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The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation

To inspire philanthropic investment in the health and well-being of seniors served by the society and exempt entities.

$9.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$6.2M
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 2024.

Health$38MPhilanthropy$3.0MHousing & Shelter$418kPublic Benefit$239kHuman Services$179kReligion$135k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $416k
  • $250k+4 grants · $9.1M
$601,466
Median grant
7
States reached
$102M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY$6,194,115
ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,315,770
DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$944,229
OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$601,466
SANFORD HEALTH$232,828
SPOKANE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION HOMES$183,204
DUBOIS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$24,959
MOUNTAIN LIVING COMMUNITY$9,543
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 (FY17–24, $37.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FRIENDSHIP MANOR INC: $173k → 15%THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY: $6.1M → 5%THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY: $7.6M → 9%SPOKANE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION HOMES: $183k → 12%THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY: $2.7M → 5%THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY: $6.2M → 9%SPOKANE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION HOMES: $14k → 12%THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY: $2.4M → 5%THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY: $5.1M → 9%THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY: $2.2M → 5%THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY: $4.8M → 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

WA
ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
OR
SD
IN
KY
WV
KS
AR
TN
DC
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$38M · 3 repeat orgs$937k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
10

Total granted

$38M
$928k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+15%

Still filing today

67%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyHealthReligionPublic BenefitOther
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

  • TE
    THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $37M · revenue +1%
  • S
    SANFORD
    2× · 2023–2024 · $405k
  • SB
    SPOKANE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION HOMES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $197k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF MOTT
    one grant, 2022 · $227k
  • LI
    LEADINGAGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $211k · revenue +26%
  • FM
    FRIENDSHIP MANOR INC
    one grant, 2022 · $173k · revenue +15%
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
Skagit Hospice Foundation

To fund the program and services of hospice of the nothwest to ensure dignified and compassionate care is available to anyone coping with a life-limiting diagnosis.one size doesn't always fit all, especially when it comes to quality of…

Health
2
Fellowshiplife Inc

To create innovative opportunities to enrich the lives of older adults

Human Services
3
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
4
Bridgewater Home Inc

Assisted Living and Nursing Care

Human Services
5
Christian Care Retirement Apartments Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve

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6
Garden Path Elder Living Inc

Garden Path Elder Living operates a residential care home for elders that provide assistance with daily living and nursing oversight.

Human Services
7
National Church Residences At Home Hospice

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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8
National Church Residences At Home Hospice Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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9
National Church Residences At Home Health and Wellness Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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10
National Church Residences At Home Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.

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11
Horizon House

Purposeful living in a diverse community. using the power of resident driven community to enhance wellbeing.

Human Services
12
Christian Care Surprise Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society; the most unlike its peers is Force for Good Fund 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

15 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. 15 of the 19 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY: $37,000,341 · Human ServicesTHE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY+2 more: $369,812 · Human ServicesARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,315,770 · PhilanthropyDOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $944,229 · PhilanthropyTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $601,466 · Philanthropy+3 more: $93,356 · PhilanthropySANFORD: $405,360 · OtherCITY OF MOTT: $226,828 · OtherSANFORD: $144,561 · OtherFAIRFIELD GLADE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $60,000 · OtherLEADINGAGE INC: $211,191 · Housing & ShelterMOUNTAIN LIVING COMMUNITY INC: $9,543 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $6,039 · Housing & ShelterEPISCOPAL CHURCH HOME FOUNDATION INC: $75,365 · ReligionEAGLES HEALING NEST: $12,263 · Public BenefitCHAS Health Foundation: $7,168 · Health
Human Services$37,370,153Philanthropy$2,954,821Other$836,749Housing & Shelter$226,773Religion$75,365Public Benefit$12,263Health$7,168

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 budgetTHE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY: $37,000,341 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,315,770 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $944,229 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $601,466 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEADINGAGE INC: $211,191 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSPOKANE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION HOMES: $197,190 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetFRIENDSHIP MANOR INC: $172,622 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEPISCOPAL CHURCH HOME FOUNDATION INC: $75,365 over 1y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY OF VOLUSIA-FLAGLER COUNTIES INC: $56,770 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDUBOIS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $24,959 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEAGLES HEALING NEST: $12,263 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFORCE FOR GOOD FUND INC: $11,627 over 1y, 29% of budgetMOUNTAIN LIVING COMMUNITY INC: $9,543 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCHAS Health Foundation: $7,168 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTOPSIDE MANOR INC: $6,039 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.

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.

The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC5.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 19 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 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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