About Pinetops Foundation
Supporting innovation in faith-based communities to serve the world; funding innovative organizations and social ventures to address systemic, root-cause problems and catalyze long-term impact.
Focus Areas
Faith-based community initiativesEconomic developmentSpiritual engagement and formationLeadership developmentTranslation and ministry theologyCommunity developmentInnovative social ventures
Who They Fund
community leaders and local leadership teamsfaith-based organizations and congregationslocal communities (place-based)emerging and extraordinary leaders
About Pinetops Foundation
PINETOPS FOUNDATION is a private foundation based in Bend, OR. It reported $3,105,816 in annual grants and $52,990,455 in total assets, with the latest 990 year on file for 2025. Its grantmaking is organized around faith-based community initiatives, economic development, spiritual engagement and formation, leadership development, translation and ministry theology, community development, and innovative social ventures. The foundation’s published summary describes its work as supporting innovation in faith-based communities to serve the world and funding organizations and social ventures that address systemic, root-cause problems. Recent grants show this pattern in practice. FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY received $600,000 to support continued development and testing of training material for youth discipleship in churches across the U.S. NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION received $400,000 for NCF Redemptive Real Estate Fund and the Friends of India Fund. CENTER FOR CHRISTIANITY AND PUBLIC LIFE received $175,000 to support a program teaching high school students how to incorporate faith into the civic arena and the Public Good Generation Program. Other large grants included VERITAS FORUM at $150,000 and CITY TO CITY LA at $150,000.
What Pinetops Foundation Funds
Recent grantmaking spans spiritual engagement and formation, leadership development, economic development, and translation from ideas into practice. Notable grants include FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY’s $600,000 award to develop and test youth discipleship training material, MEHR REFORMED MINISTRIES’ $98,000 grant for leadership training programs for church leaders internationally, and SINAPSIS GROUP INC’s $115,000 grant to expand work in East Africa developing faith-based entrepreneurs. The foundation also funded CHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT with $25,000 to build capacity, and THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS with $50,000 to digitize Greek New Testament manuscripts at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
How Pinetops Foundation Gives
PINETOPS FOUNDATION gives through invitation-only programs, and its active programs do not accept unsolicited applications. The recent grants list suggests a preference for organizations working on church and faith-based initiatives, leadership development, and socially oriented projects with a theory of change or pilot model. Grant sizes in the recent list range from $20,000 to $600,000, with a median recent grant of $75,000 and the upper quartile at $150,000. Several awards were described as support for expansion, testing, capacity building, or sustainable funding models, which aligns with its stated emphasis on catalytic, sustainable, and scalable work.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.1M
Total Assets
$53M
Total Revenue
$3.7M
Total Expenses
$3.8M
Geographic Reach
National17 states funded
About 8% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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