About Cause
To provide nonprofit structure, strategic coaching, and community to Christian leaders who serve the underserved worldwide.
Focus Areas
Fiscal sponsorship / nonprofit administrationInternational developmentFaith-based / Christian ministry supportLeadership development and trainingHealth & medical missionsRefugee & displacement responseWomen and children's servicesSustainability and food systems
Who They Fund
Christian nonprofit leaders / faith leadersunderserved communities worldwideorphans and vulnerable childrensurvivors of human trafficking
About Cause
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.
What Cause Funds
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.
How Cause Gives
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.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$978K
Total Assets
$1.2M
Total Revenue
$2.5M
Total Expenses
$2.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $252K and $717K, with a median of $484K.
25th Percentile
$252K
Median
$484K
75th Percentile
$717K
Geographic Reach
Regional1 state funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MS.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MORGAN FUNKE
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