Maryland · Private foundation
The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc
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.
- $285k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $53,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 36
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 33 | $285k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $269k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $233k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $217k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $190k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $176k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $262k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $302k | 3% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury Christian School Inc | $374,310 | 9 | 1% |
| Seaside Christian Academy Inc | $290,900 | 9 | 15% |
| Son Spot Ministries Incorporated | $161,550 | 9 | n/a |
| Christian Shelter Incorporated | $113,400 | 9 | 2% |
| Bible League | $48,100 | 8 | n/a |
| Witness International Inc | $47,540 | 9 | n/a |
| Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation | $46,560 | 9 | 0% |
| Mission to the World Pca Inc | $35,440 | 9 | n/a |
| Delmarva Teen Challenge Inc | $32,350 | 4 | 0% |
| Power Productions Ministries Inc | $27,455 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 33 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury Christian School Inc | $374,310 | 9 | 1% |
| Seaside Christian Academy Inc | $290,900 | 9 | 15% |
| Son Spot Ministries Incorporated | $161,550 | 9 | n/a |
| Christian Shelter Incorporated | $113,400 | 9 | 2% |
| Bible League | $48,100 | 8 | n/a |
| Witness International Inc | $47,540 | 9 | n/a |
| Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation | $46,560 | 9 | 0% |
| Mission to the World Pca Inc | $35,440 | 9 | n/a |
| Delmarva Teen Challenge Inc | $32,350 | 4 | 0% |
| Power Productions Ministries Inc | $27,455 | 9 | n/a |
| Eleven 21 Inc | $25,150 | 5 | 1% |
| Global Service Network Inc | $17,920 | 5 | 0% |
| Bread Ministries Inc | $15,390 | 9 | n/a |
| Overflow Cafe Ministries | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Life | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| CBN Israel Inc | $11,920 | 3 | 0% |
| Asia Connect | $10,800 | 2 | 2% |
| New Life for Girls Inc | $9,540 | 3 | 0% |
| Changing My Stars Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ephesians 5 11 Inc | $3,130 | 6 | 32% |
| Cod Promise Prep Inc | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Equipping Leaders International Inc | $2,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Jews for Jesus | $2,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Chesapeake Chamber Music Inc T/A Chesapeake Music | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Christian Community Center Inc | $1,900 | 3 | 1% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Frontline Ministries Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Gideons International | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Chefs Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith Filled Women Inc | $400 | 1 | 1% |
| The Navigators | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($892k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc
- How much does The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc give?
- The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $284,830 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Religion (32%), Youth Development (11%).
- Who are The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Salisbury Christian School Inc ($374k), Seaside Christian Academy Inc ($291k), Son Spot Ministries Incorporated ($162k).
- Does The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Franklin P and Arthur W Perdue Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation, Community Foundation of the Eastern Shor.
- Where is The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc based?
- The Mustard Seed Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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