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The Barnabus Fund at a glance

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The Barnabus 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.

$101k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$187kEducation$127kHousing & Shelter$93kHealth$78kArts & Culture$60kReligion$54kInternational$36kYouth Development$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $96k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDREN'S HOME$40,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$26,000
CROSSROADS WOMEN'S CENTER$20,000
GREENWOOD PATHWAY HOUSE$10,000
THE MUSEUM AND RAILROAD HISTORICAL$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 (FY19–25, $166k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%INNOCENSE PROJECT: $500 → 17%VAPOR MINISTRIES: $500 → 18%CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDREN'S HOME: $45k → 18%CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDREN'S HOME: $40k → 18%CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDREN'S HOME: $40k → 18%CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDREN'S HOME: $40k → 18%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
MA
IA
CA
CO
MO
TN
NC
SC
OK
AL
GA
TX
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$406k · 10 repeat orgs$330k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
31

Total granted

$406k
$305k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+23%

Still filing today

70%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterReligionInternationalOther
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

  • CM
    Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries
    4× · 2022–2025 · $165k · revenue +10%
  • CE
    CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF SC INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $13k · revenue +3%
  • GG
    GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $10k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • W
    WOFFORD
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • SR
    SELF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +13%
  • TM
    THE MUSEUM - GREENWOOD SC
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +23%
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
Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
2
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
3
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
4
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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5
Covenant HomeCare

Covenant HomeCare provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
6
Holy Cross Hospital Inc

We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.

Health
7
South Carolina Episcopal Home at Still Hopes

To provide a faith based community where life will be rich and full as god intends it to be, holding to our values, serving one another with dedication and promoting health and wellness for all.

Health
8
Christian Health Care Center

Christian health offers a full continuum of senior life, mental-health, and short term rehabilitation program, services, and residence.

Health
9
Good Shepherd Hospice Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

—
10
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
11
Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
12
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries; the most unlike its peers is The Innocence Project Inc. 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 43 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)
18/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOFFORD: $50,000 · OtherWOFFORDSELF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherSELF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONMAIN STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherMAIN STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCROSSROADS WOMEN'S CENTER: $20,000 · OtherCROSSROADS WOMEN'S CENTERCAMBRIDGE: $20,000 · OtherCAMBRIDGECHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF SC INC: $13,000 · Other+22 more: $76,500 · Other+22 moreConnie Maxwell Children's Ministries: $165,000 · Human ServicesConnie Maxwell Children's…+2 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesGREENWOOD PATHWAY HOUSE INC: $92,000 · Housing & ShelterGREENWOOD PATH…+1 more: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterCAMBRIDGE ACADEMY INC: $45,000 · EducationTHE MUSEUM - GREENWOOD SC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $33,000 · Religion+1 more: $500 · ReligionGREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER INC: $10,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthHOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION OF THE PIEDMONT: $3,000 · Health
Other$339,500Human Services$166,000Housing & Shelter$93,000Education$45,000Arts & Culture$40,000Religion$33,500Health$18,000

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 budgetConnie Maxwell Children's Ministries: $165,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGREENWOOD PATHWAY HOUSE INC: $92,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetSELF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCAMBRIDGE ACADEMY INC: $45,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE MUSEUM - GREENWOOD SC: $40,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $33,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF SC INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH HOME INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRAIL LIFE USA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVapor Ministries Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLaAmistad Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Forgotten Church Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries ↗
  • Who funds GREENWOOD PATHWAY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SELF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM - GREENWOOD SC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF SC INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FAITH HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION OF THE PIEDMONT ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds TRAIL LIFE USA INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds Vapor Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT 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.

Davis Family Foundati…Cy Thomason Foundatio…Central Carolina Comm…Duke Energy FoundationNatl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Davis Family Foundation IncSC17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Davis Family Foundation Inc · Cy Thomason Foundation of Greenwood · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Barnabus Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barnabus Fund. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s 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 · 0–10%
    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 43 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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