California · Public charity
The Fuller Foundation
THE FULLER FOUNDATION serves fuller theological seminary through advancement activities and endowment management, as well as its partners, including churches and denominations, and the broader christian community by being a trusted advisor in the provision of financial services.
- $3.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 43
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,916,124
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 78
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 17
- Total assets, FY2024
- $235M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Fuller Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
ReligionInternationalHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 41 | $3.7M | 22% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $3.7M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 62 | $4.3M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 62 | $6.6M | 29% |
| FY2020 | 73 | $5.5M | 40% |
| FY2019 | 59 | $13M | 27% |
| FY2018 | 70 | $14M | 30% |
| FY2017 | 78 | $5.1M | n/a |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Education$25MPhilanthropy$20MReligion$4.3MInternational$1.6MHealth$883kHuman Services$873kCivil Rights$781kArts & Culture$392kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
WA
ID
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
MS
GA
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuller Theological Seminary | $23,159,818 | 8 | 8% |
| The Grace and Mercy Foundation Inc | $19,550,000 | 2 | 29% |
| San Joaquin Valley Christian School Association | $1,005,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Focus on the Family | $611,950 | 7 | n/a |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $550,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Scripps Health | $465,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us | $377,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc | $374,878 | 1 | n/a |
| Scholar Leaders International | $351,214 | 8 | 5% |
| Windrider Institute Inc | $336,000 | 8 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuller Theological Seminary | $23,159,818 | 8 | 8% |
| The Grace and Mercy Foundation Inc | $19,550,000 | 2 | 29% |
| San Joaquin Valley Christian School Association | $1,005,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Focus on the Family | $611,950 | 7 | n/a |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $550,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Scripps Health | $465,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us | $377,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc | $374,878 | 1 | n/a |
| Scholar Leaders International | $351,214 | 8 | 5% |
| Windrider Institute Inc | $336,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Logos Evangelical Seminary | $272,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Community Beacon Missions | $250,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Presbyterian Church USA | $220,325 | 4 | n/a |
| Kulungu for Congo | $217,500 | 7 | 25% |
| First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia Inc | $211,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Care Net | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| New Door Ventures Fka Golden Gate Community Inc | $197,400 | 8 | 0% |
| Church of the Servant | $184,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Center for Studies in Global Christianity Inc | $183,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Calvin University | $182,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Valley Presbyterian Church | $160,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church Inc | $135,161 | 3 | 1% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $128,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Come & See Africa International | $128,000 | 3 | 69% |
| Community School of Music and Arts | $127,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $118,185 | 5 | n/a |
| New Beginnings Center of Hope Inc | $115,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Langham Partnership USA Inc Nfp | $115,000 | 5 | 1% |
| World Radio Missionary Fellowship Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Global Scholars | $105,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Multiplication Network Ministries | $101,000 | 7 | 0% |
| First Place Az | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Young Life | $93,567 | 5 | 0% |
| Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic States | $90,329 | 5 | n/a |
| Escalade Recovery Foundation | $90,000 | 6 | 19% |
| Mount Hermon Association Incorporated | $90,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mission India | $87,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Christ for the City International Inc | $81,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Azusa Pacific University | $81,764 | 2 | 0% |
| Celebration Education Fund | $81,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Road to Hope Road 2 Hope Maternity Homes | $80,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Mission America Coalition | $80,000 | 8 | 11% |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese | $79,800 | 3 | n/a |
| North Park University | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inova Health System Foundation | $71,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Grace Education Ministries for Niger | $69,000 | 1 | 15% |
| First Church of the Nazarene | $68,150 | 6 | n/a |
| Leadership Resources Group Inc | $68,000 | 4 | 24% |
| New Song Church of North County | $67,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $66,026 | 6 | n/a |
| Mandarin Baptist Church of Los Angeles | $66,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wow International | $63,250 | 2 | 14% |
| Christian Witness Theological Seminary | $63,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Wedgwood Circle Institute | $62,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Gordon College | $60,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $60,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Care for Children Care for Children - USA Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The Evangelical Formosan Church | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Menlo Park Presbyterian Church | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Studio Art Quilt Assoc Inc | $59,000 | 6 | 2% |
| A Kernel of Wheat Christian Ministries | $57,000 | 5 | 7% |
| LymeLight Foundation | $56,924 | 4 | 4% |
| Oregon State University Foundation | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Treasure House | $50,000 | 2 | 4% |
| China Connection | $49,927 | 4 | n/a |
| Called for His Purpose Inc | $47,000 | 3 | 22% |
| St John the Baptist Orthodox Church | $46,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Achungo Community Center | $45,000 | 3 | 3% |
| First Presbyterian Church of Wickenburg Az | $44,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship | $43,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Mountainside Communion - a Church of the Nazarene | $42,600 | 5 | n/a |
| Pinnacle Presbyterian Church | $42,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $41,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cepad USA Inc | $40,500 | 3 | 8% |
| Community of the Word Inc | $40,200 | 4 | n/a |
| We Encourage Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Central Baptist Church of Huntington Beach | $38,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Able Works | $36,500 | 3 | 1% |
| International Justice Mission | $35,664 | 2 | 0% |
| Instruments of Praise | $35,250 | 2 | 20% |
| First Presbyterian Church of Hayward | $34,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Center for Becoming | $34,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Focus for Success Foundation | $33,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc | $33,000 | 2 | 0% |
| FAMILY HOPE dba ELIZABETH HOUSE | $31,970 | 2 | 2% |
| She Is Safe Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Air Force Academy Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Arts Movement Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 41% |
| The Neighborhood Christian Clinic Inc | $28,776 | 3 | 0% |
| Young Life Foundation | $27,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Youth for Christ Central Valley | $27,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Youth With a Mission - San Diegobaja | $26,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Bosko | $26,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Restore NYC Inc | $25,875 | 2 | 0% |
| Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopa | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hope Unlimited for Children Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Live in Peace | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Grace Presbyterian Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pasadena Covenant Church Pasadena Ca | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reframe Ministries | $23,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Victory Bible Church Pasadena | $23,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Global Mobility | $22,470 | 1 | 1% |
| Whitworth University | $22,360 | 2 | 0% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| All Saints Church | $21,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Altadena Free Methodist Church | $21,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Francis High School of la Canada Flintridge | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Serge Global Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for African Medicine and Educ | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wells of Life Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| John M Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| St Andrews Presbyterian Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Centro Hispano de Estudios Teologicos del Pacto Evangelico | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Family Leadership Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope International | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Resurrection Brooklyn Presbyterian Church Epc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The White Rainbow Project | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| In Grace Mission | $19,800 | 2 | 4% |
| Harambee Christian Family Center Inc | $19,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Congo Initiative USA Inc | $18,050 | 2 | 1% |
| Greek Evangelical Church of Los Angeles | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Rapids Symphony Society | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Touch of Love International | $17,250 | 2 | 2% |
| Forum of Christian Leaders | $17,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Barnabas Fund Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Eco a Convenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vision International Alliance | $15,000 | 1 | 23% |
| The Living Hope Church Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hand in Hand Farm | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Fid Group Friends in Deed | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Strategic Renewal International | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| International Fellowship of Evangelical Students USA Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Officers Christian Fellowship of the United | $14,500 | 2 | 0% |
| American Foundation for the University of British Columbia | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $14,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Grace Fellowship Community Church of San Francisco | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Avenue Foundation Inc Dba Stars Illuminate Educate Advocate | $13,012 | 1 | 1% |
| Cherp Inc | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Herald Association Inc | $12,860 | 2 | 0% |
| Mena Kdec Ministries | $12,680 | 1 | 2% |
| Valley United Presbyterian Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York | $12,161 | 1 | n/a |
| China Partnership | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of the City | $11,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Cross Orthodox Mission | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mtelo Ministries | $10,700 | 1 | 3% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Walnut Hill Community Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medical Ambassadors International | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sisters of the Heart Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iris Global | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship of Pasadena | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| MentorKids USA | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Billy Graham Evangelistic Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reconciliation Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Zoe International | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Life Enrichment Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cityteam Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nutrition and Education International | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Illuminations Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Schools Atherton | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Turlock Christian Schools Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Church West End Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orange County School of the Arts Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Witnessing Ministries of Christ | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Presbyterian Pan American School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Help One Child Mission to Children at Risk | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Center for Faithwalk Leadership | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for His Ministry | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| School of Urban Missions | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Far East Broadcasting Company | $9,948 | 1 | 0% |
| Providence Christian School | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $8,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Link Global | $8,210 | 1 | 0% |
| Passion for Haiti Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Hydrating Humanity Inc | $7,750 | 1 | 1% |
| The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wickenburg Christian Academy Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Rector Wardens & Vestry of the Church of Our Saviour in San | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| CRISTA Ministries | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Korean Evangelical Church of New York Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Justin Education For Los Angeles dba Ascending Lights Leadership Network | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Charity Global Inc | $6,700 | 1 | 0% |
| The Brearley School | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lets Go Fishing Ministries Inc DBA Mens Ministry Catalyst | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Trinity Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ministry Outreach Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crossroads Bible Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Breakthrough T1d | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coachella Valley Rescue Mission | $5,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Hosanna | $5,675 | 1 | 0% |
| City Relief Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| First Liberty Institute | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Philos Project Inc | $5,150 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Fuller Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 122 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 122.
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.
Tyndale House MinistriesIL29.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Tyndale House Ministries · Christian Community Foundation Inc · First Fruit Inc · International Generosity Foundation Trust · Servant Foundation · Hesed Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · The Grace and Mercy Foundation Inc · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · G II Charities · GiveClear 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.
About The Fuller Foundation
- How much does The Fuller Foundation give?
- The Fuller Foundation reported 43 itemized grants totaling $3,718,510, out of $3,924,700 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 78 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Fuller Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (46%), Philanthropy (36%), Religion (8%).
- Who are The Fuller Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Fuller Theological Seminary ($23M), The Grace and Mercy Foundation Inc ($20M), San Joaquin Valley Christian School Association ($1.0M).
- Does The Fuller Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Fuller Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tyndale House Ministries, Christian Community Foundation Inc, First Fruit Inc.
- Where is The Fuller Foundation based?
- The Fuller Foundation is based in CA.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home