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The Cross 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2024
27
Organizations funded FY2023
30%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 53
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$139k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 30% of the organizations The Cross Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $87k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
InternationalPhilanthropyEducationHealthHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving44$1.1M34%
FY202327$212k30%
FY202244$1.6M36%
FY202134$595k32%
FY202053$1.3Mn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$2.1MInternational$697kRecreation & Sports$551kEducation$344kArts & Culture$151kHuman Services$137kCivil Rights$33kEnvironment$28kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MN
IL
MI
OR
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NM
AR
TN
NC
HI
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Epic International Corporation$558,600312%
Sports Catalyst Inc$450,50045%
Second Baptist Church$328,7454n/a
Ag Full Gospel Korean Church of Houston$153,9002n/a
Gracelyn Global Education Foundation$150,000117%
New Covenant Missions Inc$102,00023%
Ananias House$100,40026%
Revival Sport Inc$99,500414%
Revival$97,500313%
Kidsave International Inc$76,50014%
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All grantees of The Cross Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Epic International Corporation$558,600312%
Sports Catalyst Inc$450,50045%
Second Baptist Church$328,7454n/a
Ag Full Gospel Korean Church of Houston$153,9002n/a
Gracelyn Global Education Foundation$150,000117%
New Covenant Missions Inc$102,00023%
Ananias House$100,40026%
Revival Sport Inc$99,500414%
Revival$97,500313%
Kidsave International Inc$76,50014%
As Our Own Nfp$65,00013%
Arabian World Partnership$59,01532%
The Fund for Christian Service$52,80031%
Mission of Hope Inc Mission of Hope Haiti Inc$50,07610%
His Voice Inc His Voice Global$50,00024%
B E y O N D$48,0001n/a
The Gospel Coalition Inc$47,5002n/a
Global Operations for All Peoples$45,0003n/a
E3 Partners Ministry$33,00020%
Axia International$29,00030%
East-West Ministries International$28,0003n/a
Send International Inc$25,9002n/a
Gathering of Men Inc$25,00053%
Elijah Rising$22,73030%
Institute of Asian Culture & Development$21,30050%
The General Council of the Assemblies of God$21,0004n/a
Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc$18,00040%
Faithbridge Church$18,0001n/a
Epicenter Ministries$18,0002n/a
Misfit Mission$16,00034%
KBC Ministries Inc$15,00021%
Launch Global$12,05020%
L a Cham Church$10,8002n/a
Luminous Church$10,8002n/a
Reliant Mission Inc$10,8003n/a
Greater Houston Prayer Breakfast$10,12543%
The Pocket Testament League Inc$10,00010%
National Christian Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Community Christian Academy Inc$10,00013%
Living Water International$10,00010%
American Childhood Cancer Organizat$10,00011%
The Navigators$9,6001n/a
One Collective$9,00030%
Bibleproject$9,00020%
Austin Vow Community Church$9,00013%
Noahs House$7,50030%
Summerhouse Houston$7,50021%
University of the Nations Kona Inc$6,00010%
M4 Network$5,5002n/a
The Elizabeth House Maternity Home$5,00012%
Mesa Global$5,0001n/a
Southwestern Medical Clinic Foundation$5,00013%
Childcare Worldwide$4,64050%
Breakaway Ministries Inc$4,5001n/a
Bridging the Gap Ministries$4,50014%
The Summerhouse$4,0002n/a
Abwe Foundation Inc$2,6881n/a
Tying Vines Inc$2,60010%
4ever 4given$2,00012%
Promise for the Children USA$7002n/a
Hope Haven Charitable Trust$51810%
The Jordan 7 Project$4121n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cross Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEpic International Corporation: $558,600 over 3y, 12% of budgetSports Catalyst Inc: $450,500 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetGracelyn Global Education Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetNew Covenant Missions Inc: $102,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetAnanias House: $100,400 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetRevival Sport Inc: $99,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetRevival: $97,500 over 3y, 13% of budgetKidsave International Inc: $76,500 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetAs Our Own Nfp: $65,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetArabian World Partnership: $59,015 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetThe Fund for Christian Service: $52,800 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMission of Hope Inc Mission of Hope Haiti Inc: $50,076 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHis Voice Inc His Voice Global: $50,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetE3 Partners Ministry: $33,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAxia International: $29,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGathering of Men Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetElijah Rising: $22,730 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetInstitute of Asian Culture & Development: $21,300 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAllegro Organizational Solutions Inc: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMisfit Mission: $16,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetKBC Ministries Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLaunch Global: $12,050 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Houston Prayer Breakfast: $10,125 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetThe Pocket Testament League Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Christian Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Christian Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLiving Water International: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Childhood Cancer Organizat: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOne Collective: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBibleproject: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAustin Vow Community Church: $9,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNoahs House: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSummerhouse Houston: $7,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of the Nations Kona Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Elizabeth House Maternity Home: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSouthwestern Medical Clinic Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetChildcare Worldwide: $4,640 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBridging the Gap Ministries: $4,500 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetTying Vines Inc: $2,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budget4ever 4given: $2,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHope Haven Charitable Trust: $518 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Christian Community Foundation IncCO44.8× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Stoller Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Servant Foundation · C Wayne and Patricia J Miller Foundation · International Generosity Foundation Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · More Than The Move Foundation DBA Hope Legacy Collective · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Oldham Little Church Foundation · Strake 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.

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How do I get to The Cross Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Cross 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.

About The Cross Foundation

How much does The Cross Foundation give?
The Cross Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $1,132,578 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 53 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Cross Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (43%), International (14%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
Who are The Cross Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Epic International Corporation ($559k), Sports Catalyst Inc ($451k), Second Baptist Church ($329k).
Does The Cross Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Cross Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Cross Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Stoller Foundation, The Signatry Charitable Trust.
Where is The Cross Foundation based?
The Cross Foundation is based in TX.

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 103 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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