FundersMissouri

Psalm 103 Family Foundation

Columbia, MO · EIN 84-3389251. Reported 108 grants totalling $224,719 to 38 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$750median grant
$224,719granted, 2021-2024
38organizations funded
85%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,789assets, latest filing

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. Psalm 103 Family 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 $750. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,200; the smallest was $100 and the largest $24,300. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
56 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
44 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
2 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
6 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
The Crossing ChurchColumbia, MO$94,850442024
Campus Crusade for Christ (cru)Orlando, FL$39,078442024
Compassion InternationalColorado Springs, CO$14,653442024
Athens ChruchKansas City, MO$6,200332023
Give TransformKansas City, MO$5,314332024
Big Horn MinistriesOhio City, CO$5,050442024
K-Life of ColumbiaColumbia, MO$5,026442024
Young LifeColumbia, MO$4,500442024
Food Bank for Central and Northeast MissouriColumbia, MO$4,250442024
Samaritans PurseBoone, NC$4,236442024
Coyote Hill Christian Children's HomeHarrisburg, MO$4,200442024
Mission 127Bonney Lake, WA$4,100332023
Love IncColumbia, MO$3,500442024
My Life ClinicColumbia, MO$3,000332024
Mobility WorldwideColumbia, MO$2,600442024
NavigatorsColorado Springs, CO$2,350442024
World Gospel OutreachHattiesburg, MS$2,350442024
American Red CrossWashington, DC$2,000442024
Partners for CareAlpharetta, GA$2,000442024
Family Hope InternationalBonney Lake, WA$1,875112024
Billy GrahamCharlotte, NC$1,760442024
The Sending ProjectOlathe, KS$1,400112021
Como GivesMexico, MO$1,300112022
Jesus Film ProjectOrlando, FL$1,073222024
Kid's Across AmericaBranson, MO$1,004442024
Heart of Missouri United WayColumbia, MO$1,000442024
Life Network of Central MissouriColumbia, MO$1,000112021
Converge (christian Slone)Orlando, FL$800112024
Voluntary Action CenterColumbia, MO$525332024
Christian FellowshipColumbia, MO$500112022
Fellowship of Christian AthletesKansas City, MO$500112024
Meals on Wheels of ColumbiaColumbia, MO$500112024
Tigers on the ProwlColumbia, MO$500112023
Vitae FoundationJefferson City, MO$500112022
Smile TrainNew York, NY$475442024
Disabled American VeteransJefferson City, MO$350332023
City of RefugeColumbia, MO$300112023
Kanakuk MinistriesBranson, MO$100112021

26 of 38 (68%) 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 85%, 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 59 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Religion
20 grants
International Affairs
16 grants
Human Services
9 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Youth Development
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202126$56,033$950
202227$55,580$600
202328$54,567$850
202427$58,539$700

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. 63% of this one's giving went to organizations in Missouri. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Missouri
$142K
Florida
$41K
Colorado
$22K
North Carolina
$6K
Washington
$6K
Mississippi
$2K
District of Columbia
$2K
Georgia
$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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $750. 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 Missouri.
  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 Psalm 103 Family 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: 1109 Lakeside Dr, Columbia, MO, 65203. 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 84-3389251 · 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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