· Private foundation
The Esther 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $70k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $110k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ACE SCHOLARSHIPS | $110,000 |
| ATHLETES IN ACTION | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| INTERVARSITY | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| LOS ANGELES OPERA | $7,500 |
| HOPE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES | $5,000 |
| FOCUS ON THE FAMILY | $2,500 |
| CHERRY HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH | $2,500 |
| POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY | $300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against -45% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AFALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION5× · 2020–2024 · $523k · revenue +100%
- WPWILD PHILANTHROPY INC2× · 2018–2020 · $75k · revenue +240% · 26% of their budget
- SLScholar Leaders International3× · 2020–2023 · $45k · revenue +388%
Funded once
- JHJEREMIAH'S HOPE INCone grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue -56% · 60% of their budget
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $15k
- MSMichael S Heiser Foundationone grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +12%
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.
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.
Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.
Scu is a christ-centered liberal arts institution equipping students for a life of learning, leadership, and service; integrating faith, learning, and living; and empowering graduates to excel and to positively impact their world for jesus…
The mission of hope international university is to empower students through christian higher education to serve the church and impact the world for christ. the university specializes in fields offering significant influence on society…
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
The university is the central valley's only accredited christian university, offering leading academic programs and ethical and spiritual development through traditional bachelor's degree, adult degree completion, master's, certificate,…
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
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…
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
Pacific school of religion prepares a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive. grounded in the rigorous study and faithful practice of progressive christian…
Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.
Abhe is the quality and credibility resource partner that connects efforts among christian postsecondary educational institutions and with others invested in serious bible learning that shapes a life of godly influence and service to the…
A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 42 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds JEREMIAH'S HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WILD PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
- Who funds Scholar Leaders International ↗
- Who funds HOPE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Michael S Heiser Foundation ↗
- Who funds Colorado Christian University ↗
- Who funds FORTE FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds UPPER COLORADO RIVER ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds FND Courage ↗
- Who funds POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Esther Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Esther Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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