Michigan · Public charity
The Sword of the Spirit
To promote the spread of the gospel and the strengthening of god's people- catholic, protestant, and orthodox- worldwide, through a program of active evangelism, christian community formation, doctrinal and moral instruction, ecumenism, and programs for the poor and disadvantaged.
- $61k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $15k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Sword of the Spirit funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $58k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $259k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $135k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $139k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $143k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $129k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work of Christ Community | $288,033 | 6 | 14% |
| Grand Rapids Community Outreach | $178,720 | 5 | n/a |
| Word of Life | $96,582 | 2 | 6% |
| The Servants of the Word | $67,305 | 4 | n/a |
| Triumph of the Cross Community Inc | $60,804 | 1 | 32% |
| Grandly Missions Inc | $58,915 | 1 | 54% |
| University Christian Outreach | $56,820 | 2 | 2% |
| People of God | $45,784 | 3 | 7% |
| Detroit Community Outreach | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
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: Word of Life · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Sword of the Spirit
- How much does The Sword of the Spirit give?
- The Sword of the Spirit reported 1 itemized grants totaling $15,000, out of $60,774 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sword of the Spirit fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (92%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are The Sword of the Spirit's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Work of Christ Community ($288k), Grand Rapids Community Outreach ($179k), Word of Life ($97k).
- Does The Sword of the Spirit fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Sword of the Spirit?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Word of Life, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Sword of the Spirit based?
- The Sword of the Spirit is based in MI.
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