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Soul Soup Foundation at a glance

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Soul Soup 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.

$98k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$475kReligion$269kCommunity Improvement$105kCrime & Legal$34kScience & Tech$24kHealth$18kPhilanthropy$8kRecreation & Sports$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $23k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$4,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$569k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ADA TOWNSHIP$75,000
ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION$8,000
CASCADE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,650
FHC RANGER YOUTH LACROSSE$4,000
ADA BIBLE CHURCH$2,500
TEMPLE BETH EL$1,500
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER$575
HUMANE SOCIETY OF WEST MICHIGAN$500
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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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CASCADE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%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.

12%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$138k · 3 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
14

Total granted

$138k
$923k

Still filing today

0%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyInternationalReligionCrime & LegalHealthOther
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

  • AB
    ADA BIBLE CHURCH
    3× · 2022–2024 · $108k
  • CA
    CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $24k
  • FR
    FHC RANGER YOUTH LACROSSE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $7k

Funded once

  • AC
    ADA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $240k · revenue -26%
  • C
    CORNERSTONE
    one grant, 2023 · $201k
  • HM
    Haven Ministries
    one grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue -29%
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
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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3
Andrews University

Education

Education
4
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
5
Annapolis Christian Academy

Private school for grades k-12

Education
6
Center of Theological Inquiry

The Center of Theological Inquiry is an independent research institution with an international visiting scholar program which convenes researchers in an ideal setting for interdisciplinary inquiries where theology casts light on global…

Religion
7
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
8
Arborbrook Christian Academy

Arborbrook Christian Academy partners with parents to equip, empower, and encourage students to cultivate godly character, pursue life-long learning, and love the Lord Jesus Christ.

Education
9
Acmg Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine

Support the american college of medical genetics and genomics' (acmg) educational mission to "translate genes into health" by raising funds to attract the next generation of medical geneticists and genetic counselors, to sponsor important…

—
10
West Michigan Christian Foundation

None

Religion
11
Westminster Academy

The school provides classical christian education to students in grades junior kindergarten through twelve.

Education
12
Financial Planning Ministry

Financial planning ministry, inc. (fpm) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting in the performance of the functions of christian churches by serving their financial needs.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Justice Mission; the most unlike its peers is The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration. 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

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 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CORNERSTONE: $201,000 · OtherCORNERSTONEADA CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $135,000 · OtherADA CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOUNDATIONADA BIBLE CHURCH: $107,500 · OtherADA BIBLE CHURCHADA TOWNSHIP: $75,000 · OtherADA TOWNSHIPCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $23,965 · Other+8 more: $40,000 · Other+8 moreADA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SOCIETY: $240,180 · EducationADA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SOCIETYThe Potters House: $100,000 · EducationThe Potters HouseCEO FORUM INC: $30,000 · EducationCEO FORUM INCHaven Ministries: $150,000 · ReligionHaven Ministri…VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE: $23,925 · PhilanthropyOXFORD FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JOSEPH PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $8,000 · HealthCascade Community Foundation: $5,650 · Human Services
Other$582,465Education$370,180Religion$150,000Philanthropy$25,925Crime & Legal$10,000Health$8,000Human Services$5,650

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 budgetADA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SOCIETY: $240,180 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHaven Ministries: $150,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetThe Potters House: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCEO FORUM INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVAN ANDEL INSTITUTE: $23,925 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOSEPH PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCascade Community Foundation: $5,650 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOXFORD FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WEST MICHIGAN: $500 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.

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.

Jerry & Marcia Tuberg…Grand Rapids Communit…Bea Aldrink Idema Fou…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Renaissance Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Jerry & Marcia Tubergen FoundationMI17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Bea Aldrink Idema Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Soul Soup Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Soul Soup Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%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 · 0–10%
    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 22 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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