· Private foundation
Thee Mustard Seed 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.
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.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k5 grants · $139k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $869k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| URBAN IMPACT | $493,435 |
| JACO BOOYENS MINISTRIES | $403,462 |
| RON BURTON TRAINING VILLAGE | $373,000 |
| BY THE HAND CLUB FOR KIDS | $200,000 |
| PINE STREET INN | $185,000 |
| ELEVATE NEW ENGLAND INC | $125,000 |
| THE COREY C GRIFFIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| TEREBINTH REFUGE | $100,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL (GHANA) | $95,369 |
| ST MARY AND ST SCHOLASTICA PRIORY | $64,050 |
| CHILL FOUNDATION | $45,000 |
| ST ANDRE BESSETTE PARISH | $40,000 |
| THE COUNTRY FOOD TRUST | $26,110 |
| CAMPAIGN FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS | $14,000 |
| HEART OF THE FATHER MINISTRIES | $13,695 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 83% of grant dollars ($13M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 17% that went abroad ($2.5M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 17% of all-years giving ($2.5M)
3 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $568k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RBRon Burton Training Village Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +447%
COREY C GRIFFIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +519%- BTBy The Hand Club For Kids7× · 2018–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +39%
Funded once
- HTHOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCHone grant, 2019 · $300k
- DODaughters of Mary Mother of Healing Lovegraduatedone grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue +83%
- AOARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON - CARDINAL'S INSPIRING HOPE CAMPAIGNone grant, 2023 · $200k
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.
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.
Enable christian organizations worldwide to initiate and strenghten ministries that lead people to become followers of jesus and transform communities out of cycles of poverty and disease.
To help believers who are in need of spiritual, mental, emotional and relational healing experience intimacy with God and one another.
To share the Love of Jesus Christ through action, words, and deeds by providing holistic services that minister to children and families.
Christian movement dedicated to presenting Jesus Christ personally to this generation
FFICM helps new believers build a firm foundation for their faith based on a strong relationship with Christ. FFICM programs teach how to follow up with new believers and enable them to have a strong relationship with Christ.
Life teen is a missionary youth movement within the catholic church. we believe that eucharist-based ministry has the power to transform teens, transform parishes, and transform culture. our top priorities are resourcing and (continued on…
To be the love of christ to uganda's orphaned and vulnerable children, equipping them to become authentic godly leaders that transform generations
Our vision is for churches and Christian organizations to be filled with leaders who place spiritual formation, discernment, and renewal above all other leadership priorities. Our mission is to cultivate vibrant spirituality and attentive…
This organization exists to restore men and women to live from their heart - as God's intimate allies - by recovering the treasure of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, entrusting that message to the people who have been transformed by it, and to…
Transforming lives in the Ville through access to supportive services and efficacy.
The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 56 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 Ron Burton Training Village Inc ↗
- Who funds COREY C GRIFFIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds By The Hand Club For Kids ↗
- Who funds URBAN IMPACT OF BLACK ROCK INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR SURVIVOR CARE INC ↗
- Who funds SHARETOGETHER ORG ↗
- Who funds CAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
- Who funds ELEVATE NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
- Who funds Daughters of Mary Mother of Healing Love ↗
- Who funds Heart of the Father Ministries ↗
- Who funds BUILD THE FAITH INC ↗
- Who funds Urban Impact ↗
- Who funds CHILL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TEREBINTH REFUGE ↗
- Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN ↗
- Who funds Kids Alive International Inc ↗
- Who funds THE WELLHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds DO IT FOR THE LOVE ↗
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thee Mustard Seed Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thee Mustard Seed Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
- Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
- Chill Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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