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Rephidim Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30k
Granted FY2021
1
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2021.

International$514kFood & Nutrition$203kCommunity Improvement$96kReligion$70kHuman Services$65kEmployment$46kArts & Culture$33kHealth$20kOther$0
02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Knoxville Leadership Foundation$30,000
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 (FY17–20, $111k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HAITI DESIGN COLLECTIVE: $29k → 8%Heartline Ministries: $50k → 11%HAITI DESIGN COLLECTIVE: $17k → 8%Heartline Ministries: $15k → 11%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
IN
CA
AZ
TN
LA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 22% of Rephidim Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 38% of the giving stays in TN; by stated purpose, 23%.

Rephidim Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 13% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$737k · 10 repeat orgs$356k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2021, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
20

Total granted

$737k
$356k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+37%

Still filing today

90%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
HealthInternationalReligionHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SM
    SECOND MILE HAITI
    4× · 2017–2020 · $190k · revenue +181%
  • CI
    CREOLE INC HAITI
    4× · 2017–2020 · $136k · revenue +190% · 47% of their budget
  • KL
    KNOXVILLE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $90k · revenue +464%

Funded once

  • G
    Gridwell
    one grant, 2017 · $137k
  • CC
    CALVARY CHAPEL NORTH COAST
    one grant, 2018 · $40k
  • HM
    HEARTLINE MINISTRIES - HAITI
    one grant, 2019 · $36k
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
Haiti Hope Mission Inc

To bring the message of jesus to haiti

Religion
2
Haiti Mission Foundation

Volunteer medical mission in Northen Haiti four weeks per year. The clinic services between 2.500-3,000 patients per trip. Each trip included volunteer doctors, nurses and other support staff of about 20 persons

International
3
Haiti Health Ministries

To provide health care and the gospel message to the impoverished in haiti

Health
4
Hope Ministries for Haiti Inc
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5
International Faith Missions

Aid to destitute in haiti

International
6
Haiti Foundation of Hope

To address the physical, emotional, and spirtual needs of the people in the impoverished and underserved rural communities of northern haiti.

International
7
New Life for Haiti

Ministering to the needs of families and children in the grand anse river valley, sharing our love for christ and his message, promoting self-sufficiency and hope for a sustainable future.

Human Services
8
Acts 29 Ministries Inc

Acts 29 ministries is committed to serving the people of haiti by providing foundational life building programs. our mission is to provide everlasting changes to the nation of haiti with christ centered programs to nourish all life aspects…

International
9
Haiti Lifeline Ministries Inc

The purpose of the Haiti Lifeline Ministries is to offer charitable finances, goods and services to the Haiti Lifeline Orphanage located in Haiti.

International
10
Nova Hope for Haiti Inc

NOVA Hope for Haiti, Inc. is organized as a non-profit entity exclusively to provide health care, humanitarian aid, and educational support to the poor in Haiti. Implimentation of community development programs and nutritional…

International
11
Haiti Medical Missions of Memphis

To support medical missions in haiti.

International
12
Heal International Medical Mission

Heal international medical mission (himm) provides medical services and spiritual encouragement to people in need in areas of need.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heartline Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Tennessee Stormwater Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the 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 30 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Gridwell: $137,065 · OtherGridwellCHILDRENS NUTRITIONAL FUND OF HAITI: $67,300 · OtherCHILDRENS NUTRITIONAL FUND OF HAITICALVARY CHAPEL NORTH COAST: $40,000 · OtherCALVARY CHAPEL NORTH COASTHEARTLINE MINISTRIES - HAITI: $36,420 · OtherHEARTLINE MINISTRIES - HAITIHaiti Design Collective: $20,000 · OtherHaiti Design CollectiveIndividual grant recipient: $12,676 · Other+9 more: $33,253 · Other+9 moreSECOND MILE HAITI: $190,201 · HealthSECOND MILE HAITIVine International Inc: $19,200 · HealthVine International IncProvision Cares Foundation Inc: $19,200 · HealthProvision Cares Foundat…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthCREOLE INC HAITI: $135,811 · InternationalCREOLE INC HAITIReal Hope for Haiti Inc: $63,842 · InternationalReal Hope for Haiti In…RAYO DE ESPERANZA INC: $16,829 · InternationalRAYO DE ESPERANZA INCKNOXVILLE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $89,500 · ReligionKNOXVILLE LE…LEAD TO SERVE INC: $25,000 · ReligionLEAD TO SERV…World Water Project: $5,000 · ReligionHEARTLINE MINISTRIES: $65,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLINE M…HAITI DESIGN COLLECTIVE: $46,275 · Human ServicesHAITI DESIG…RESPIRE MINISTRIES: $50,225 · Food & NutritionMUCH MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropySHORA FOUNDATION: $9,500 · Philanthropy
Other$346,714Health$229,601International$216,482Religion$119,500Human Services$111,275Food & Nutrition$50,225Philanthropy$19,500

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 budgetSECOND MILE HAITI: $190,201 over 4y, 14% of budgetCREOLE INC HAITI: $135,811 over 4y, 47% of budgetKNOXVILLE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $89,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHEARTLINE MINISTRIES: $65,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetReal Hope for Haiti Inc: $63,842 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetRESPIRE MINISTRIES: $50,225 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetHAITI DESIGN COLLECTIVE: $46,275 over 2y, 14% of budgetLEAD TO SERVE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetVine International Inc: $19,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetProvision Cares Foundation Inc: $19,200 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetRAYO DE ESPERANZA INC: $16,829 over 1y, 18% of budgetMUCH MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWorld Water Project: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE STORMWATER ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $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.

Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA11.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Rephidim Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rephidim Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rephidim Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Rephidim 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 30 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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