· Private foundation
The Fruth Christian Trust
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, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CEFC CHURCH | $10,000 |
| CARLISLE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH | $10,000 |
| SEVEETEN LIFE SERVICES | $5,000 |
| CURESZ FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| PROJECT CONNECT | $5,000 |
| CCAC | $5,000 |
| BREAKING BARRIERS TRUST | $2,500 |
| NORTH MINISTRIES PRESBYTERIAN | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $250 |
| ST JOAN OF ARC CHURCH | $100 |
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 (FY21–23, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 6 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, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MMMotoHope Mission Inc4× · 2019–2022 · $30k · revenue +2%
- MUMESSIAH UNIVERSITY3× · 2020–2022 · $30k · revenue +9%
- PSPAXTON STREET HOME BENEVOLENT SOCIETY3× · 2021–2023 · $25k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- AMASBURY METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2023 · $15k
- EFECUMENICAL FOOD PANTRYone grant, 2020 · $5k
- NHNEW HOPE MINISTRIESone grant, 2020 · $5k
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.
Manna University is a biblical higher education institution dedicated to educating, equipping, and empowering emerging leaders to change the world.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Life Network provides support and mentoring to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies; offers parenting support, material resources, and referrals; and promotes sexual risk avoidance through education to foster a culture that values…
Impact for Living provides conferences, seminars and consulting services to churches and others desiring to make a difference in the world.
Since its founding over twenty years ago, the Organization has used a number of expressions to define its ministry. "Every Pastor Needs a Pastor" has described the underlying purpose of the Organization's ministry since day one. "Healthy…
Reconciliaton Ministries Intl. is a Christian evangelical organization preaching and teaching the Word of God in over 60 countries. The ministry equips and encourages Christians everywhere to be saved, healed, and delivered according to…
Cross to Light is a nondenominational Christian organization providing spiritual education and physical aid to people in need around the world. Since 2005, Cross to Light has helped people cross from darkness to light by hearing the Gospel…
Our mission is to multiply the global impact and influence of Christian leaders and pastors throughout their organizations and communities. Our activities involve working with members of the leadership of other exclusively charitable…
The King's University integrates Biblical education and practical ministry to shape Spirit-formed individuals who follow Jesus, serve His Church, and are sent to impact the world.
Lakelight Institute equips Christians with timeless wisdom for modern life.
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
Charis Bible Colleges, Inc. (CBC) was established to train and equip individuals to carry out the Gospel of Jesus Christ through practical application through mentoring, training, and teaching.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 27 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.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Fruth Christian Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fruth Christian Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
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