Michigan · Public charity
Word of Life
The mission of the organization is: a) to promote a local expression of ecumenical christian community life, and to promote the understanding of the practical living of the christian life, both individually and in terms of community. B) to promote religious education within the organization and within similar organizations in other areas…
- $162k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $156k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $42,020
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $54,691
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $602k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Word of Life funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $156k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $124k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $629k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $94k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $84k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $113k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $130k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $107k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Christian Outreach | $711,553 | 3 | 26% |
| The Sword of the Spirit | $474,074 | 8 | 10% |
| Detroit Community Outreach | $84,733 | 6 | 7% |
| Grand Rapids Community Outreach | $83,181 | 6 | 16% |
| Bethany Association | $32,200 | 1 | n/a |
| The Servants of the Word | $16,355 | 1 | n/a |
| Serge Global Inc | $6,125 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.
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 Sword of the Spirit · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Word of Life
- How much does Word of Life give?
- Word of Life reported 4 itemized grants totaling $155,691, out of $161,995 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Word of Life fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (57%), Religion (43%).
- Who are Word of Life's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University Christian Outreach ($712k), The Sword of the Spirit ($474k), Detroit Community Outreach ($85k).
- Does Word of Life fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Word of Life?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sword of the Spirit, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Word of Life based?
- Word of Life is based in MI.
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