· Private foundation
Tree of Life 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, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $177k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $185k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $100,000 |
| ALPHA OMEGA ACADEMY | $85,000 |
| FELLOWSHIP OF HUNTSVILLE CHURCH | $45,000 |
| GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION | $37,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WALKER COUNTY | $25,000 |
| CARE CENTER HUNTSVILLE | $25,000 |
| RESTORE TEXAS MINISTRIES | $25,000 |
| CASA OF WALKER COUNTY | $10,000 |
| SAAFE HOUSE | $10,000 |
| CAMPUS OUTREACH HOUSTON | $5,000 |
| MISSION VALLEY ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| ISAIAH 117 HOUSE | $2,000 |
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 (FY18–24, $130k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 2 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, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RTRESTORE TEXAS MINISTRIES5× · 2018–2024 · $151k · revenue +37%
- BGBoys & Girls Club of Walker County Texas Inc5× · 2018–2024 · $110k · revenue +49%
- SHSAAFE HOUSE4× · 2020–2024 · $36k · revenue +74%
Funded once
- FPFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHone grant, 2018 · $17k
- COCAMPUS OUTREACHone grant, 2018 · $6k
- BTBEHIND THE WALLS MINISTRYone grant, 2018 · $4k
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.
To care for the needy, share the good news of jesus christ and change lives by providing counseling, life skill training, dignity gained through work and christ-centered discipleship.
Rahab House is deeply committed to the rescue, refuge, and restoration of human trafficking survivors. We provide comprehensive support that encompasses immediate safety and connections to long-term restorative care in alignment with the…
The rescue missions purpose is to provide food, housing , and transportation in emergency situations to local residents and transients, Those served are spiritually ministered.
Christain Home
Housing the homeless
Biblical counseling
Calvary rescue mission is a haven for the homeless in memphis. for all time, it has been to reach out and minister to the needs of each person regardless of race, color, or creed. we furnish a clean shower, clothing, bed, along with the…
To help those struggling in a personal crisis find relief and disciple them into a christ-centered lifestyle through a ministry of reconciliation, applying the truth of scripture, working with others and sharing in fellowship with those…
Ministry that turns men from addiction to Jesus Christ by daily engaging them in spiritual, physical and financial guidance and goals
Religious and counselling
Shepherd's heart is a biblically centered, clinically informed counseling ministry that offers comfort, hope, and healing to those struggling with spiritual, relational, emotional, or mental health issues.
The good samaritan house enriches the lives of homeless women and children by supporting them in a loving christian environment. while providing safe and temporary housing, basic human needs and supportive services, the good samaritan…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 22 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 GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION ↗
- Who funds RESTORE TEXAS MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds Boys & Girls Club of Walker County Texas Inc ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds SAAFE HOUSE ↗
- Who funds DeliverFund ↗
- Who funds MISSION VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IN ↗
- Who funds ISAIAH 117 HOUSE ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY LAKE COUNTY AREA 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 · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Tree of Life Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tree of Life Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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