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The Joshua Foundation Inc

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.

$851k
Granted FY2024still arriving
33
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$2.4MInternational$533kEducation$225kHealth$182kHuman Services$87kArts & Culture$81kRecreation & Sports$70kEmployment$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $344k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $483k
$20,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$85,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$70,000
SLAVIC GOSPEL ASSOCATION$68,000
JESUS FILM PROJECT$60,130
DAYSTAR$50,000
PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSTIY$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
LARRY HUCH MINISTRY$50,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$30,000
YOUNG LIFE SEMINOLE COUNTY$30,000
WILLIAM MIKLER MINISTRIES$30,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$28,751
ORLANDO RESCUE MISSION$25,000
HOPE HELPS$25,000
BSF INTERNATIONAL$20,000
02The need
03

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 (FY20–24, $134k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LIFE WITHOUT LIMBS: $13k → 5%BE GENEROUS: $25k → 11%LIFE RECAPTURED: $5k → 10%LUTHERAN HAVEN: $25k → 11%EMMA'S ECHO: $4k → 11%HOPE HELPS: $25k → 11%HOPE HELPS: $5k → 11%CHRISTIAN HELP: $20k → 11%CHRISTIAN HELP: $13k → 11%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

WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
PA
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
OK
GA
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 28 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
39

Total granted

$2.2M
$710k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+48%

Still filing today

25%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $704k 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
Human ServicesReligionEducationInternationalArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • EC
    EMERALD COAST AUTISM CENTER IN
    2× · 2022–2023 · $150k · revenue +22%
  • AL
    AMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $30k · revenue +17%
  • HH
    HOPE HELPS INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • GL
    GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $60k
  • PB
    PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +2%
  • G4
    GROUND 40
    one grant, 2023 · $42k
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.

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…

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2
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
3
International Commission Inc

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

Religion
4
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
5
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
6
Serving Beyond Borders

Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.

Human Services
7
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
8
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…

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9
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
10
International Partnerships Inc

To provide support for the efforts of christians of the former soviet union in reaching the influencers of their countries for christ.

Religion
11
Blue Letter Bible

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…

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12
Leadership Resources International

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

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifechangers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Emmas Echo Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 93 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EVERY HOME FOR CHRIST (EHC): $195,000 · OtherEVERY HOME FOR CHRIST (EHC)SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $192,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMYYOUNG LIFE SEMINOLE COUNTY: $185,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE SEMINOLE COUNTYDAYSPRING INTERNATIONAL: $175,000 · OtherDAYSPRING INTERNATIONALGRACE CHURCH INCORPORATED: $169,000 · OtherGRACE CHURCH INCORPORATEDJIREH PROJECT: $150,000 · OtherJIREH PROJECTCHRISTIAN LIFE FELLOWSHIP INC: $120,000 · Other+64 more: $1,580,465 · Other+64 moreFURIOUS LOVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $252,400 · EducationFURIOUS LOVE I…EMERALD COAST AUTISM CENTER IN: $150,000 · EducationEMERALD COAST …PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $50,000 · EducationPALM BEACH ATL…+1 more: $12,500 · EducationCHRISTIAN HELP FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesHOPE HELPS INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesBEGENEROUS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN HAVEN INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesLife Without Limbs: $12,500 · Human ServicesLIFE RECAPTURED INC: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $4,200 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $30,000 · ReligionIslego Missions Inc: $25,000 · ReligionBSF INTERNATIONAL LLC: $20,000 · ReligionGLORY OF ZION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 · ReligionSHEPHERDS CANYON RETREAT INC: $7,500 · Religion+1 more: $2,500 · ReligionFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentAMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC: $30,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $16,087 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $15,000 · InternationalLIFECHANGERS INC: $60,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,766,465Education$464,900Human Services$134,200Religion$105,000Youth Development$70,000International$61,087Arts & Culture$60,000

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 budgetEMERALD COAST AUTISM CENTER IN: $150,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $70,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFECHANGERS INC: $60,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN HELP FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE HELPS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBEGENEROUS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetLUTHERAN HAVEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIslego Missions Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetBSF INTERNATIONAL LLC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGLORY OF ZION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $16,087 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSPURPOSE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL SERVICE NETWORK INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLife Without Limbs: $12,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHEPHERDS CANYON RETREAT INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE RECAPTURED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEMMAS ECHO INC: $4,200 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERITY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% 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 FURIOUS LOVE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds EMERALD COAST AUTISM CENTER IN ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds LIFECHANGERS INC ↗
  • Who funds PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN HELP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HELPS INC ↗
  • Who funds BEGENEROUS 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.

Servant FoundationKS16.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The Signatry Charitable Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Joshua Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joshua Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge: 100% of income from government
  • Lutheran Haven Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to The Joshua Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Joshua Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 93 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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