Texas · Public charity
The Bless Foundation
To financially support existing US based 501(c)(3) organiztions who do work in unreached parts of the world, advancing Christian Gospel by providing services, care, and education.
- $632k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $156,188
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $393,701
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 13
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Bless Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $631k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.7M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $510k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $536k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $592k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Serve International Inc | $1,885,362 | 4 | 11% |
| Pioneers | $1,108,232 | 6 | n/a |
| Ethnos360 Inc | $997,751 | 5 | n/a |
| Justice Ventures International | $303,159 | 2 | 8% |
| International Missions Inc | $260,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $253,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Child Advocates | $210,039 | 2 | 26% |
| Trans World Radio | $199,251 | 3 | n/a |
| Zoe Empowers | $198,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Cush Empowerment Group | $138,003 | 1 | 6% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Serve International Inc | $1,885,362 | 4 | 11% |
| Pioneers | $1,108,232 | 6 | n/a |
| Ethnos360 Inc | $997,751 | 5 | n/a |
| Justice Ventures International | $303,159 | 2 | 8% |
| International Missions Inc | $260,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $253,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Child Advocates | $210,039 | 2 | 26% |
| Trans World Radio | $199,251 | 3 | n/a |
| Zoe Empowers | $198,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Cush Empowerment Group | $138,003 | 1 | 6% |
| Storyline | $127,100 | 2 | 18% |
| Young Life | $126,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Empower One | $120,013 | 3 | n/a |
| Omf International Inc | $105,000 | 1 | n/a |
| English Language Institute in China | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ananias House | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Oak Hope | $20,200 | 1 | 5% |
| The Farm Project | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Archibald Project Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Launch Global | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Bless Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Bless Foundation
- How much does The Bless Foundation give?
- The Bless Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $632,262 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Bless Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (55%), International (15%), Civil Rights (10%).
- Who are The Bless Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Global Serve International Inc ($1.9M), Pioneers ($1.1M), Ethnos360 Inc ($998k).
- Does The Bless Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bless Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Bless Foundation based?
- The Bless Foundation is based in TX.
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