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The East Hill 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.

$175k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$259kInternational$145kRecreation & Sports$119kHousing & Shelter$40kHealth$35kHuman Services$33kAnimals$13kCrime & Legal$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $117k
$10,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEERFOOT LODGE$15,000
ELAM MINISTRIES$12,000
AGAPE INTERNATIONAL MISSION$10,000
JOHN 17 MINISTRIES$10,000
THE PREGNANCY NETWORK$10,000
TRANSFORMATION PROJECT$10,000
AGAPE FAITH CHURCH$10,000
KINO BORDER INITIATIVE$10,000
K LOVE RADIO$10,000
CROSS INTERNATIONAL$10,000
PARTNERS FOR PARAGUAY$10,000
LOVE IN ACTION PARTNERS INC$8,500
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$8,500
PREBORN$8,000
HEALTH OUTREACH TO THE MIDDLE EAST$7,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PEOPLE LOVING NASHVILLE: $10k → 14%PREBORN: $8k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $10k → 16%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

ME
VT
ID
IL
NY
MA
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
OK
AL
GA
TX
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$399k · 13 repeat orgs$322k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
24

Total granted

$399k
$243k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+33%

Still filing today

62%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalReligionHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • EM
    Elam Ministries
    5× · 2020–2024 · $67k · revenue +13%
  • LI
    Love in Action Partners Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $44k · revenue +7%
  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    4× · 2021–2024 · $34k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • CC
    Christian Camps Inc dba Deerfoot Lodge & Subsidiary
    one grant, 2019 · $60k · revenue -6%
  • Mercy Ships Internationalgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +87%
  • NH
    NEW HOPE UGANDA MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · 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
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
Jesus Ministries International

Promote christian religion through conferences and group meetings.

Religion
3
Jesus in Vietnam Ministries
Religion
4
Asia Us Impact

Religious

Religion
5
Churches in Missions Inc

Mobilization of churches in America by taking pastors and laymen on vision and service trips overseas in fulfillment of Jesus command to go ye into all the world, making disciples...

Human Services
6
A Jesus Mission

A Jesus Mission creates unique opportunities for individuals or teams to serves as Christian missionaires around the world through traditional evangelism, discipleship training, and outreach.

Religion
7
Indigenous Ministries International Inc

The purpose of IMI is reaching nationals through nationals in ministry.

Religion
8
International Impact Ministries in
Religion
9
Mission Partners for Christ Aka Community Health Initiatives
Community Improvement
10
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
11
Message to All Nations Man

To reach out with the message of the gospel of jesus to the last, least, and the lost

Human Services
12
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cross International Inc; the most unlike its peers is John 17 Ministries. 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

25 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. 25 of the 47 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
13/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Christian Camps Inc dba Deerfoot Lodge & Subsidiary: $60,000 · OtherChristian Camps Inc dba Deerfoot Lodge & SubsidiaryPRIORITY ONE: $42,500 · OtherPRIORITY ONEDEERFOOT LODGE: $25,000 · OtherDEERFOOT LODGEPARTNERS FOR PARAGUAY INC: $20,000 · OtherPARTNERS FOR PARAGUAY INCMENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE (MCC): $15,000 · OtherVOICE OF THE MARTYRS INC: $12,500 · OtherDESTINY RESCUE INC: $12,500 · OtherCONNECT CHURCH: $12,500 · OtherSHELTERS BY JESUS: $12,500 · Other+20 more: $121,500 · Other+20 moreLove in Action Partners Inc: $43,500 · InternationalLove in Action Partner…HEALTH OUTREACH TO THE MIDDLE EAST FOR CHRIST: $27,000 · InternationalHEALTH OUTREACH TO THE…Mercy Ships International: $15,000 · InternationalMercy Ships Internatio…MUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES INC: $15,000 · InternationalMUSTARD SEED COMMUNITI…NEW HOPE UGANDA MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 · InternationalNEW HOPE UGANDA MINIST…HANDFULS OF HOPE INC: $10,000 · InternationalHANDFULS OF HOPE INCCASA MISIONERA INC: $10,000 · InternationalCASA MISIONERA INCSUSTAINABLE MEDICAL MISSIONS INC: $7,500 · InternationalElam Ministries: $67,000 · ReligionElam MinistriesJohn 17 Ministries: $40,000 · ReligionJohn 17 MinistriesCross International Inc: $10,000 · ReligionCross International…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 · ReligionTHE PREGNANCY NETWORK INC: $35,000 · HealthFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $33,500 · Youth DevelopmentWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPEOPLE LOVING NASHVILLE: $10,000 · Human ServicesMission Pre-Born Inc: $8,000 · Human ServicesILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Other$334,000International$143,000Religion$122,000Health$35,000Youth Development$33,500Human Services$28,000Philanthropy$25,000

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 budgetElam Ministries: $67,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetChristian Camps Inc dba Deerfoot Lodge & Subsidiary: $60,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLove in Action Partners Inc: $43,500 over 4y, 13% of budgetTHE PREGNANCY NETWORK INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $33,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH OUTREACH TO THE MIDDLE EAST FOR CHRIST: $27,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetILLUMINATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HOPE UGANDA MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSHELTERS BY JESUS: $12,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE TRANSFORMATION PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetKINO BORDER INITIATIVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHANDFULS OF HOPE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCASA MISIONERA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAgape International Missions: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE LOVING NASHVILLE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MEDICAL MISSIONS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMEN OF VALOR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $5,000 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.

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 F…Servant FoundationHca Healthcare Founda…Natl Christian Charit…The Signatry Charitab…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…The Ayco Charitable F…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Blackbaud Giving …
Christian Community Foundation IncCO17.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–5%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The East Hill Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The East Hill 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 47 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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