Georgia · Nonprofit
ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC
ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC (Georgia) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $423,164 to it, the largest being CARMAX FOUNDATION ($93,600). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $423k
- Net assets
- $60k
What ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC does
Mission
Food assistance, life skills and employment training for individuals and families in crisis
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
CLIENT SERVICESEncompass Ministries continues to provide comprehensive support to individuals and families working to regain stability and long-term self-sufficiency. Our mission remains centered on equipping individuals with practical toolsfood security, employment readiness, and life skills trainingso they can transition toward independence and sustained stability.Founded in 1998 as Papas Pantry, the organization has evolved from a food-only model to a multi-program approach addressing root causes of instability. Over the years, Encompass has integrated workforce development, financial literacy, and case-supported stability programming to ensure clients are not only nourished today but prepared for tomorrow.In 2025, demand for services continued to rise due to sustained inflation, housing instability, and wage gaps across Cherokee and surrounding counties. In response, Encompass expanded service capacity, strengthened community partnerships, and implemented operational improvements to increase efficiency and reach.2025 Impact Statistics:Individuals served through food assistance: 28,282Children served: 3,298Seniors (65+): 920Partner organization food pickups: 420Estimated meals…
$1,288,282 spentof which $1,171,585 as grants95% of program spendingSTABILITY & WORKFORCE TRAININGIn 2025, Encompass Ministries expanded its Stability programming, offering structured life skills and workforce readiness support through both in-house services and community partner collaborations.Our model integrates:Employment coaching and job readinessFinancial literacy and budgetingGoal planning and accountabilityPartnerships with recovery and transitional housing programs2025 Training Highlights:Stability & Life Skills training sessions provided: 189Individuals enrolled in Stability Programs: 52Successful program completions: 25Employment placements supported: Multiple participants secured stable employment through coaching and partner referralsParticipants demonstrated measurable progress in employment readiness, income stabilization, and financial management skills. Graduates exited the program with improved earning capacity, budgeting plans, and defined next-step goals.
$64,981 spent5% of program spendingAdvocacyCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS & OUTREACH2025 marked a year of strengthened collaboration across faith-based, corporate, civic, and nonprofit sectors.Key partnership accomplishments included:Expansion of community partner programs serving recovery groups, transitional housing residents, at-risk youth homes, and homeless populations.Increased engagement with local churches through food drives, volunteer mobilization, and financial support.Strengthened corporate partnerships providing volunteer teams and funding.Encompass also hosted community engagement events and fundraising initiatives that increased visibility and diversified funding streams while maintaining mission focus.
$9,603 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,362,866.
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 $134k to $208k (+55%).
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: 2020 3% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Lynne Saunders
Chair-ED to 5/1
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $33k → $34k.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC’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
ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
27% 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 ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 29% · 2019 40% · 2020 25% · 2021 31% · 2022 21% · 2023 35% — 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.
How long its funders stay
70% of ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58k 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
ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC has grown faster than half of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC?
- ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC (Georgia) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $423,164 to it, the largest being CARMAX FOUNDATION ($93,600). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $423,164 in grants to ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC?
- CARMAX FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $93,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENCOMPASS MINISTRIES INC fka PAPAS PANTRY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 17 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