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Iseli Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$394k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$274k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$595kInternational$73kEducation$48kYouth Development$24kAnimals$20kHuman Services$11kHealth$6kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $120k
  • $250k+1 grant · $274k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIVING WATER$274,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GRESHAM$20,000
GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES$20,000
GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
CHAMPION MINISTRIES$20,000
GRACE CHAPEL CASTLE ROCK$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $61k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $20k → 14%HEARTLAND INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $10k → 5%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $20k → 8%HEARTLAND INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $10k → 5%BIRCH COMMUNITY SERVICE: $1k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
OR
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
AZ
KS
NC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$647k · 31 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
14

Total granted

$647k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-8%
+31%

Still filing today

32%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesReligionCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GF
    GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $13k · revenue +36%
  • MH
    MT HOOD HOSPICE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $5k · revenue +19%
  • CU
    COLORADO UPLIFT INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $4k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • FB
    FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • TD
    THE DENVER STREET SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +3%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
North America Bible Institute

North America Bible Institute (NABI) is an evangelical graduate school, made up of students who are diverse in both ethnicity and ministry aims -- but united in great love for Jesus and his gospel. As a graduate school, NABI offers them…

Education
2
Great Commission University Inc

Gcu serves the global church by educating mission leaders to fulfill the great commission of jesus christ. gcu accomplishes this mission through a comprehensive program of biblical and general education, christ-centered service and…

Education
3
Pacific Theological Seminary

To deliver biblically-based education and ministry mentoring through graduate-level degree programs.

Education
4
Pacific School of Religion

Pacific school of religion prepares a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive. grounded in the rigorous study and faithful practice of progressive christian…

Education
5
Teleo University

To provide affordable, accessible, accredited education to pastors and leaders to finish the great commission by multiplying disciple makers.

Education
6
University of Northwestern - St Paul

See schedule o. founded in 1902, university of northwestern - st. paul is a nondenominational christian university that integrates the educational philosophy of "faith, learning and living" through two focuses: higher education and media.…

Education
7
Columbia International University

Ciu educates from a biblical worldview to impact the nations with the message of christ.

Education
8
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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9
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
10
Phoenix Seminary Inc

Phoenix seminary's mission is to train men and women for christ-centered ministry for the building of healthy churches in phoenix and the world.

Education
11
Arizona Christian University

Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.

Education
12
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Good Samaritan Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Berean Way Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 51 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIVING WATER: $357,500 · OtherLIVING WATERFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GRESHAM: $70,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GRESHAMWESTERN SEMINARY: $59,000 · OtherWESTERN SEMINARYAMERICAN BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY: $28,000 · Other+29 more: $129,100 · Other+29 moreInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $20,000 · Human ServicesGood Samaritan Ministries: $20,000 · Human ServicesHeartland International Ministries: $20,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesGEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $13,000 · EducationWARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationMULTNOMAH UNIVERSITY: $4,000 · EducationCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $4,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC: $4,000 · EducationBARCLAY COLLEGE: $4,000 · EducationCORBAN UNIVERSITY: $4,000 · EducationLinfield University: $3,000 · EducationCHAMPION MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBEREAN WAY INC: $6,000 · ReligionEternal Perspective Ministries: $4,000 · ReligionKOLO GROUP: $3,000 · ReligionAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $500 · ReligionMy Sisters House: $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$643,600Human Services$61,000Education$41,000Youth Development$20,000Religion$13,500Crime & Legal$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeartland International Ministries: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetGEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBEREAN WAY INC: $6,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetWARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMT HOOD HOSPICE: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DENVER STREET SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMULTNOMAH UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBARCLAY COLLEGE: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCORBAN UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEternal Perspective Ministries: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLinfield University: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBirch Community Services Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMy Sisters House: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON RIGHT TO LIFE: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America ↗
  • Who funds Good Samaritan Ministries ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPION MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Heartland International Ministries ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BEREAN WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MT HOOD HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds THE DENVER STREET SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MULTNOMAH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO UPLIFT INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds BARCLAY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CORBAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Eternal Perspective Ministries ↗
  • Who funds KOLO GROUP ↗
  • Who funds Linfield University ↗

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.

M J Murdock Charitabl…Natl Christian Charit…The Oregon Community …Christian Community F…Servant FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
M J Murdock Charitable TrustWA14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Oregon Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Iseli Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Iseli Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept: 100% of income from government
  • Warner Pacific University: 14% of income from government
  • Linfield University: 4% of income from government
  • Corban University: 3% of income from government
  • George Fox University: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 51 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home