· Private foundation
The Jennings Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k19 grants · $435k
- $50k–250k17 grants · $1.4M
- $250k+6 grants · $2.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Bethany International | $600,000 |
| World Vision | $500,000 |
| Hope Academy | $400,000 |
| New Life Family Services | $400,000 |
| Urban Ventures | $400,000 |
| Young Life - Minneapolis | $375,000 |
| Grace Church | $150,000 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $100,000 |
| Heshima Association | $100,000 |
| International Justice Mission | $100,000 |
| The Navigators | $100,000 |
| Timothy Initiative | $100,000 |
| Anselm House | $100,000 |
| Beyond Limits | $100,000 |
| Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge | $75,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $690k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% 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 +46% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
43 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 11 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $420k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AHAnselm House5× · 2020–2024 · $4.0M · revenue +236% · 45% of their budget
- HAHOPE ACADEMY INC5× · 2020–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +240%
- NLNEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES4× · 2021–2024 · $530k · revenue +64%
Funded once
- NCNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $3.0M · revenue +48% · 78% of their budget
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $250k
- LMLigonier Ministries Incone grant, 2022 · $110k · revenue -17%
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.
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.
Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
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…
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.
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…
Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.
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…
The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…
Mission is to provide women facing an unplanned pregnancy with truthful medical information and education. we are faith-based with a mission to encourage, through education and outreach, the recognition of human life from the moment of…
Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services
Minnesota family council (mfc) is a non-profit christian organization that is dedicated to strengthening minnesota families by advancing biblical principles in the public arena, for the glory of the lord jesus christ and the good of…
How this is measured
49 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 49 of the 90 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 WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds Anselm House ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA FAMILY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc ↗
- Who funds FOREVER ADVENTURE ↗
- Who funds BEYOND LIMITS INC ↗
- Who funds CURE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ↗
- Who funds Luis Palau Association ↗
- Who funds GOODCITIES ↗
- Who funds TREEHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds TRUE FRIENDS ↗
- Who funds Ligonier Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds HOPEKIDS INC ↗
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: Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Jennings Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jennings Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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