· Private foundation
Usher Family 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k121 grants · $172k
- $10k–50k44 grants · $801k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Prison Fellowship | $50,000 |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | $39,000 |
| Christ Church of Fox Chapel | $37,400 |
| Pittsburgh Kids Foundation | $37,000 |
| Family Guidance | $32,500 |
| Pastoral Leadership Institute | $30,000 |
| David Horowitz Foundation | $30,000 |
| Lauren Mountain Christian Camp | $30,000 |
| Lutheran Disaster Response Hurricane Helene | $30,000 |
| Imani Christian Academy | $30,000 |
| Grove City College | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| Pine Valley Camp Community Fdn of WPa& E OH | $25,000 |
| Youth Overcome United | $25,000 |
| Blessing Board | $22,250 |
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 (FY20–24, $663k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 70% 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
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 +19% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
153 repeat relationships: 106 still active in FY2024, 47 since wound down; 57 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, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $350k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TBTHE BLESSING BOARD5× · 2020–2024 · $385k · revenue +59%
- FGFAMILY GUIDANCE INC5× · 2020–2024 · $198k · revenue +4%
- HHHOSANNA HOUSE INC4× · 2021–2024 · $180k · revenue +0%
Funded once
- PFPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIESone grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue +13%
- CHChildren's Hospital Fdn of Pghone grant, 2021 · $125k
- PVPine Valley Camp (Comm Fdn of WPA & EOH)one grant, 2022 · $50k
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.
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…
Faith in public life's mission is to advance the moral imperative for a just, inclusive and equitable country that allows each of us to live into our full humanity. we do this by building power and cultures of belongings among diverse…
The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…
Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.
How this is measured
145 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. 145 of the 329 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds THE BLESSING BOARD ↗
- Who funds FAMILY GUIDANCE INC ↗
- Who funds HOSANNA HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH KIDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PASTORAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds PINE VALLEY BIBLE CONFERENCE ↗
- Who funds SOUTH EAST ASIA PRAYER CENTER ↗
- Who funds DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER ↗
- Who funds IMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Conservative Partnership Institute ↗
- Who funds IMPACT AFRICA INC ↗
- Who funds SENECA HILLS BIBLE CONFERENCE ↗
- Who funds GROVE CITY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN ASSOCIATION OF MISSIONARIES AND PILOTS US ↗
- Who funds LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds ONE BY ONE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COALITION FOR CHRISTIAN OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER ↗
- Who funds Adams Quest ↗
- Who funds CR JRS CHIP ↗
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: The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust · Donors Trust Inc · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Allegheny Foundation · Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation · Equitrans Midstream Foundation · Upmc Group · Brooks Foundation · Massey Charitable Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Usher Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Usher Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
- National House of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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