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The Emelco Foundation at a glance

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The Emelco Foundation

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.

$333k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$988kReligion$607kEducation$227kEnvironment$227kHuman Services$183kYouth Development$100kEmployment$75kHealth$73kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $308k
$16,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNION GOSPEL MISSION OF SPOKANE$23,000
Feast Collective$21,000
Compassion International$21,000
LUTHERHAVEN MINISTRIES$21,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$20,000
MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP$20,000
OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL$20,000
WORLD VISION$20,000
AU SABLE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES$18,000
LOVE INC KOOTENAI COUNTY$16,000
INLAND NORTHWEST LAND CONSERVANCY$16,000
WESTMONT COLLEGE$16,000
Restavek Freedom Foundation$16,000
MERCY SHIPS$15,000
ZOE INTERNATIONAL$15,000
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 (FY17–21, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS REPUBLIC: $10k → 14%CHARITY WATER: $15k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $14k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $12k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $11k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $11k → 17%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

WA
ID
IL
MI
NY
OH
CA
CO
MD
AR
NC
DC
LA
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 13% of The Emelco Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 20% of the giving stays in ID; by stated purpose, 17%.

The Emelco Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 25% 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.
$2.3M · 30 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
7

Total granted

$2.3M
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+40%

Still filing today

73%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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
InternationalReligionEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $198k · revenue +134%
  • WC
    WESTMONT COLLEGE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $133k · revenue +38%
  • ZI
    ZOE INTERNATIONAL
    8× · 2018–2025 · $133k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • CC
    CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +40%
  • AP
    AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -28%
  • AR
    A ROCHA
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
Lifewater Inc

Lifewater international is a non-profit christian water development organization dedicated to effectively serving vulnerable children and families by partnering with underserved communities to overcome water poverty.

Environment
3
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
4
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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5
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
6
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
7
Christian Harvest International Min

To provide strategic teaching about prayer, prophecy, and intercession in the US and abroad. Books, manuals, and audio teachings are also used to equip Christians in strategic level spiritual prayer and warfare.

Religion
8
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
9
InitiativeGlobal

To join in the completion of the Great Commission through Scripture Engagement in all languages and every people group.

Religion
10
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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11
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
12
Living Water International

Living Water International ("Living Water") exists to demonstrate the love of God by helping communities in 17 developing countries acquire desperately needed clean water and to experience "living water" - the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opportunity International Inc D/B/a Opportunity International-Us; the most unlike its peers is Icec. 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

29 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. 29 of the 41 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AU SABLE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $130,000 · OtherAU SABLE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESMISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP: $115,000 · OtherMISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIPLOVE INC KOOTENAI COUNTY: $108,000 · OtherLOVE INC KOOTENAI COUNTYUNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF SPOKANE: $96,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF SPOKANEMISSIONARY AVIATION FELLOWSHIP: $92,750 · OtherMISSIONARY AVIATION FELLOWSHIPICEC: $72,500 · OtherICECUNION GOSPEL MISSION: $58,500 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSIONRESTAVEK FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $82,000 · OtherCHARITY GLOBAL INCFeast Collective: $64,500 · OtherFeast Collective+12 more: $200,150 · Other+12 moreOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $176,500 · InternationalOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL…WORLD VISION INC: $173,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INCINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $108,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MIS…Compassion International Incorporated: $86,000 · InternationalCompassion International …Mercy Ships International: $24,900 · InternationalCLEAN THE WORLD FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · International+1 more: $10,000 · InternationalSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $197,500 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSEZOE INTERNATIONAL: $132,500 · ReligionZOE INTERNATIONALRedeemer City To City: $55,000 · ReligionRedeemer City To …Good Faith Network Inc: $22,000 · ReligionGood Faith Networ…WESTMONT COLLEGE: $133,000 · EducationCLASSICAL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $15,000 · EducationAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationINLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST: $113,000 · EnvironmentPACIFIC RIM INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP: $20,000 · EnvironmentLUTHERHAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $130,000 · Recreation & SportsGenesis Associates Inc: $70,250 · Youth DevelopmentTHE HEARTLIGHT MINISTRIES FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,069,400International$598,400Religion$407,000Education$158,000Environment$133,000Recreation & Sports$130,000Youth Development$115,250

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 budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $197,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $176,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $173,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMONT COLLEGE: $133,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetZOE INTERNATIONAL: $132,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLUTHERHAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $130,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetINLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST: $113,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetLOVE INC KOOTENAI COUNTY: $108,000 over 7y, 19% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $108,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $82,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetICEC: $72,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetGenesis Associates Inc: $70,250 over 7y, 7.9% of budgetFeast Collective: $64,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetRedeemer City To City: $55,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRESTAVEK FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HEARTLIGHT MINISTRIES FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBELLEVUE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $33,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GATHERING: $27,750 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Big Table: $26,900 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMercy Ships International: $24,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGood Faith Network Inc: $22,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPACIFIC RIM INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP: $20,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCLEAN THE WORLD FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCLASSICAL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys Republic: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ZOE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERHAVEN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds INLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds LOVE INC KOOTENAI COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds CHARITY GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ICEC ↗
  • Who funds Genesis Associates Inc ↗
  • Who funds Feast Collective ↗
  • Who funds Redeemer City To City ↗
  • Who funds RESTAVEK FREEDOM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HEARTLIGHT MINISTRIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BELLEVUE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE GATHERING ↗
  • Who funds The Big Table ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds Good Faith Network Inc ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC RIM INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN THE WORLD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds HAGAR USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WATER FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Boys Republic ↗

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.

Innovia FoundationRaymond James Charita…The Avista FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …M J Murdock Charitabl…United Way of Spokane…Natl Christian Charit…Christian Community F…Seattle FoundationThrivent Charitable I…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
Innovia FoundationWA29.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Innovia Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Avista Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · United Way of Spokane County · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Seattle Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 The Emelco Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Emelco Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Clean the World Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 41 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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