Funding search · EIN 200488561 · Dallas, TX

The Sparrow Charitable Foundation

Name: The Sparrow Charitable Foundation 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.

130
grants reported: $6.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,200
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.

What they fund

commission great educational relief world family

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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.

Top recipients

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

Illuminations4 grants · $2.4M
Lifenet4 grants · $650,000
Northway Church4 grants · $630,500
International Justice Mission2 grants · $560,000
Elevate USA4 grants · $556,000
Come and See Foundation2 grants · $200,000
Samaritan'S Purse4 grants · $200,000
Starfish Project3 grants · $150,000
Elevate Dallas4 grants · $85,000
Our Calling4 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$996,650

2022

$687,750

2023

$1.5M

2024

$2.9M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 130 grants.

$1.5M
Illuminations · Alpharetta, GA · 2025
I - great commission
$550,500
Northway Church · Dallas, TX · 2024
Ii - pro family
$500,000
International Justice Mission · Arlington, VA · 2025
Iv - world relief
$500,000
Lifenet · Red Bluff, CA · 2025
Iii - educational purposes
$500,000
Illuminations · Alpharetta, GA · 2022
I - great commission
$250,000
Illuminations · Alpharetta, GA · 2024
I - great commission
$156,000
Elevate USA · Arvada, CO · 2025
Iii - educational purposes
$150,000
Elevate USA · Arvada, CO · 2024
Iii - educational purposes
$150,000
Elevate USA · Arvada, CO · 2023
Iii - educational purposes
$100,000
Come and See Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Ii - pro family
$100,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Iv - world relief
$100,000
Starfish Project · Goshen, IN · 2024
Iii - educational purposes
$100,000
Come and See Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Ii - pro family
$100,000
Illuminations · Alpharetta, GA · 2023
I - great commission
$100,000
Elevate USA · Arvada, CO · 2022
Iii - educational purposes
$60,000
International Justice Mission · Arlington, VA · 2024
Iv - world relief
$50,000
Lifenet · Red Bluff, CA · 2024
Iii - educational purposes
$50,000
Lifenet · Red Bluff, CA · 2023
Iii - educational purposes
$50,000
Focus On the Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Ii - pro family
$50,000
Lifenet · Red Bluff, CA · 2022
Iii - educational purposes
$50,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Iv - world relief
$45,000
Northway Church · Dallas, TX · 2023
Ii - pro family
$35,250
Dallas Baptist University · Dallas, TX · 2024
Iii - educational purposes
$35,000
Our Calling · Dallas, TX · 2022
Iv - world relief
$30,000
The University of Oklahoma Foundation · Norman, OK · 2025
Iii - educational purposes
$25,000
Elevate Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2025
Iii - educational purposes
$25,000
Enright Foundational Ministries · Post Orange, FL · 2025
Iv - world relief
$25,000
Northway Church · Dallas, TX · 2025
Ii - pro family
$25,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2025
Iv - world relief
$25,000
Spoken Worldwide · Dallas, TX · 2025
I - great commission
$25,000
Dallas Theological Seminary · Dallas, TX · 2024
Iii - educational purposes
$25,000
Elevate Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
Iii - educational purposes
$25,000
Enright Foundational Ministries · Post Orange, FL · 2023
Iv - world relief
$25,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2023
Iv - world relief
$25,000
Starfish Project · Goshen, IN · 2023
Iii - educational purposes
$25,000
Elevate Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2022
Iii - educational purposes
$25,000
Starfish Project · Goshen, IN · 2022
Iii - educational purposes
$21,150
Virtual Missions Pastor · Hurst, TX · 2022
V - other purposes
$18,000
Excellence in Giving · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
V - other purposes
$15,000
Our Calling · Dallas, TX · 2024
Iv - world relief
$15,000
Point of View · Dallas, TX · 2024
Ii - pro family
$12,000
East West International Ministries · Plano, TX · 2025
I - great commission
$12,000
East West International Ministries · Plano, TX · 2024
I - great commission
$10,000
Dallas Baptist University · Dallas, TX · 2025
Iii - educational purposes
$10,000
Dallas Theological Seminary · Dallas, TX · 2025
Iii - educational purposes
$10,000
North Texas Food Bank · Plano, TX · 2025
Iv - world relief
$10,000
Our Calling · Dallas, TX · 2025
Iv - world relief
$10,000
Point of View · Dallas, TX · 2025
Ii - pro family
$10,000
Bridges To Life · Houston, TX · 2024
Iii - educational purposes
$10,000
Elevate Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
Iii - educational purposes
$10,000
Christar · Richardson, TX · 2023
I - great commission
$10,000
Dallas Baptist University · Dallas, TX · 2023
Iii - educational purposes
$10,000
First Baptist Church Longview · Longview, TX · 2023
Ii - pro family
$10,000
Focus On the Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Ii - pro family
$10,000
North Texas Food Bank · Plano, TX · 2023
Iv - world relief
$10,000
Our Calling · Dallas, TX · 2023
Iv - world relief
$10,000
Point of View · Dallas, TX · 2023
Iii - educational purposes
$10,000
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2022
I - great commission
$10,000
First Baptist Church Longview · Longview, TX · 2022
Ii - pro family
$10,000
Northway Church · Dallas, TX · 2022
Ii - pro family
$10,000
Point of View · Dallas, TX · 2022
Iii - educational purposes
$10,000
Spoken Worldwide · Dallas, TX · 2022
I - great commission
$10,000
Voca · Washington, DC · 2022
Iii - educational purposes
$7,000
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2023
I - great commission
$5,400
The University of Oklahoma Foundation · Norman, OK · 2024
Iii - educational purposes
$5,000
100 Fold Studio · Lakeside, MT · 2025
I - great commission
$5,000
Asha-Gf · Dalals, TX · 2025
I - great commission
$5,000
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2025
I - great commission
$5,000
Christar · Richardson, TX · 2025
I - great commission
$5,000
Howard Payne University · Brownwood, TX · 2025
Iii - educational purposes
$5,000
International Outreach · St Paul, MN · 2025
I - great commission
$5,000
Mission Quest · Wheaton, IL · 2025
I - great commission
$5,000
Ncf - Kay Aruthur Memorial · Alpharetta, GA · 2025
V - other purposes
$5,000
Asha-Gf · Dalals, TX · 2024
I - great commission
$5,000
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2024
I - great commission
$5,000
Christar · Richardson, TX · 2024
I - great commission
$5,000
International Outreach · St Paul, MN · 2024
I - great commission
$5,000
Mission Quest · Wheaton, IL · 2024
I - great commission
$5,000
The Navigators · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
I - great commission
$5,000
Upper Room Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
Ii - pro family
$5,000
100 Fold Studio · Lakeside, MT · 2023
I - great commission
$5,000
Asha-Gf · Dalals, TX · 2023
I - great commission
$5,000
Counseling for Brazil Ministries · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
I - great commission
$5,000
Dallas Theological Seminary · Dallas, TX · 2023
Iii - educational purposes
$5,000
East West International Ministries · Plano, TX · 2023
I - great commission
$5,000
International Outreach · St Paul, MN · 2023
I - great commission
$5,000
International Students · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
I - great commission
$5,000
Mission Quest · Wheaton, IL · 2023
I - great commission
$5,000
Outrageous Love · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Iv - world relief
$5,000
Saf Guarding · Little Elm, TX · 2023
Ii - pro family
$5,000
The Navigators · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
I - great commission
$5,000
100 Fold Studio · Lakeside, MT · 2022
I - great commission
$5,000
Christar · Richardson, TX · 2022
I - great commission
$5,000
Counseling for Brazil Ministries · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
I - great commission
$5,000
Dallas Baptist University · Dallas, TX · 2022
Iii - educational purposes
$5,000
Gfm Ministries · Dallas, TX · 2022
I - great commission
$5,000
International Outreach · St Paul, MN · 2022
I - great commission
$5,000
International Students · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
I - great commission
$5,000
Mission Quest · Wheaton, IL · 2022
I - great commission
$5,000
Movementorg · New York, NY · 2022
I - great commission

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.