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Stewardship Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
101
Grants FY2024
88
Organizations funded FY2023
7%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
84 to 95
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
23
Total assets, FY2024
$97M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Stewardship Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $263k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
InternationalHuman ServicesReligionRecreation & SportsEducationEnvironmentOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving88$5.3M9%
FY202388$5.3M7%
FY202295$5.8M16%
FY202184$4.8M10%
FY202093$5.0Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

International$8.9MReligion$4.2MEducation$4.0MHousing & Shelter$1.6MHuman Services$1.6MHealth$1.5MYouth Development$1.4MCommunity Improvement$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 117 grantees
All grantees of Stewardship Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fuller Theological Seminary$1,350,00051%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$801,60051%
International Justice Mission$700,00051%
Friends of Forman Christian College Inc$680,00058%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$620,00050%
The Veritas Forum Inc$575,00053%
Medical Teams International$530,00050%
The Society of St Andrew Inc$470,00050%
Justice Ventures International$460,00055%
Vine Maple Place$455,00052%
World Bicycle Relief Nfp$454,92151%
Compassion International Incorporated$450,0005n/a
Tacomapierce County Habitat for Humanit$430,00052%
Olive Crest$400,00050%
InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA$400,00050%
Association for a More Just Society -Us$370,00054%
ECHO Inc$366,00052%
Vision House$360,00052%
Lifewater Inc$350,000421%
Scholar Leaders International$340,00055%
Eastside Academy$340,00054%
Young Life$335,00050%
Agros International$330,00053%
Headington Institute$325,00055%
Mesa Global$320,0005n/a
Alpha USA$320,00051%
Sinapis Group Inc$320,00053%
New Horizons Ministries$315,00052%
Diamond Willow Ministries$310,05056%
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology$310,00051%
Degrees of Change$310,00054%
Hope International$305,00050%
R Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship$305,00057%
Hopecentral$300,00056%
Starfish Project Incorporated$295,00052%
Street Psalms$287,500514%
Leadership Foundations$285,00054%
The Colossian Forum$270,00046%
Military Community Youth Ministries$265,00055%
Lifenet International Corporation$260,00032%
Healing Hands of Joy$240,00057%
Morning Star Development$232,00053%
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students USA Inc$230,00051%
New Earth Recovery$230,00056%
Development Assoc International$230,00051%
Momco Global Inc$225,00052%
Kids Hope USA$220,00054%
Nw Furniture Bank$220,00051%
Nourish Pierce County$220,00040%
The Taproot Theatre$210,00052%
LArche USA$210,00052%
Rural Development Institute$210,00050%
Admirato Inc$185,20058%
Willow International Everfree$185,00042%
Cure International Inc$180,00040%
Youth for Christtacoma Area Inc$180,00054%
Langham Partnership USA Inc Nfp$180,00021%
Visionsynergy$179,00044%
Prison Fellowship International$160,00030%
African Road Inc$160,00034%
Servant Partners Inc$157,50051%
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties$155,60040%
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington$155,00040%
Reconciliation Ministries$155,000524%
Redeem International$150,00032%
World Hope International Inc$145,00050%
Free Wheelchair Mission$140,45740%
Duke University$135,00040%
Systematic Asian Leadership Trainin$130,000310%
The Contingent$125,00021%
Tacoma Community House$125,00031%
Christian Friends of Korea$125,000111%
Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc$121,0323n/a
Capable$120,00053%
Care for Children Care for Children - USA Inc$120,00037%
Romanian Christian Enterprises$115,00043%
Alliance for Children Everywhere$115,00033%
Warm Beach Christian Camps And Conference Center$112,44031%
10 Thousand Windows Inc$110,000211%
Praxis Inc$100,00021%
Ideos Institute$90,940317%
Bethlehem Bible Co$90,00033%
American Leprosy Missions Inc$90,00020%
Hope Walks Inc$90,00021%
The Rescue Mission$86,16021%
Yale University$82,0462n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$75,00010%
MAP International Inc$75,00030%
Lahai Health$75,00041%
Violent Crime Victim Services$70,00048%
Reach Ministries$70,000311%
Care Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound$70,00021%
Kupenda for the Children$65,00043%
Hodos Institute$60,00059%
Justice Defense Fund$60,00015%
Ninos Con Valor Inc$56,00028%
School Connect Wa$50,000214%
Justice Defenders (Usa) Inc$50,00011%
Impact Latin America$35,000111%
Presbyterian Counseling Service Dba Samaritan Center of Puget Sound$35,00012%
Eagle Wings Ministries$32,00027%
Center for Religion and Diplomacy Inc$30,00012%
Peace Community Center$30,00021%
Discovery Institute$30,00010%
Bridge Receiving Center$30,00013%
Missional Labs Inc$30,00017%
Healing Waters International Inc$30,00011%
Tacoma Pierce County Chaplaincy$30,00025%
TechMission Inc$30,00016%
Omf International Inc$25,0001n/a
Operation Mobilization$25,0001n/a
University of Washington Foundation$22,50010%
Barbara Jean Brown Foundation$22,00042%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County$15,00010%
Henri Nouwen Society$10,00013%
Professionals in Christian Philanthropy$10,00014%
Dads Divine Alternatives for Dads Services$4,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stewardship Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFuller Theological Seminary: $1,350,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNorthwest Immigrant Rights Project: $801,600 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetInternational Justice Mission: $700,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of Forman Christian College Inc: $680,000 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetWorld Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: $620,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Veritas Forum Inc: $575,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetMedical Teams International: $530,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Society of St Andrew Inc: $470,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetJustice Ventures International: $460,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetVine Maple Place: $455,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetWorld Bicycle Relief Nfp: $454,921 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTacomapierce County Habitat for Humanit: $430,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetOlive Crest: $400,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $400,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAssociation for a More Just Society -Us: $370,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetECHO Inc: $366,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetVision House: $360,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetLifewater Inc: $350,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetScholar Leaders International: $340,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetEastside Academy: $340,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetYoung Life: $335,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAgros International: $330,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetHeadington Institute: $325,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetAlpha USA: $320,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSinapis Group Inc: $320,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetNew Horizons Ministries: $315,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetDiamond Willow Ministries: $310,050 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetThe Seattle School of Theology & Psychology: $310,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetDegrees of Change: $310,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetHope International: $305,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetR Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship: $305,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetHopecentral: $300,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetStarfish Project Incorporated: $295,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetStreet Psalms: $287,500 over 5y, 14% of budgetLeadership Foundations: $285,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetThe Colossian Forum: $270,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetMilitary Community Youth Ministries: $265,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetLifenet International Corporation: $260,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetHealing Hands of Joy: $240,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetMorning Star Development: $232,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetInternational Fellowship of Evangelical Students USA Inc: $230,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetNew Earth Recovery: $230,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetDevelopment Assoc International: $230,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMomco Global Inc: $225,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetKids Hope USA: $220,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetNw Furniture Bank: $220,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetNourish Pierce County: $220,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Taproot Theatre: $210,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budget

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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 111.

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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.

M J Murdock Charitable TrustWA72.5× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: M J Murdock Charitable Trust · First Fruit Inc · Tyndale House Ministries · Henry P & Susan C Crowell Trust · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · G II Charities · Medina Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · International Generosity Foundation Trust · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · Sequoia Foundation · Seattle 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.

Compare Stewardship Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Stewardship Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Stewardship Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Stewardship Foundation

How much does Stewardship Foundation give?
Stewardship Foundation reported 101 grants totaling $5,528,829 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 84 and 95 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Stewardship Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (32%), Religion (15%), Education (15%).
Who are Stewardship Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Fuller Theological Seminary ($1.4M), Northwest Immigrant Rights Project ($802k), International Justice Mission ($700k).
Does Stewardship Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Stewardship Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Stewardship Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include M J Murdock Charitable Trust, First Fruit Inc, Tyndale House Ministries.
Where is Stewardship Foundation based?
Stewardship Foundation is based in WA.

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 135 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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