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Give to Life Foundation

Fort Worth, TX · EIN 46-2780353. Reported 89 grants totalling $3,236,451 to 38 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,050median grant
$3,236,451granted, 2021-2024
38organizations funded
81%of grantees funded again the next year

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Give to Life Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,050. Half of everything it gave fell between $511 and $3,200; the smallest was $40 and the largest $1,261,199. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
39 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
31 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
8 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
4 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
5 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
World Vision IncFederal Way, WA$2,797,504442024
LifechurchFort Worth, TX$250,040442024
Cornerstone Assistance NetworkFort Worth, TX$37,003442024
Rescue HerEuless, TX$18,250442024
Ag Contributor SrvcsSpringfield, MO$15,200442024
Root Cause Institute IncCambridge, MA$14,800442024
Wycliffe Bible TranslationsDallas, TX$11,600442024
Christ Life Preparatory SchoolFort Worth, TX$11,000332024
CRAZY8 MinistriesJoshua, TX$10,400332024
Southwest Christian SchoolFort Worth, TX$10,000112021
Pioneers IncOrlando, FL$7,600442024
Unbound North TexasFort Worth, TX$6,744112024
Ten 24 IncFort Worth, TX$4,956332024
Adera FoundationFort Worth, TX$4,900332024
Illuminate MinistriesFort Worth, TX$4,842332024
Grace Community Church-HoustonHouston, TX$4,100442024
Campus CrusadeOrlando, FL$3,900442024
American Valor FoundationHamilton, TX$3,014112021
North American Mission BoardAlpharetta, GA$2,900112024
Compassion InternationalColorado Springs, CO$2,182442024
Gary Sinise FoundationNashville, TN$1,778112021
E3 Partners MinistryPlano, TX$1,550222024
World HelpForest, VA$1,125332023
Freedom Seekers InternationalTyler, TX$1,050222024
Christian SolidarityWestlake Village, CA$1,030222024
No More ViolenceFort Worth, TX$1,030222023
IndopartnersMesa, AZ$1,025112022
Birchman Baptist ChurchFort Worth, TX$1,000112024
Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyRye Brook, NY$1,000112023
NETWORK211Springfield, MO$1,000112022
Abundant Life Wellness CenterFort Worth, TX$767222022
Bible ProjectPortland, OR$750222024
ETHNOS360 IncSanford, FL$511112022
Apcf WorldDurango, CO$500112022
Doxology Bible ChurchFort Worth, TX$500112023
Forge Room FoundationFort Worth, TX$500112024
Thomas More SocietyChicago, IL$250112022
World ReliefBaltimore, MD$150112024

23 of 38 (61%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 81%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 52 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Religion
23 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
9 grants
International Affairs
8 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Housing & Shelter
3 grants
Crime & Legal
1 grant
Mental Health
1 grant
Education
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202118$1,432,776$2,400
202225$908,649$1,000
202321$823,410$645
202425$71,616$2,600

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 86% of this one's giving went to organizations in Washington. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Washington
$2.8M
Texas
$383K
Missouri
$16K
Massachusetts
$15K
Florida
$12K
Georgia
$3K
Colorado
$3K
Tennessee
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc15 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund14 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc13 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust12 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc11 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program11 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,050. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Washington.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Give to Life Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 3025 W Loop 820 S, Fort Worth, TX, 76116. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 46-2780353 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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