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Robert E and Judith M Lamberth Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Robert E and Judith M Lamberth Charitable Foundation

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
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$417kInternational$287kHealth$232kEducation$92kHuman Services$57kCivil Rights$42kPublic Benefit$39kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k45 grants · $144k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $108k
$3,100
Median grant
17
States reached
$489k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Global Advance Inc$45,000
Individual grant recipient$19,000
ServingHim Ministries$12,300
Pre-Born$11,000
Individual grant recipient$10,500
Valor Prepatory Academy$10,000
Burning Plow Ministries$8,550
World Challenge Inc$8,000
Turning Point Ministries$6,000
The Heritage Foundation$5,000
First Liberty Institute$5,000
Samaritan Purse$5,000
Pregnancy Resource Center$5,000
American Center for Law Justice$5,000
Texas Baptist Men$5,000
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 (FY21–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Pre-Born: $500 → 16%Pre-Born: $11k → 16%Meals on Wheels Senior Services: $100 → 5%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

MN
IL
WI
MI
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
MS
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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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 49 repeat orgs$165k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

49 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
50

Total granted

$1.1M
$107k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+12%

Still filing today

43%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionEducationPublic BenefitCrime & LegalHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • GA
    GLOBAL ADVANCE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $195k · revenue +9%
  • VP
    Valor Preparatory Academy
    6× · 2019–2024 · $75k · revenue ×19
  • FL
    FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $25k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • E
    EQUIPNETgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $16k · revenue +43%
  • TI
    THIS IS YOUR SEASON MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -49%
  • GM
    Gawahi Missions Trust
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
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
Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry Inc

To glorify god by equipping the church with proper christian doctrine and to help non-believers come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.

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2
Probe Ministries International

To present the gospel by providing life-long opportunities to integrate faith and learning through balanced, biblically based scholarship, training people to love god by renewing their minds and equipping the church to engage the world for…

Religion
3
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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4
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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5
Bible Thinker Inc

Bible Thinker, Inc is a ministry dedicated to equipping people to think and live biblically. There are three main areas of teaching that we focus on:1. Teaching accurate theology based on exegeting the text of the Bible and confronting…

Religion
6
Family Research Council

The family research council's primary exempt purpose is to reaffirm and promote nationally, and particularly in washington, dc, the traditional family unit and the judeo-christian value system upon which it is built. frc's activities in…

Human Services
7
For the Gospel Ministries

Support local churches, leaders, and christians from around the world through online content that strengthens and affirms their life in christ. committed to using every means possible to reach every age and life stage with the gospel…

Religion
8
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
9
Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church Inc

Fueling the global mission of christ by growing trusted relationships and helping the church live out its missional calling.

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10
Precept

Engaging people in relationship with God through knowing His Word

Religion
11
Bible Open Air Mission

Purpose is sending individuals around the world to win souls to jesus christ by preaching the gospel evangelism.

Religion
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turning Point Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dallas Fallen Officer 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

38 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. 38 of the 116 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/38
Grantees still filing
23/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ServingHim Ministries: $199,800 · OtherServingHim MinistriesLakeshore Church: $42,977 · OtherLakeshore ChurchIndividual grant recipient: $32,000 · OtherLIBERTY COUNSEL INC: $24,000 · Other+87 more: $382,415 · Other+87 moreGLOBAL ADVANCE INC: $195,000 · ReligionGLOBAL ADVANCE INCCare Center Ministries Inc: $44,000 · ReligionCare Center Ministries IncTRUTH ACADEMY INC: $35,000 · ReligionTRUTH ACADEMY INCSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $17,500 · ReligionEQUIPNET: $16,000 · Religion+7 more: $33,200 · Religion+7 moreValor Preparatory Academy: $75,200 · EducationValor Pre…BIBLICAL LIFE MINISTRIES: $11,800 · EducationBIBLICAL …HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,500 · EducationHILLSDALE…PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,025 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $24,500 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $13,000 · Public BenefitPregnancy Resource Center of Lake Ray Hubbard Area: $19,000 · HealthBAYLOR ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $9,500 · HealthFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Civil RightsTEXAS VALUES: $1,100 · Civil RightsMission Pre-Born Inc: $11,500 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human Services
Other$681,192Religion$340,700Education$98,525Public Benefit$37,500Health$28,500Civil Rights$26,100Human Services$11,600

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 budgetGLOBAL ADVANCE INC: $195,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetValor Preparatory Academy: $75,200 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetCare Center Ministries Inc: $44,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetTRUTH ACADEMY INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $24,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBURNING PLOW MINISTRIES: $21,050 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetPregnancy Resource Center of Lake Ray Hubbard Area: $19,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCHRIST FOR INDIA INC: $18,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEQUIPNET: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBIBLICAL LIFE MINISTRIES: $11,800 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetMission Pre-Born Inc: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHIS IS YOUR SEASON MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBAYLOR ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT COUNSELING INC: $8,700 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWALKING IN LOVE MINISTRIES OF MKP INC: $6,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,025 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAUERBACH GLOBAL-IMPACT FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetOLIVE TREE MINISTRIES: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Missions Advance: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNRA FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS VALUES: $1,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOIEMA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Justice Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS SENIOR SERVICES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Fallen Officer Foundation: $50 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 GLOBAL ADVANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Valor Preparatory Academy ↗
  • Who funds Care Center Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRUTH ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BURNING PLOW MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Pregnancy Resource Center of Lake Ray Hubbard Area ↗
  • Who funds CHRIST FOR INDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds EQUIPNET ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds BIBLICAL LIFE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Mission Pre-Born Inc ↗
  • Who funds THIS IS YOUR SEASON MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds BAYLOR ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT COUNSELING INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds WALKING IN LOVE MINISTRIES OF MKP INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗

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.

Christian Community F…Communities Foundatio…The Signatry Charitab…Texas Instruments Fou…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Verizon FoundationThe US Charitable Gif…Shell USA Company Fou…Raymond James Charita…Renaissance Charitabl…Morgan Stanley Global…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO18.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Texas Instruments Foundation · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Verizon Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Shell USA Company Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Robert E and Judith M Lamberth Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert E and Judith M Lamberth Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oral Roberts University: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–10%
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 116 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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