Missouri · Nonprofit
FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC
FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC (Missouri) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $957,231 to it, the largest being THE JEREMIAH 924 FOUNDATION ($741,425). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $957k
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Freeway Ministries Inc does
Mission
Freeway ministries mission is to bring the hope and transformation of the gospel to those society often overlooks - "reaching the hard to reach with the gospel of jesus christ, one broken life at a time" through christ-centered support.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Freeway Ministries brings hope and transformation to those facing addiction, homelessness, and incarceration by reaching the hard to reach with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, one broken life at a time. Through community outreach, worship, online services for the incarcerated, recovery programs, and mentorship, Freeway helps individuals rebuild their lives on a foundation of faith. Freeways transitional housing program offers a structured, supportive environment with mentorship and life skills training, empowering participants to pursue employment, reconnect with family, and achieve self-sufficiency.
$1,273,339 spent$115,409 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,273,339.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.4M to $4.3M (+82%).
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.
90% of FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
John Stroup
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $9k → $252k.
8 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 8 of 9 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
FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% · 2023 96% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $216k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FREEWAY MINISTRIES 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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC?
- FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC (Missouri) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $957,231 to it, the largest being THE JEREMIAH 924 FOUNDATION ($741,425). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $957,231 in grants to FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC?
- THE JEREMIAH 924 FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $741,425 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FREEWAY MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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