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Ramsey Family 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.

$49k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$164kInternational$32kPhilanthropy$19kPublic Safety & Disaster$18kHealth$11kEducation$11kArts & Culture$9kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST$12,620
ROMANIAN CHRISTIAN ENTERPRISES$8,620
TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC$7,620
FOX HILL ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH$6,000
MCLEAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$5,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$4,000
CAFE 1040 INC$3,000
ANGLICAN FRONTIER MISSIONS$1,000
EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY21–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%SAMARITAN INNS INC: $1k → 14%SAMARITAN INNS INC: $1k → 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

WA
WI
MA
IA
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$242k · 16 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
12

Total granted

$242k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
0%

Still filing today

56%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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
ReligionHealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • TT
    TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $18k · revenue +158%
  • RC
    ROMANIAN CHRISTIAN ENTERPRISES
    4× · 2018–2025 · $17k · revenue +166%
  • C1
    CAFE 1040 INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $11k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • CC
    Compassionate Care ALS Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue 0%
  • SI
    SHARE INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -39%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue 0%
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
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
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
Life Network

Life Network provides support and mentoring to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies; offers parenting support, material resources, and referrals; and promotes sexual risk avoidance through education to foster a culture that values…

Health
6
Servenow

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

Human Services
7
Financial Planning Ministry

Financial planning ministry, inc. (fpm) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting in the performance of the functions of christian churches by serving their financial needs.

Health
8
Next Worldwide Inc

With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.

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9
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
10
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
11
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
12
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

23 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. 23 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/23
Grantees still filing
11/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC: $82,133 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INCMCLEAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $41,890 · OtherMCLEAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHAMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $14,499 · OtherAMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSSPCA MISSION TO NORTH AMERICA: $10,000 · OtherPCA MISSION TO NORTH AMERICAFOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $9,050 · OtherWGTS INC: $6,384 · Other+10 more: $20,250 · Other+10 moreROMANIAN CHRISTIAN ENTERPRISES: $17,420 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $2,500 · InternationalTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $17,933 · PhilanthropyThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMIO Frontiers: $8,050 · ReligionPILLAR CHURCH PLANTING NETWORK: $4,500 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,000 · ReligionPRESERVING BIBLE TIMES INC: $1,000 · Religion+1 more: $500 · ReligionCAFE 1040 INC: $11,000 · Arts & CultureEDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION: $2,125 · Arts & CultureA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $8,350 · EducationLORIEN WOOD: $2,750 · EducationGLOBAL SERVICE NETWORK INC: $1,000 · EducationCompassionate Care ALS Inc: $6,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN INNS INC: $2,010 · Human Services
Other$184,206International$19,920Philanthropy$18,933Religion$16,050Arts & Culture$13,125Education$12,100Human Services$12,010

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 budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $17,933 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROMANIAN CHRISTIAN ENTERPRISES: $17,420 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCAFE 1040 INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $8,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMIO Frontiers: $8,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCompassionate Care ALS Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPILLAR CHURCH PLANTING NETWORK: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITOL HILL CRISIS PREGNANCY CTR: $4,200 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLORIEN WOOD: $2,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION: $2,125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN INNS INC: $2,010 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRESERVING BIBLE TIMES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKVILLE PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL SERVICE NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE MINISTRIES INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $500 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.

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.

Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Community Foundation …Verizon FoundationVanguard Charitable E…The Ayco Charitable F…The US Charitable Gif…Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Donor Advised Charita…
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA14.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · Verizon Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Ramsey Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ramsey Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–20%
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 33 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home