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The Ashcroft Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$48kReligion$40kHuman Services$6kInternational$4kHealth$3kPublic Benefit$1kYouth Development$500Housing & Shelter$400Other$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
2
States reached
$73k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY$2,000
THE NEST A WOMEN'S CENTER$400
NAVIGATORS$300
IM SULZBACHER CENTER$200
Individual grant recipient$200
CITY RESCUE MISSION$200
BARNBAS CENTER$200
PRISON FELLOWSHIP$200
HOPE HOUSE - SALVATION ARMY$200
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN - NASSAU COUNTY: $2k → 7%TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN - NASSAU COUNTY: $500 → 7%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

MN
NY
OH
CO
KY
VA
NC
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$75k · 10 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$75k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+13%

Still filing today

40%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • FB
    FERNANDINA BEACH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $16k · revenue +120%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $4k · revenue +40%
  • TS
    TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN IN NASSAU COUNTY INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $3k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • AP
    AMELIA PLANTATION CHAPEL INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • TT
    THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • PC
    PARKSIDE CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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 Care Center Inc

Transformed lives leading to stronger families and real life in Christ

Human Services
2
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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3
Good Samaritan Mission Inc

To care for the needy, share the good news of jesus christ and change lives by providing counseling, life skill training, dignity gained through work and christ-centered discipleship.

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4
City Mission Society Inc

See schedule o description of our mission and vision.

Human Services
5
Presbyterian Social Ministries Inc

Psmjax is a leading partner in efforts to end homelessness and operates as the community distributor of clothing by building a community where everyone has access to the essential goods and resources they need, connecting those who have…

Human Services
6
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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7
Samaritan Health & Wellness Center Inc

The mission of the samaritan health and wellness center, inc. is to reclaim the healing ministry of jesus christ by providing affordable, professional primary health care and counseling for the working uninsured and under insured in lee…

Health
8
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
9
The Christian Sharing Center Inc

To provide essential resources to those in need while ensuring dignity, reflecting christian generosity, and sharing god's love.

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10
Faith School of Theology

Faith's purpose is to mentor students for spirit-filled leadership in ministry, in light of the great commission. while academics are important, the classrooms are not the only learning place. through a combination of formal instruction,…

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11
Lighthouse Gospel Mission

Through the love of jesus, the lighthouse serves the hurting, hungry and addicted in our community. this is accomplished through 5 programs: 1)operation hope - a hunger relief program which transports, stores and packages food to the…

Religion
12
Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida Inc

Lutheran social services of northeast florida, inc. (lss) was formed in 1979 by lutheran congregations located in northeast florida as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit social ministry organization. the agency is led by a board of directors…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; 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

13 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. 13 of the 29 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GUARDIAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $27,100 · OtherGUARDIAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLSOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $12,000 · OtherSOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYTHE BAPTIST CHURCH OF NORTHVILLE: $6,000 · OtherTHE BAPTIST CHURCH OF NORTHVILLETHE SALVATION ARMY HOPE HOUSE: $5,300 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY HOPE HOUSEAMELIA PLANTATION CHAPEL INC: $5,000 · OtherAMELIA PLANTATION CHAPEL INCCITY MISSION OF SCHENECTADY: $3,400 · OtherPARKSIDE CHURCH: $3,000 · OtherGOSPEL VOLUNTEERS: $2,500 · OtherMORNING STAR SCHOOL: $2,500 · Other+9 more: $5,200 · Other+9 moreFERNANDINA BEACH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $16,300 · EducationFERNANDINA BEACH …THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC: $5,000 · ReligionTHE TIMOTHY…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,600 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S…Community Bible Study: $2,000 · ReligionCommunity B…TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN IN NASSAU COUNTY INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesLeadership Institute: $1,000 · Public BenefitTHE CITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $200 · Housing & ShelterBARNABAS CENTER INC: $200 · Housing & ShelterIM SULZBACHER CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $200 · Housing & ShelterYOUNG LIFE: $500 · Youth DevelopmentTHE NEST A WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $500 · Health
Other$72,000Education$16,300Religion$10,600Human Services$2,500Public Benefit$1,000Housing & Shelter$600Youth Development$500Health$500

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 budgetFERNANDINA BEACH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $16,300 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITY MISSION OF SCHENECTADY: $3,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN IN NASSAU COUNTY INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Bible Study: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST VINCENT'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEST A WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARNABAS CENTER INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIM SULZBACHER CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $200 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.

  • Who funds FERNANDINA BEACH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds CITY MISSION OF SCHENECTADY ↗
  • Who funds TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN IN NASSAU COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Bible Study ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds THE NEST A WOMEN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CITY RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds BARNABAS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds IM SULZBACHER CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS 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.

Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation IncFL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Ashcroft Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ashcroft Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 23%
  • Im Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless Inc: 23% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–50%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Ashcroft Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Ashcroft Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 29 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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