Oregon · Public charity
Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland
To supplement the income of zion lutheran church in certain circumstances, to provide assistance to students of the ministry and christian education, to provide financial assistance to persons or groups of persons in need.
- $90k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $75k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $296k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $108k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $118k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $28k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $64k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $12k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Lutheran Church | $406,600 | 5 | n/a |
| These Numbers Have Faces | $144,200 | 5 | 12% |
| Lift Urban Portland | $71,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Rose Haven Cic | $68,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of the City | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pilgrim Lutheran Christian School Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Community Dinners PDX | $12,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Northwest Pilot Project | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lutheran Latino Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
Compare Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland with peer funders
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About Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland
- How much does Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland give?
- Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland reported 3 itemized grants totaling $75,000, out of $89,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (53%), International (18%), Food & Nutrition (16%).
- Who are Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Zion Lutheran Church ($407k), These Numbers Have Faces ($144k), Lift Urban Portland ($71k).
- Does Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland based?
- Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland is based in OR.
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