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Global Compassion Services

Walnut, CA · EIN 20-1282397. Reported 194 grants totalling $2,368,806 to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$9,600median grant
$2,368,806granted, 2021-2024
58organizations funded
90%of grantees funded again the next year
$5,408assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Global Compassion Services did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $9,600. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,200 and $17,400; the smallest was $200 and the largest $59,720. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
5 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
53 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
40 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
68 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
24 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Assemblies of GodPhilippines$219,880442024
CASA La Atarraya Church and OrphanageCentral America a$130,000442024
Grace Christian SchoolCypress, CA$120,035442024
Convoy of HopeSpringfieald, MO$103,000442024
Family Research CouncilWashington, DC$102,000442024
Christian Aid MinistryBerlin, OH$100,000442024
Mission Aviation FellowshipNampa, ID$100,000442024
Advocates for Faith and FreedomDuluth, GA$99,000442024
Prison FellowshipMerrifield, VA$99,000442024
Salvation ArmyAlexandria, VA$89,000442024
Calvary Chapel Chino HillsChino, CA$81,730442024
Wycliffe Bible TranslatorsOrlando, FL$69,000442024
Gateway InternationalCouer Dalene, ID$63,000442024
ChoicesPomona, CA$62,000442024
Open Doors USASanta Ana, CA$62,000442024
Union Rescue MissionLos Angeles, CA$62,000442024
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC$57,000442024
Focus on the FamilyColorado Springs, CO$52,000442024
The Walter Hoving Home IncGarrison, NY$52,000442024
Cross InternationalPmpano Beach, FL$51,000442024
Operation RescueOverland Park, KS$51,000442024
Rpec InternationalMission Viejo, CA$51,000442024
Outreach MapIndia$39,600442024
His ChannelSanta Ana, CA$31,000442024
St JudeMemphis, TN$29,600442024
Ethnos 360Sanford, FL$29,000332023
Global Christian ReliefMerrifield, VA$26,000222024
Live ActionArlington, VA$25,500442024
Turning Point USAPhoenix, AZ$25,500442024
Globe InternationalPensacola, FL$25,000442024
Unchartered MinistriesPlano, TX$21,000442024
Western Christian SchoolSalem, OR$20,900442024
ObriaSanta Ana, CA$20,100442024
Emergency Rescue CommitteeYardley, PA$20,000222022
OmcsocalOrange, CA$16,500332023
World ConcernSeattle, WA$13,400442024
Stonework InternationalSan Antonio, TX$13,300442024
The Lindell FoundationChaska, MN$13,000332023
K-Love RadioOmaha, NE$12,300442024
Operation MobileMobile, AL$11,000442024
Radical TruthBastrop, TX$10,900442024
New Life MinistriesLake Forest, CA$10,600442024
Cottonwood ChurchLos Alamitos, CA$10,500222023
Frontier VenturesPasadena, CA$10,400222024
Right to Life LeaguePasadena, CA$10,200442024
Fontier VenturesPasadena, CA$9,800222022
Air One RadioOmaha, NE$6,200442024
Love LifeCharlotte, NC$6,000112024
American Center for Law & JusticeWashington, DC$5,900442024
American Bible SocietyPhiladelpjia, PA$5,600442024
Children's Relief NetworkDeerfield, FL$4,800222022
Global OutreachPontotoc, MS$2,400112021
Victory ChurchLakeland, FL$2,100112021
Russian MinistriesSan Antonio, TX$1,700112023
Legacy Christian SchoolCovina, CA$1,200222024
Operation SmileVirginia Beach, VA$1,000112023
Center for Creative LearningMilwaukee, WI$690112022
My Father's WorldRolla, MO$471112022

51 of 58 (88%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 90%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 67 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Religion
31 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Human Services
8 grants
International Affairs
6 grants
Civil Rights
4 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Education
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202149$597,828$12,000
202250$594,185$6,500
202350$596,158$7,650
202445$580,635$12,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 24% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

California
$559K
Virginia
$240K
Philippines
$220K
Florida
$181K
Idaho
$163K
Central America a
$130K
District of Columbia
$108K
Missouri
$103K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $9,600. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Global Compassion Services's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 740 Pierre Road, Walnut, CA, 91789. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 20-1282397 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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