· Private foundation
The Living Water Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $42k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SCGA FOUNDATION | $17,500 |
| LIGHTSHINE CHURCH | $13,500 |
| YOUNG LIFE | $11,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,481 |
| CYCLICAL INC | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,970 |
| INSIGNIA FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $500 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $500 |
| EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YLYOUNG LIFE8× · 2017–2024 · $187k · revenue +59%
- TSTHE SCGA FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $161k · revenue +101%
- CICYCLICAL INC6× · 2019–2024 · $34k · revenue +278%
Funded once
- LCLIGHTHOUSE CHURCH INCone grant, 2017 · $24k
- UCUNITED CEREBRAL PALSYone grant, 2018 · $8k
- LPLinks Players International Incgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +230%
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.
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.
A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
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.
Unite blood and biologics donors, talent, and innovation to save and improve lives.
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
How this is measured
37 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. 37 of the 86 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds THE SCGA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CYCLICAL INC ↗
- Who funds INSIGNIA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WESTMINSTER FREE CLINIC ↗
- Who funds COLINA MIDDLE SCHOOL PTSA ↗
- Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds SAVING INNOCENCE INC ↗
- Who funds Global Impact ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
- Who funds Links Players International Inc ↗
- Who funds Interface Children Family Services ↗
- Who funds HARBOR HOUSE ↗
- Who funds THE JAMES STOREHOUSE INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds FAITH IN PRACTICE ↗
- Who funds Bellevue University ↗
- Who funds Encouragement International Inc ↗
- Who funds JBFC INC DBA MAINSPRINGSJBFC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Conrad N Hilton Foundation · California Community Foundation · Sherwood Country Club Charitable Foundation · Ventura County Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Servant Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Living Water Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Living Water Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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