Illinois · Private foundation
Tru Needs Inc
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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $450,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $543k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Tru Needs Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 6 | $1.4M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $400k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $524k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $325k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $333k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $87k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $123k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $478k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Way Ministries | $365,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Cure International Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chosen People Ministries Inc | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Love the Nations Inc | $175,000 | 3 | 25% |
| Heart for Lebanon Foundation | $120,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Waterstep Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Christs Hope U S a Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Chosen People Ministries Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Hope Academy | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ogden Dunes Community Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Way Ministries | $365,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Cure International Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chosen People Ministries Inc | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Love the Nations Inc | $175,000 | 3 | 25% |
| Heart for Lebanon Foundation | $120,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Waterstep Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Christs Hope U S a Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Chosen People Ministries Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Hope Academy | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ogden Dunes Community Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission Aviation Fellowship | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Relief International | $15,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Cross Commission | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Agape Flights Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Ball One Village Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| China Aid Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bayou City Fellowship | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Mailbox Club Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Matthew 25 Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Evangelical Free Church of America | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healing Kadi Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Frontline Foundations Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Tru Needs Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Tru Needs Inc
- How much does Tru Needs Inc give?
- Tru Needs Inc reported 6 grants totaling $1,410,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Tru Needs Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Religion (30%), International (27%).
- Who are Tru Needs Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: One Way Ministries ($365k), Cure International Inc ($250k), Chosen People Ministries Inc ($200k).
- Does Tru Needs Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tru Needs Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tru Needs Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is Tru Needs Inc based?
- Tru Needs Inc is based in IL.
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