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Sisters Four Charity Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$105kReligion$62kHealth$14kInternational$5k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$237k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
First Baptist Church Abilene$10,000
Greater Atlanta Christian Schools$2,000
Schreiner University$1,000
MAP International$1,000
Wheaton College$1,000
Strength For Life$1,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 62% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Bible Study Fellowship: $1k → 16%Strength For Life: $1k → 16%Baylor College of Medicine: $1k → 16%First Baptist Church: $20k → 22%Samaritan's Purse: $1k → 21%Parkview Baptist Church: $10k → 13%MAP International: $1k → 14%Wheaton College: $20k → 7%Trinity Evangelical Divinity: $1k → 8%Reformed Theological Seminary: $1k → 23%Strength For Life: $1k → 16%Baylor College of Medicine: $1k → 16%First Baptist Church Abilene: $10k → 22%Samaritan's Purse: $1k → 21%MAP International: $1k → 14%Wheaton College: $15k → 7%Trinity Evangelical Divinity: $1k → 8%Reformed Theological Seminary: $1k → 23%Strength For Life: $1k → 16%First Baptist Church Abilene: $10k → 22%Samaritan's Purse: $1k → 21%MAP International: $1k → 14%Wheaton College: $2k → 7%Trinity Evangelical Divinity: $1k → 8%Reformed Theological Seminary: $1k → 23%Strength For Life: $1k → 16%World Medical Mission: $1k → 22%MAP International: $1k → 14%Wheaton College: $1k → 7%Trinity Evangelical Divinity: $1k → 8%Reformed Theological Seminary: $1k → 23%Strength For Life: $1k → 16%World Medical Mission: $1k → 22%MAP International: $1k → 14%Wheaton College: $1k → 7%Trinity Evangelical Divinity: $1k → 8%Reformed Theological Seminary: $1k → 23%Strength For Life: $1k → 16%MAP International: $1k → 14%Wheaton College: $1k → 7%Wheaton College: $1k → 7%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$108k · 10 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
3

Total granted

$108k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+58%

Still filing today

60%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationReligionHealthOther
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

  • SU
    Schreiner University
    6× · 2020–2025 · $56k · revenue +40%
  • TS
    The Strength for Life Foundation
    6× · 2020–2025 · $6k · revenue +94%
  • RT
    REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • FB
    First Baptist Church
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • PB
    Parkview Baptist Church
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIPgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue +58%
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
Baylor University

The mission of baylor university is to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and christian commitment within a caring community.

Education
2
William Jessup University

In partnership with the church, the purpose of william jessup university is to educate transformational leaders for the glory of god.

—
3
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
4
Biola University Inc

Biola university is a private christian university located in southern california. for over 116 years, biola has stood out as an institution grounded on biblically centered education, intentional spiritual development, and career…

Education
5
Saint John's University

To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.

—
6
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
7
University of Northwestern - St Paul

See schedule o. founded in 1902, university of northwestern - st. paul is a nondenominational christian university that integrates the educational philosophy of "faith, learning and living" through two focuses: higher education and media.…

Education
8
Belhaven University

Belhaven university prepares students academically and spiritually to serve jesus christ in their careers, in human relationships, and in the world of ideas.

Education
9
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
10
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,…

—
11
Southwestern Christian University

Scu is a christ-centered liberal arts institution equipping students for a life of learning, leadership, and service; integrating faith, learning, and living; and empowering graduates to excel and to positively impact their world for jesus…

Education
12
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Schreiner University; the most unlike its peers is The Strength for Life 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

9 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. 9 of the 15 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
9/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Schreiner University: $56,000 · EducationSchreiner UniversityWheaton College: $41,000 · EducationWheaton CollegeCOLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · EducationREFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $5,000 · EducationFirst Baptist Church: $20,000 · OtherFirst Baptist ChurchFirst Baptist Church Abilene: $20,000 · OtherFirst Baptist Church AbileneParkview Baptist Church: $10,000 · OtherParkview Baptist ChurchMAP International: $6,000 · OtherMAP InternationalIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+1 more: $2,000 · OtherThe Strength for Life Foundation: $6,000 · HealthSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,000 · ReligionBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $1,000 · Religion
Education$113,000Other$63,000Health$6,000Religion$4,000

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 budgetSchreiner University: $56,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWheaton College: $41,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Strength for Life Foundation: $6,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCOLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $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.

  • Who funds Schreiner University ↗
  • Who funds Wheaton College ↗
  • Who funds The Strength for Life Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Baylor College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP ↗

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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Sisters Four Charity Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sisters Four Charity Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s 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 · 0–20%
    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

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    How do I get to Sisters Four Charity Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Sisters Four Charity 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 15 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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