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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 FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$360k
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 2024.

Religion$7.8MRecreation & Sports$1.0MFood & Nutrition$535kPublic Benefit$425kYouth Development$400kEducation$351kHuman Services$310kInternational$275kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $1,470,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,515,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $45,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $990k
  • $250k+1 grant · $360k
$50,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$32M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WATERSTONE (CHRISTIAN COMM FOUNDATION)$360,000
LANCE WALLNAU MINISTRIES INC (FOR FURNISHING FAMILIES OF TX)$240,000
NEW GENERATIONS$150,000
NEW HORIZONS FOUNDATION INC$100,000
LUIS PALAU EVANGELISTIC ASSOC$75,000
NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTHY VETERANS$75,000
MADE TO FLOURISH INC$50,000
SINAPIS GROUP INC$50,000
INDEPENDENT WOMEN'S FORUM$50,000
MILITARY COMMUNITY YOUTH MINISTRIES$50,000
MESSIANIC JEWISH ALLIANCE OF AMERICA$50,000
DENVER INSTITUTE FOR FAITH & WORK$50,000
MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE$50,000
FULLNESS OF GLORY MINISTRIES$40,000
MARANATHA CHRISTIAN MISSION INC$25,000
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 (FY17–24, $310k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%OPTIONS UNITED: $20k → 10%FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $20k → 9%MADE TO FLOURISH INC: $50k → 5%OPTIONS UNITED: $20k → 10%FOUNDATIONS FOR FAMILIES: $20k → 9%MADE TO FLOURISH INC: $50k → 5%OPTIONS UNITED: $20k → 10%MADE TO FLOURISH INC: $50k → 5%OPTIONS UNITED: $20k → 10%OPTIONS UNITED: $20k → 10%OPTIONS UNITED: $20k → 10%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
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
KY
VA
KS
NC
DC
OK
LA
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.0M · 24 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +50% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
16

Total granted

$7.0M
$969k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+50%

Still filing today

88%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k 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
ReligionHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitEducationInternationalOther
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

  • NG
    NEW GENERATIONS
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +160%
  • LP
    Luis Palau Association
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +54%
  • WS
    WORLD SPORTS INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • U
    USATransformgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $275k · revenue +44%
  • MV
    MILLION VOICES INC
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • GC
    GATEWAY CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
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
Christianity Today International

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.

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
International Leadership Institute

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…

Religion
4
Youth for Christ International Ministries

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.

Religion
5
Leadership Resources International

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

Religion
6
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
7
Union Foundation Us

Rigorous biblical and accessible education, training and resources for churches worldwide.

Religion
8
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
9
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
10
Bible Thinker Inc

Bible Thinker, Inc is a ministry dedicated to equipping people to think and live biblically. There are three main areas of teaching that we focus on:1. Teaching accurate theology based on exegeting the text of the Bible and confronting…

Religion
11
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
12
The Urban Alternative

The Urban Alternative is a Christian Ministry that seeks to equip, empower, and unite Christians to impact individuals, families, churches, and communities for the rebuilding of lives from the inside out.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Onecry Global Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alleluu. 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

39 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. 39 of the 47 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/39
Grantees still filing
27/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW GENERATIONS: $1,030,000 · ReligionNEW GENERATIONSLuis Palau Association: $1,012,000 · ReligionLuis Palau AssociationLANCE WALLNAU MINISTRIES INC: $500,000 · ReligionLANCE WALLNAU MINISTRIES INCDr James Dobson Family Institute: $450,000 · ReligionDr James Dobson Family InstituteUSATransform: $275,000 · ReligionUSATransformSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $165,000 · Religion+10 more: $650,000 · Religion+10 moreCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,580,025 · PhilanthropyCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $150,000 · PhilanthropyALLELUU: $534,500 · OtherALLELUUMILITARY COMMUNITY YOUTH MINISTRIES: $400,000 · OtherMILITARY COMMUNITY YO…REGENT UNIVERSITY: $241,000 · OtherREGENT UNIVERSITYMESSIANIC JEWISH ALLIANCE OF AMER: $220,000 · OtherMESSIANIC JEWISH ALLI…THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $150,000 · OtherTHE FEDERALIST SOCIET…MILLION VOICES INC: $100,000 · OtherGATEWAY CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherSENTINEL GROUP: $87,500 · Other+11 more: $389,300 · Other+11 moreWORLD SPORTS INC: $1,000,000 · Recreation & SportsWORLD SPOR…HEART OF A CHANPION: $60,000 · Recreation & SportsHEART OF A…+1 more: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: $230,000 · Public BenefitSTONE RIDGE FOUNDATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTHY VETERANS: $145,000 · Public BenefitMADE TO FLOURISH INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesOPTIONS UNITED: $120,000 · Human ServicesFOUNDATIONS FOR FAMILIES: $40,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human Services4AFRICA: $100,000 · International
Religion$4,082,000Philanthropy$3,730,025Other$2,222,300Recreation & Sports$1,085,000Public Benefit$375,000Human Services$320,000International$100,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,580,025 over 8y, 1.1% of 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 budgetThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 budgetINTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION TRUST: $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
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.

Christian Community F…Servant FoundationThe Signatry Charitab…The Maclellan Foundat…Chattanooga Christian…Natl Christian Charit…International Generos…Greater Houston Commu…Agape Foundation Char…Donors Trust IncMoriah FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 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.

    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.

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