How much does Nehemiah Ventures give?

Nehemiah Ventures reported 44 grants totaling $119,505 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 51 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Nehemiah Ventures fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Youth Development (20%), Human Services (8%).

Who are Nehemiah Ventures's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Seattle Area Youth for Christ ($50k), MissionNext Inc ($30k), LifeWire ($29k).

Does Nehemiah Ventures fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Nehemiah Ventures accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

Which funders back the same organizations as Nehemiah Ventures?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.

Where is Nehemiah Ventures based?

Nehemiah Ventures is based in WA.

Foundation Dossiers

Washington · Private foundation

Nehemiah Ventures

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$120k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 44
Grants FY2025: 29
Organizations funded FY2024: 62%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $1,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $25,000
Organizations funded a year: 5 to 51; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 9
Total assets, FY2025: $2.5M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 62% of the organizations Nehemiah Ventures funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesEnvironmentEducationHealthArts & CultureReligionOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	44	$120k	75%
FY2024	29	$81k	62%
FY2023	13	$46k	46%
FY2022	5	$31k	40%
FY2021	51	$161k	24%
FY2020	36	$46k	14%
FY2019	37	$53k	41%
FY2018	32	$52k	56%

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What it funded, over time

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

Religion$142kYouth Development$129kHuman Services$52kEnvironment$43kInternational$43kEducation$32kAnimals$26kFood & Nutrition$26kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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
Seattle Area Youth for Christ	$49,500	5	2%
MissionNext Inc	$30,000	5	3%
LifeWire	$28,500	9	0%
Highlands Community Church	$25,000	1	n/a
Washington Coalition for Open Government	$15,000	3	10%
Hope Christian Church Inc	$15,000	2	n/a
Saturate	$15,000	1	2%
Starfish International	$12,500	2	n/a
In The Field Ministries	$12,000	3	4%
Youth Transition Network Inc	$10,000	1	14%

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All grantees of Nehemiah Ventures by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Seattle Area Youth for Christ	$49,500	5	2%
MissionNext Inc	$30,000	5	3%
LifeWire	$28,500	9	0%
Highlands Community Church	$25,000	1	n/a
Washington Coalition for Open Government	$15,000	3	10%
Hope Christian Church Inc	$15,000	2	n/a
Saturate	$15,000	1	2%
Starfish International	$12,500	2	n/a
In The Field Ministries	$12,000	3	4%
Youth Transition Network Inc	$10,000	1	14%
Gig Harbor Tides Scholarship Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes	$10,000	1	0%
Uplift Northwest	$9,000	3	0%
Pcc Farmland Trust	$7,500	4	0%
Northwest Harvest Emm	$6,500	3	0%
Queen Anne Helpline	$6,000	3	1%
Opal House	$5,500	4	2%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc	$5,000	5	0%
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association	$5,000	1	0%
Ocean Conservancy	$5,000	5	0%
Harvest Against Hunger	$5,000	1	0%
The Trust for Public Land	$5,000	5	0%
Urban Impact	$5,000	1	0%
Women for Women International	$5,000	5	0%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc	$5,000	5	0%
Rebuilding Together Seattle	$5,000	1	1%
Finca International Inc	$4,500	5	0%
Farestart	$4,000	4	0%
Raven Rock Ranch	$4,000	1	1%
National Network of Youth Ministries	$4,000	1	0%
Eileen & Callies Place	$4,000	1	1%
Defenders of Wildlife	$3,800	5	0%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc	$3,500	3	0%
Earthjustice	$3,500	4	0%
Joni and Friends	$3,345	2	0%
National Parks Conservation Association	$3,000	4	0%
Blue Sky Church	$3,000	1	n/a
Stepping Stones to Learning	$3,000	2	0%
Forterra Nw	$2,500	3	0%
The Humane Society for Seattleking County	$2,500	4	0%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated	$2,500	5	0%
Maris Place	$2,500	1	1%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research	$2,500	3	0%
The Storehouse Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Youth Dynamics	$2,005	1	n/a
Encompass Northwest	$2,000	2	0%
Greater Gig Harbor Foundation	$2,000	1	n/a
Seattle Theatre Group	$2,000	2	0%
Life Enrichment Options	$2,000	2	0%
Pets for Vets Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Students International	$2,000	1	n/a
Empower Youth Network	$2,000	2	0%
Christian Chefs International	$2,000	1	0%
Mt Si Senior Center	$2,000	2	0%
Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank	$2,000	1	n/a
Snoqualmie Valley Youth Activities and Community Center Association	$2,000	2	5%
All Kids Play	$2,000	1	2%
Believers Fellowship	$1,975	1	n/a
Trout Unlimited Inc	$1,840	4	0%
Ballard Food Bank	$1,600	3	0%
Jacques Pepin Foundation The	$1,500	1	1%
Washington Women in Need	$1,500	3	0%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc	$1,500	2	0%
Seattle Public Library	$1,500	3	n/a
The Taproot Theatre	$1,500	3	0%
American Friendship Foundation	$1,500	1	0%
The Trail Youth	$1,500	3	0%
Birthday Dreams	$1,117	2	0%
International Nutritional Sustainable Partners	$1,000	1	2%
North Bend Art and Industry	$1,000	1	1%
Prison Pet Partnership Program	$1,000	1	0%
South King County Food Coalition Skcfc	$1,000	1	0%
Children of the Nations	$1,000	1	0%
Northwest Association for Blind Athletes	$1,000	1	n/a
Washington Trails Association	$1,000	1	0%
Buildon Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Pacific Foundation for Blind Children	$1,000	1	0%
The Coffee Oasis	$1,000	1	n/a
Vine Maple Place	$1,000	1	0%
Valley Animal Partners	$1,000	1	n/a
American Library Association	$1,000	1	n/a
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation	$1,000	1	n/a
Food Backpacks 4 Kids	$1,000	1	0%
Rei Cooperative Action Fund	$1,000	1	n/a
Greyhound Pets Inc	$1,000	1	n/a
Hopelink	$1,000	1	0%
Cascade Public Media	$1,000	1	0%
Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation	$750	1	n/a
Friends of Youth	$750	2	0%
Food Lifeline	$500	1	0%
Brightfocus Foundation	$500	1	0%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio	$500	1	0%
Northwest Battle Buddies	$500	1	0%
Ducks Unlimited Inc	$400	3	0%
The Wilderness Society	$400	1	0%
Gideons International	$220	3	n/a
National Arbor Day Foundation	$100	1	0%
Wildcat Booster Club	$100	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($198k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nehemiah Ventures supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 78.

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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.

Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE41.6× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · United Way of King County · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Washington Federal Foundation · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · The Russell Family Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Lamb Weston Charitable 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.

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About Nehemiah Ventures

How much does Nehemiah Ventures give?: Nehemiah Ventures reported 44 grants totaling $119,505 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 51 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Nehemiah Ventures fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Youth Development (20%), Human Services (8%).
Who are Nehemiah Ventures's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Seattle Area Youth for Christ ($50k), MissionNext Inc ($30k), LifeWire ($29k).
Does Nehemiah Ventures fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Nehemiah Ventures accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nehemiah Ventures?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.
Where is Nehemiah Ventures based?: Nehemiah Ventures is based in WA.