Maryland · Public charity
Word Among US Inc
The word among us helps over 2 million digitally and over 700,000 readers in print to be changed through a life-changing encounter with jesus christ in daily prayer and scripture.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $76,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $450,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Word Among US 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 | 10 | $1.2M | 30% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.2M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $887k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $736k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $659k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $658k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love of Christ Foundation Inc | $4,730,000 | 8 | 100% |
| Partners in Evangelism Inc | $1,560,000 | 8 | 10% |
| The Sword of the Spirit | $684,000 | 8 | 28% |
| Pattys Place Inc | $450,000 | 1 | 77% |
| Archdiocese of Baltimore Chancery Inc | $341,078 | 8 | n/a |
| Jacksonville Catholic Communityinc | $130,500 | 8 | 21% |
| Triumph of the Cross Community Inc | $120,000 | 8 | 11% |
| Archdiocese for the Military Services USA | $80,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Life Perspectives | $71,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Holy Family Catholic Community of Middletown Inc | $43,524 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love of Christ Foundation Inc | $4,730,000 | 8 | 100% |
| Partners in Evangelism Inc | $1,560,000 | 8 | 10% |
| The Sword of the Spirit | $684,000 | 8 | 28% |
| Pattys Place Inc | $450,000 | 1 | 77% |
| Archdiocese of Baltimore Chancery Inc | $341,078 | 8 | n/a |
| Jacksonville Catholic Communityinc | $130,500 | 8 | 21% |
| Triumph of the Cross Community Inc | $120,000 | 8 | 11% |
| Archdiocese for the Military Services USA | $80,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Life Perspectives | $71,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Holy Family Catholic Community of Middletown Inc | $43,524 | 4 | n/a |
| Christlife Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 3% |
| National Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of the US | $21,500 | 3 | 2% |
| The Vigil Project Inc | $13,500 | 1 | 4% |
| St Pauls Outreach Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of Washington | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Companions of the Cross (Us) | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Healing Ministries Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| The Servants of the Word | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Word Among US Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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.
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How this is measured
About Word Among US Inc
- How much does Word Among US Inc give?
- Word Among US Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $1,177,500, out of $1,264,100 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Word Among US Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (66%), Philanthropy (28%), Housing & Shelter (5%).
- Who are Word Among US Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Love of Christ Foundation Inc ($4.7M), Partners in Evangelism Inc ($1.6M), The Sword of the Spirit ($684k).
- Does Word Among US Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Word Among US Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc, American Endowment Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Word Among US Inc based?
- Word Among US Inc is based in MD.
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