Georgia · Community foundation
Strong Refuge Charitable Trust
To provide funding to charities in fulfillment of the exempt purposes of national christian charitable foundation, inc. ("nccf") with emphasis on youth, children, and leadership training.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2023
- 25
- Grants FY2023
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
83% of Strong Refuge Charitable Trust’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Strong Refuge Charitable Trust named its own grantees at scale: 22 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $225,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 22
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 11
- Total assets, FY2023
- $6.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Strong Refuge Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $340k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 22 | $924k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $1.2M | 63% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $550k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| TheSend | $600,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Children of Character Inc | $400,000 | 3 | 23% |
| Verathon Academy Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 43% |
| Grace Chapel | $188,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Practicing the Way | $125,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kindred Partners | $100,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Majesty Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Open House Ministries | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Luis Palau Association | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Strong Refuge Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Christian Community Foundation Inc · International Generosity Foundation Trust · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
About Strong Refuge Charitable Trust
- How much does Strong Refuge Charitable Trust give?
- Strong Refuge Charitable Trust reported 25 grants totaling $1,149,750 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 22 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Strong Refuge Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (48%), Religion (34%), Education (5%).
- Who are Strong Refuge Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: TheSend ($600k), Children of Character Inc ($400k), Verathon Academy Inc ($250k).
- Does Strong Refuge Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Strong Refuge Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, M J Murdock Charitable Trust.
- Where is Strong Refuge Charitable Trust based?
- Strong Refuge Charitable Trust is based in GA.
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