Montana · Private foundation
Sure Foundation Ministries
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.
- $157k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 54
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 72%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 54
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $739k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 72% of the organizations Sure Foundation Ministries funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $157k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 54 | $297k | 72% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $259k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $106k | 77% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $180k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Christian Schools | $87,059 | 3 | 0% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $61,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Pure Life Ministries Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flourishing Grace Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marc Foundation Inc | $48,734 | 4 | 45% |
| Truth Encounter Ministries | $30,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Covenant Youth of Alaska-Ecc of Alaska | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mentoring Timothy Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Valley Christian School | $20,695 | 1 | 1% |
| Utah Advance Ministries | $20,000 | 1 | 95% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Christian Schools | $87,059 | 3 | 0% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $61,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Pure Life Ministries Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flourishing Grace Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marc Foundation Inc | $48,734 | 4 | 45% |
| Truth Encounter Ministries | $30,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Covenant Youth of Alaska-Ecc of Alaska | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mentoring Timothy Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Valley Christian School | $20,695 | 1 | 1% |
| Utah Advance Ministries | $20,000 | 1 | 95% |
| Good News Jail & Prison Ministry | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hello Creative | $16,000 | 2 | 11% |
| The Joshua Fund | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lakeview Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Values | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $12,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Care Net | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Truth in Love Ministry Corp | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nik Ripken Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rafiki Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Embrace Liberia | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Amundsen Educational Center | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Peacemaker Ministries | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pioneer Bible Camp | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Crusaders International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Focus on the Family | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Standing Together Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Living Water International | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Service Office | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Great Commission | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Union Gospel Mission of Missoula | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Real Life Ministries | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($362k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sure Foundation Ministries supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · Hearthstone Group · Christian Heritage Ministries · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
About Sure Foundation Ministries
- How much does Sure Foundation Ministries give?
- Sure Foundation Ministries reported 15 grants totaling $156,733 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 54 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Sure Foundation Ministries fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (52%), Education (15%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
- Who are Sure Foundation Ministries's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Valley Christian Schools ($87k), InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ($62k), Pure Life Ministries Inc ($50k).
- Does Sure Foundation Ministries fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 72% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sure Foundation Ministries accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sure Foundation Ministries?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Servant Foundation.
- Where is Sure Foundation Ministries based?
- Sure Foundation Ministries is based in MT.
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