· Private foundation
The Lampstand Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k33 grants · $56k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $108k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $39,821 |
| BIOLA UNIVERSITY | $30,000 |
| TEEN CHALLENGE SAN DIEGO | $15,000 |
| CRU | $13,024 |
| SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION | $10,000 |
| FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL | $6,000 |
| WELLSPRING LIFE RESOURCES | $4,500 |
| HEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL | $4,060 |
| DR PECK LEGACY | $3,200 |
| COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY | $3,000 |
| SAMARATINS PURSE | $3,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $2,900 |
| HIGH DESERT MUSEUM | $2,500 |
| IN TOUCH MINISTRIES | $2,400 |
| NATIONAL NETWORK OF YOUTH MINISTRY | $2,400 |
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 (FY20–25, $49k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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.
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.
41 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTHE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL2× · 2020–2022 · $515k · revenue +17%
- EEdify4× · 2020–2023 · $96k · revenue +95%
- LPLuis Palau Association4× · 2020–2025 · $92k · revenue +47%
Funded once
- LPLUIS PALAU FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $85k
- EEDIFYone grant, 2024 · $40k
- BUBIOLA UNIVERSITYone grant, 2024 · $20k
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.
Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.
Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the…
Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
See schedule o. founded in 1902, university of northwestern - st. paul is a nondenominational christian university that integrates the educational philosophy of "faith, learning and living" through two focuses: higher education and media.…
Pacific school of religion prepares a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive. grounded in the rigorous study and faithful practice of progressive christian…
The seminary is a multi-denominational post-baccalaureate school of religious learning that prepares students for christian vocations through its two schools: school of mission & theology and school of psychology & marriage & family…
The King's University integrates Biblical education and practical ministry to shape Spirit-formed individuals who follow Jesus, serve His Church, and are sent to impact the world.
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.
A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.
The formation of men for the gospel ministry as pastors, evangelists, & teachers who shall proclaim the whole counsel of god throughout a changing world. the theological training of church officers as stewards of christ, and the…
How this is measured
41 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. 41 of the 86 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 THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Edify ↗
- Who funds Luis Palau Association ↗
- Who funds BIOLA UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds PLIES ↗
- Who funds THORNSTON EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
- Who funds HEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds WELLSPRING LIFE RESOURCES INC ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds SUNRIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds THE LIFE OF A SINGLE MOM ↗
- Who funds National Network of Youth Ministries ↗
- Who funds SHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA ↗
- Who funds GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CORBAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Harding University Inc ↗
- Who funds Fristers ↗
- Who funds HIGH DESERT MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Grand Canyon University ↗
- Who funds ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Oregon Community Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lampstand Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lampstand Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
- Corban University: 3% of income from government
- George Fox University: 2% of income from government
- Sunriver Music Festival: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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