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Relevance Ministries at a glance

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Relevance Ministries

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.

$354k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$61k
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Religion$152kEmployment$125kHousing & Shelter$120kHuman Services$83kInternational$73kPhilanthropy$66kEducation$62kYouth Development$38kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $211k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $121k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$235k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMON GOOD$61,067
Individual grant recipient$60,000
REDEEMER COVENANT CHURCH OF TULSA$43,700
A NEW LEAF$40,000
JOHN 316$35,000
EDEN VILLAGE$35,000
HOPE PREGNANCY CENTER$15,000
LEGACY FAMILY MINISTRIES$12,460
CRU$10,000
THE WELL$10,000
LEI$10,000
THE PEARL HOUSE$6,076
SALVATION ARMY$5,000
PETS HELPING PEOPLE$5,000
BLESSINGS OF JOY$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%JOHN 316 MISSION: $50k → 14%LEGACY FAMILY MINISTRIES: $12k → 10%LEGACY FAMILY MINISTRIES: $7k → 10%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.
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$529k · 10 repeat orgs$223k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$529k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
-5%

Still filing today

70%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalYouth DevelopmentEducationPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • A NEW LEAF INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $125k · revenue +23%
  • TP
    The Pearl House Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $37k · revenue +35%
  • HB
    HONOR BUNKER INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $3k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • J3
    JOHN 316 MISSION
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • PH
    PHILOS HOSPITALITY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -15%
  • LA
    Literacy and Evangelism Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -12%
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
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
2
Joy in the Harvest

To serve Christ by providing expertise, resources, and leadership to help the church make Christian Disciples in foreign lands, and to render assistance to the poor, sick, and needy in our places of service.

Religion
3
Leadership Revolution Inc

Leadership Revolution is a ministry founded to develop leaders globally who will spread the gospel and make disciples in their arena of influence.

Religion
4
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
5
Manna University

Manna University is a biblical higher education institution dedicated to educating, equipping, and empowering emerging leaders to change the world.

Education
6
Life Line of Hope a Non-Profit

Lifeline of Hope provides daily care to orphans through program management and financial support of children's homes, including facilitation. Orphan's receive food, shelter, clothing, education, mentoring and nurturing, life skills…

International
7
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
8
Life International

To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.

Health
9
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
10
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
11
Orphan Outreach

To glorify the Lord Jesus Christ by ministering to orphans around the world by meeting spiritual, physical, emotional, and educational needs.

International
12
L I F E Ministries Inc Community Pregnancy Center

Our mission is to affirm life through evangelism, education, counseling and practical assistance.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Common Good. 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

15 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. 15 of the 29 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
6/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

A NEW LEAF INC: $125,000 · OtherA NEW LEAF INCREDEEMER COVENANT CHURCH OF TULSA: $110,700 · OtherREDEEMER COVENANT CHURCH OF TULSAEDEN VILLAGE: $85,300 · OtherEDEN VILLAGEIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJOHN 316: $35,000 · OtherJOHN 316CRU: $20,000 · Other+9 more: $52,200 · Other+9 moreJOHN 316 MISSION: $50,000 · Human ServicesJOHN 316 MI…Legacy Family Ministries: $19,920 · Human ServicesLegacy Fami…PHILOS HOSPITALITY INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesPHILOS HOSP…METRO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $61,800 · EducationMETRO CHRI…Literacy and Evangelism Inc: $5,000 · EducationLiteracy a…COMMON GOOD: $63,567 · PhilanthropyCOMMON GO…JEWISH FEDERATION OF TULSA: $2,500 · PhilanthropyThe Pearl House Inc: $37,476 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentORPHAN'S TREE INC: $5,000 · InternationalALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $5,000 · InternationalBlessings of Joy Inc: $2,600 · InternationalPets Helping People Inc: $5,000 · Crime & LegalHONOR BUNKER INC: $3,000 · Health
Other$488,200Human Services$74,920Education$66,800Philanthropy$66,067Youth Development$38,476International$12,600Crime & Legal$5,000Health$3,000

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 budgetA NEW LEAF INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMON GOOD: $63,567 over 2y, 36% of budgetMETRO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $61,800 over 2y, 59% of budgetThe Pearl House Inc: $37,476 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetLegacy Family Ministries: $19,920 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetPHILOS HOSPITALITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLiteracy and Evangelism Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPets Helping People Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetORPHAN'S TREE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHONOR BUNKER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBlessings of Joy Inc: $2,600 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF TULSA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,000 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.

Tulsa Community Found…The Anne and Henry Za…The Gelvin FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Tulsa Community FoundationOK22.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tulsa Community Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    9get 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 · 0–5%
    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 29 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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