Michigan · Private foundation
Radiance 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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $89k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Radiance Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $58k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $53k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $37k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $34k | 89% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northpointe Christian Schools | $95,340 | 6 | 0% |
| Gull Lake Ministries | $87,497 | 7 | 0% |
| Biglife International Inc | $12,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tim Tebow Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Starlite Shores Family Camp | $5,000 | 4 | 1% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Berean Baptist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Justice Mission | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northpointe Christian Schools | $95,340 | 6 | 0% |
| Gull Lake Ministries | $87,497 | 7 | 0% |
| Biglife International Inc | $12,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tim Tebow Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Starlite Shores Family Camp | $5,000 | 4 | 1% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Berean Baptist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Justice Mission | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Beer City Dog Biscuits | $3,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Its a Sensory World Inc | $2,750 | 4 | 0% |
| 29 Acres Inc | $2,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Strategic World Impact Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of the Bible | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Serge Global Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornerstone University | $1,350 | 3 | 0% |
| Alpha Grand Rapids | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Living Hope Inc | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Big Green | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Proverbs 31 Ministry Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Bibleproject | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Radiance Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Two Fish Foundation · Gordon Christian Trust · Barnabas Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Radiance Foundation
- How much does Radiance Foundation give?
- Radiance Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Radiance Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (44%), Education (36%), Health (8%).
- Who are Radiance Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Northpointe Christian Schools ($95k), Gull Lake Ministries ($87k), Biglife International Inc ($12k).
- Does Radiance Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Radiance Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Radiance Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Two Fish Foundation, Gordon Christian Trust, Barnabas Foundation.
- Where is Radiance Foundation based?
- Radiance Foundation is based in MI.
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