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TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC

TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,038 to it, the largest being DANIEL MADISON FLOYD FOUNDATION ($48,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$716k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$62k
Net assets
$827k
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Tenacious Grace Ministries Inc does

Mission

To engage hurting women from all walks of life with the truth,strength hope in jesus, providing support for all women affected by trauma through basic needs,bible teaching,training, assistance in many areas upon release from detention facilites and going forward to new and better lives

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Providing cost free safe housing for women coming out of trauma situations and/or incarceration. Transportation to and provision of recovery services and meetings, food clothing stipend provided. Providing job training , education counseling as well as medical,dental vision care all with the goal that upon completion of 2 year program residents are well equiped to be healthy, independent and productive citizens as well as possibly help others to do the same.

    $274,203 spent
    99% of program spending
  2. Client services, rent utility assistance, interview help, transportation assistance assistance to find safe housing

    $2,463 spent
    1% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $276,666.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($72k) Expenses 100 ($26k) Net assets 100 ($79k)2019 Revenue 283 ($203k) Expenses 133 ($34k) Net assets 315 ($247k)2020 Revenue 297 ($213k) Expenses 143 ($37k) Net assets 540 ($424k)2021 Revenue 255 ($183k) Expenses 578 ($150k) Net assets 582 ($457k)2022 Revenue 288 ($207k) Expenses 722 ($187k) Net assets 608 ($477k)2023 Revenue 354 ($254k) Expenses 948 ($245k) Net assets 614 ($483k)2024 Revenue 997 ($716k) Expenses 1435 ($371k) Net assets 1053 ($827k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (997)Expenses (1435)Net assets (1053)Peer revenue range

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 $584k to $924k (+58%).

$79k
$248k
$425k
$461k
$478k
$584k
$924k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 23% · 2024 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

97% of TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,288 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$46k
’18
$169k
’19
$176k
’20
$33k
’21
$20k
’22
$9k
’23
$345k
’24
15
months of
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

Shelia Cawthon

Exec. Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20192020202220232024
Listed1010121311
Joined·+0·+4+5
No longer listed·0·37
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $14k.

1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

77%
largest funder
99%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% · 2023 84% — 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

92% of TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.

PA
SC
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’23
South Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $478 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin48% · top quartile
Months of reserve14.7mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)47% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like TENACIOUS GRACE 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 South Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

75% of spending goes to programs.

Program 75%Management 25%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

SC

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Questions and answers

Who funds TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC?
TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,038 to it, the largest being DANIEL MADISON FLOYD FOUNDATION ($48,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $62,038 in grants to TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC?
DANIEL MADISON FLOYD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $48,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TENACIOUS GRACE MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 5 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