Funding search · EIN 431890105 · Overland Park, KS

Servant Foundation

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

8,008
grants reported
$2.21B
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$17,952
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

ministryreligiouscommunitydevelopmenteducation

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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

  • Transfers to other donor-advised fund sponsors and charitable trusts
  • Local churches, church plants, and congregational capital projects
  • Evangelism, missions, and Bible translation organizations
  • Christian schools, colleges, and seminaries
  • Conservative policy, legal advocacy, and Christian media
  • Relief, orphan care, pregnancy centers, and prison ministry

Typical grant

The median grant is $17,952 and half of all grants land between $10,000 and $50,000, so the working assumption for a first check is five figures. The eight- and seven-figure grants go almost entirely to affiliated or peer fund sponsors (The Signatry Charitable Trust, Fidelity Charitable, National Christian Foundation) and to a handful of large churches and seminaries, not to program grantees. With 8,008 grants to 6,058 recipients over four years, most relationships are one or two gifts, but the churches and ministries with named donor advisors behind them recur annually.

Their words

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

  • RELIGIOUS MINISTRY
  • COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
  • EDUCATION
  • Ministries
  • Christian Fellowship

Positioning adjacent work

  • Identify the individual donor advisor funding your field; the sponsor releases money, the donor chooses it.
  • Ask in the $10,000 to $50,000 band unless a specific advisor is already committed to a capital project.
  • Frame work under one of their three labels: religious ministry, community development, or education.
  • Lead with explicit Christian mission alignment; secular framing is nearly absent from the funded list.

Worth knowing: Servant Foundation operates as The Signatry, a national donor-advised fund, so these are advisor-directed gifts rather than board-selected program grants, and a single $196.7 million transfer to its own Signatry Charitable Trust plus other DAF-to-DAF movement accounts for a large share of the dollar total. Recipients cluster in TX, KS, TN, MO, and OK, and virtually every grantee is a Christian church, ministry, school, or conservative advocacy group.

Top recipients

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

  • The Signatry Charitable Trust2 grants · $540.8M
  • Come and See Foundation1 grant · $100.0M
  • Every Home for Christ (World Literature Crusade)2 grants · $90.1M
  • National Christian Foundation2 grants · $88.9M
  • National Christian Foundation1 grant · $55.2M
  • One Hope2 grants · $50.0M
  • Trustbridge Global (International Generosity Foundation)2 grants · $49.9M
  • The Signatry Charitable Trust2 grants · $45.8M
  • Every Home for Christ (World Literature Crusade)1 grant · $40.3M
  • Schwab Charitable Fund2 grants · $38.0M

Giving over time

$442.2M
2021
$575.1M
2022
$886.7M
2023
$301.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 8,008 grants.

  • $344.1M

    The Signatry Charitable Trust · Overland Park, KS · 2023

    Community development

  • $196.7M

    The Signatry Charitable Trust · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

    Community development

  • $100.0M

    Come and See Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $55.2M

    National Christian Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2023

    Community development

  • $50.4M

    National Christian Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2022

    Community development

  • $49.5M

    Every Home for Christ (World Literature Crusade) · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $40.5M

    Every Home for Christ (World Literature Crusade) · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $40.3M

    Every Home for Christ (World Literature Crusade) · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $38.5M

    National Christian Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2021

    Community development

  • $37.8M

    Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2023

    Community development

  • $30.4M

    Come and See Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023

    Community development

  • $27.6M

    One Hope · Pompano Beach, FL · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $26.7M

    Trustbridge Global (International Generosity Foundation) · Clearwater, FL · 2022

    Community development

  • $26.1M

    One Hope · Pompano Beach, FL · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $25.2M

    The Signatry Charitable Trust · Overland Park, KS · 2022

    Community development

  • $23.9M

    One Hope · Pompano Beach, FL · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $23.2M

    Trustbridge Global (International Generosity Foundation) · Clearwater, FL · 2021

    Community development

  • $20.6M

    The Signatry Charitable Trust · Overland Park, KS · 2021

    Community development

  • $20.2M

    Highlands College · Birmingham, AL · 2021

    Education

  • $18.1M

    Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022

    Community development

  • $16.3M

    Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023

    Community development

  • $15.6M

    Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2021

    Community development

  • $15.0M

    The Children'S Center Rehabilitation Hospital (the Children'S Center) · Bethany, OK · 2023

    Community development

  • $14.8M

    Life Covenant Church · Edmond, OK · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $14.2M

    Trustbridge Global (International Generosity Foundation) · Clearwater, FL · 2023

    Community development

  • $12.2M

    Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Community development

  • $10.1M

    Life Covenant Church · Catoosa, OK · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $10.0M

    Church of the King · Mandeville, LA · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $9.7M

    National Christian Foundation (Ncf) · Alpharetta, GA · 2024

    Community development

  • $9.5M

    Biblica · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $9.4M

    Wycliffe Bible Translators · Orlando, FL · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $9.3M

    Mission Mutual · Arlington, TX · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $9.2M

    Answers in Genesis · Hebron, KY · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $8.9M

    Answers in Genesis · Hebron, KY · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $8.9M

    New Horizons Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022

    Community development

  • $8.0M

    The Eagle Sky Foundation · Piedmont, MO · 2023

    Community development

  • $7.5M

    The Eagle Sky Foundation · Piedmont, MO · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $7.1M

    Life Covenant Church · Catoosa, OK · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $7.0M

    The Eagle Sky Foundation · Piedmont, MO · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $6.9M

    Christ for All Nations · Orlando, FL · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $6.6M

    Wings Special Needs Adult Community · Edmond, OK · 2022

    Community development

  • $6.6M

    Convoy of Hope · Springfield, MO · 2022

    Community development

  • $6.3M

    Westminster Presbyterian Church · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    Religious ministry

  • $6.3M

    Biblica · Palmer Lake, CO · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $6.0M

    Toy Gun Films · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023

    Community development

  • $5.8M

    Life Collective · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $5.8M

    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2021

    Community development

  • $5.6M

    Biglife (Big Life Ministries Inc) · Naples, FL · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $5.4M

    Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    Community development

  • $5.2M

    Onehope · Pompano Beach, FL · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $5.1M

    Young Life · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    Community development

  • $5.1M

    Seed Company (Wycliffe Seed Company) · Arlington, TX · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $5.0M

    Sk Foundation USA · Chattanooga, TN · 2023

    Community development

  • $5.0M

    Sk Foundation USA · Chattanooga, TN · 2021

    Community development

  • $4.6M

    Sattler College · Boston, MA · 2021

    Education

  • $4.2M

    Pulse Outreach · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $4.2M

    Crossings Community Church · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $4.1M

    Trustbridge Global Foundation USA · Clearwater, FL · 2021

    Community development

  • $4.1M

    Young Life · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $4.0M

    Water4 · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021

    Community development

  • $4.0M

    Million Voices · Fort Worth, TX · 2022

    Community development

  • $4.0M

    Million Voices · Fort Worth, TX · 2021

    Community development

  • $3.9M

    Human Coalition (Online for Life) · Frisco, TX · 2022

    Community development

  • $3.9M

    Illuminations (Illuminations Foundation Inc) · Alpharetta, GA · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $3.9M

    Cbmc Inc USA · Chattanooga, TN · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $3.8M

    American Bible Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $3.5M

    Pulse Outreach · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $3.5M

    Arizona Christian University · Glendale, AZ · 2021

    Education

  • $3.4M

    Biglife (Big Life Ministries Inc) · Naples, FL · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $3.3M

    Deaf Bible Society · Arlington, TX · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $3.3M

    Water4 · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022

    Community development

  • $3.3M

    Waterstone (Christian Community Foundation Inc) · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022

    Community development

  • $3.3M

    Westminster Theological Seminary · Glenside, PA · 2022

    Education

  • $3.3M

    Lifeline Children'S Services · Birmingham, AL · 2021

    Community development

  • $3.2M

    Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Covington, KY · 2022

    Community development

  • $3.1M

    Biglife (Big Life Ministries Inc) · Naples, FL · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $3.1M

    Mission Mutual · Arlington, TX · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $3.0M

    Mission Mutual · Arlington, TX · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $3.0M

    Heal Our Land · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $3.0M

    Heritage Classical Academy · Peninsula, OH · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $3.0M

    Acres of Love · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 2021

    Community development

  • $3.0M

    Westminster Theological Seminary · Glenside, PA · 2021

    Education

  • $3.0M

    Cbmc Inc USA · Chattanooga, TN · 2021

    Religious ministry

  • $2.9M

    Edify · Boston, MA · 2023

    Education

  • $2.8M

    American Friends of Tyndale House Cambridge · Wheaton, IL · 2023

    Community development

  • $2.7M

    American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2024

    Community development

  • $2.6M

    Harding University · Searcy, AR · 2021

    Education

  • $2.6M

    Museum of the Bible · Washington, DC · 2024

    Community development

  • $2.6M

    Hope Is Alive Ministries · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022

    Community development

  • $2.5M

    Mission of Hope Haiti · Austin, TX · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $2.5M

    Waterstone (Christian Community Foundation Inc) · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    Community development

  • $2.5M

    Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Community development

  • $2.5M

    Santa Fe South Schools · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023

    Education

  • $2.5M

    A Light To the Nations · Woodridge, IL · 2022

    Religious ministry

  • $2.5M

    Hope Is Alive Ministries · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021

    Community development

  • $2.5M

    Westminster Theological Seminary · Glenside, PA · 2023

    Religious ministry

  • $2.5M

    Million Voices · Keller, TX · 2023

    Community development

  • $2.5M

    Constitutional Congress · Dayton, OH · 2023

    Community development

  • $2.4M

    Harding University · Searcy, AR · 2022

    Education

  • $2.4M

    Westminster Theological Seminary · Glenside, PA · 2024

    Religious ministry

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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.