First Fruit

About First Fruit

First Fruit Inc. stands out for repeated large grants to faith-based organizations working across the Majority World, especially where the money is tied to capacity building, leadership pipelines, and ministry operations. In the recent grants sample, the largest award was $500,000 to Life in Abundance International for the ministry of LIA Blue Wings, followed by $330,000 to Reconciled World for strengthening organizational capacity. That pattern fits a funder that backs organizations beyond short-term project support and into internal systems, staffing, and long-range ministry expansion. The foundation also shows a strong interest in leadership formation. It gave $255,000 to Strategic Global Assistance Inc for the work of LeaderSource in 2024 and $200,000 to Elam Ministries for capacity building initiatives, with the 2025 grant specifying tech, fundraising, and admin support. Other sizable awards support succession planning, church engagement, operational strengthening, and collaborative ministry work in India and the Middle East. Across the sample, First Fruit Inc. appears to favor relational, flexible grants for Christian organizations serving global communities, with a visible emphasis on strengthening the people and structures behind the work.

What First Fruit Funds

Leadership development is one of the clearest threads in First Fruit Inc.’s grantmaking. It provided $255,000 to Strategic Global Assistance Inc to support the work of LeaderSource in 2024, and $100,000 to Langham Partnership USA for decentralizing decision making to Langham’s global South leaders. Those grants point to an interest in local leadership, succession, and shared authority. Organizational strengthening is another recurring area. The foundation gave $330,000 to Reconciled World for strengthening organizational capacity, and $200,000 to Elam Ministries for capacity building initiatives, including tech, fundraising, and admin support in 2025. It also awarded $160,776 to International Generosity Foundation to support the director of church engagement position. In education and school infrastructure, First Fruit Inc. funded Village Schools International with $200,000 for construction of new schools in Malawi, Zambia, Uganda and Kenya, and gave $118,000 to Thornston Educational Fund for the Valley of Vision Leadership Academy, including teachers’ salaries, materials, travel, housing, and tech.

How First Fruit Gives