Skip to content

Texas · Charitable trust

The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust

To support, or carry out the purposes of, the class of 501(c)(3), 509(a)(1), & 509(a)(2) organizations (the "supported class") that promote/perform education and/or christian activities, including (but not limited to) christian evangelism, edification and stewardship.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
18
Itemized grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
Read the full brief
Itemized, FY2024
$1.5M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$360,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 15
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$32M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
ReligionHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitInternationalEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving16$1.0M25%
FY202313$955k23%
FY202215$730k47%
FY202115$1.1M47%
FY202011$827k18%
FY201914$990k29%
FY201812$1.4M33%
FY201713$1.1Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$7.8MRecreation & Sports$1.0MFood & Nutrition$535kPublic Benefit$425kYouth Development$400kEducation$351kHuman Services$310kInternational$275kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
KY
VA
KS
NC
DC
OK
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New Generations$1,030,00073%
Luis Palau Association$1,012,00082%
World Sports Inc$1,000,000611%
Alleluu$534,500256%
Lance Wallnau Ministries Inc$500,00036%
Dr James Dobson Family Institute$450,00024%
Military Community Youth Ministries$400,00083%
USATransform$275,00013%
Regent University$241,00030%
Concerned Women for America$230,00051%
Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New Generations$1,030,00073%
Luis Palau Association$1,012,00082%
World Sports Inc$1,000,000611%
Alleluu$534,500256%
Lance Wallnau Ministries Inc$500,00036%
Dr James Dobson Family Institute$450,00024%
Military Community Youth Ministries$400,00083%
USATransform$275,00013%
Regent University$241,00030%
Concerned Women for America$230,00051%
Messianic Jewish Alliance of Amer$220,0004n/a
Samaritan's Purse$165,00050%
Made to Flourish Inc$150,000331%
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies$150,00060%
Stone Ridge Foundation National Center for Healthy Veterans$145,00023%
Options United$120,00069%
Million Voices Inc$100,0001n/a
Gateway Church$100,0001n/a
The Denver Institute$100,00024%
4africa$100,00013%
Fullness of Glory Ministries$90,000217%
International Antioch Ministries Inc$90,00022%
Sentinel Group$87,500220%
Onecry Global Ministries Inc$75,00028%
Cityteam Ministries$75,00010%
InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA$60,0003n/a
Heart of a Chanpion$60,00026%
Sinapis Group Inc$50,00012%
Museum of the Bible$50,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$50,00010%
Independent Women's Forum$50,00010%
At Work on Purpose$50,000110%
Evangel World Prayer Center of Ky$49,3001n/a
Foundations for Families$40,000223%
Alpha USA$40,00020%
Dare 2 Share Ministries$25,00011%
Antioch Ministries International$25,0001n/a
Sports Catalyst Inc$25,00010%
United Rescue Alliance Inc$25,00013%
Kingdom Journey$25,0001n/a
Maranatha Christian Mission$25,0001n/a
Unite Life$20,00010%
Bethany Church$15,0001n/a
Somebody Cares America Inc$10,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Where it is load-bearing

The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew Generations: $1,030,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetLuis Palau Association: $1,012,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetWorld Sports Inc: $1,000,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetAlleluu: $534,500 over 2y, 56% of budgetLance Wallnau Ministries Inc: $500,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetDr James Dobson Family Institute: $450,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetMilitary Community Youth Ministries: $400,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetUSATransform: $275,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetRegent University: $241,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetConcerned Women for America: $230,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $165,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMade to Flourish Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetThe Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetStone Ridge Foundation National Center for Healthy Veterans: $145,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetOptions United: $120,000 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetThe Denver Institute: $100,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budget4africa: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetFullness of Glory Ministries: $90,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetInternational Antioch Ministries Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSentinel Group: $87,500 over 2y, 20% of budgetOnecry Global Ministries Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetCityteam Ministries: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHeart of a Chanpion: $60,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetSinapis Group Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMuseum of the Bible: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Women's Forum: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAt Work on Purpose: $50,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetFoundations for Families: $40,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetAlpha USA: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDare 2 Share Ministries: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSports Catalyst Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Rescue Alliance Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetUnite Life: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSomebody Cares America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Christian Community Foundation IncCO33× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · International Generosity Foundation Trust · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Agape Foundation Charitable Trust · Donors Trust Inc · Moriah Foundation · American Endowment Foundation

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.

Compare The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust with peer funders

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust 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.

About The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust

How much does The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust give?
The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust reported 18 itemized grants totaling $1,470,000, out of $1,515,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (66%), Recreation & Sports (9%), Food & Nutrition (4%).
Who are The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: New Generations ($1.0M), Luis Palau Association ($1.0M), World Sports Inc ($1.0M).
Does The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation, The Signatry Charitable Trust.
Where is The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust based?
The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust is based in TX.

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 47 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Living Stones’ filings →

More from the funding graph