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The Majesty Foundation

THE MAJESTY FOUNDATION exists to extend the reach of the kingdom of god through charitable giving

$257k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$900kInternational$185kArts & Culture$85kYouth Development$71kEducation$58kCrime & Legal$52kCommunity Improvement$26kRecreation & Sports$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $147,700, the rows itemized in this filing. The $256,750 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $109,050 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

  • Under $10k4 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $72k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRACE COMMUNITY CHRUCH$50,200
BARNABAS MINISTRIES$20,000
Alpha USA$20,000
REFUGE FOUNDATION$12,000
KANAKUK KAMPS$10,000
INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN$10,000
EAGLE SPORTS$8,000
Young Life$6,000
PRISON IN THE WILD$6,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$5,500
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 (FY21–22, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Haiti And Africa Relief Team Inc: $8k → 21%Haiti And Africa Relief Team Inc: $7k → 21%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
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
DC
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 22 repeat orgs$228k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
22

Total granted

$1.2M
$203k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+2%

Still filing today

77%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
ReligionInternationalYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • JA
    JONI AND FRIENDS
    3× · 2021–2023 · $105k · revenue +34%
  • AU
    Alpha USA
    4× · 2021–2024 · $100k · revenue +184%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $71k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • TD
    THE DOMINICAN FOUNDATION OF DOMINICAN FRIARS PROVINCE OF ST JO
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • CENTRAL DETROIT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +7%
  • TI
    The International Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue +2%
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
Biglife International Inc

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

Recreation & Sports
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
International Commission Inc

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

Religion
6
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
7
Ambassadors for Christ International - Usa Inc

Ambassadors for Christ International - USA is a fellowship of gospel preachers and teachers whose mission is to preach Christ, edify the Church, and to glorify God and serve as a catalyst for revival, evangelism, and training of Christians…

Religion
8
Christian Resources International

Free worldwide distribution of christian literature

Religion
9
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
10
Youthfront Inc

Interdenomination ministry dedicated to bringing youth into a growing relationship with jesus christ.

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11
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is The International Foundation. 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

30 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. 30 of the 46 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF DETROIT: $286,700 · OtherGRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF DETROITJONI AND FRIENDS: $105,000 · OtherJONI AND FRIENDSKANAKUK KAMPS: $85,000 · OtherKANAKUK KAMPSSEED COMPANY INC: $70,000 · OtherSEED COMPANY INCETERNAL PERSPECTIVE MINISTRIES: $30,219 · Other+21 more: $224,532 · Other+21 moreAlpha USA: $100,000 · ReligionAlpha USACHRISTIAN UNION INC: $46,600 · ReligionCHRISTIAN UNION INCEMBRACE THE TRUTH: $34,500 · ReligionEMBRACE THE TRUTHRENEWAL MINISTRIES INC: $32,500 · ReligionRENEWAL MINISTRIES IN…BARNABAS MINISTRIES OF MICHIGAN: $20,000 · ReligionBARNABAS MINISTRIES O…REFUGE FOUNDATION: $18,000 · ReligionREFUGE FOUNDATIONGENEROUS GIVING INC: $10,000 · Religion+1 more: $7,500 · ReligionHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $40,000 · InternationalHOPE INTER…INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN: $37,500 · InternationalINTERNATIO…CURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $35,000 · InternationalCURE INTER…Favor International Inc: $10,000 · InternationalFavor Inte…Edify: $7,000 · InternationalEdifyYOUNG LIFE: $70,600 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentSoar Detroit: $43,000 · Recreation & SportsGOSPEL VOLUNTEERS INC: $21,660 · Recreation & SportsPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $40,000 · Crime & LegalLIFE BUILDERS: $6,250 · Crime & LegalCHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY: $22,500 · Education
Other$801,451Religion$269,100International$129,500Youth Development$76,100Recreation & Sports$64,660Crime & Legal$46,250Education$22,500

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 budgetJONI AND FRIENDS: $105,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAlpha USA: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $70,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN UNION INC: $46,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSoar Detroit: $43,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN: $37,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEMBRACE THE TRUTH: $34,500 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetRENEWAL MINISTRIES INC: $32,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGOSPEL VOLUNTEERS INC: $21,660 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBARNABAS MINISTRIES OF MICHIGAN: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetREFUGE FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHAITI AND AFRICA RELIEF TEAM INC: $15,480 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetCENTRAL DETROIT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe International Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPRISON IN THE WILD INC: $11,500 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetLIFE REMODELED: $11,001 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFavor International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENEROUS GIVING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS ACROSS AMERICA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEdify: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGROSSE POINTE YACHT CLUB: $6,551 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE BUILDERS: $6,250 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetRIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWE WANT MORE INC: $5,600 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Community Foundation …The Signatry Charitab…Servant FoundationThe Independent Chari…Johns Family Foundati…Catholic Foundation o…The New Horizons Foun…Raymond James Charita…Christian Community F…Natl Christian Charit…Morgan Stanley Global…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO16.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Servant Foundation · The Independent Charitable Gift Fund · Johns Family Foundation · Catholic Foundation of Michigan · The New Horizons Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Majesty Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Majesty Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    2report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Majesty Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Majesty 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 46 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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