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River Radio Ministries

To show people who jesus really is

$17k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Human Services$57kReligion$33kInternational$15kEducation$13kCrime & Legal$12kHealth$11kFood & Nutrition$9k
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $7,719, the rows itemized in this filing. The $16,619 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $8,900 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$7,719
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY$7,719
02The need
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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 (FY21–21, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOTTOMS UP DIAPER DRIVE INC: $8k → 9%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 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 World Outreach

Providing responsible evangelism, leadership, development, and humanitarian assistance.

Employment
3
Orphan Outreach

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

International
4
Childcare Worldwide

Childcare Worldwide (CW) transforms children's lives by exposing them to the gospel of Jesus Christ, providing for their physical needs, and sponsoring their education. We connect sponsors with children through Christ-based life centers.…

International
5
Cross to Light Corporation

Cross to Light is a nondenominational Christian organization providing spiritual education and physical aid to people in need around the world. Since 2005, Cross to Light has helped people cross from darkness to light by hearing the Gospel…

Religion
6
Christian Alliance for Orphans

Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) exists to unite an alliance in shared initiatives that inspire and equip God's people to care effectively for vulnerable children and families, rooted always in Christian discipleship and the life of…

Human Services
7
Coalition of Care Greater Cincinnati

Coalition of Care of Greater Cincinnati exists to mobilize churches and to inspire volunteers to care for vulnerable children and fragile families.

Youth Development
8
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
9
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
10
Challenge Ministries Us

The organization exists to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ while providing support and serving the poor through benevolent assistance, medical services, education, orphan care, church planting, etc.

International
11
Visiting Orphans Incorporated

Organization was established in 2005 as a way to fulfill the biblical mandate given in James 1:27 to Visit orphans and widows in their distress. Today, the mission has expanded to include caring for families and communities, orphan…

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12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Convoy of Hope; the most unlike its peers is Total Health. 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

10 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. 10 of the 11 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY: $49,017 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL OHIO: $8,588 · OtherLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL OHIOREFUGE INC: $11,370 · ReligionREFUGE INCBetter Way Ministries: $8,638 · ReligionBetter Way Mini…Compassion International Incorporated: $8,588 · InternationalCompassion …CONVOY OF HOPE: $6,500 · InternationalCONVOY OF H…LIFEWISE INC: $13,465 · Youth DevelopmentLIFEWISE I…Kids Hope USA: $13,035 · EducationKids Hope…COMPASSION OUTREACH MINISTRIES OF OHIO INC: $12,450 · Crime & LegalCOMPASSIO…TOTAL HEALTH: $11,464 · HealthBOTTOMS UP DIAPER DRIVE: $8,000 · Human Services
Other$57,605Religion$20,008International$15,088Youth Development$13,465Education$13,035Crime & Legal$12,450Health$11,464Human Services$8,000

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 budgetLIFEWISE INC: $13,465 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKids Hope USA: $13,035 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMPASSION OUTREACH MINISTRIES OF OHIO INC: $12,450 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetTOTAL HEALTH: $11,464 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetREFUGE INC: $11,370 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL OHIO: $8,588 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $8,588 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOTTOMS UP DIAPER DRIVE: $8,000 over 1y, 2.0% 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.

Columbus FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Columbus FoundationOH15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 River Radio Ministries funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from River Radio Ministries. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 11 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $11k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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