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Serving Your Purpose Inc

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.

$27k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$78kHealth$77kInternational$38kEducation$35kHuman Services$29kCivil Rights$21kArts & Culture$14kYouth Development$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CINCINNATI HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC$3,519
CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN VIRTUE$3,000
CITY GOSPEL MISSION$2,500
BACK 2 BACK MINISTRIES INC$2,000
BLOC MINISTRIES$2,000
MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE INC$1,450
DAYSTAR TELEVISION$1,200
ANTHONY MUNOZ FOUNDATION$1,000
RABBINICAL YESHIVA OF CINCINNATI$1,000
THE CHRIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,000
THE NAPLES GATHERING$1,000
CHARACTER COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY$1,000
CRUCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST$1,000
STAR 933$1,000
SUSTAINABLE MEDICAL MISSIONS$1,000
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 (FY17–22, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER: $500 → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $120 → 14%ADVENTURES IN TRUTH MINISTRIES: $1k → 12%DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER: $100 → 12%PREGNANCY CENTER EAST: $250 → 16%LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $9k → 9%LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $7k → 9%LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $100 → 9%EVE CENTER: $800 → 16%EVE CENTER: $750 → 16%EVE CENTER: $300 → 16%EVE CENTER: $250 → 16%EVE CENTER: $100 → 16%EVE CENTER: $100 → 16%ST ALOYSIUS ORPHANAGE: $100 → 16%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
MI
NY
NV
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
AR
NC
DC
OK
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$284k · 45 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
63

Total granted

$284k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+27%

Still filing today

58%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionHuman ServicesHealthInternationalCivil 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

  • CA
    Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope
    7× · 2017–2024 · $69k · revenue +48%
  • Back 2 Back Ministries Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $31k · revenue +32%
  • CH
    Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy
    8× · 2017–2024 · $29k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • TG
    TRINITY GRACE CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • CC
    CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S THEATER
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • LP
    LEGACY POINTE CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
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 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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3
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

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

Religion
4
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
5
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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6
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
7
Life Network

Life Network provides support and mentoring to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies; offers parenting support, material resources, and referrals; and promotes sexual risk avoidance through education to foster a culture that values…

Health
8
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
9
Central Ohio Youth for Christ Inc

Coyfc reaches young people everywhere, working with the local church and other like minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the word of god and prayer, passion for…

Youth Development
10
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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11
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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12
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Christian Virtue; the most unlike its peers is The Butler 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

73 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. 73 of the 118 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/73
Grantees still filing
54/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HORIZON COMMUNITY CHURCH: $26,401 · OtherHORIZON COMMUNITY CHURCHFELLOWSHIP OF PERFORMING ARTS: $9,000 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF PERFORMING ARTSCITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES: $8,350 · OtherCITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATESDAYSTAR TELEVISION: $6,800 · OtherDAYSTAR TELEVISIONTRINITY GRACE CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC: $4,950 · OtherFOCAS MINISTRIES - HOME OF THE LORD'S GYM: $4,000 · OtherAnthony Munoz Foundation: $6,000 · OtherFC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Other+67 more: $44,377 · Other+67 moreCraig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope: $68,749 · HealthCraig and Frances Lindne…+5 more: $2,300 · HealthBack 2 Back Ministries Inc: $30,725 · ReligionBack 2 Back Mi…ANSWERS IN GENESIS INC: $4,100 · ReligionANSWERS IN GEN…BLOC MINISTRIES INC: $2,000 · ReligionPOTTERS RANCH INC: $1,500 · Religion+5 more: $2,450 · Religion+5 moreCincinnati Hills Christian Academy: $29,257 · EducationCincinnati H…CHARACTER COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI & NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $2,500 · EducationCHARACTER CO…OHIO VALLEY VOICES: $1,500 · Education+7 more: $2,800 · Education+7 moreLIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $23,284 · Human ServicesLIFE ENRI…Eve Center Inc: $2,300 · Human ServicesEve Cente…ADVENTURES IN TRUTH MINISTRIES: $1,000 · Human Services+5 more: $1,420 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR CHRISTIAN VIRTUE: $18,500 · Civil Rights+3 more: $500 · Civil RightsSUSTAINABLE MEDICAL MISSIONS INC: $4,750 · InternationalNUWAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · InternationalMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $1,050 · InternationalSOUTH EAST ASIA PRAYER CENTER: $300 · International+1 more: $110 · International
Other$118,878Health$71,049Religion$40,775Education$36,057Human Services$28,004Civil Rights$19,000International$8,710

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 budgetCraig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope: $68,749 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBack 2 Back Ministries Inc: $30,725 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Hills Christian Academy: $29,257 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $23,284 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR CHRISTIAN VIRTUE: $18,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES: $8,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAnthony Munoz Foundation: $6,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MEDICAL MISSIONS INC: $4,750 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetANSWERS IN GENESIS INC: $4,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNUWAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetCHARACTER COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI & NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $2,500 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetEve Center Inc: $2,300 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBLOC MINISTRIES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI CHALLENGE RANCH: $1,950 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO VALLEY VOICES: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOTTERS RANCH INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetShaggy Dog Rescue: $1,350 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCITYLINK CENTER: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW MISSION SYSTEMS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYCAMORE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRESTAVEK FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Underground Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINDOOR TENNIS CLUB: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTEGRATIVE MEDICINE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetADVENTURES IN TRUTH MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKINGDOM PRAYER INITIATIVES INC: $850 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetREVIV FAMILY SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $750 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAYSTAR LIFE CENTER INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUSA CARES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSusan B Anthony List Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUTLER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVE LIKE MAYA FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJACK QUEHL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCINCINNATI CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS FOR MEDICAL RELIEF: $350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH EAST ASIA PRAYER CENTER: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPREGNANCY CENTER PLUS INC: $250 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 Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope ↗
  • Who funds Back 2 Back Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy ↗
  • Who funds LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN VIRTUE ↗
  • Who funds CITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES ↗
  • Who funds Anthony Munoz Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE MEDICAL MISSIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds ANSWERS IN GENESIS INC ↗
  • Who funds FC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE ↗
  • Who funds NUWAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARACTER COUNCIL OF CINCINNATI & NORTHERN KENTUCKY ↗
  • Who funds Eve Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLOC MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI CHALLENGE RANCH ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds OHIO VALLEY VOICES ↗
  • Who funds POTTERS RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds Shaggy Dog Rescue ↗
  • Who funds CITYLINK CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Matthew 25 Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW MISSION SYSTEMS INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds SYCAMORE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds RESTAVEK FREEDOM FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Johnson Charitable Gi…The Greater Cincinnat…Hcs FoundationFarmer Family Foundat…Charles H Dater Found…The Psalms FoundationRobert H & Susan F Ca…John a Schroth Family…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Carl H and Edyth …The Heidt Family Foun…
Johnson Charitable Gift FundOH46.6× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Hcs Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · The Psalms Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation · The Heidt Family 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 Serving Your Purpose Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Serving Your Purpose Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 118 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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