Ohio · Nonprofit
Matthew 25 Ministries Inc
Matthew 25 Ministries Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 260 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,153,328 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($14,136,793). 143 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $279M
- Funders on record
- 260
- Grants received
- $40M
- Net assets
- $115M
What Matthew 25 Ministries Inc does
Mission
The mission of Matthew 25: Ministries is to provide nutritional food to the hungry, clean water to the thirsty, clothing to the naked, affordable shelter to the homeless, medical care to the ill, and humanitarian supplies to those in need. Additionally, Matthew 25: Ministries is committed to educating the public on the conditions and needs of the "poorest of the poor and by providing resources for action.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Humanitarian AidM25M delivers humanitarian aid & disaster relief supplies to those in need, including clothing, non-perishable food, first aid & medical supplies, school supplies, hygiene products, cleaning supplies, household items, baby products and latex paint. In 2023, M25M shipped 1,616 40' containers, helping over 40 million people in need. 1,015 of those containers were for Humanitarian Aid.
$224,512,915 spentof which $215,054,029 as grants$1,435,232 earned by the program62% of program spendingDisaster Relief Matthew 25: Ministries' focus during disasters is typically on moving large amounts of critically needed aid into the affected area. When our Disaster Response Team deploys, we utilize a fleet of specialty vehicles to distribute initial loads of aid and set up distribution channels through partner organizations for future shipments. In 2023, 601 containers of aid were sent to disaster relief partners.
$132,938,187 spentof which $127,336,834 as grants$1,013,400 earned by the program37% of program spendingKirkwoodA retreat and conference facility for groups, adult and youth camps, weekend retreats, mission conferences, scouting events, band camps, churches, at-risk youth, etc.
$1,633,294 spent$316,881 earned by the program0% of program spendingOther Program Services.
$233,983 spent$14,435 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $359,318,379.
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 2021 to 2022, from $147M to $213M (+45%).
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.
99% of Matthew 25 Ministries Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Michael Brandy Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 47 funders to 102 funders, grant income rose $3.4M → $4.6M.
38 of 260 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 Matthew 25 Ministries Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 260 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
Matthew 25 Ministries Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% 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 Matthew 25 Ministries Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 53% · 2019 59% · 2020 44% · 2021 41% · 2022 33% · 2023 23% — 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
46% of Matthew 25 Ministries Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
82% of Matthew 25 Ministries 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 $7.2M that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 34 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
Matthew 25 Ministries Inc's revenue grew 28% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 98 international nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Organizations like Matthew 25 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 50 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- M25M Haiti LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Matthew 25 Ministries Inc?
- Matthew 25 Ministries Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 260 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,153,328 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($14,136,793). 143 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Matthew 25 Ministries Inc have?
- IRS filings report 260 organizations giving $40,153,328 in grants to Matthew 25 Ministries Inc, 143 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Matthew 25 Ministries Inc?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $14,136,793 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Matthew 25 Ministries Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 260 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing