About Anabaptist Foundation
Anabaptist Foundation’s largest recent grants support Christian Aid Ministries at multiyear levels, with awards of $4,028,987 in 2025, $3,412,854 in 2024, and $3,180,959 in 2023 for operations. That pattern shows a funder that uses substantial operating support alongside its core work in gift facilitation, stewardship services, and planned giving for conservative Anabaptist churches and nonprofits. The foundation also funds other recurring recipients over multiple years, including Masters International Ministries, which received $2,368,076 in 2024, $2,000,593 in 2023, and $1,574,652 in 2025, and Community Care Center, which received $2,112,077 in 2025 and $1,516,764 in 2024. Its stated purpose is to help the brotherhood channel material resources within the kingdom of Christ while providing financial counsel consistent with conservative Anabaptist beliefs and values. Recent grants also show support for schools, church aid, health-related ministries, and mission work, all framed as operations funding rather than restricted project awards.
What Anabaptist Foundation Funds
A major share of the foundation’s work centers on church and ministry operations. Christian Aid Ministries received three large operating grants across 2023 to 2025, while Appalachian Christian Brotherhood received $714,375 in 2023 for operations. Education is another visible area: Ephrata Mennonite School received $2,570,500 in 2023 and $1,025,000 in 2024, both for operations. Health and care services also appear in the record. The Clinic For Special Children received $1,511,149 in 2023, $893,111 in 2024, and $542,118 in 2025, all marked operations, and Old Order Amish Hospital Aid received $1,013,129 in 2025. The foundation also supports publishing and media work, including Grace Press Inc at $661,888 in 2025 and Grace Press at $627,975 in 2024.
How Anabaptist Foundation Gives
Typical grants are in the middle five figures: the p25 is $10,000, the median is $20,612, and the p75 is $51,517. The recent grants list also shows a long tail of much larger operating awards, including several multi-million-dollar grants. Recipients appear across multiple years, which points to ongoing support relationships rather than one-off awards. The foundation is a regular funder and also makes program-related investments. Its active programs include charity hardship loans, special gift funds, endowed funds, and gift facilitation structures, and the listed programs do not accept unsolicited requests.
