New Jersey · Nonprofit
CHRISTIAN UNION INC
CHRISTIAN UNION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,222,213 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($52,828,308). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $61M
- Net assets
- $9.4M
What Christian Union Inc does
Mission
To transform our nation and world by developing and connecting bold christian leaders.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Took christian ministers to trumpet camp in uganda, providing travel scholarships.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Christian union provided leadership development ministries at brown university, columbia university, cornell university, dartmouth college, harvard college, harvard law, the university of pennsylvania, princeton university, stanford university, and yale university, and provided ministry centers at brown, columbia, cornell, princeton, and yale. It conducted conferences and retreats and provided ministry to alumni and new york city pastors and leaders.
$2,463,785 spentof which $68,392 as grants$87,422 earned by the program42% of program spendingChristian union provided weekly bible courses and leadership lecture series, leadership development training, and personal mentoring to students attending harvard college. Approximately 76 students were involved in bible courses.
$595,370 spent$575 earned by the program10% of program spendingChristian union provided weekly bible courses and leadership lecture series, leadership development training, and personal mentoring to students attending yale university. Approximately 76 students were involved in bible courses.
$556,642 spent$2,950 earned by the program10% of program spendingChristian union provided weekly bible courses and leadership lecture series, leadership development training, and personal mentoring to students attending columbia university. Approximately 39 students were involved in bible courses.
$448,947 spent$445 earned by the program8% of program spendingChristian union provided weekly bible courses and leadership lecture series, leadership development training, and personal mentoring to students attending princeton university. Approximately 81 students were involved in bible courses.
$606,002 spent$13,105 earned by the program10% of program spendingChristian union provided weekly bible courses and leadership lecture series, leadership development training, and personal mentoring to students attending stanford university. Approximately 18 students were involved in bible courses.
$385,020 spent7% of program spendingChristian union provided weekly bible courses and leadership lecture series, leadership development training, and personal mentoring to students attending cornell university. Approximately 61 students were involved in bible courses.
$195,692 spent3% of program spendingChristian union provided weekly bible courses and leadership lecture series, leadership development training, and personal mentoring to students attending univeristy of pennsylvania. Approximately 10 students were involved in bible courses.
$185,087 spent3% of program spendingChristian union provided weekly bible courses and leadership lecture series, leadership development training, and personal mentoring to students attending dartmouth university. Approximately 19 students were involved in bible courses.
$250,486 spent4% of program spendingChristian union provided weekly bible courses and leadership lecture series, leadership development training, and personal mentoring to students attending brown university. Approximately 35 students were involved in bible courses.
$134,551 spent$478 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,821,582.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $11M to $14M (+23%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CHRISTIAN UNION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Matt Bennett
Chairman/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 14 funders, grant income fell $8.6M → $7.9M.
13 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHRISTIAN UNION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHRISTIAN UNION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHRISTIAN UNION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 38% · 2019 97% · 2020 84% · 2021 66% · 2022 91% · 2023 88% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
45% of CHRISTIAN UNION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
96% of CHRISTIAN UNION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.3M that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 15 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $59M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHRISTIAN UNION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 119 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 119 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CHRISTIAN UNION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $214 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $214
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHRISTIAN UNION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 23 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Ri Real Estate Investments LLC · disregarded
- Ithaca Investments LLC · disregarded
- 31 Whitney LLC · disregarded
- 529 W 113th Street LLC · disregarded
- Melrose Center LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHRISTIAN UNION INC?
- CHRISTIAN UNION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,222,213 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($52,828,308). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHRISTIAN UNION INC have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $61,222,213 in grants to CHRISTIAN UNION INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRISTIAN UNION INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $52,828,308 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRISTIAN UNION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 42 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing