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Give to Life Foundation

Fort Worth, TX · EIN 46-2780353. Reported 115 grants totalling $3,273,183 to 48 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$3,273,183granted, 2021-2025
48recipients, as named on its returns
72%of grantees funded again the next year
$24assets, 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. Give to Life 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $515 and $2,900; the smallest was $40 and the largest $1,261,199. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
54 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
41 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
8 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
5 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
5 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
World Vision IncFederal Way, WA$2,800,374552025
LifechurchFort Worth, TX$250,040442024
Cornerstone Assistance NetworkFort Worth, TX$37,003442024
Rescue HerEuless, TX$18,250442024
Ag Contributor SrvcsSpringfield, MO$17,600552025
Root Cause Institute IncCambridge, MA$15,800552025
Wycliffe Bible TranslationsDallas, TX$11,600442024
Christ Life Preparatory SchoolFort Worth, TX$11,000332024
CRAZY8 MinistriesJoshua, TX$11,000442025
Pioneers IncOrlando, FL$10,850552025
Youth With a MissionDallas, TX$10,500112025
Southwest Christian SchoolFort Worth, TX$10,000112021
Unbound North TexasFort Worth, TX$7,552222025
Ten 24 IncFort Worth, TX$7,456442025
Illuminate MinistriesFort Worth, TX$6,092442025
Adera FoundationFort Worth, TX$5,700442025
Grace Community Church-HoustonHouston, TX$4,700552025
Campus CrusadeOrlando, FL$4,500552025
North American Mission BoardAlpharetta, GA$4,100222025
American Valor FoundationHamilton, TX$3,014112021
Compassion InternationalColorado Springs, CO$2,182442024
Gary Sinise FoundationNashville, TN$1,778112021
Christian SolidarityWestlake Village, CA$1,700332025
Freedom Seekers InternationalTyler, TX$1,650332025
E3 Partners MinistryPlano, TX$1,550222024
Hamilton Life ChurchChattanooga, TN$1,534112025
Bible ProjectPortland, OR$1,350332025
Wycliffe Bible TranslatorsDallas, TX$1,200112025
World HelpForest, VA$1,125332023
No More ViolenceFort Worth, TX$1,030222023
IndopartnersMesa, AZ$1,025112022
Birchman Baptist ChurchFort Worth, TX$1,000112024
Briner InstituteBrentwood, TN$1,000112025
Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyRye Brook, NY$1,000112023
NETWORK211Springfield, MO$1,000112022
Abundant Life Wellness CenterFort Worth, TX$767222022
CareportalKansas City, MO$600112025
The Net Fw IncFort Worth, TX$600112025
World ReliefBaltimore, MD$550222025
ETHNOS360 IncSanford, FL$511112022
Apcf WorldDurango, CO$500112022
Doxology Bible ChurchFort Worth, TX$500112023
Forge Room FoundationFort Worth, TX$500112024
Harp in WorshipFort Collins, CO$500112025
Literacy UnitedFort Worth, TX$400112025
Thomas More SocietyChicago, IL$250112022
Christ Chapel Bible ChurchFort Worth, TX$150112025
Overland Missions IncCocoa, FL$100112025

26 of 48 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 72%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 62 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Religion
29 grants
International Affairs
10 grants
Human Services
8 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
6 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants
Crime & Legal
1 grant
Mental Health
1 grant
Education
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202118$1,432,776$2,400
202225$908,649$1,000
202321$823,410$645
202425$71,616$2,600
202526$36,732$735

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

86% of its giving went to organizations in Washington. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Washington
$2.8M
Texas
$403K
Missouri
$19K
Florida
$16K
Massachusetts
$16K
Tennessee
$4K
Georgia
$4K
Colorado
$3K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc22 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund20 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc17 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust16 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc15 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Washington.
  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 Give to Life Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 3025 W Loop 820 S, Fort Worth, TX, 76116. 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 46-2780353 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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