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Ten Talents Foundation

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.

$28k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$81kHousing & Shelter$38kInternational$28kFood & Nutrition$12kRecreation & Sports$9kEducation$100
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$64k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPEN DOOR MISSION$15,000
FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND$5,000
MYBRIDGE$5,000
MARKETPLACE MISSIONS$2,500
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 (FY21–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $15k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $10k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $6k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $5k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $2k → 12%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$135k · 6 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
4

Total granted

$135k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+1%

Still filing today

67%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesReligionYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • OD
    OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $38k · revenue +1%
  • M
    MYBRIDGE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +26%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $5k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +1%
  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
  • FF
    FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -10%
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
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
2
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
3
American Bible Society

Since 1816, american bible society has been fulfilling its mission of making the bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford so all people may experience its life-changing message.

Religion
4
International Needs

International needs has the vision to transform lives and change communities by helping christian nationals serve both god and neighbor within their own countries.

—
5
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
6
The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc

The christian broadcasting network's mission is preaching the gospel of jesus christ into all the world. cbn's mission is preaching the gospel of jesus christ into all the world. the mission of cbn and its affiliated organizations is to…

Religion
7
Fh Association

Fh association is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that designs, develops and delivers solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on schedule…

Philanthropy
8
World Hope International Inc

The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…

International
9
Feeding Hungry Children International

Provide food, shelter, and medical assistance for children around the world.

—
10
International Medical Corps

To save lives & relieve suffering through health interventions & related activities that strengthen communities affected by conflict, natural disasters & disease outbreaks.

International
11
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
12
International Impact Ministries in
Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Hungry Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

8 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. 8 of the 11 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

City Light Church Omaha: $41,500 · OtherCity Light Church OmahaFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $11,500 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLANDMARKETPLACE MISSIONS: $9,200 · OtherMARKETPLACE MISSIONSFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $3,600 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $38,075 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A O…MYBRIDGE: $30,000 · ReligionMYBRIDGEWORLD VISION INC: $20,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INCInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 · InternationalInternational Resc…FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $2,880 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE HUNGR…FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentNORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $100 · Education
Other$65,800Human Services$38,075Religion$30,000International$27,880Youth Development$5,000Education$100

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $38,075 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMYBRIDGE: $30,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $2,880 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $100 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ten Talents Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ten Talents Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 11 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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