Ohio · Private foundation
The Abundant Life 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.
- $800k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations The Abundant Life Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $425k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $800k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $760k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $505k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $175k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc | $1,785,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Bethlehem College & Seminary | $225,000 | 2 | n/a |
| North Park University | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Flourish Institute of Theology | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Montreat College | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($400k), not named here.
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: American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Abundant Life Foundation
- How much does The Abundant Life Foundation give?
- The Abundant Life Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $800,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Abundant Life Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (55%), Education (20%).
- Who are The Abundant Life Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc ($1.8M), Bethlehem College & Seminary ($225k), North Park University ($200k).
- Does The Abundant Life Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Abundant Life Foundation 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 Abundant Life Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Abundant Life Foundation based?
- The Abundant Life Foundation is based in OH.
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