About Serving Usa Inc Fka Serving California
Serving USA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit empowering Christian ministries to bring hope, redemption, and transformation through Jesus Christ by partnering with and providing funding for Christian nonprofit organizations that serve prisoners, women in recovery, and military veterans.
Focus Areas
Prison ministry / reentryWomen in recovery (addiction, domestic violence, trauma)Military veterans supportChurch planting and urban ministry (TUMI)Restorative services and wrap-around support (housing, job placement, legal aid)
Who They Fund
incarcerated individualsformerly incarcerated / justice-involved reentrantsjustice-involved veteransjustice-involved women (women in recovery)
Funding Style
About Serving Usa Inc Fka Serving California
Serving USA Inc Fka Serving California centers its giving on Christian ministries working with prisoners, women in recovery, and military veterans, with many of its largest recent grants tied to prison and veteran programming. The foundation’s recent activity shows repeated support for the same organizations across multiple years, including Mighty Oaks Foundation, which received $640,000 in 2025 after $500,000 grants in both 2024 and 2023 for veteran's programs. Prison Fellowship (tumi) also appears as a recurring grantee, with awards of $480,000 in 2023 and 2024 and $420,000 in 2025 for prison programs. This pattern points to sustained, project-specific support rather than one-off awards. Its grantmaking also includes reentry facility support and women in recovery work, with grants directed to organizations serving incarcerated people, returning citizens, justice-involved veterans, and justice-involved women. The foundation accepts unsolicited applications through its partner and partnership grant programs, and it gives nationally through vetted Christian 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
What Serving Usa Inc Fka Serving California Funds
Prison ministry and reentry are central to the foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $238,000 in 2025 to Epiphany Life Change (tumi in TX) in Houston for prison programs, after $208,000 in 2024 and $150,000 in 2023 for the same purpose. Inmate reentry facility work is another repeated theme: Lifeline Global Ministries in Wichita received $100,000 in 2023 and $50,000 in 2024 for inmate reentry facility programs. The foundation also funds women in recovery services. St John's Program for Real Change in Sacramento received $40,000 in 2023 for women in recover programs, while Powerhouse Ministries Inc in Folsom received $30,000 in 2023 for the same area. TUMI expansion within prison and reentry settings is a stated priority in one of its partnership grant programs.
How Serving Usa Inc Fka Serving California Gives
Typical awards cluster in the mid-five-figure range, with a p25 of $10,000, a median of $16,000, and a p75 of $25,000. The recent grants list also shows a smaller number of large, repeated project grants that reach into the hundreds of thousands, especially for prison and veteran programs. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025 to the same organizations, which suggests recurring support rather than single-year-only grants. Serving USA Inc Fka Serving California is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it accepts unsolicited applications through its partner grant programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.3M
Total Assets
$4M
Total Revenue
$227K
Total Expenses
$3.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $25K, with a median of $16K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$16K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
National29 states funded
About 5% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
GREG BRUCE
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