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Stewardship Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
101
Grants FY2024still arriving
23
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 101 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k45 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k54 grants · $4.1M
$50,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$97M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$200,000
WORLD VISION INC$165,000
FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$125,000
THE VERITAS FORUM$125,000
WORLD RELIEF$125,000
FRIENDS OF FORMAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE$100,000
OLIVE CREST$100,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$100,000
JUSTICE VENTURES INTERNATIONAL$100,000
LIFEWATER INTERNATIONAL$100,000
MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL INC$100,000
WORLD VISION INC$100,000
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION$100,000
NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT$90,000
VINE MAPLE PLACE$90,000
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 (FY20–24, $3.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MOPS INTERNATIONAL: $45k → 12%STARFISH PROJECT INC: $65k → 13%DIAMOND WILLOW MINISTRIES: $50k → 40%IDEOS INSTITUTE: $33k → 10%MOPS INTERNATIONAL: $40k → 12%STARFISH PROJECT INC: $65k → 13%DIAMOND WILLOW MINISTRIES: $50k → 40%IDEOS INSTITUTE: $33k → 10%MOPS INTERNATIONAL: $40k → 12%STARFISH PROJECT INC: $65k → 13%DIAMOND WILLOW MINISTRIES: $50k → 40%MOPS INTERNATIONAL: $40k → 12%STARFISH PROJECT INC: $50k → 13%DIAMOND WILLOW MINISTRIES: $38k → 40%WILLOW INTERNATIONAL DBA EVERFREE: $60k → 10%MOPS INTERNATIONAL: $35k → 12%STARFISH PROJECT INC: $50k → 13%VISION HOUSE: $70k → 9%DIAMOND WILLOW MINISTRIES: $35k → 40%VISION HOUSE: $70k → 9%EVERFREE: $50k → 10%NW FURNITURE BANK: $50k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $65k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $50k → 9%WILLOW INTERNATIONAL DBA EVERFREE: $50k → 10%NW FURNITURE BANK: $40k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $95k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $40k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $90k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $40k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $85k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $85k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $75k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $70k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $70k → 9%BRIDGE RECEIVING CENTER: $30k → 9%NINOS CON VALOR INC: $31k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $46k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $40k → 9%TACOMA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $40k → 9%TACOMA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $40k → 9%YMCA OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $30k → 9%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $30k → 9%NEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES: $70k → 9%NEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES: $70k → 9%NEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES: $60k → 9%NEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES: $60k → 9%NEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES: $50k → 9%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

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
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 12% of Stewardship Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 38% of the giving stays in WA; by stated purpose, 34%.

Stewardship Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 13% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25M · 104 repeat orgs$996k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

104 repeat relationships: 80 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

104
18

Total granted

$25M
$702k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
-7%

Still filing today

89%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $294k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalReligionHuman ServicesEducationHealthYouth 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

  • FT
    FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +18%
  • NI
    NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT
    5× · 2020–2024 · $802k · revenue +55%
  • IJ
    INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $700k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • CF
    CHRISTIAN FRIENDS OF KOREA
    one grant, 2020 · $125k · revenue -42%
  • LI
    LIFEWATER INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2020 · $75k
  • EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue -66%
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
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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3
Washington Prayer Coalition

to spread the gospel to the world by planting and serving churches, training local Christian leaders and to transform the world through prayer,

Religion
4
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
5
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
6
World Renew

Compelled by a deep passion for justice and mercy, World Renew joins communities around the world to renew hope, reconcile lives, and restore creation with programs focused on disaster response, community health, economic opportunity, food…

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7
Pilgrim Africa

Pilgrim Africa's mission is to challenge despair, love boldly, and help African people create a future of sustainable prosperity and health. We give ourselves in service to others regardless of economic, religious, or social standing,…

International
8
Timothy Two Project International

Reaching and teaching pastors in the majority world.

Religion
9
Next Worldwide Inc

With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.

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10
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
11
Peacemaker Ministries

To equip and assist christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically.

International
12
Harvest Bridge

Harvest Bridge equips South Asian Christians to serve their communities more effectively. With our assistance, people and communities in South Asia are transformed by the love of Christ.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Agros International; the most unlike its peers is Systematic Asian Leadership Trainin. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

117 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 117 of the 135 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)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
115/117
Grantees still filing
82/117
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WORLD VISION INC: $1,030,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INCINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $700,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSIONWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $620,000 · InternationalWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL…MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $530,000 · InternationalMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONALJUSTICE VENTURES INTERNATIONAL: $460,000 · InternationalJUSTICE VENTURES INTERNATIONA…Compassion International Incorporated: $450,000 · InternationalCompassion International Inco…ASSOCIATION FOR A MORE JUST SOCIETY -US: $370,000 · InternationalECHO Inc: $366,000 · InternationalAGROS INTERNATIONAL: $330,000 · InternationalHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $305,000 · InternationalLIFENET INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION: $260,000 · International+15 more: $1,761,000 · International+15 moreFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $1,350,000 · EducationFULLER THEOLOGICAL…Friends of Forman Christian College Inc: $680,000 · EducationFriends of Forman …Scholar Leaders International: $340,000 · EducationScholar Leaders In…EASTSIDE ACADEMY: $340,000 · EducationEASTSIDE ACADEMYSINAPIS GROUP INC: $320,000 · EducationSINAPIS GROUP INCTHE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY: $310,000 · EducationTHE SEATTLE SCHOOL…DEGREES OF CHANGE: $310,000 · EducationDEGREES OF CHANGER MERLE PALMER MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP: $305,000 · EducationR MERLE PALMER MIN…Kids Hope USA: $220,000 · Education+5 more: $332,500 · Education+5 moreTHE VERITAS FORUM INC: $575,000 · ReligionTHE VERITAS FO…InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $400,000 · ReligionInterVarsity C…Alpha USA: $320,000 · ReligionAlpha USASTREET PSALMS: $287,500 · ReligionSTREET PSALMSTHE COLOSSIAN FORUM: $270,000 · ReligionTHE COLOSSIAN …INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC: $230,000 · ReligionINTERNATIONAL …Development Assoc International: $230,000 · ReligionDevelopment As…ADMIRATO INC: $185,200 · ReligionLANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA INC NFP: $180,000 · ReligionRECONCILIATION MINISTRIES: $155,000 · ReligionSYSTEMATIC ASIAN LEADERSHIP TRAININ: $130,000 · ReligionCHRISTIAN FRIENDS OF KOREA: $125,000 · Religion+9 more: $434,908 · Religion+9 moreNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $801,600 · OtherNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS …MESA GLOBAL: $320,000 · OtherLANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA: $290,000 · OtherMILITARY COMMUNITY YOUTH MINISTRIES: $265,000 · OtherLEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONS: $285,000 · OtherTACOMAPIERCE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANIT: $430,000 · OtherTACOMAPIERCE COUNTY HABITAT…THE SOCIETY OF ST ANDREW INC: $470,000 · OtherTHE SOCIETY OF ST ANDREW IN…WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $454,921 · OtherWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFPLIFEWATER INC: $350,000 · Other+38 more: $2,963,178 · Other+38 moreVINE MAPLE PLACE: $455,000 · Human ServicesVINE MAPLE PL…VISION HOUSE: $360,000 · Human ServicesVISION HOUSENEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES: $315,000 · Human ServicesNEW HORIZONS …DIAMOND WILLOW MINISTRIES: $310,050 · Human ServicesDIAMOND WILLO…Starfish Project Incorporated: $295,000 · Human ServicesStarfish Proj…Healing Hands of Joy: $240,000 · Human ServicesHealing Hands…MOMCO GLOBAL INC: $225,000 · Human ServicesMOMCO GLOBAL …NW FURNITURE BANK: $220,000 · Human ServicesNW FURNITURE …Willow International Everfree: $185,000 · Human ServicesWillow Intern…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PIERCE AND KITSAP COUNTIES: $155,600 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $155,000 · Human ServicesTacoma Community House: $125,000 · Human Services+4 more: $180,940 · Human Services+4 moreOLIVE CREST: $400,000 · HealthHEADINGTON INSTITUTE: $325,000 · HealthHOPECENTRAL: $300,000 · HealthNew Earth Recovery: $230,000 · HealthFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $140,457 · HealthLAHAI HEALTH: $75,000 · HealthCare Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound: $70,000 · Health+1 more: $30,000 · HealthYOUNG LIFE: $335,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH FOR CHRISTTACOMA AREA INC: $180,000 · Youth DevelopmentCARE FOR CHILDREN CARE FOR CHILDREN - USA INC: $120,000 · Youth Development
International$7,182,000Education$4,507,500Religion$3,522,608Other$6,629,699Human Services$3,221,590Health$1,570,457Youth Development$635,000

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

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 budgetWORLD VISION INC: $1,030,000 over 5y, 0.0% 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 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 FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Forman Christian College Inc ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS ↗
  • Who funds THE VERITAS FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE SOCIETY OF ST ANDREW INC ↗
  • Who funds JUSTICE VENTURES INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds VINE MAPLE PLACE ↗
  • Who funds WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds TACOMAPIERCE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANIT ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
  • Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR A MORE JUST SOCIETY -US ↗
  • Who funds ECHO Inc ↗
  • Who funds VISION HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds LIFEWATER INC ↗
  • Who funds Scholar Leaders International ↗
  • Who funds EASTSIDE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds AGROS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds HEADINGTON INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Alpha USA ↗
  • Who funds SINAPIS GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds DIAMOND WILLOW MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds DEGREES OF CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds HOPE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds R MERLE PALMER MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP ↗
  • Who funds HOPECENTRAL ↗
  • Who funds Starfish Project Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds STREET PSALMS ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONS ↗
  • Who funds THE COLOSSIAN FORUM ↗

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…First Fruit IncTyndale House Ministr…Henry P & Susan C Cro…The Maclellan Foundat…G II CharitiesMedina FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…International Generos…Greater Tacoma Commun…Sequoia FoundationSeattle Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • The Contingent: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
32report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

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.

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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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