· Private foundation
Votum Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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–50k4 grants · $100k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $1.0M
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WARNER UNIVERSITY | $250,000 |
| OHIO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY | $200,000 |
| WORLD HOPE INTERNATIONAL | $200,000 |
| EQUIP LEADERSHIP INC | $200,000 |
| WORLD GOSPEL MISSION (WGM) | $150,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $100,000 |
| INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| ERSKINE COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| RADIO TRAINING NETWORK | $45,000 |
| MY MEDIC CHARITIES | $25,000 |
| CIRCLE OF FRIENDS | $20,000 |
| H-3 ADVENTURES | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% of its 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 +35% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 7 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, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FFFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC3× · 2019–2023 · $1.7M · revenue +62%
- IWINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY7× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +22%
- ELEQUIP Leadership Inc5× · 2019–2024 · $750k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- HCHIGHLANDS COLLEGEone grant, 2023 · $500k
- LTLILIAS TROTTER LEGACY INCone grant, 2020 · $450k · revenue -91% · 85% of their budget
- EMEQUIP MINISTRIES INCone grant, 2017 · $100k
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.
In partnership with the church, the purpose of william jessup university is to educate transformational leaders for the glory of god.
Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the…
Trinity Western University's mission is to produce positive, goal-oriented graduates with thoroughly Christian minds-growing disciples of Jesus Christ who glorify God through fulfilling the Great Commission, serving God and people in…
Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.
Biola university is a private christian university located in southern california. for over 116 years, biola has stood out as an institution grounded on biblically centered education, intentional spiritual development, and career…
Founded by the norwegian evangelical lutheran church in 1861, luther college is a four-year, residential liberal arts institution. luther welcomes students of all backgrounds to engage in a way of learning that moves beyond immediate…
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
See schedule o. founded in 1902, university of northwestern - st. paul is a nondenominational christian university that integrates the educational philosophy of "faith, learning and living" through two focuses: higher education and media.…
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Moody Bible Institute is a higher education and media ministry that exists to equip people with the truth of God's word to be maturing followers of Christ who are making disciples around the world. Moody is best known for its education…
Gcu serves the global church by educating mission leaders to fulfill the great commission of jesus christ. gcu accomplishes this mission through a comprehensive program of biblical and general education, christ-centered service and…
The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 34 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 World Hope International Inc ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds Wheaton College ↗
- Who funds INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds EQUIP Leadership Inc ↗
- Who funds LILIAS TROTTER LEGACY INC ↗
- Who funds OHIO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LAKE WALES CARE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL MUSLIM OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds United Way of Central Florida Inc ↗
- Who funds RADIO TRAINING NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR BIBLICAL HIGHER EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Erskine College and Theological Seminary ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL ↗
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: Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Duke Energy Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Votum Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Votum Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Lake Wales Care Center Inc: 0% of income from government
- Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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