· Private foundation
Smiles Christian 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $100k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $210k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE | $160,000 |
| NC WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| METHODIST UNIVERSITY | $37,000 |
| SANCTUARY RELIEF OF UKRAINE | $21,000 |
| ST JUDES | $12,423 |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | $10,000 |
| MERCY SHIPS | $10,000 |
| BILLY GRAHAM | $10,000 |
| NEW LIFE MISSION | $7,500 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| METHODIST HOME FOR CHILDREN | $2,000 |
| RESIDING HOPE | $2,000 |
| EPWORTH CHILDRENS HOME | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those 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 +177% since the first grant, against +50% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $161k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SMSPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE7× · 2017–2024 · $175k · revenue +72%
- BRBrevard Rescue Mission Inc3× · 2017–2019 · $20k · revenue +246%
- ECEPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME8× · 2017–2024 · $12k · revenue +177%
Funded once
- COCONCEPTS OF PRAYER MINISTRYone grant, 2023 · $4k
- GMGEORIGS METHODIST CHILDRENS HOMEone grant, 2023 · $2k
- TBTHE BREVARD NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COALITION INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +50%
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.
Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.
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…
Methodist children's home equips children, youth, and families to flourish by offering hope through christian-centered relationships, services, and support.
Methodist childrens homes seeks to bring restoration to children and youth who have been neglected or abused. by the end of their time with us, we hope to see that they find reconciliation with their biological families, love within an…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Mid-atlantic christian university is an undergraduate institution of christian higher learning whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary christian leaders. students are taught to think…
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.
Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…
Northeastern seminary strives to be a vibrant source for christian theological formation whose students are formed in a biblical vision of gracious christianity and impact wholeness to the world in an expansive array of vocations and…
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
Serving abused, neglected and abandoned children through group homes and foster care; facilitating adoptions; and family preservation.
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 28 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.
- Who funds SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds METHODIST UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds Brevard Rescue Mission Inc ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
- Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC ↗
- Who funds The Methodist Home for Children Inc ↗
- Who funds THE BREVARD NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COALITION INC ↗
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: Duke Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Brevard Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Smiles Christian Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Smiles Christian Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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