· Private foundation
The Marian & Willie Langston Foundation
Its FY2024 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $120k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $70,000 |
| YELLOWSTONE ACADEMY | $50,000 |
| BREAKAWAY MINISTRIES | $15,377 |
| FIRST LIBERTY | $10,000 |
| CAMP CHO-YEH CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $5,000 |
| YWAM | $4,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IGIndividual grant recipient4× · 2019–2024 · $199k
YELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS7× · 2017–2024 · $123k · revenue -7%- BMBREAKAWAY MINISTRIES INC6× · 2019–2024 · $110k
Funded once
- DGDESIRING GOD MINISTRIESgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +46%
- PCPASSION CHURCH DCone grant, 2018 · $50k
- KKSBJone grant, 2018 · $25k
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.
Likewise Ministry exists to train Christians in the disciple-making strategy of Jesus. Through an in-depth study of the life of Christ, ongoing coaching, and on-location training experiences, learners are equipped to apply Jesus' model to…
Lifewater international is a non-profit christian water development organization dedicated to effectively serving vulnerable children and families by partnering with underserved communities to overcome water poverty.
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…
Living Water International ("Living Water") exists to demonstrate the love of God by helping communities in 17 developing countries acquire desperately needed clean water and to experience "living water" - the gospel of Jesus Christ.
To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.
International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures
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.
Our mission is proclaiming the message of salvation through the saving power of the Holy Spirit to reach the unreached by evangelizing; motivating, mobilizing and organizing the body of Christ.
Partnering with Indigenous Leaders to Spread the Gospel, Serve Others, and Build Community
Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.
Our mission is to multiply the global impact and influence of Christian leaders and pastors throughout their organizations and communities. Our activities involve working with members of the leadership of other exclusively charitable…
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
How this is measured
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 24 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 YELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
- Who funds DESIRING GOD MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds EVERY VILLAGE ↗
- Who funds EAGLES WINGS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds FILTER OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds LifeHouse of Houston Inc ↗
- Who funds Family Legacy Missions International ↗
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: Shell USA Company Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Marian & Willie Langston Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Marian & Willie Langston Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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