· Public charity
The White Rock Fund
The mission of the fund is to support church of christ congregations and ministers for the preaching of the gospel of our lord and savior, jesus christ.
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.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $95k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UPPER VALLEY CHURCH OF CHRIST | $13,200 |
| North Bronx Church of Christ | $13,200 |
| Worcester Church of Christ | $12,000 |
| Dutchess County Church of Christ | $12,000 |
| MANCHESTER CHURCH OF CHRIST | $12,000 |
| NEW MILFORD CHURCH OF CHRIST | $11,160 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,800 |
| Green Mountain Church of Christ | $10,800 |
| KITTERY MAINE CHURCH OF CHRIST | $6,000 |
| Greensburg Church of Christ | $6,000 |
| Horseheads Church of Christ | $6,000 |
| East Side Church of Christ | $5,400 |
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 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 31% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Grants abroad, by region: $115k on the FY2024 return
Schedule F, as filed: 3 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.
Stated purpose: MISSIONARY
Stated purpose: MISSIONARY
Stated purpose: MISSIONARY
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 11% of The White Rock Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 14% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 8%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NMNEW MILFORD CHURCH OF CHRIST7× · 2017–2024 · $114k
- UVUPPER VALLEY CHURCH OF CHRIST7× · 2017–2024 · $89k
- NBNORTH BRONX CHURCH OF CHRIST7× · 2017–2024 · $86k · revenue -23%
Funded once
- PCPINSON CHURCH OF CHRIST - BELGIUMone grant, 2017 · $15k
- BCBLANCO CHRUCH OF CHRISTone grant, 2017 · $12k
- WTWOODLANDS TX CHURCH OF CHRISTone grant, 2017 · $12k
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.
2 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.
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 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 2 of the 43 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The White Rock Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The White Rock Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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