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The Overton Family Foundation at a glance

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The Overton Family 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.

$470k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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$1.7MHousing & Shelter$328kHuman Services$207kInternational$139kYouth Development$138kEducation$104kFood & Nutrition$99kHealth$94kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $83k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $337k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$8.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MERCY CHEFS INC$50,000
LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH$42,500
UNION MISSION$40,500
PRD INC$37,750
FULLY ALIVE CHURCH$30,000
OPERATIONS BLESSING INTERNATIONAL$21,000
CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER$18,500
NEIGHBORHOOD$18,000
RIVER OAK CHURCH$17,000
REGENT UNIVERSITY$15,000
STONEBRIDGE SCHOOL$15,000
OAKTREE ACADEMY$15,000
YOUNG LIFE$13,000
MT AIRY CENTER$12,500
ADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONS$11,250
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $270k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NELLY'S HOUSE INC: $23k → 10%MERCY CHEFS INC: $50k → 9%NELLY'S HOUSE INC: $20k → 10%NELLY'S HOUSE INC: $18k → 10%MERCY CHEFS INC: $25k → 9%NELLY'S HOUSE INC: $15k → 10%MERCY CHEFS INC: $24k → 9%NELLY'S HOUSE INC: $15k → 10%MERCY CHEFS INC: $20k → 9%NELLY'S HOUSE INC: $5k → 10%MERCY CHEFS INC: $20k → 9%NELLY'S HOUSE INC: $5k → 10%MERCY CHEFS INC: $15k → 9%MERCY CHEFS INC: $10k → 9%MERCY CHEFS INC: $8k → 9%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

MN
MI
NV
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
SC
LA
GA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 43 repeat orgs$126k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against -53% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
14

Total granted

$2.9M
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
-53%

Still filing today

51%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 ServicesEducationPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNION MISSION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $328k · revenue +39%
  • JA
    Just A Preacher Ministries Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $225k · revenue +20%
  • MC
    MERCY CHEFS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $171k · revenue +738%

Funded once

  • RM
    RELENTLESS MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • FB
    FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • MA
    MOODY ADAMS EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
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
Gospel Lifeline Ministries

The mission is to train and equip leaders. To help all believers reach their full potential and divine destiny, that they may become all that God has called them to be.

Religion
2
Spirit Invasion Ministries

Spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Religion
3
North America Bible Institute

North America Bible Institute (NABI) is an evangelical graduate school, made up of students who are diverse in both ethnicity and ministry aims -- but united in great love for Jesus and his gospel. As a graduate school, NABI offers them…

Education
4
Jesus Ministries International

Promote christian religion through conferences and group meetings.

Religion
5
Training Pastors International

Training pastors in third world countries

Religion
6
New Life International Christian Ministry Inc

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.

Religion
7
Gods Promise Ministries International

Religious Purposes

Housing & Shelter
8
Grateful Shepherd Ministries

Training pastors and leaders in christian faith

Religion
9
International Impact Ministries in
Religion
10
Heart Bridge International

Heart Bridge International exists to equip and empower Christians around the world to fulfill the Great Commission. The organization provides free ministry training, discipleship resources, and practical coaching to under-resourced…

Religion
11
Explore God Network
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12
Asia Us Impact

Religious

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

29 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. 29 of the 62 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH: $214,000 · OtherLIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCHPRD INC: $192,250 · OtherPRD INCRIVER OAK CHURCH: $176,000 · OtherRIVER OAK CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $137,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHARVEST FELLOWSHIP: $123,000 · OtherHARVEST FELLOWSHIPADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONS: $116,250 · OtherADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONSCRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $88,500 · OtherCRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER+33 more: $468,500 · Other+33 moreTHE UNION MISSION: $328,000 · Human ServicesTHE UNION MISSIONMERCY CHEFS INC: $171,000 · Human ServicesMERCY CHEFS INCNELLYS HOUSE: $99,000 · Human ServicesNELLYS HOUSEFREEKIND: $48,000 · Human ServicesFREEKIND+1 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesJust A Preacher Ministries Inc: $225,000 · ReligionJust A Preacher M…NEW LIFE MINISTRIES: $70,000 · ReligionNEW LIFE MINISTRI…PAUL TRIPP MINISTRIES INC: $65,000 · ReligionPAUL TRIPP MINIST…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $30,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSEURBAN DISCOVERY MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 · ReligionURBAN DISCOVERY M…SEMILLA INC: $23,500 · Religion+4 more: $28,000 · Religion+4 moreYOUNG LIFE: $137,500 · Youth DevelopmentSTONEBRIDGE SCHOOL: $47,000 · EducationGTI HOPE: $40,000 · EducationFAITH BIBLE COLLEGE: $17,000 · EducationLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 · EducationNeighborhood: $65,500 · EmploymentFreedom 4 24: $39,000 · International
Other$1,516,000Human Services$666,000Religion$466,500Youth Development$137,500Education$109,000Employment$65,500International$39,000

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 budgetTHE UNION MISSION: $328,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetJust A Preacher Ministries Inc: $225,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $171,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $137,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONS: $116,250 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNELLYS HOUSE: $99,000 over 7y, 22% of budgetNEW LIFE MINISTRIES: $70,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNeighborhood: $65,500 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetPAUL TRIPP MINISTRIES INC: $65,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetFREEKIND: $48,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetSTONEBRIDGE SCHOOL: $47,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGTI HOPE: $40,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetFreedom 4 24: $39,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR SUFFOLK: $27,500 over 3y, 13% of budgetURBAN DISCOVERY MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetSEMILLA INC: $23,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: $22,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetREACH ROMANIA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFAITH BIBLE COLLEGE: $17,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetREGENT UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLORD MUSIC INC: $7,500 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetMOUNTAIN OF LIGHT INC: $7,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetSTONE RIDGE FOUNDATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTHY VETERANS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYouth With A Mission Minneapolis: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBlue Skies Ministries Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBarnabas Global Link Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 5.2% 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.

  • Who funds THE UNION MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Just A Preacher Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds MERCY CHEFS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds ADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONS ↗
  • Who funds NELLYS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds NEW LIFE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Neighborhood ↗
  • Who funds PAUL TRIPP MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEKIND ↗
  • Who funds STONEBRIDGE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GTI HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Freedom 4 24 ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR SUFFOLK ↗
  • Who funds URBAN DISCOVERY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SEMILLA INC ↗
  • Who funds CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds REACH ROMANIA INC ↗
  • Who funds FAITH BIBLE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds REGENT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc ↗

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.

Hampton Roads Communi…Sentara HealthServant FoundationThe Christian Broadca…United Way of South H…Dominion Energy Chari…Renaissance Charitabl…Natl Christian Charit…The US Charitable Gif…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
Hampton Roads Community FoundationVA19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · Sentara Health · Servant Foundation · The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Overton Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Overton Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%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
    2get no government money at all
    1report 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.

    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 62 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-PF 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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