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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 FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$450k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$5.5MPhilanthropy$2.3MHousing & Shelter$450kHealth$41kHuman Services$30k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $1,177,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,264,100 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $86,600 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $64k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $414k
  • $250k+2 grants · $700k
$76,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PATTY'A PLACE$450,000
THE LOVE OF CHRIST FOUNDATION$250,000
PARTNERS IN EVANGELISM$208,000
ARCHDIOCESE OF BALTIMORE$130,000
THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT$76,000
JACKSONVILLE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY$15,000
TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS COMMUNITY$15,000
THE VIGIL PROJECT$13,500
ST PAUL OUTREACH$10,000
ARCHDIOCESE FOR MILITARY SERVICES$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PATTY'A PLACE: $450k → 19%PARTNERS IN EVANGELISM: $226k → 6%PARTNERS IN EVANGELISM: $226k → 6%Partners in Evangelization: $208k → 6%Partners in Evangelism: $208k → 6%Partners in Evangelism: $208k → 6%PARTNERS IN EVANGELISM: $208k → 6%Partners In Evangelization: $148k → 6%Partners In Evangelism: $128k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
MI
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
LA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.8M · 11 repeat orgs$513k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
5

Total granted

$7.8M
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-5%
+25%

Still filing today

73%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $474k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PI
    PARTNERS IN EVANGELISM INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +94%
  • LP
    LIFE PERSPECTIVES
    6× · 2018–2023 · $71k · revenue +100%
  • CI
    CHRISTLIFE INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $28k · revenue +168%

Funded once

  • AO
    Archdiocese of Washington
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • TC
    THE COMPANIONS OF THE CROSS
    one grant, 2021 · $9k · revenue +3%
  • CH
    CHRISTIAN HEALING MINISTRIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +25%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Ministerio Yo Soy La Puerta

Religious

Religion
2
Faithbytheword Incorporated

As Christs followers, we have the Holy Spirit residing within us, which means we have His power to fulfill this command. We cant save anyone, but its our responsibility to tell people about the God who can. How will they believe unless…

Human Services
3
McEachron Ministries

McEachron Ministries has been organized for the sole purpose of ministering to the body of Christ and preaching the Gospel message of Jesus Christ . We will minister throughout local communities around the United States and the world. We…

Religion
4
Jesus in Vietnam Ministries
Religion
5
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America Cathedral Church of St Paul

Religious

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6
More International Ministries

To spread the gospel of jesus christ through crusades

Religion
7
Fr Joseph K Bill Ministries Inc

To the advancement of Religion and Religious teachings and beliefs in the Roman Catholic faith to create a healing environment through retreats evangelism and educational training

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8
Our Lady of Ephesus House of Prayer

Church- house of prayer. to provide facilities for the personal growth of individuals through reflection and prayer in the roman catholic tradition. pesonal prayer, reflection, reading, religious videos, station of the cross, rosary, mass,…

Religion
9
Ministerio Vida Tv

To transform lives through the teaching of the Wor of God, preserving and spreading faith in Jesus Christ

Religion
10
Gods Promise Ministries International

Religious Purposes

Housing & Shelter
11
Filipino Cursillos in Christianity La
Religion
12
Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry Inc

To glorify god by equipping the church with proper christian doctrine and to help non-believers come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Love of Christ Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pattys Place Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 19 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
5/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOVE OF CHRIST FOUNDATION INC: $4,730,000 · ReligionLOVE OF CHRIST FOUNDATION INCTHE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT: $684,000 · ReligionTHE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT+4 more: $279,500 · ReligionPARTNERS IN EVANGELISM INC: $1,560,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERS IN EVANGELISM INCPattys Place Inc: $450,000 · Human ServicesPattys Place IncLIFE PERSPECTIVES: $71,000 · Human ServicesARCHDIOCESE OF BALTIMORE CHANCERY INC: $341,078 · OtherARCHDIOCESE FOR THE MILITARY SERVICES USA: $80,000 · OtherHOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF MIDDLETOWN INC: $43,524 · OtherCHRISTLIFE INC: $27,500 · Other+5 more: $41,500 · OtherTHE VIGIL PROJECT INC: $13,500 · Arts & Culture
Religion$5,693,500Human Services$2,081,000Other$533,602Arts & Culture$13,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLOVE OF CHRIST FOUNDATION INC: $4,730,000 over 8y, 100% of budgetPARTNERS IN EVANGELISM INC: $1,560,000 over 8y, 9.9% of budgetTHE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT: $684,000 over 8y, 28% of budgetPattys Place Inc: $450,000 over 1y, 77% of budgetJACKSONVILLE CATHOLIC COMMUNITYINC: $130,500 over 8y, 21% of budgetTRIUMPH OF THE CROSS COMMUNITY INC: $120,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetLIFE PERSPECTIVES: $71,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetCHRISTLIFE INC: $27,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetNational Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of the US: $21,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTHE VIGIL PROJECT INC: $13,500 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN HEALING MINISTRIES INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
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 LOVE OF CHRIST FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN EVANGELISM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds Pattys Place Inc ↗
  • Who funds JACKSONVILLE CATHOLIC COMMUNITYINC ↗
  • Who funds TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE PERSPECTIVES ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTLIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds National Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of the US ↗
  • Who funds THE VIGIL PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMPANIONS OF THE CROSS (US) ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN HEALING MINISTRIES INC ↗

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.

Knights of Columbus C…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund IncCT13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Word Among US Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Word Among US Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    7get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 19 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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