Illinois · Nonprofit
ELWA Ministries Association USA
ELWA Ministries Association USA (Illinois) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $387,253 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($148,887). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $258k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $387k
- Net assets
- $160k
What ELWA Ministries Association USA does
Mission
To provide technical and financial support for educational and humanitarian needs and to promote the Gospel throughout Liberia
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education and Scholarships - funds were provided to enable needy children to attend ELWA Academy in Liberia and for missionary children to attend Dakar Academy in Senegal. Funds were also provided for construction of dormitories and staff salaries for the REAP School in Bentol.
$41,617 spentof which $41,617 as grants20% of program spendingInfrastructure - funds were provided for the construction of a new all-purpose court for basketball, volleyball and other sports. Additional funding was provided for construction of a new library for Evangelical Seminary of West Africa (ESWA) and for the building of a water well in Benin.
$69,882 spentof which $69,882 as grants34% of program spendingFood and Healthcare - funds were provided to combat malnutrition ($21,002) and support the ELWA hospital ($20,836), including medical missions trips to support Evangelical Churches of Liberia).
$41,838 spentof which $41,838 as grants21% of program spendingFunding was provided for ELWA radio programming ($8900), Youth Discipleship Ministry development ($16,470) and transitional care for orphans ($24649).
$50,019 spentof which $50,019 as grants25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $203,356.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $60k to $111k (+86%).
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.
100% of ELWA Ministries Association USA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 2 of the last 5 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $23k → $61k.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 ELWA Ministries Association USA’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
ELWA Ministries Association USA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 ELWA Ministries Association USA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 43% · 2019 83% · 2020 58% · 2021 74% · 2022 95% · 2023 49% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
44% of ELWA Ministries Association USA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
51% of ELWA Ministries Association USA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $192k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $196k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states 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
ELWA Ministries Association USA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ELWA Ministries Association USA
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ELWA Ministries Association USA: 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 ELWA Ministries Association USA?
- ELWA Ministries Association USA (Illinois) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $387,253 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($148,887). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ELWA Ministries Association USA have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $387,253 in grants to ELWA Ministries Association USA, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ELWA Ministries Association USA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $148,887 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ELWA Ministries Association USA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 12 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