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The Ashcraft Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

The Ashcraft Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$29k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$180kHuman Services$23kInternational$16kPublic Benefit$10kFood & Nutrition$3kCommunity Improvement$2kHealth$2kArts & Culture$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $23k
$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$1k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL$23,000
TURNING POINT USA$1,000
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$1,000
HORIZON BAPTIST CHURCH$500
JESUS FILM$500
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES$500
WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS$500
FAMILY TALK$500
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$500
THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HORIZON BAPTIST CHURCH: $1k → 8%REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL: $32k → 13%EAST UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURC: $2k → 10%ONE HOPE INC: $3k → 13%JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES: $5k → 9%SAMARITANS PURSE: $5k → 21%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $5k → 9%THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $1k → 7%HORIZON BAPTIST CHURCH: $1k → 8%REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL: $25k → 13%EAST UNION MBC: $2k → 10%ONE HOPE INC: $2k → 13%JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES: $4k → 9%SAMARITANS PURSE: $4k → 21%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $5k → 9%HORIZON BAPTIST CHURCH: $1k → 8%REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL: $23k → 13%ONE HOPE INC: $2k → 13%JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES: $3k → 9%SAMARITANS PURSE: $3k → 21%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $4k → 9%REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL: $12k → 13%ONE HOPE INC: $1k → 13%JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES: $3k → 9%SAMARITANS PURSE: $3k → 21%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $3k → 9%REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL INC: $11k → 13%THE WOODSON CENTER: $1k → 14%JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES: $3k → 9%SAMARITANS PURSE: $1k → 21%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $2k → 9%REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 13%THE WOODSON CENTER: $1k → 14%JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES: $2k → 9%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $2k → 9%REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL INC: $8k → 13%JOYCE MEYERS MINISTRIES: $2k → 9%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $2k → 9%REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 13%JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES: $1k → 9%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $1k → 9%REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 13%FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $1k → 9%FAMILY TALK: $4k → 9%FAMILY TALK: $3k → 9%FAMILY TALK: $3k → 9%FAMILY TALK: $2k → 9%FAMILY TALK: $2k → 9%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

NY
CO
MO
VA
AZ
AR
NC
DC
OK
TX
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$266k · 23 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
3

Total granted

$266k
$3k

Still filing today

48%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
ReligionPublic BenefitArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • RS
    REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $128k · revenue +66%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    8× · 2018–2025 · $16k · revenue +131%
  • DJ
    Dr James Dobson Family Institute
    9× · 2017–2025 · $16k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • EU
    EAST UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • PI
    PINE ISLAND BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $500
  • WC
    WALTER CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $300
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
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

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…

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2
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
3
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
4
Intentional Life Media

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

Religion
5
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
6
Family Research Council

The family research council's primary exempt purpose is to reaffirm and promote nationally, and particularly in washington, dc, the traditional family unit and the judeo-christian value system upon which it is built. frc's activities in…

Human Services
7
Global Outreach International Inc

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 seventy countries around the world.

International
8
Life International

To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.

Health
9
Presbyterian Reformed Ministries International

Exalting jesus christ igniting the church in the power of the holy spirit under the authority of the holy bible as the word of god through prayer, leadership development, growing the church, and mission outreach so that the church may be…

Religion
10
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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11
Probe Ministries International

To present the gospel by providing life-long opportunities to integrate faith and learning through balanced, biblically based scholarship, training people to love god by renewing their minds and equipping the church to engage the world for…

Religion
12
Summit Ministries Inc

Summit ministries is an educational christian ministry with the purpose of equipping tomorrow's servant leaders to analyze competing worldviews and champion the christian faith, inspiring each one to love god with all his heart, soul,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

12 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. 12 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL INC: $127,500 · ReligionREACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL INCSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $16,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSEDr James Dobson Family Institute: $15,500 · ReligionDr James Dobson Family Institute+2 more: $2,850 · ReligionFOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $23,500 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMILYJOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES INC: $21,900 · OtherJOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES INCCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC: $16,499 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INCTURNING POINT USA INC: $7,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCONEHOPE INC: $6,500 · OtherONEHOPE INCWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC: $4,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,651 · OtherHORIZON BAPTIST CHURCH: $3,500 · Other+9 more: $14,350 · Other+9 moreLeadership Institute: $3,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $850 · Public BenefitWOODSON CENTER: $2,000 · Community ImprovementFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $1,600 · Arts & Culture
Religion$161,850Other$101,650Public Benefit$4,850Community Improvement$2,000Arts & Culture$1,600

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 budgetREACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL INC: $127,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDr James Dobson Family Institute: $15,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $3,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWOODSON CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALVARY COMMISSION INC: $350 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds REACHING SOULS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Dr James Dobson Family Institute ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds WOODSON CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Christian Herald Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds CALVARY COMMISSION 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.

Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Servant FoundationKS12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Ashcraft Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ashcraft Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–5%
    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 27 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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