Funding search · EIN 751750059 · Colorado Springs, CO

Christian Community Foundation

Name: Christian Community Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

4,375
grants reported: $507.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $19,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

ministry building scholarship relief disaster athletic humanitarian medical

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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.

Where the money goes

Evangelical churches, missions agencies and church-planting ministries
Christian K-12 schools, classical academies and Christian colleges
Religious liberty litigation and conservative public policy organizations
Orphan care, international relief and child sponsorship
Transfers to other donor-advised fund sponsors and supporting organizations
Bible translation, publishing and campus discipleship ministries

Typical grant

Median grant is $19,750 and the middle half runs $10,000 to $50,000, so the ordinary check is small. The seven-figure outliers are donor-directed lump sums to a single institution, often in Midland or Dallas, or internal transfers to WaterStone supporting organizations and other DAF sponsors like Schwab Charitable and NCF. With 4,375 grants to 2,397 recipients across three years, most organizations show up twice, and the largest recipients repeat annually.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL SUPPORT”
“BUILDING FUND SUPPORT”
“GENERAL SUPPORT, BUILDING FUND SUPPORT”

Positioning adjacent work

Cultivate the individual donor-advisor, not the foundation; WaterStone disburses what its account holders recommend.
Ask in the $10,000 to $50,000 band unless a specific donor relationship already exists.
Frame work as unrestricted operating need; nearly every grant is coded GENERAL SUPPORT, not project-restricted.
Capital campaigns are viable; BUILDING FUND SUPPORT appears for schools, churches and university projects.

Worth knowing: This is a donor-advised fund sponsor, not a program funder, so there is no strategy to align with beyond what individual Christian donors choose; a large share of dollars simply moves to other DAF sponsors and WaterStone's own supporting organization trusts. Money clusters hard around Texas (914 grants, with Midland, Dallas and Austin dominant) and Colorado Springs, and recipients are overwhelmingly evangelical Christian institutions or conservative legal and policy groups.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Hexagon Foundation2 grants · $50.7M
The Waterstone Supporting Organization Trust 13 grants · $29.0M
Waterstone Real Estate Foundation3 grants · $20.9M
Waterstone Support Foundation3 grants · $15.6M
Renaissance Charitable Foundation2 grants · $12.3M
Zoo Midland2 grants · $12.0M
National Foundation3 grants · $9.3M
Mary Hays Institute2 grants · $7.1M
Schwab Charitable Fund3 grants · $6.2M
Alliance Defending Freedom3 grants · $5.8M

Giving over time

$143.1M

2022

$203.1M

2023

$161.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 4,375 grants.

$43.2M
Hexagon Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General support
$15.2M
Waterstone Support Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General support
$13.1M
The Waterstone Supporting Organization Trust 1 · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General support
$12.1M
The Waterstone Supporting Organization Trust 1 · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General support
$11.2M
Waterstone Real Estate Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General support
$11.0M
Zoo Midland · Midland, TX · 2024
General support
$10.6M
Renaissance Charitable Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General support
$7.5M
Hexagon Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General support
$7.1M
Waterstone Real Estate Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General support
$6.0M
National Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General support
$5.0M
Mary Hays Institute · Leander, TX · 2024
General support
$4.9M
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2024
General support
$4.7M
America First Legal Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$3.8M
The Waterstone Supporting Organization Trust 1 · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General support
$3.5M
Redeemer Church of Midland · Midland, TX · 2023
General support
$3.5M
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
General support
$3.2M
Strategic Resource Group · Dallas, TX · 2024
General support
$3.1M
Focus · Denver, CO · 2022
General support, ministry support
$3.1M
Discovery Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
$3.1M
Strategic Resource Group (Srg) · Easton, MD · 2022
General support
$3.0M
National Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General support
$2.7M
Waterstone Real Estate Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General support
$2.5M
His Glory · Valley City, OH · 2022
General support
$2.4M
Harvesters Ministries · Fort Mill, SC · 2024
General support
$2.4M
1792 Exchange · Dayton, OH · 2023
General support
$2.3M
Harvesters Ministries · Fort Mill, SC · 2023
General support
$2.2M
Taylor University · Upland, IN · 2024
General support, building fund support
$2.1M
Mary Hays Institute · Leander, TX · 2023
General support
$2.0M
First Presbyterian Midland · Midland, TX · 2023
General support
$2.0M
Union University · Jackson, TN · 2022
General support
$1.9M
USA Transform · Southlake, TX · 2024
General support
$1.9M
Biblica · Dallas, TX · 2024
General support
$1.9M
Arma Dei Academy · Highlands Ranch, CO · 2022
General support
$1.9M
John F MacArthur Trust · Valencia, CA · 2023
General support
$1.8M
Operation Mobilization · Tyrone, GA · 2022
General support
$1.8M
G12 Foundation · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
General support
$1.8M
John F MacArthur Trust · Santa Clarita, CA · 2024
General support
$1.7M
G12 Foundation · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
General support
$1.7M
Redemption Hill Church · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General support
$1.7M
Renaissance Charitable Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$1.7M
USA Transform · Southlake, TX · 2023
General support
$1.7M
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
General support
$1.7M
Institute for Citizen Focused Services · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$1.7M
John F MacArthur Trust · Valencia, CA · 2022
General support
$1.6M
Taylor University · Upland, IN · 2023
Ministry support, scholarship fund support
$1.6M
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2022
General suport, mental health support
$1.5M
Mobile Loaves & Fishes · Dallas, TX · 2022
General support
$1.5M
Unbridledacts · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$1.5M
Mobile Loaves & Fishes · Dallas, TX · 2023
General support
$1.5M
4africa · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General support
$1.5M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
Humanitarian support
$1.5M
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
General support
$1.5M
1792 Exchange · Springboro, OH · 2024
General support
$1.5M
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
General support, humanitarian support, disaster relief support
$1.4M
Texas Scorecard · Leander, TX · 2024
General support
$1.4M
Cure International · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$1.4M
Bookspring · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$1.4M
The Global Orphan Project · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General support
$1.4M
Unbridledacts · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$1.3M
Civic Leadership USA · San Mateo, CA · 2022
General support
$1.3M
Focus - Fellowship of Catholic University Students · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$1.3M
Focus · Denver, CO · 2023
Ministry support
$1.3M
First Baptist Church Rogers · Rogers, AR · 2022
Building fund support
$1.3M
Communio Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support, ministry support
$1.3M
World Impact · City of Industry, CA · 2022
General support
$1.3M
First Liberty Institute · Plano, TX · 2024
General support
$1.2M
Up There Down Here · Rockwall, TX · 2023
General support
$1.2M
Redemption Hill Church · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General support, building fund support
$1.2M
Arma Dei Academy · Highlands Ranch, CO · 2023
General support
$1.2M
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2023
General support
$1.1M
G12 Foundation · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
General support
$1.1M
Cure International · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Medical support
$1.1M
USA Transform · Southlake, TX · 2022
General support
$1.1M
America First Policy Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$1.1M
Cure International · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General support
$1.1M
Awana Club International · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$1.0M
Elam Ministries · Alpharetta, GA · 2022
General support
$1.0M
Impact Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2023
General support
$1.0M
The Bible Project · Portland, OR · 2022
General support
$1.0M
Elam Ministries · Alpharetta, GA · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Northeastern Baptist College · Bennington, VT · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Albany, NY · 2024
General support
$1.0M
University of Northern Iowa Foundation · Cedar Falls, IA · 2024
General support, building fund support
$1.0M
City Church Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Building fund support
$1.0M
Zoo Midland · Midland, TX · 2023
General support
$1.0M
1792 Exchange · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support, ministry support
$1.0M
Foundation Communities · Austin, TX · 2022
General support
$1.0M
University of California Irvine Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2022
General support
$986,657
Focus On the Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General support
$972,905
Awana Clubs International · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$967,450
The Global Orphan Project · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General support
$945,000
Colorado Christian University · Lakewood, CO · 2022
General support
$927,635
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2023
General support
$925,000
Grace Covenant Church · Austin, TX · 2022
General support
$893,099
William Jessup University · Rocklin, CA · 2022
General support
$871,800
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
General support
$861,000
Strategic Resource Group (Srg) · Easton, MD · 2023
General support, ministry support
$859,364
Focus On the Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General support
$851,000
First Baptist Church Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2022
General support
$850,200
Biola University · La Mirada, CA · 2022
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.