Mojo Foundation
Grand Rapids, MI · EIN 38-3325750. Reported 194 grants totalling $10.8M to 63 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Mojo 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $1,250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivet Nazarene University Foundation | Bourbonnais, IL | $4,250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Rapids International Fellowship | Grand Rapids, MI | $2,100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northpointe Christian Schools | Grand Rapids, MI | $557,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Homes for Hope | Flint, MI | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids, MI | $235,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Parkview Church of the Nazarene | Dayton, OH | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Food Club of Greater Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids, MI | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Women's Resource Center | Grand Rapids, MI | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mackinac Center for Public Policy | Midland, MI | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pregnancy Resource Center | Grand Rapids, MI | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| General Board of the Church of the Nazarene | Lenexa, KS | $112,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Safe Haven Ministries | Grand Rapids, MI | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Home Repair Services of Kent County Inc | Grand Rapids, MI | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| I Like Giving | Ada, MI | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| I Like Giving | Colorado Springs, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Streams of Hope | Grand Rapids, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Inner City Christian Federation | Grand Rapids, MI | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jesus Film Harvest Partners | Olathe, KS | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samaritas | Detroit, MI | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Right to Life of Michigan - Educational Fund | Grand Rapids, MI | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Avon Community Church | Avon, MT | $82,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Comprehensive Therapy Center | Grand Rapids, MI | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cornerstone University | Grand Rapids, MI | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Da Blodgett - St John's | Grand Rapids, MI | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids Food Basket | Grand Rapids, MI | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | Grand Rapids, MI | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Keys for Kids Ministries | Grand Rapids, MI | $71,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Africa Nazarene University | Spring Hill, TN | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wedgwood Christian Services | Grand Rapids, MI | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Young Life Foundation | Colorado Springs, CO | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Guiding Light Mission | Grand Rapids, MI | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Whitecaps Community Foundation | Comstock Park, MI | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Graces Table | Grand Rapids, MI | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bethany Christian Services Inc | Grand Rapids, MI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grace Adventures | Mears, MI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kentwood Public Schools Educational Foundation | Kentwood, MI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Remembrance Ranch | Allendale, MI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Women at Risk International | Wyoming, MI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Mission | Grandville, MI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wedgwood Christian Youth and Family Services Inc | Grand Rapids, MI | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Iccf Community Homes | Grand Rapids, MI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flat River Outreach Minstries Inc | Lowell, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wcsg Radio | Grand Rapids, MI | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Forgotten Man Ministries | Grand Rapids, MI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Van Andel Institute | Grand Rapids, MI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Campus Crusade for Christ | Orlando, FL | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Life | Little Rock, AR | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Focus on the Family | Colorado Springs, CO | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| In the Image | Grand Rapids, MI | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Interact Ministries Inc | Boring, OR | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Justice Mission | Washington, DC | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids' Life Bible Clubs | Grand Rapids, MI | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seeds of Promise | Grand Rapids, MI | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Grand Rapids, MI | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Awana Foundation | Streamwood, IL | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Love Your Neighbor | Hudsonville, MI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Urban Family Ministries | Grand Rapids, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Love in the Name of Christ | Husdonville, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Love Inc | Grand Haven, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mercury One Inc | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mid-City Church of the Nazarene | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adelante Youth Mission | Grand Rapids, MI | $3,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heartside Ministry | Grand Rapids, MI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
52 of 63 (83%) 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 93%, 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.
- General Board of the Church of the Nazarene
GENERAL SUPPORTGENERAL SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 114 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | $2,488,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 43 | $2,199,300 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 47 | $2,376,900 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 55 | $3,782,000 | $20,000 |
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. 53% of this one's giving went to organizations in Michigan. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Michigan.
- 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.
- 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 Mojo 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: 5940 Tahoe Drive Se, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546. 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.
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