The Jesus Fund (Section 501(C)(3) Exempt Private Foundation)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861108441
IRS 990-PF coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Little Rock, AR, USA
Phone
5013726524
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$251,812,353
Expenses
$47,375,618

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 1 grant totaling $40,000,000. The stated grant purpose was the mission of the trust shall be to support those individuals and organizations who lift up jesus in word and deed including teaching his principles and furthering the gospel of jesus; caring for the underprivileged and facilitating opportunities for all people to know and follow jesus; and to support those organizations that esteem traditional, scripture-based values for government, as well as educational freedom for all children. the organization shall encourage and support conservative principles espoused by jesus inherent in this mission and not in contravention of them..

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 95
  • Cost Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 48

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 95.2%; rating input score 95; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Fail
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 19.04; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 95.2% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 48th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 48/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Excess business holdings not reported.