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The Anderson 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.

$390k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$1.7MHealth$1.2MHuman Services$1.0MHousing & Shelter$625kCivil Rights$227kRecreation & Sports$200kInternational$197kEducation$111kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $325k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRACE FELLOWSHIP CHAPEL$100,000
HOVING HOME$100,000
FOUNDATION FOR MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER$75,000
FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL$50,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$15,000
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY$10,000
LION'S GATE MINISTRIES$10,000
WORLD VISION$10,000
JAMES DOBSON FAMILY INSTITUTE$10,000
LIFE ISSUES INSTITUTE$5,000
WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS$5,000
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 (FY18–25, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $400k → 14%LION'S GATE MINISTRIES: $50k → 5%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $200k → 14%LIONS GATE MINISTRIES: $36k → 5%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $100k → 14%LION'S GATE MINISTRIES: $34k → 5%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $75k → 14%LION'S GATE MINISTRIES: $10k → 5%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $50k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $50k → 14%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $10k → 4%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $10k → 4%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $10k → 4%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CO
VA
AR
TN
NC
DC
GA
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 24 repeat orgs$255k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
10

Total granted

$4.9M
$245k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+18%

Still filing today

58%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthReligionHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • FR
    FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL
    6× · 2018–2025 · $875k · revenue +60%
  • FF
    Foundation for Morristown Medical Center
    6× · 2017–2025 · $535k · revenue +28%
  • WH
    WALTER HOVING HOME INC DBA HOVING HOME
    3× · 2017–2020 · $375k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • ZC
    ZAREPHATH CHRISTIAN CHURCH TREASURERS
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • FP
    FAMILY POLICY FOUNDATION OF NJ
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • SP
    ST PETER'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -6%
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
Saint Peter's University Hospital

Keeping faith with the teachings of the roman catholic church and guided by the bishop of metuchen, saint peter's university hospital is committed to humble service to humanity, especially the poor, through competence and good stewardship…

Health
2
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
3
Bible Thinker Inc

Bible Thinker, Inc is a ministry dedicated to equipping people to think and live biblically. There are three main areas of teaching that we focus on:1. Teaching accurate theology based on exegeting the text of the Bible and confronting…

Religion
4
God's Image
Human Services
5
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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6
Free to Worship Ministries

This church will be that place of emergency where people can come any time of day or night. We will be a place that will lead people back to health both spiritually and naturally.

Religion
7
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
8
Precept

Engaging people in relationship with God through knowing His Word

Religion
9
Word On Fire Catholic Ministries

Word on fire catholic ministries is a global media apostolate that supports the work of bishop robert barron and reaches millons of individuals to draw them back to or into the catholic faith.

Religion
10
Intentional Life Media

Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.

Religion
11
Jubal Band Ministries

Jubal band ministries mission is to invite people to become disciples of christian life with jesus.

Religion
12
Christianity Today International

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.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blinknow Foundation a Nj Nonprofit. 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

19 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. 19 of the 36 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRACE FELLOWSHIP CHAPEL: $1,192,456 · OtherGRACE FELLOWSHIP CHAPELHOVING HOME: $625,000 · OtherHOVING HOMENJ FAMILY POLICY COUNCIL: $175,000 · OtherNJ FAMILY POLICY COUNCILZAREPHATH CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $115,000 · Other+17 more: $519,500 · Other+17 moreFoundation for Morristown Medical Center: $535,000 · HealthFoundation for Morrist…WALTER HOVING HOME INC DBA HOVING HOME: $375,000 · HealthWALTER HOVING HOME INC…FIRST CHOICE WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTERS INC: $125,000 · HealthFIRST CHOICE WOMEN'S R…+1 more: $20,000 · HealthFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $875,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCI…Lions Gate Ministries Inc: $129,400 · Human ServicesLions Gate Ministries …+1 more: $30,000 · Human ServicesPLAYERS DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY: $200,000 · Recreation & SportsSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $77,000 · ReligionDr James Dobson Family Institute: $70,000 · ReligionAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $30,000 · ReligionON THE GO MINISTRIES: $10,000 · ReligionWORLD VISION INC: $90,000 · InternationalPILLAR COLLEGE INC: $40,000 · EducationYOUNG LIFE: $20,000 · Youth Development
Other$2,626,956Health$1,055,000Human Services$1,034,400Recreation & Sports$200,000Religion$187,000International$90,000Education$40,000Youth Development$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $875,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetFoundation for Morristown Medical Center: $535,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetWALTER HOVING HOME INC DBA HOVING HOME: $375,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetPLAYERS DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY: $200,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetLions Gate Ministries Inc: $129,400 over 4y, 21% of budgetFIRST CHOICE WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTERS INC: $125,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $77,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDr James Dobson Family Institute: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMASTERWORKS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 47% of budgetLife Issues Institute Inc: $45,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetPILLAR COLLEGE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLINKNOW FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST PETER'S FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSAINT PETERS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetON THE GO MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% 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.

  • Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for Morristown Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds WALTER HOVING HOME INC DBA HOVING HOME ↗
  • Who funds PLAYERS DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Lions Gate Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds FIRST CHOICE WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Dr James Dobson Family Institute ↗
  • Who funds MASTERWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds Life Issues Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds PILLAR COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds BLINKNOW FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ST PETER'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAINT PETERS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy ↗
  • Who funds ON THE GO MINISTRIES ↗

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.

Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL9.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pillar College Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 36 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home