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Ram Foundation Inc

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.

$252k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$342kPhilanthropy$275kHuman Services$27kRecreation & Sports$27kHealth$23kYouth Development$14kCommunity Improvement$5kEducation$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $26k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$1,250
Median grant
6
States reached
$989k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OFFERDAHL'S HAND-OFF FOUNDATION INC$200,000
CALVARY CHAPEL OF FT LAUDERDALE INC$26,000
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION SOUTH FLORIDA$6,300
FALMOUTH TOGETHER WE CAN INC$5,000
DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION$2,591
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$2,522
MIAMI DOLPHINS FOUNDATION$2,500
LIVE THE LIFE MINISTRIES INC$1,250
Individual grant recipient$1,250
RUSSELL EDUCATION FOUNDATION$1,000
CRU (CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST)$512
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY$500
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$500
Individual grant recipient$500
HEART2HEART OUTREACH SOUTH FLORIDA$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 (FY17–22, $12k) 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%The Freedom & Virtue Institute Inc: $4k → 11%FREEDOM AND VIRTUE INSTITUTE: $3k → 11%Freedom & Virtue Institute: $2k → 11%The Dan Marino Foundation: $500 → 13%Taylor's Closet Foundation Inc: $2k → 13%Sheridan House: $1k → 13%Sheridan House: $300 → 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

IL
WI
MI
MA
IN
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
NC
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$441k · 26 repeat orgs$288k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
47

Total granted

$441k
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+51%

Still filing today

38%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210k 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
ReligionYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    5× · 2017–2024 · $19k · revenue +120%
  • FP
    FIRST PRIORITY OF BROWARD COUNTYINC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $15k · revenue +119%
  • HH
    HERE'S HELP INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $14k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • CC
    Calvary Chapel
    one grant, 2017 · $13k
  • NC
    National Christian Foundation of South Florida (Helping Hands Ministry)
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
  • RM
    REBRIDGE MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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
Ministers Fellowship International Inc

Mfi provides meaningful relationships among member ministers, enabling them to be more effective in their calling for the purpose of building and multiflying strong local churches around the world.

Unclassified
2
Courage for Life Incorporated

Organization's mission: courage for life exists to encourage individuals to embrace their god-given courage for life. we create emotional health, spiritual growth, and bible study resources to disciple individuals to grow in their…

Human Services
3
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
4
Sole Ministries

None

Religion
5
Alive Again Ministries Inc

The organization is a biblically-based 12 step fellowship of men and women who share their experiences and help others recover from addiction.alive again ministries, inc. (dba) crossflorida - mission statement:our mission is to create an…

Religion
6
Intentional Life Media

Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.

Religion
7
Supernatural Ministries Inc

We will spread the word of god through conferences, publications, and broadcasts.

Religion
8
Free to Worship Ministries

This church will be that place of emergency where people can come any time of day or night. We will be a place that will lead people back to health both spiritually and naturally.

Religion
9
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
10
Faith School of Theology

Faith's purpose is to mentor students for spirit-filled leadership in ministry, in light of the great commission. while academics are important, the classrooms are not the only learning place. through a combination of formal instruction,…

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11
Tri-State Christian Academy Inc

Our desire is to provide balanced, biblical direction to the child as a support to the home and to train each student to be self-disciplined and biblically directed in their walk with god and their fellow man. it is also our desire to meet…

Education
12
Mercy Multiplied International Inc

Mercy multiplied international, inc. is a christian-based entity that exists as the central coordinating body for the mercy multiplied program and brand. formerly known as mercy ministries international, inc., the ministry officially…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Christian Community Association of South Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Just Jess Foundation. 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

33 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. 33 of the 81 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/33
Grantees still filing
23/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALVARY CHAPEL OF FT LAUDERDALE INC: $229,958 · OtherCALVARY CHAPEL OF FT LAUDERDALE INCNational Christian Foundation South Florida Inc: $85,850 · OtherNational Christian Foundation South Florida Inc+54 more: $114,880 · Other+54 moreOFFERDAHL'S HAND-OFF FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyOFFERDAHL'S HAND-OFF FOUNDATION…FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $19,022 · Youth DevelopmentFIRST PRIORITY OF BROWARD COUNTYINC: $14,500 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTH FLORIDA SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $1,990 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $8,600 · ReligionHEART2HEART SENIOR OUTREACH OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $4,691 · ReligionSOLUS CHURCH INC: $4,000 · ReligionLive the Life Ministries Inc: $2,250 · ReligionThe Urban Alternative: $1,000 · ReligionEVERY MOTHER'S ADVOCATE INC: $1,000 · Religion+2 more: $700 · ReligionHERE'S HELP INC: $13,500 · HealthDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $2,591 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthTHE FREEDOM & VIRTUE INSTITUTE INC: $8,566 · Human ServicesTAYLOR'S CLOSET FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesSHERIDAN HOUSE INC: $1,300 · Human ServicesTHE DAN MARINO FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Human ServicesWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationThe Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: $1,000 · EducationUniversity of Miami: $500 · Education
Other$430,688Philanthropy$200,000Youth Development$40,512Religion$22,241Health$18,091Human Services$11,866Education$6,500

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 budgetOFFERDAHL'S HAND-OFF FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $19,022 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST PRIORITY OF BROWARD COUNTYINC: $14,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHERE'S HELP INC: $13,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRon Burton Training Village Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FREEDOM & VIRTUE INSTITUTE INC: $8,566 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetFALMOUTH TOGETHER WE CAN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEART2HEART SENIOR OUTREACH OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $4,691 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Nat Moore Foundation Inc: $4,100 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSOLUS CHURCH INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $2,591 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLive the Life Ministries Inc: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOIC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTAYLOR'S CLOSET FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSHERIDAN HOUSE INC: $1,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRUSSELL LIFE SKILLS AND READING FOUNDATION INC: $1,240 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOALITION FOR CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Urban Alternative: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY MOTHER'S ADVOCATE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAINTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $750 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE DAN MARINO FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OJMCDUFFIE CATCH 81 FOUND INC: $500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXANDRIAN FORUM INC DBA WATERMARK GOSPEL: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJust Jess Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $200 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 OFFERDAHL'S HAND-OFF FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds FIRST PRIORITY OF BROWARD COUNTYINC ↗
  • Who funds HERE'S HELP INC ↗
  • Who funds Ron Burton Training Village Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FREEDOM & VIRTUE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds FALMOUTH TOGETHER WE CAN INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA SPORTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEART2HEART SENIOR OUTREACH OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Nat Moore Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOLUS CHURCH INC ↗
  • Who funds DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Live the Life Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds OIC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TAYLOR'S CLOSET FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHERIDAN HOUSE 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.

Festus & Helen Stacy FoundationincFL17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Festus & Helen Stacy Foundationinc · Festus & Helen Stacy Foundation II · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Broward Inc · South Florida Sports Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Nfl Foundation Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Ram Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ram Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Oic of South Florida Inc: 89% of income from government
  • Live the Life Ministries Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Falmouth Together We Can Inc: 14% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Here's Help Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
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How do I get to Ram Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ram 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 81 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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