Minnesota · Nonprofit
ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK
ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,339 to it, the largest being FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ($12,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $784k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $311k
What Elca Youth Ministry Network does
Mission
The Elca Youth Ministry Network strengthens and empowers adult leaders of children, youth and family ministry in service to christ.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The network extravaganza in 2024 drew over 600 professional and volunteer youth ministry leaders together for 4 days and 3 nights of quality education, networking, support and spiritual growth. General sessions exposed the group to nationally known speakers and music groups and focused on encouragement and inspiration. Over 45 workshop options gave opportunities for individual and congregational teams to learn specific skills. A large exhibit hall showcased over 70 resource providers and vendors. Evening events and receptions gave youth ministry leaders opportunities to meet, share experiences, network and develop supportive relationships with each other.
$45,426 spent$340,945 earned by the program8% of program spendingThe elca youth network received a 3-year grant from the lily foundation, totaling 1,000,000. This grant is funding the "formation co-op" a program of the network that draws together cohorts of congregations and matches them with trained guides, who will walk with them through the process of listening. Learning and implementing new models. The goal is to determine best practices for effective ministry for the future.
$182,261 spent$270,046 earned by the program30% of program spendingSymbol is a program to support elca synod staff in their efforts to promote youth ministry. The elca youth network acts as a fiscal agent. A grant in the amount of 15,000 over two years was received to support this program.
$2,970 spent$7,000 earned by the program0% of program spendingThe elca youth network publishes a newsletter to members. Also, the network developed a website, martin's list to facilitate congregations sharing resources and the connect journal, an online journal to present new ideas and resources. A monthly podcast with conversations and interview about currently ministry resources has also been produced.
$374,705 spent$83,508 earned by the program62% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $605,362.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $19k to $120k (+540%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 47% · 2024 3% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $74 → $2k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
71% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 69% · 2022 96% · 2023 95% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $461 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK has grown faster than half of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK?
- ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,339 to it, the largest being FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ($12,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $18,339 in grants to ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK?
- FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ELCA YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing