FGC CHILDRENS FOUNDATION concentrates almost all of its modest giving on faith‑aligned child welfare and ministry activities, primarily routed through a donor‑advised FGC Children's Fund and a direct grant to a ministry running a children’s home in Shanghai. The foundation appears to prioritize faith‑based child care and international ministry work over broad diversified grantmaking. Grants are few but sizable relative to total giving, suggesting targeted support rather than scattershot donations.
Concentrated and selective: very few grants overall, with the majority of dollars going to a donor‑advised fund and a single repeated ministry recipient; gives relatively large, targeted gifts rather than many small awards.
Fgc Childrens Foundation’s giving is anchored by donor-advised support and a direct commitment to Shanghai Healing Home, showing a narrow but consistent pattern of child-focused faith-based grantmaking. The largest recent gifts went to Vanguard Charitable for the FGC Children’s Fund, including $53,421 in 2023 and $34,250 in 2024, alongside a $42,500 grant in 2024 to Weidner Ministries for Shanghai Healing Home. That mix points to a foundation that channels much of its activity through an affiliated fund while also backing a specific children’s ministry project. Beyond those larger awards, the foundation has made smaller operating grants to organizations connected with adoption, special needs ministry, and China-focused child welfare work. Recent recipients include American Friends of International China Concern, Chinese Education Freedom Fund, Brentwood Baptist Church, and Children of China Pediatrics Foundation. The pattern is not broad diversification; it is a concentrated set of gifts tied to children’s ministries and related nonprofit support. With annual grants of $160,371 and total assets of $2,020,359, the foundation operates at a modest scale but directs its giving into clearly defined channels.
A central theme is donor-advised support for child-related philanthropy. The foundation gave $53,421 in 2023 and $34,250 in 2024 to Vanguard Charitable for the FGC Children’s Fund, indicating that a substantial share of its grantmaking moves through that vehicle. It also funds ministry work serving children in residential care. In 2024, it awarded $42,500 to Weidner Ministries for Shanghai Healing Home, linking the foundation to an international children’s home program. Adoption and special needs ministry appear as another recurring area. The foundation gave $5,000 in 2024 to Brentwood Baptist Church for its Brentwood campus adoption special needs ministry. Related child welfare support also appears in grants to American Friends of International China Concern, including general operations and fundraising capacity support.
Grant size is uneven, with a median award of $6,500, a first quartile of $5,000, and a third quartile of $34,250. That spread reflects a structure with a few much larger grants and a cluster of smaller operating awards. The pattern also suggests repeated support rather than one-time-only giving: Vanguard Charitable appears in both 2023 and 2024, American Friends of International China Concern appears in multiple grants, and Chinese Education Freedom Fund received grants in consecutive years. The foundation is a private operating pattern built around focused charitable support rather than broad, open application grantmaking, and the recent record shows use of both program-specific and general operating purposes.
$160K
$2M
$432K
$97K
Most grants fall between $5K and $34K, with a median of $7K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$7K
75th Percentile
$34K
About 11% of grants go to recipients in TN.
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Notable grantees: Vanguard Charitable (FGC Children’s Fund), Weidner Ministries (Shanghai Healing Home), Other religion‑affiliated child welfare recipients (NTEE X)
Grant recipients are entirely U.S.-based in the recent record, with 9 grants and 100% of recipient locations in the United States. Tennessee is the top state by grant count, and Brentwood appears as a recipient city through Brentwood Baptist Church. Other recipient cities include Warwick, RI; Mandeville, LA; Bellingham, WA; Beaver Falls, PA; and New York, NY. The giving footprint is national, but the recipient map is concentrated in a small set of U.S. cities tied to child welfare and ministry organizations.
The foundation funds child-focused faith-based work, including donor-advised support through the FGC Children’s Fund, a ministry connected to Shanghai Healing Home, adoption and special needs ministry, and China-related child welfare organizations such as American Friends of International China Concern and Children of China Pediatrics Foundation.
Its recent grants are uneven in size but cluster around smaller awards, with a p25 of $5,000, a median of $6,500, and a p75 of $34,250. That pattern shows a mix of modest operating grants and larger donor-advised support.
The recent grants listed are all to U.S.-based recipients, and the recipient country distribution shows 9 grants, or 100%, in the United States. One of the funded programs, Shanghai Healing Home, is international in scope, but the recipient organization in the record is U.S.-based.
The record shows recurring support in several cases. Vanguard Charitable appears in both 2023 and 2024, American Friends of International China Concern received more than one grant, and Chinese Education Freedom Fund was funded in consecutive years.
The foundation uses a donor-advised pattern through the FGC Children’s Fund and also makes direct program and operating grants. Recent purposes include general operations, fundraising support, and program-specific child welfare work, showing a mix of fund support and direct ministry funding.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weidner Ministries | Mandeville, LA | $42,500 | 2024 | Shanghai Healing Home |
| Vanguard Charitable | Warwick, RI | $34,250 | 2024 | FGC Children's Fund |
| Chinese Education Freedom Fund | BEAVER FALLS, PA | $5,200 | 2024 | general operations |
| American Friends of International China Concern | Bellingham, WA | $5,000 | 2024 | General Operations Fundraising |
| Brentwood Baptist Church | Brentwood, TN | $5,000 | 2024 | brentwood campus adoption special needs ministry |
| Vanguard Charitable | Warwick, RI | $53,421 | 2023 | FGC Children's Fund |
| American Friends of International China Concern | Bellingham, WA | $7,000 | 2023 | general operation |
| Chinese Education Freedom Fund | BEAVER FALLS, PA | $6,500 | 2023 | general operations |
| Children of China Pediatrics Foundation | new york, NY | $1,500 | 2023 | general operation |
Weidner Ministries
$42,500Shanghai Healing Home
Vanguard Charitable
$34,250FGC Children's Fund
Chinese Education Freedom Fund
$5,200general operations
American Friends of International China Concern
$5,000General Operations Fundraising
Brentwood Baptist Church
$5,000brentwood campus adoption special needs ministry
Vanguard Charitable
$53,421FGC Children's Fund
American Friends of International China Concern
$7,000general operation
Chinese Education Freedom Fund
$6,500general operations
Children of China Pediatrics Foundation
$1,500general operation