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THE 1687 FOUNDATION

THE 1687 FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ($0). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$28M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$0
Net assets
$162M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What The 1687 Foundation does

Programs

  1. Providing over 554000 free christian books to religious organizations and free 53,825 patriotic pins for prisons, churches, and other charitable organizations

    $814,583 spent

  2. Grants, contributions and scholarships to charitable organizations see part xiv grants and contributions

    $4,379,277 spent

  3. Irs approved scholarship program to outstanding students selected by their teachers and schools approved by the board part xiv grants and contributions

    $301,196 spent

  4. Providing free charitable retreats to 1,229 participants of 54 non-profit organizations

    $285,439 spent

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.8M) Expenses 100 ($3.9M) Net assets 100 ($29M)2018 Revenue 219 ($10M) Expenses 149 ($5.8M) Net assets 116 ($34M)2019 Revenue 368 ($18M) Expenses 124 ($4.9M) Net assets 160 ($47M)2020 Revenue 206 ($9.9M) Expenses 146 ($5.7M) Net assets 174 ($51M)2021 Revenue 303 ($15M) Expenses 127 ($5.0M) Net assets 207 ($60M)2022 Revenue 1115 ($53M) Expenses 192 ($7.6M) Net assets 428 ($125M)2024 Revenue 590 ($28M) Expenses 258 ($10M) Net assets 557 ($162M)
2017201820192020202120222024
Revenue (590)Expenses (258)Net assets (557)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 2021 to 2022, from $60M to $125M (+108%).

$29M
$34M
$47M
$51M
$60M
$125M
$162M
2017201820192020202120222024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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

Herbert L Cartwright

Director, CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

2017201820192020202120222024
Listed89109978
Joined·+1+1+0+0+0·
No longer listed·00102·
03Who funds it
04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE 1687 FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 828 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Months of reserve166.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)29% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Organizations like THE 1687 FOUNDATION

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 Texas

An Foundation68%Kingdom Legacy Foundation67%Christian Heritage Foundation Inc67%The Thomas Foundation66%The Family Foundation65%The Duncan Genesis Foundation65%The Nah Foundation64%Covenant Foundation Inc64%

Nationally

1660 Foundation Inc77%Timothy 617 Foundation73%577 Foundation72%1848 Foundation70%Heritage Foundation69%Christian Foundation69%The Genesis Foundation69%True Heritage Foundation69%
05Profile & governance

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE 1687 FOUNDATION?
THE 1687 FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ($0). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE 1687 FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to THE 1687 FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE 1687 FOUNDATION?
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE 1687 FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 1 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