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Soonae 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.

$7.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$3.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0177% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$20MInternational$4.3MHealth$1.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$675kCommunity Improvement$297kHuman Services$178kCivil Rights$99kYouth Development$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $355k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $850k
  • $250k+4 grants · $5.8M
$41,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RUN MINISTRY$3,600,000
HOPE BUILDERS INTERNATIONAL$1,018,500
EVANGELICAL BAPTIST CHURCH$850,000
RESCUING LIVES$370,500
Individual grant recipient$170,110
GLOBESERVE INTERNATIONAL$159,000
AUSTIN DISASTER RELEIF NETWORK$120,001
HIGHLAND LAKES CRISIS NETWORK$120,000
EPIC INTERNATIONAL$60,500
SERVE SOURCE$60,000
Individual grant recipient$60,000
THE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE$50,000
FAMILIES SET FREE INC$50,000
HILL COUNTRY FELLOWSHIP$46,429
BARNABAS CAPITAL INC$45,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $507k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOLT INTERNATIONAL: $335k → 15%HIGHLAND LAKES PREGNANCY RESOUCE: $8k → 13%HOLT INTERNATIONAL: $119k → 15%MPAK: $5k → 14%HIGHLAND LAKES PREGNANCY RESOUCE: $8k → 13%HIGHLAND LAKES PREGNANCY RESOURCE: $8k → 13%HIGHLAND LAKES PREGNANCY RESOURCE: $7k → 13%HIGHLAND LAKES PREGNANCY RESOURCE: $7k → 13%HIGHLAND LAKE PREGNANCY RESOURCE: $5k → 13%HIGHLAND LAKES PREGNANCY RESOURCE: $5k → 13%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
ND
MN
OR
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
AR
TN
NC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 90% of Soonae Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 22% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 90%.

Soonae Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28M · 30 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
19

Total granted

$28M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+27%

Still filing today

57%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $387k 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
ReligionInternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsPublic Safety & DisasterHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • RL
    RESCUING LIVES INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +8% · 59% of their budget
  • GI
    GLOBESERVE INTERNATIONAL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $236k · revenue +59%
  • TP
    THE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE INC
    2× · 2018–2024 · $140k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE APT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1.1M
  • UI
    UNTO INC
    one grant, 2019 · $130k
  • BF
    BETHANY FELLOWSHIP INC
    one grant, 2018 · $91k
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
More International Ministries

To spread the gospel of jesus christ through crusades

Religion
2
Heart Bridge International

Heart Bridge International exists to equip and empower Christians around the world to fulfill the Great Commission. The organization provides free ministry training, discipleship resources, and practical coaching to under-resourced…

Religion
3
Jesus in Vietnam Ministries
Religion
4
Global Radio Outreach

Our Gospel Radio Program in Arabic was inaugurated in 1993, broadcast from the Middle East on 5 transmitters and on the internet. Approximately 350 million Arabs can receive the programs. Our Farsi Gospel Radio Program was inaugurated in…

Religion
5
Hope and Help International

Hope and help international is a faith-based evangelical ministry, committed to serving impoverished people in south asia by meeting both spiritual and humanitarian needs.

Religion
6
Hope Christian Ministries International

Ministries

Religion
7
GlobalServant Ministries Inc

Offers counsel, formal & informal teaching served in a pastoral role, mentored groups,filled numerous speaking invitations, conducted discipling groups & provided spiritual, emotional and

Religion
8
Training Pastors International

Training pastors in third world countries

Religion
9
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
10
Hope Here International Ministries Inc

Aid to poverty stricken areas in the u.s. and abroad.

International
11
Hilo Ministries Inc

To be an organization where people are excited to assist in the love and care of the orphan and those in foster care, as well as providing temporary housing and training for those in the worldwide missionary field.

Human Services
12
International Impact Ministries in
Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Global Horizons Inc; the most unlike its peers is Families Set Free Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 58 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RUN MINISTRY: $18,050,000 · OtherRUN MINISTRYCRU: $1,447,084 · OtherCRUEVANGELICAL BAPTIST CHURCH: $1,170,000 · OtherTHE APT FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 · Other+31 more: $2,697,796 · Other+31 moreHOPE BUILDERS INTERNATIONAL: $1,373,500 · ReligionGLOBESERVE INTERNATIONAL: $236,000 · ReligionTHE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE INC: $140,000 · ReligionEpic International Corporation: $121,000 · Religion+8 more: $126,300 · ReligionRESCUING LIVES INC: $1,728,500 · InternationalFAMILIES SET FREE INC: $100,000 · International+1 more: $20,000 · InternationalAUSTIN DISASTER RELIEF NETWORK: $615,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSERVE SOURCE: $60,000 · Public Safety & DisasterHOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $453,712 · Human ServicesHIGHLAND LAKES PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER: $48,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesHIGHLAND LAKES CRISIS NETWORK DBA ARK OF HIGHLAND LAKES: $132,000 · Housing & ShelterCASA FOR THE HIGHLAND LAKES AREA: $37,000 · Civil RightsFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $35,000 · Civil Rights
Other$24,464,880Religion$1,996,800International$1,848,500Public Safety & Disaster$675,000Human Services$506,712Housing & Shelter$132,000Civil Rights$72,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRESCUING LIVES INC: $1,728,500 over 7y, 59% of budgetHOPE BUILDERS INTERNATIONAL: $1,373,500 over 2y, 50% of budgetAUSTIN DISASTER RELIEF NETWORK: $615,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetHOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $453,712 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGLOBESERVE INTERNATIONAL: $236,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetTHE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE INC: $140,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetHIGHLAND LAKES CRISIS NETWORK DBA ARK OF HIGHLAND LAKES: $132,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetEpic International Corporation: $121,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFAMILIES SET FREE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetPHOENIX CENTER: $60,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSERVE SOURCE: $60,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetHIGHLAND LAKES PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER: $48,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetMISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC: $39,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASA FOR THE HIGHLAND LAKES AREA: $37,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAT-7 NORTH AMERICA: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGLOBAL HORIZONS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBETHEL RENEWAL CENTER A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetREAH INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetREACHING AFRICA'S UNREACHED: $16,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetGod's World Publications Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMen of Valor Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SPORTS ACADEMY LLC: $7,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetMPAK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPioneer Bible Translators: $4,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIS JOSHUA HOUSE: $4,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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 RESCUING LIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE BUILDERS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN DISASTER RELIEF NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBESERVE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLAND LAKES CRISIS NETWORK DBA ARK OF HIGHLAND LAKES ↗
  • Who funds Epic International Corporation ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES SET FREE INC ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SERVE SOURCE ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLAND LAKES PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA FOR THE HIGHLAND LAKES AREA ↗
  • Who funds FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SAT-7 NORTH AMERICA ↗

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…Servant FoundationThe Signatry Charitab…Texas Instruments Fou…Austin Community Foun…The Bolick FoundationRaymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Renaissance Charitabl…Thrivent Charitable I…Morgan Stanley Global…Shell USA Company Fou…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO22× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Texas Instruments Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · The Bolick Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Shell USA Company 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 Soonae Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Soonae Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Soonae Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Soonae Foundation 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 58 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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