· Public charity
The Rinkle Family Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $8k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $95k
- $250k+1 grant · $264k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HIGHLAND LAKES CRISIS NETWORK | $263,500 |
| SPICEWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH | $95,000 |
| K-LOVE RADIO (EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FDN) | $25,000 |
| LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES OF THE VALLEY | $20,000 |
| NEW GENERATIONS | $20,000 |
| CHAMPION MINISTRIES (GROUNDWIRE) | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those 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.
11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $271k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- EMEDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2025 · $315k · revenue +38%
- SGShepherds Gate5× · 2017–2021 · $193k · revenue +35%
- NGNEW GENERATIONS6× · 2019–2025 · $160k · revenue +32%
Funded once
- BOBLUE OAKS CHURCHone grant, 2020 · $40k
- CMCITYTEAM MINISTRIESgraduated2× · 2017–2018 · $35k · revenue +50%
- KAK-LOVE & AIR1 FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -75%
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.
Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.
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…
The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…
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.
To reach people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…
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.
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…
To encourage Christians to be role models- demonstrating that sharing faith ignites everything one says and does with Gods Promise to Make Everying in Life Work for Good, to move everyone, every day closer to Jesus.
Church:assisting with food and supplies for areas devastated by natural disasters around the world.
Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.
Our mission is meeting the hurting and broken with the gospel of jesus christ. our vision is changing the world through gospel-focused conversations.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 21 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 EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HIGHLAND LAKES CRISIS NETWORK DBA ARK OF HIGHLAND LAKES ↗
- Who funds Shepherds Gate ↗
- Who funds NEW GENERATIONS ↗
- Who funds EXTOLLO INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds Valley Crisis Pregnancy Center ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds PathLight International Inc ↗
- Who funds CITYTEAM MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds K-LOVE & AIR1 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAMP OF THE HILLS ↗
- Who funds SOMEBODY CARES AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds MERCY CHEFS INC ↗
- Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds CHAMPION MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Open Doors With Brother Andrew 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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Servant Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Rinkle Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rinkle Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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