Washington · Private foundation
The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $38M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $2.5M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $3.4M | 22% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $3.1M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $2.0M | 63% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Bible Society | $1,904,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pursuit Northwest | $1,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jubilee REACH | $1,327,424 | 5 | 13% |
| Foundation for the Nations USA | $400,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Vision House | $280,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Northwest University | $280,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Family Policy Institute of Washington | $115,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Champions Centre | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Liberty Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Life-Today | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Bible Society | $1,904,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pursuit Northwest | $1,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jubilee REACH | $1,327,424 | 5 | 13% |
| Foundation for the Nations USA | $400,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Vision House | $280,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Northwest University | $280,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Family Policy Institute of Washington | $115,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Champions Centre | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Liberty Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Life-Today | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seattles Union Gospel Mission | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jaquith Ministries International | $40,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Medical Teams International | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Westgate Chapel | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church Awakening | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Mama's House Ministries Fka Heartbeat at 22 | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Worship Center Church Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
Compare The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation with peer funders
About The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation
- How much does The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation give?
- The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $2,451,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (58%), Education (13%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: American Bible Society ($1.9M), Pursuit Northwest ($1.5M), Jubilee REACH ($1.3M).
- Does The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation 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 The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation based?
- The Gunnar and Ruth Lie Foundation is based in WA.
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