· Public charity
Sandell Ministries Inc
The purpose of Sandell Ministries Inc.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k5 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $131k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Village Heartbeat | $21,000 |
| Covenant College | $20,000 |
| Friends of Refugees | $20,000 |
| Christian & Missionary Allian | $20,000 |
| Precept Ministries | $15,000 |
| World Gospel Mission | $15,000 |
| Focused Community Strategies | $10,000 |
| Sacred Roots Farm | $10,000 |
| Prime Time World Outreach | $6,600 |
| Evangelical Free Church of Am | $6,000 |
| China Outreach Ministries | $6,000 |
| East-West Ministries | $6,000 |
| World Outreach Ministries | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 43% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VHVillage Heartbeat7× · 2017–2023 · $103k · revenue +43%
- COCHINA OUTREACH MINISTRIESINC7× · 2017–2023 · $46k · revenue +36%
- WOWORLD OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC7× · 2017–2023 · $45k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- DCDAVIS COLLEGEone grant, 2017 · $70k · revenue -63%
- TCTRINITY CHILDREN CENTER INCone grant, 2022 · $62k
- JHJIVAN HIMALAYA INCone grant, 2021 · $28k
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.
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.
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.
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.
Crossing Cultures International, Inc. exists to glorify God by equipping Christ followers globally with comprehensive training for effective ministry.
Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services
The purpose of IMI is reaching nationals through nationals in ministry.
To equip young leaders throughout Central and Eastern Europe to fulfill Christ's commission through the local church.
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…
To preach and propogate the gospel of jesus christ in the united states and throughout the world, to provide christian literature and training materials through various forms of media, and to offer christian leadership and discipleship…
Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.
Assisting national Christian leaders around the world.
The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…
Providing guality Christian education to the network generation
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 42 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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- Who funds Precept ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF REFUGEES INC ↗
- Who funds JIVAN HIMALAYA INC ↗
- Who funds Agora Enterprises ↗
- Who funds REFORMED EVANGELISTIC FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds ACE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC ↗
- Who funds GREAT EXCHANGE INC ↗
- Who funds COVENANT COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Toccoa Falls College Inc ↗
- Who funds NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHRISTAR INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds Arrowhead Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds FCS URBAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ↗
- Who funds SACRED ROOTS FARM INC ↗
- Who funds Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc dba SIL Global ↗
- Who funds SERVE INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE IN CHINA ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Dallas Seminary Foundation · Gordon Christian Trust · The Bolick Foundation · Tyndale House Ministries · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Servant Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · South Carolina Christian Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sandell Ministries Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sandell Ministries Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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