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The Julia-Ray Foundation at a glance

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The Julia-Ray Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$65k
Granted FY2018
9
Grants FY2018
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Religion$62kHuman Services$26kPhilanthropy$10kHousing & Shelter$9kYouth Development$5kHealth$5kArts & Culture$3kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2018 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k6 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $49k
$3,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GENEROUS GIVING$20,000
THRIVE MINISTRY$19,300
GREENWOOD COMMUNITY CHRCH$10,000
STRONG CROSS RANCH$5,151
PROVIDENCE NETWORK$3,500
SAVE OUR YOUTH$2,500
ALTERNATIVES PREGNANCY CTR$2,500
THE ROCK OF SOUTHWEST$1,500
MEDICAL TEAMS INTL$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PROVIDENCE NETWORK: $5k → 12%PROVIDENCE NETWORK: $4k → 12%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $3k → 12%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.
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$83k · 8 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
4

Total granted

$83k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+151%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
ReligionHuman ServicesCrime & LegalHealthInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • GG
    GENEROUS GIVING INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $30k · revenue +51%
  • PN
    PROVIDENCE NETWORK fka THE EXECUTIVE NETWORK
    2× · 2017–2018 · $9k · revenue +13%
  • SO
    SAVE OUR YOUTH INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • TC
    THRIVE CO
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • MH
    MILE HIGH MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +16%
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
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
2
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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3
247 Media Ministries

The mission of worship 24/7 is to ignite a passion for god through worship that results in a life of generosity, discipleship, evangelism, generosity and service.

Religion
4
Life Choice Center

To provide christian based outreach to clients by providing services and information free of charge to anyone in a crisis pregnancy situation, with the goal of assisting the client to carry the pregnancy to term and with continued care…

Health
5
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
6
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc

Miracle hill ministries is committed to life transformation for children and adults experiencing homelessness. more information and program outcomes may be found at www.miraclehill.org.

Human Services
7
Christian Care Surprise Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve.

Housing & Shelter
8
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
9
Alliance for Transformational Ministry

Enable christian organizations worldwide to initiate and strenghten ministries that lead people to become followers of jesus and transform communities out of cycles of poverty and disease.

Religion
10
Leadership Resources International

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

Religion
11
His High Places Inc

Crossroads and crisis christian counseling

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12
Arrive Ministries

Arrive ministries is dedicated to living out god's command to welcome refugees and immigrants in minnesota. our purpose is to see life transformation for refugees, immigrants, and the church.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medical Teams International; the most unlike its peers is Strong Cross Ranch. 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

9 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. 9 of the 13 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GENEROUS GIVING INC: $30,000 · ReligionGENEROUS GIVING INCTHRIVE MINISTRY: $19,300 · ReligionTHRIVE MINISTRYSTRONG CROSS RANCH: $10,151 · ReligionSTRONG CROSS RANCHGREENWOOD COMMUNITY CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherGREENWOOD COMMUNITY CHURCHNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONTHRIVE CO: $6,450 · OtherTHRIVE COTHE ROCK OF SOUTHWEST: $3,000 · OtherTHE ROCK OF SOUTHWESTPROVIDENCE NETWORK fka THE EXECUTIVE NETWORK: $8,500 · Human ServicesPROVIDENCE…MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $2,500 · Human ServicesMILE HIGH …SAVE OUR YOUTH INC: $5,000 · Crime & LegalAlternatives Pregnancy Center Inc: $4,500 · HealthMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 · InternationalBELAY ENTERPRISES INC: $1,000 · Community Improvement
Religion$59,451Other$39,450Human Services$11,000Crime & Legal$5,000Health$4,500International$2,000Community Improvement$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGENEROUS GIVING INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHRIVE MINISTRY: $19,300 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSTRONG CROSS RANCH: $10,151 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetPROVIDENCE NETWORK fka THE EXECUTIVE NETWORK: $8,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAVE OUR YOUTH INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlternatives Pregnancy Center Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBELAY ENTERPRISES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Tyl FoundationChristian Community F…The Denver FoundationColorado Gives Founda…Leptas Foundation Tru…Lewan Family Foundati…Richard H Lewis Famil…Adolph Coors Foundati…The Anschutz Foundati…Natl Christian Charit…Mile High United Way …National Philanthropi…
Tyl FoundationCO20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tyl Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Leptas Foundation Trust · Lewan Family Foundation · Richard H Lewis Family Foundation · Adolph Coors Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Mile High United Way Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Julia-Ray Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Julia-Ray Foundation 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 13 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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