To provide nonprofit structure, strategic coaching, and community to Christian leaders who serve the underserved worldwide.
The most distinctive feature of The Cause Inc. is its donor-facing Internal Grant Program, which pairs grassroots Christian ministry partners with managerial coaches while donors help select finalists. That structure points to a funder focused on nonprofit administration, strategic coaching, and community support rather than conventional open grantmaking. The stated aim is to provide nonprofit structure, strategic coaching, and community to Christian leaders serving underserved communities worldwide. Recent grants show a very large portfolio concentrated in partner relationships. In 2025, the foundation awarded $977,850 to various program partners, followed by a $949,083 grant in 2024 to various recipients. A smaller 2024 grant went to Shade for Children in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The broader program focus includes Christian ministry, community development, capacity building, emergency relief, and sustainability projects, which aligns with the foundation’s emphasis on support for grassroots ministries and their project budgets and strategic plans. Its beneficiary base includes Christian nonprofit leaders, faith leaders, underserved communities, orphans and vulnerable children, and survivors of human trafficking.
Capacity building is central to The Cause Inc.’s grantmaking. Its Internal Grant Program funds and mentors grassroots Christian ministries, with managerial coaches attached to awarded partners and donor involvement in finalist selection. The program is designed to support both project budgets and strategic plans. The foundation also supports direct service through emergency and humanitarian work. Its focus areas include refugee and displacement response, health and medical missions, women and children’s services, and anti-human trafficking and survivor support. Community development appears alongside sustainability-oriented work. The active program description includes sustainability projects, and the broader taxonomy includes community development and sustainability and food systems, showing that the foundation’s support extends beyond one ministry function into practical local and global service models.
The Cause Inc. gives at a large-grant scale: p25 is $251,896, median grant size is $484,292, and p75 is $716,687. The recent record also includes two very large awards above $900,000, alongside a smaller $19,500 grant. The pattern is relationship-based rather than one-off open solicitation. The Internal Grant Program funds and mentors partner ministries, and unsolicited applications are not accepted. The data also points to recurring partner engagement, with awards going to program partners across consecutive years. The foundation is not an individual giving vehicle and does not make program-related investments.
$978K
$1.2M
$2.5M
$2.4M
Most grants fall between $252K and $717K, with a median of $484K.
25th Percentile
$252K
Median
$484K
75th Percentile
$717K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MS.
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Grant activity is regionally distributed, with the highest concentration of grants in Mississippi by count. The recipient-country data shows all reported grants going to US recipients. Named recipient locations in the recent record include Vicksburg, Mississippi, through Shade for Children. The foundation’s active program is described as global in scope, and its geography also includes the United States and Eswatini, indicating that partner ministries may operate across multiple regions even though the recorded recent grants are domestic.
No. The Internal Grant Program does not accept unsolicited applications. It funds grassroots Christian ministry partners through a donor-facing process that includes managerial coaching and donor involvement in selecting finalists.
It supports grassroots Christian ministries and Christian nonprofit leaders, with stated beneficiary groups that include underserved communities worldwide, orphans and vulnerable children, survivors of human trafficking, and faith-based organizations and ministries.
The typical award is large: p25 is $251,896, the median is $484,292, and p75 is $716,687. The recent grant record also includes awards of $977,850 and $949,083.
The foundation’s focus areas include fiscal sponsorship and nonprofit administration, international development, faith-based Christian ministry support, leadership development and training, health and medical missions, refugee and displacement response, women and children’s services, and sustainability and food systems.
The data shows recurring partner relationships. In the recent record, one year’s grant went to various program partners and the next year’s large award again went to various recipients, consistent with an ongoing partner model rather than isolated one-off awards.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VARIOUS | — | $977,850 | 2025 | PROGRAM PARTNERS |
| VARIOUS | — | $949,083 | 2024 | — |
| SHADE FOR CHILDREN | VICKSBURG, MS | $19,500 | 2024 | — |
VARIOUS
$977,850PROGRAM PARTNERS
VARIOUS
$949,083SHADE FOR CHILDREN
$19,500