Michigan · Private foundation
Two Fish 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.
- $360k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,800
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $225,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 59
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $668k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Two Fish Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 18 | $360k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $121k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 59 | $884k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $900k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 53 | $574k | 68% |
| FY2019 | 42 | $510k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $615k | 74% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $1.7M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvary Undenominational Church | $1,379,121 | 6 | n/a |
| World Reach Inc | $819,874 | 8 | 22% |
| The West Michigan friendship center | $227,298 | 6 | 32% |
| Northpointe Christian Schools | $172,160 | 6 | 1% |
| Fit to Champion Inc | $106,417 | 3 | 64% |
| Our Soul Purpose Inc | $49,700 | 4 | n/a |
| The Evangelical Free Church of America | $39,085 | 3 | n/a |
| Global Training Network Inc | $35,435 | 2 | 0% |
| Our Daughters International | $31,007 | 3 | 1% |
| International Berean Ministries Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 20% |
Show all 53 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvary Undenominational Church | $1,379,121 | 6 | n/a |
| World Reach Inc | $819,874 | 8 | 22% |
| The West Michigan friendship center | $227,298 | 6 | 32% |
| Northpointe Christian Schools | $172,160 | 6 | 1% |
| Fit to Champion Inc | $106,417 | 3 | 64% |
| Our Soul Purpose Inc | $49,700 | 4 | n/a |
| The Evangelical Free Church of America | $39,085 | 3 | n/a |
| Global Training Network Inc | $35,435 | 2 | 0% |
| Our Daughters International | $31,007 | 3 | 1% |
| International Berean Ministries Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Send International Inc | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asbury Theological Seminary | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Haven Missionary Homes | $12,500 | 1 | 13% |
| After Word Music Ministry | $11,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Mission India | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gull Lake Ministries | $9,112 | 2 | 0% |
| Evangelical Alliance Mission | $7,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Multitude Ministries Inc | $7,400 | 7 | n/a |
| Grace Adventures | $7,298 | 2 | 0% |
| Safe Haven Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bangla Ministries Worldwide | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mayfair Bible Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Multiplication Network Ministries | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Huntington University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adoption Associates Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Love Initiative dba Circuit Riders | $3,800 | 1 | 0% |
| The King's Table Ministries | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alpha Grand Rapids | $2,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $2,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Arm Ministries | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Synergy Resource Group | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| G R A C E International Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Tent Schools International | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Christian Family Services Inc | $2,380 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Church | $2,060 | 1 | n/a |
| Forgotten Man Ministries | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Ethnos360 Inc | $1,021 | 1 | n/a |
| Ambassadors for Christ International LTD | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Biglife International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Mothers Touch | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mission French Africa Ministries | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cord Group | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sustainable Faith Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Be Cafe | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Disciples | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Families Through Adoption Inc | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Commission to Every Nation | $562 | 1 | 0% |
| David's House Ministries | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Keystone Community Church | $219 | 1 | n/a |
| Life International | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 136 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Two Fish Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 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: Barnabas Foundation · Gordon Christian Trust · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Bolick Foundation · The Aletheia Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Word Investments Inc · The Lloyd and Mabel Johnson Foundation
How this is measured
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About Two Fish Foundation
- How much does Two Fish Foundation give?
- Two Fish Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $360,275 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 59 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Two Fish Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (58%), Human Services (10%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are Two Fish Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Calvary Undenominational Church ($1.4M), World Reach Inc ($820k), The West Michigan friendship center ($227k).
- Does Two Fish Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Two Fish Foundation 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 Two Fish Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Barnabas Foundation, Gordon Christian Trust, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation.
- Where is Two Fish Foundation based?
- Two Fish Foundation is based in MI.
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