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The Challenge of the Second Mile Foundation at a glance

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The Challenge of the Second Mile Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$500
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$500
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 2023.

Youth Development$3kReligion$2kInternational$2kHuman Services$2kHealth$1kHousing & Shelter$1kEducation$700Other$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$38k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KING'S HOME$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $250 → 14%KING'S HOME: $500 → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $250 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $150 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%TAKE THE CITY: $250 → 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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11k · 13 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +112% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
4

Total granted

$11k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+112%
-6%

Still filing today

54%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TS
    TRUTH SPRING INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $1k · revenue +598%
  • MO
    MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN
    5× · 2017–2021 · $1k · revenue +231%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $750 · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • AT
    ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +52%
  • TT
    TAKE THE CITY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $250 · revenue -6%
  • TC
    TAYLOR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $200
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
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
3
Freedom That Lasts Ministries

Ftlm seeks to equip churches to minister to those who are suffering from addiction and equip christians with the resources needed to facilitate spiritual growth in christlike character and biblical wisdom.

Human Services
4
Redemption Road Ministries

Redemption road provides housing, re-entry and transition services for men and women coming out of the criminal justice system. the mission is to provide to provide christ centered, bible based recovery from drug and alcohol abuse, damaged…

Religion
5
Trinity Christian Fellowship Inc

Gospel mission

Religion
6
Mission Mississippi

To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.

Civil Rights
7
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
8
Life in the Trinity Ministry

Our mission is drawing on timeless wisdom and the living word, we are a community serving the triune god and our brothers and sisters through study dedicated to encouraging self-knowledge and fostering spiritual maturity.

Religion
9
Timothy Two Project International

Reaching and teaching pastors in the majority world.

Religion
10
Christian Recovery Centers Inc

To provide guidance and rehabilitation in a christ centered residential setting for persons with addiction

Health
11
Bread of Life Mission

Bringing hope, healing, and recovery to seattle's homeless through a christ-centered approach.

Human Services
12
Saving Grace Ministries Inc

The organization seeks to provide for a smooth transition to community life for individuals released from a correctional facility by providing a highly structured program based on christian principles.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Truth Spring Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Golden Rule 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

11 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. 11 of the 18 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)
11/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $1,950 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSOUTH AMERICAN MISSION INC: $1,700 · OtherSOUTH AMERICAN MISSION INCTEEN CHALLENGE: $1,450 · OtherTEEN CHALLENGEGIRLS INC: $450 · OtherGIRLS INCBOY SCOUTS - CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNCIL: $400 · OtherBOY SCOUTS - CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNCILIndividual grant recipient: $250 · Other+1 more: $200 · OtherWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $750 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR …Kings Home Inc: $500 · Human ServicesKings Home IncBROTHER BRYAN MISSION: $450 · Human ServicesBROTHER BRYAN MI…TAKE THE CITY INC: $250 · Human ServicesTAKE THE CITY IN…ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $1,000 · EducationASBURY THEOL…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILL…MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN: $1,200 · HealthMERCYMED OF …THE GOLDEN RULE INC: $200 · HealthTHE GOLDEN R…TRUTH SPRING INC: $1,200 · Community ImprovementTRUTH SPRI…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC: $400 · Youth DevelopmentInternational Friendship Ministries Inc: $350 · Philanthropy
Other$6,400Human Services$1,950Education$1,500Health$1,400Community Improvement$1,200Youth Development$400Philanthropy$350

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 budgetTRUTH SPRING INC: $1,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN: $1,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKings Home Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROTHER BRYAN MISSION: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Friendship Ministries Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTAKE THE CITY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOLDEN RULE INC: $200 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.

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.

Community Foundation …Lockwood Partners Fou…Bradley-Turner Founda…Natl Christian Charit…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley IncGA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc · Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · 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 Challenge of the Second Mile Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Challenge of the Second Mile Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report 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 18 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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The endowment market
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The camps
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By state
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