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The Forwith Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$151k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$95k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$314kReligion$147kInternational$58kPhilanthropy$47kHealth$16kEducation$14kRecreation & Sports$1kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $95k
$500
Median grant
10
States reached
$136k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PAACS$95,000
Southeast Christian Church$35,000
Samaritans Purse$5,200
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Christian Health Service Corps$2,400
New International$2,400
Pioneers$2,400
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Christian Academy$600
Lipscomb University$500
PRLGA$500
Samford University$500
Ronald McDonald House$500
Litehouse Maternity Home$500
World Vision International$420
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Crossroads Mission: $500 → 15%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
WA
IL
NY
IN
PA
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
AL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$554k · 23 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
16

Total granted

$554k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+12%

Still filing today

39%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationReligionHealthInternationalHousing & ShelterHuman 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NM
    NEW MISSION SYSTEMS INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $15k · revenue +60%
  • CH
    Christian Health Service Corps Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $14k · revenue +178%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $11k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • FO
    Friends of Kijabegraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +51%
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.

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Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
2
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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3
Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the…

Education
4
Faith School of Theology

Faith's purpose is to mentor students for spirit-filled leadership in ministry, in light of the great commission. while academics are important, the classrooms are not the only learning place. through a combination of formal instruction,…

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5
Christ Mission College

Cmc passionately develops a students god-given potential in a practical process of biblical higher education, discipleship, and practical experience for sacrificial service in the church and community to expand gods kingdom in the world…

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6
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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7
Christian Harvest International Min

To provide strategic teaching about prayer, prophecy, and intercession in the US and abroad. Books, manuals, and audio teachings are also used to equip Christians in strategic level spiritual prayer and warfare.

Religion
8
God's Bible School College & Missionary Training Home

God's bible school and college seeks to glorify god and to serve his church by providing higher education centered in holy scripture and shaped by wesleyan conviction, thus preparing faithful servants to proclaim jesus christ and spread…

Education
9
What Matters Ministries and Missions

The organizations exempt purpose is to rescue orphans and widows, feed the poor, build the local church through ministry, crusades and outreaches and to win souls around the world.

Religion
10
Trinity International University

Trinity international university is an institution of higher education that offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs. trinity international university educates men and women for faithful participation in god's redemptive…

Education
11
Pacific School of Religion

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…

Education
12
Colorado Christian University

Serving god by providing christ-centered higher education.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crossroads Mission; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Kijabe. 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

19 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. 19 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PAACS: $315,000 · OtherPAACSSOUTHEAST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY INC: $131,100 · OtherSOUTHEAST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY INC+31 more: $109,314 · Other+31 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · ReligionThe Caring House Project Inc: $4,400 · Religion+1 more: $100 · ReligionChristian Health Service Corps Inc: $13,500 · International+1 more: $301 · InternationalFriends of Kijabe: $5,500 · HealthFRIENDS OF TENWEK INC: $3,000 · HealthFHGR INC: $3,000 · HealthCHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF LOUISVILLE INC: $1,000 · EducationSamford University: $800 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $758 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $100 · EducationCROSSROADS MISSION: $500 · Human ServicesLIFEHOUSE INC: $100 · Housing & Shelter
Other$555,414Religion$14,500International$13,801Health$11,500Education$2,658Human Services$500Housing & Shelter$100

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 budgetNEW MISSION SYSTEMS INC: $15,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Health Service Corps Inc: $13,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $8,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Kijabe: $5,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Caring House Project Inc: $4,400 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF TENWEK INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFHGR INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE RADIANCE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER PORTLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF LOUISVILLE INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSamford University: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $758 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS MISSION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEHOUSE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $100 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.

  • Who funds NEW MISSION SYSTEMS INC ↗
  • Who funds Christian Health Service Corps Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Kijabe ↗
  • Who funds The Caring House Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF TENWEK INC ↗
  • Who funds FHGR INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RADIANCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PORTLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds Samford University ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗

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.

The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository IncKY15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Norton Healthcare Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Forwith Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Forwith Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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