Alabama · Private foundation
The 610 Opportunity Fund
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.
- $67k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The 610 Opportunity Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 7 | $67k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $61k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $37k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Watch | $40,000 | 3 | 32% |
| Doulos Partners | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shepherds Staff Inc | $28,400 | 3 | 2% |
| World Link Ministries Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Holcomb Ministries | $11,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Developing Global Christian Leaders Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Christian Service Mission Inc | $6,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Refuge 1212 Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Oak Ranch Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Watch | $40,000 | 3 | 32% |
| Doulos Partners | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shepherds Staff Inc | $28,400 | 3 | 2% |
| World Link Ministries Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Holcomb Ministries | $11,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Developing Global Christian Leaders Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Christian Service Mission Inc | $6,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Refuge 1212 Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Oak Ranch Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| MIO Frontiers | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Send Relief Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shades Mountain Baptist Church | $2,254 | 1 | n/a |
| Pioneer61 Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban Purpose Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The 610 Opportunity Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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: The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The 610 Opportunity Fund
- How much does The 610 Opportunity Fund give?
- The 610 Opportunity Fund reported 7 grants totaling $66,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The 610 Opportunity Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (35%), Human Services (32%), Health (21%).
- Who are The 610 Opportunity Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Blue Watch ($40k), Doulos Partners ($30k), Shepherds Staff Inc ($28k).
- Does The 610 Opportunity Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 610 Opportunity Fund 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 The 610 Opportunity Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The 610 Opportunity Fund based?
- The 610 Opportunity Fund is based in AL.
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