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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 FY2024still arriving
43
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$2.9M
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$25MPhilanthropy$20MReligion$4.3MInternational$1.6MHealth$883kHuman Services$873kCivil Rights$781kArts & Culture$392kOther$0
02FY2024 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 43 grants below total $3,718,510 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $3,924,700 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $206,190 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $78k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $614k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $110k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.9M
$15,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$235M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$2,916,124
THE VOICE OF THE MARTYRS$60,000
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPUSA$50,000
THE OUTREACH FOUNDATION$48,050
COME AND SEE AFRICA$40,000
THE WEDGEWOOD CIRCLE$35,000
WINDRIDER INSTITUTE$35,000
CHURCH OF THE SERVANT$32,000
EVANGELICAL FORMOSAN CHURCH SFV$30,000
SHE IS SAFE$30,000
WEDGWOOD CIRCLE$27,000
BOSKO$26,000
CALVIN COLLEGE$24,000
NEW DOOR VENTURES$22,500
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INTERNATIONAL$22,300
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $303k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 37% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION: $20k → 7%SAINT CHILD: $62k → 8%HAND IN HAND FARM: $15k → 13%NEW YORK CITY RELIEF: $6k → 10%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%SAINT CHILD: $19k → 8%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%WELLS OF LIFE INC: $10k → 10%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION: $7k → 7%HELP ONE CHILD: $10k → 8%CHARITY WATER: $7k → 17%WELLS OF LIFE INC: $10k → 10%ACHUNGO COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 8%ACHUNGO COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 8%ACHUNGO COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 8%WE ENCOURAGE: $30k → 14%WE ENCOURAGE: $10k → 14%MTELO MINISTRIES: $11k → 14%LAKE AVENUE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $13k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your 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

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$53M · 107 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

107 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2024, 75 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

107
81

Total granted

$53M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+25%

Still filing today

62%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $189k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionInternationalEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TG
    THE GRACE AND MERCY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $20M · revenue +9% · 29% of their budget
  • SJ
    SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +8%
  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
    2× · 2020–2021 · $551k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • MS
    MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC
    one grant, 2017 · $375k
  • CB
    COMMUNITY BEACON MISSIONS
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -42% · 34% of their budget
  • NP
    NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $75k · revenue +12%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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…

2
Christianity Today International

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.

Religion
3
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
4
Leadership Resources International

International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures

Religion
5
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
6
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
7
Mission Without Borders International

The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…

International
8
Entrust

Entrust's mission is to multiply church leaders through accessible, locally owned, reproducible training systems. this is accomplished through facilitated learning, assisting christians in gaining solid understanding of scripture, and…

9
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
10
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

11
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
12
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Fellowship of Evangelical Students Usa Inc and the most unlike its peers is Windrider Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsChristian Missionary Organi…Policy Research and AdvocacyPregnancy Support ServicesHealth Access Advocacy and …Food Banks and PantriesEnvironmental Conservation …Faith-Based Social ServicesCommunity College Foundatio…Local History MuseumsSchool District FoundationsCancer Support ServicesDomestic Violence ServicesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Independent K-12 Schools
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%2%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%22%10–20yr17%32%20–35yr11%22%35–55yr13%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%3%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%27%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr11%27%35–55yr13%16%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 1.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1.0%2/205
the rest of the field
14%
26,001/186,773

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

138 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 138 of the 205 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
133/138
Grantees still filing
94/138
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — $23,159,818 · EducationFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYSAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION — $1,005,000 · Education+17 more — $1,240,888 · EducationTHE GRACE AND MERCY FOUNDATION INC — $19,550,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GRACE AND MERCY FOUNDATION INC+7 more — $286,787 · PhilanthropyFOCUS ON THE FAMILY — $611,950 · OtherFOCUS ON THE…MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC — $374,878 · OtherMORGAN STANL…PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA — $220,325 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF MONROVIA INC — $211,750 · OtherWINDRIDER INSTITUTE INC — $336,000 · OtherWINDRIDER IN…KULUNGU FOR CONGO — $217,500 · Other+103 more — $4,191,187 · Other+103 moreCOMMUNITY BEACON MISSIONS — $250,000 · ReligionCENTER FOR STUDIES IN GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY INC — $183,000 · ReligionInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA — $128,500 · ReligionLANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA INC NFP — $115,000 · ReligionMULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES — $101,000 · ReligionMISSION AMERICA COALITION — $80,000 · ReligionLEADERSHIP RESOURCES GROUP INC — $68,000 · ReligionA Kernel of Wheat Christian Ministries — $57,000 · Religion+26 more — $400,538 · ReligionOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US — $377,000 · InternationalCOME & SEE AFRICA INTERNATIONAL — $128,000 · InternationalCELEBRATION EDUCATION FUND — $81,000 · InternationalGRACE EDUCATION MINISTRIES FOR NIGER — $69,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC — $55,250 · InternationalCALLED FOR HIS PURPOSE INC — $47,000 · InternationalCEPAD USA INC — $40,500 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION — $35,664 · International+13 more — $220,960 · InternationalSCRIPPS HEALTH — $465,000 · HealthNew Beginnings Center of Hope Inc — $115,000 · HealthESCALADE RECOVERY FOUNDATION — $90,000 · HealthINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION — $71,200 · HealthTHE NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CLINIC INC — $28,776 · Health+2 more — $28,470 · HealthALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM — $550,600 · Civil RightsCare Net — $200,000 · Civil Rights
Education$25,405,706Philanthropy$19,836,787Other$6,163,590Religion$1,383,038International$1,054,374Health$798,446Civil Rights$750,600

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — $23,159,818 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetTHE GRACE AND MERCY FOUNDATION INC — $19,550,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetSAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION — $1,005,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM — $550,600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH — $465,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US — $377,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetScholar Leaders International — $351,214 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetWINDRIDER INSTITUTE INC — $336,000 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetLogos Evangelical Seminary — $272,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY BEACON MISSIONS — $250,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetKULUNGU FOR CONGO — $217,500 over 7y, 25% of budgetCare Net — $200,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetNEW DOOR VENTURES FKA GOLDEN GATE COMMUNITY INC — $197,400 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR STUDIES IN GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY INC — $183,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY — $182,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC — $152,818 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUTREACH FOUNDATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC — $135,161 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCOME & SEE AFRICA INTERNATIONAL — $128,000 over 3y, 69% of budgetCOMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ARTS — $127,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNew Beginnings Center of Hope Inc — $115,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetLANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA INC NFP — $115,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetWORLD RADIO MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP INC — $110,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGLOBAL SCHOLARS — $105,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetMULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES — $101,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST PLACE AZ — $100,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $93,567 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetESCALADE RECOVERY FOUNDATION — $90,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY — $81,764 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCELEBRATION EDUCATION FUND — $81,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetMISSION AMERICA COALITION — $80,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetNORTH PARK UNIVERSITY — $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION — $71,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE EDUCATION MINISTRIES FOR NIGER — $69,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetLEADERSHIP RESOURCES GROUP INC — $68,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetWOW INTERNATIONAL — $63,250 over 2y, 14% of budgetCHRISTIAN WITNESS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — $63,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetWEDGWOOD CIRCLE INSTITUTE — $62,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetGORDON COLLEGE — $60,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCARE FOR CHILDREN CARE FOR CHILDREN - USA INC — $60,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetSTUDIO ART QUILT ASSOC INC — $59,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetA Kernel of Wheat Christian Ministries — $57,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetLymeLight Foundation — $56,924 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetWORLD VISION INC — $55,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOregon State University Foundation — $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTREASURE HOUSE — $50,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCALLED FOR HIS PURPOSE INC — $47,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetACHUNGO COMMUNITY CENTER — $45,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION — $41,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
  • Who funds THE GRACE AND MERCY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
  • Who funds SCRIPPS HEALTH
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US
  • Who funds Scholar Leaders International
  • Who funds WINDRIDER INSTITUTE INC
  • Who funds Logos Evangelical Seminary
  • Who funds COMMUNITY BEACON MISSIONS
  • Who funds KULUNGU FOR CONGO
  • Who funds Care Net
  • Who funds NEW DOOR VENTURES FKA GOLDEN GATE COMMUNITY INC
  • Who funds CENTER FOR STUDIES IN GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY INC
  • Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
  • Who funds OUTREACH FOUNDATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC
  • Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA
  • Who funds COME & SEE AFRICA INTERNATIONAL
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ARTS
  • Who funds New Beginnings Center of Hope Inc
  • Who funds LANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA INC NFP
  • Who funds WORLD RADIO MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP INC
  • Who funds GLOBAL SCHOLARS
  • Who funds MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES
  • Who funds FIRST PLACE AZ
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE
  • Who funds ESCALADE RECOVERY FOUNDATION

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — 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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Fuller Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 70%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 1%
  • Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities Inc7% of income from government
  • Gordon College1% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 205 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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