Funding search · EIN 582294460 · Norcross, GA

Encouragement Ministries

Name: Encouragement Ministries grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

35
grants reported: $257,081
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $9,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

13 grants matching “orphanage” · $139,914

$13,500
Hope for Huruma · 2025
Orphanage in Kenya support
$13,500
Lenana Hanna Howard Fund · 2025
Orphanage in Kenya
$13,500
Dream Childrens Center · 2025
Orphanage in Kenya
$13,085
Hope for Huruma · 2024
Orphanage in Kenya support
$12,757
Dream Childrens Center · 2024
Orphanage in Kenya
$10,894
Lenana Hanna Howard Fund · 2024
Orphanage in Kenya
$10,558
Dream Children'S Center · 2023
Orphanage in Kenya
$10,391
Hope for Huruma · 2023
Orphanage in Kenya support
$10,049
Hanna Howard Fund · 2023
Orphanage in Kenya
$11,720
Dream Children'S Center · 2022
Support for Kenyan Orphanage
$11,020
Hope for Huruma · 2022
Support Kenyan Orphanage
$8,220
Hanna Howard Fund · 2022
Support for Kenyan orphanage
$720
Bygrace Trust · La Mirada, CA · 2022
Support to Kenyan Orphanage

Grant history

All 35 reported grants, largest first.

$14,929
St Mary Magdalene Girls Seminary · 2022
Support Nigerian Christian School
$13,818
St Mary Magdalene Girls Seminary · 2023
Girl's school in Nigeria
$13,500
Dream Childrens Center · 2025
Orphanage in Kenya
$13,500
Hope for Huruma · 2025
Orphanage in Kenya support
$13,500
Lenana Hanna Howard Fund · 2025
Orphanage in Kenya
$13,085
Hope for Huruma · 2024
Orphanage in Kenya support
$13,000
World Food Program · Washington, DC · 2024
Distribution of food to needy around world
$12,757
Dream Childrens Center · 2024
Orphanage in Kenya
$12,305
St Mary Magdalene Seminary · 2024
Girls school in Nigeria
$11,841
St Mary Magdalene Seminary · 2025
Girls school in Nigeria
$11,720
Dream Children'S Center · 2022
Support for Kenyan Orphanage
$11,104
World Food Program · Washington, DC · 2023
Distribution of food to needy around world
$11,020
Hope for Huruma · 2022
Support Kenyan Orphanage
$10,894
Lenana Hanna Howard Fund · 2024
Orphanage in Kenya
$10,558
Dream Children'S Center · 2023
Orphanage in Kenya
$10,391
Hope for Huruma · 2023
Orphanage in Kenya support
$10,049
Hanna Howard Fund · 2023
Orphanage in Kenya
$9,750
World Food Program · Washington, DC · 2025
Distribution of food to needy around world
$8,220
Hanna Howard Fund · 2022
Support for Kenyan orphanage
$5,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
Operational and charitable expenses
$5,000
World Food Program · Washington, DC · 2022
Operational and charitable expenses
$3,700
Holy Cross Church · Tucker, GA · 2022
Operational and charitable expenses
$3,000
Atlanta Community Food Bank · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Support local food bank
$3,000
American Red Cross · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
Aide distribution by organization
$3,000
Mercy Ships · Lindale, TX · 2024
Humanitarian charitable medical
$2,000
Mercy Ships · Lindale, TX · 2025
Humanitarian charitable medical
$2,000
Mercy Ships · Lindale, TX · 2023
Humanitarian charitable medical
$1,500
Holy Cross Church · Tucker, GA · 2023
Support church charitable functions
$1,000
Calvin University · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Organizational functions
$720
Bygrace Trust · La Mirada, CA · 2022
Support to Kenyan Orphanage
$500
Holy Cross Church · Tucker, GA · 2024
Support church charitable functions
$270
Covenant House · Topeka, KS · 2025
Meals and shelter for teens
$200
Wikimedia · Washington, DC · 2025
Organizational functions
$150
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2025
Support Native American college fund
$100
Wikimedia · Washington, DC · 2024
Organizational functions

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