE FOSTER CARE: $15k → 13%FAITHBRIDGE FOSTER CARE: $12k → 13%FAITHBRIDGE FOSTER CARE: $10k → 13%BIBLE OPTICS: $50k → 13%BIBLE OPTICS: $35k → 13%BIBLE OPTICS: $31k → 13%BIBLE OPTICS: $28k → 13%BIBLE OPTICS: $26k → 13%THE 410 BRIDGE: $5k → 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

SD
CA
CO
KY
VA
TN
GA
TX
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$865k · 20 repeat orgs$503k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
46

Total granted

$865k
$483k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+7%

Still filing today

35%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
Human ServicesReligionPhilanthropyInternationalHealthArts & 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

  • BO
    BIBLE OPTICS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $178k · revenue +185% · 29% of their budget
  • BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP
    4× · 2020–2023 · $39k · revenue +69%
  • FF
    FaithBridge Foster Care Inc
    3× · 2020–2023 · $37k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • V
    VARIOUS
    one grant, 2017 · $136k
  • NF
    NORTH FULTON CHARITIES
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $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
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
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
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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4
Far Reaching Ministries

Far Reaching Ministries (FRM) was founded to carry the Gospel Jesus Christ to the world with discipleship as our primary objective. We plant and edify evangelical churches, found Bible schools, gather intimate small groups, and sustain…

International
5
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
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
Reconciliation Ministries International Inc

Reconciliaton Ministries Intl. is a Christian evangelical organization preaching and teaching the Word of God in over 60 countries. The ministry equips and encourages Christians everywhere to be saved, healed, and delivered according to…

Religion
8
Bluesky Global Ministries Inc

Bluesky global ministries' vision is to see the multinational community of nairobi, kenya, spiritually transformed and equipped to influence the world for god's glory. we pursue this by building relationships through adventure, using three…

Religion
9
Kingdom Investment International Inc

Kingdom Investment works among the poor and oppressed to bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God that results in holistic transformation through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Religion
10
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
11
Burnham Ministries International Inc

The nbsp;mission nbsp;of nbsp;bmi nbsp;is nbsp;to nbsp;train nbsp;pastors nbsp;and nbsp;christian nbsp;leaders nbsp;throughout nbsp;the nbsp;world nbsp;to nbsp;impact nbsp;their nbsp;nation nbsp;for nbsp;christ

Religion
12
Greg Fritz Ministries Inc

To proclaim gospel of jesus.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Slims Africa 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

18 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. 18 of the 69 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY: $250,001 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYVARIOUS: $136,064 · OtherVARIOUS314 COMMUNNITIES: $113,823 · Other314 COMMUNNITIESNORTHPOINT COMMUNITY CHURCH: $60,849 · OtherNORTHPOINT COMMUNITY CHURCHNORTH FULTON CHARITIES: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · Other+46 more: $346,033 · Other+46 moreBIBLE OPTICS INC: $177,956 · Human ServicesBIBLE OPTICS INCFaithBridge Foster Care Inc: $37,000 · Human ServicesFaithBridge Foster …INTEGRATED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $38,522 · ReligionWorship Circle Ministries Inc: $10,000 · ReligionBLUEPRINT FOR LIFE INC: $7,000 · ReligionGENEROUS GIVING INC: $2,400 · ReligionHEART FOR AFRICA INC: $2,126 · ReligionSLIMS Africa Inc: $20,000 · InternationalAmazima Ministries International Education and Empowerment for East: $10,000 · International70X7 Foundation Inc: $12,540 · PhilanthropyVision Charitable Trust: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBIGSTUF MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsCAFE 1040 INC: $2,800 · Arts & CultureLighthouse Family Retreat Inc: $1,220 · Health
Other$1,006,770Human Services$239,956Religion$60,048International$30,000Philanthropy$22,540Recreation & Sports$5,000Arts & Culture$2,800Health$1,220

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBIBLE OPTICS INC: $177,956 over 6y, 29% of budgetBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $38,522 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFaithBridge Foster Care Inc: $37,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSLIMS Africa Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetVision Charitable Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTEGRATED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetWorship Circle Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmazima Ministries International Education and Empowerment for East: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLUEPRINT FOR LIFE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetTHE 410 BRIDGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIGSTUF MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAFE 1040 INC: $2,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGENEROUS GIVING INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEART FOR AFRICA INC: $2,126 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLighthouse Family Retreat Inc: $1,220 over 2y, 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 BIBLE OPTICS INC ↗
  • Who funds BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP ↗
  • Who funds FaithBridge Foster Care Inc ↗
  • Who funds BEACON OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds SLIMS Africa Inc ↗
  • Who funds 70X7 Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Vision Charitable Trust ↗
  • Who funds INTEGRATED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Worship Circle Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Amazima Ministries International Education and Empowerment for East ↗
  • Who funds BLUEPRINT FOR LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE 410 BRIDGE 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.

Servant FoundationKS18.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · William B Orkin Foundation Inc · World OutreachFund · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Providence Christian Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Providence Christian Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%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 · 0–10%
    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 Providence Christian Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Providence Christian Foundation Inc 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 69 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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