· Private foundation
Take His Hand 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 $10k8 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k22 grants · $342k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $171k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OUR HOPE ASSOCIATION | $101,000 |
| CROSSROADS BIBLE CHURCH | $70,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| GLOBAL HOPE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL | $25,000 |
| WEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY TENNIS | $25,000 |
| FEEDING AMERICA - WEST MICHIGAN | $25,000 |
| NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| NEW CITY KIDS | $20,000 |
| CHRIST LIFE MISSIONS | $15,000 |
| NORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS | $15,000 |
| UNKNOWN NATIONS | $15,000 |
| CULVER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| CROSSROADS BIBLE CHURCH | $12,000 |
| WEDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $114k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.
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 +73% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
36 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 6 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, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WMWest Michigan Community Tennis Inc4× · 2020–2024 · $375k · revenue ×46 · 68% of their budget
- OHOur Hope Association8× · 2017–2024 · $233k · revenue +277%
- NCNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC4× · 2021–2024 · $150k · revenue ×103
Funded once
- STSTAND TOGETHER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $10k
- WMWEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS &one grant, 2019 · $8k
- HIHorizons Internationalgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +32%
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.
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
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.
With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.
Wellspring provides a discipleship model for individuals and churches to engage as a part of their overall spiritual development. this is done through retreat and small group experiences and through equipping churches and organizations to…
Life Network provides support and mentoring to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies; offers parenting support, material resources, and referrals; and promotes sexual risk avoidance through education to foster a culture that values…
Free worldwide distribution of christian literature
Equipping followers of christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom by inspiring biblical stewardship and generosity.
To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…
Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…
How this is measured
28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 53 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 West Michigan Community Tennis Inc ↗
- Who funds Our Hope Association ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Culver Educational Foundation ↗
- Who funds NEW CITY KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES ↗
- Who funds GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds Faith and Learning International NFP ↗
- Who funds Realtime Initiatives ↗
- Who funds DAVID'S HOUSE ↗
- Who funds NORTHPOINTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds FAITH IN DEEDS INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds THE GRAND AWAKENING ↗
- Who funds HOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL HOPE NETWORK INTL INC ↗
- Who funds LIFE INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds Pregnancy Resource Center ↗
- Who funds UNKNOWN NATIONS ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds GRAND RAPIDS NEHEMIAH PROJECT ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM IN FAITH MINISTRIES 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: Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Barnabas Foundation · The Doornink Foundation · Mojo Foundation · Weller Family Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Gordon Christian Trust · WK Kellogg Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Take His Hand Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Take His Hand Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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