Oregon · Nonprofit
Luis Palau Association
Luis Palau Association (Oregon) receives grants from 138 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,406,676 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($10,846,767). 95 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 138
- Grants received
- $41M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Luis Palau Association does
Mission
Proclaiming the Good News, Uniting the Church, and Impacting Cities Worldwide.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS Fun in the Son Festival (Kingston, Jamaica) Joining with our good friends at Jamaica Broilers, and hundreds of local churches, our effort together proclaimed the Gospel on a massive scale, introducing tens of thousands of people to Jesus Christ in Kingston and throughout the entire region. This was a special campaign for Andrew and Wendy. Returning to the stadium where Andrew responded to the Good News felt full circle. The Lord reached out to Andrew back in 1993 as he listened to Luis share the Gospel with the crowd. As he stood on the stage and shared the life-changing message of Jesus, one couldn't help but think of all the people who responded, just like he did more than 30 years ago... how God may call them to a similar path-choosing to dedicate their lives to proclaiming the message of Jesus. There is nothing better than that! Through the Fun in the Son Festival, thousands of people were served and reached through mission teams, prison outreaches, and affinity events for men and women, school assemblies, health clinics, and more. The Gospel was presented to more than 25,000 people and more than 2,000 indicated a decision for Jesus. Praise God!…
$6,187,082 spentof which $425,794 as grants46% of program spendingDIGITAL MINISTRY INVITING THE WHOLE WORLD TO KNOW JESUS Our Digital Evangelism Strategy: HOPE WITH GOD & SI HAY ESPERANZA Imagine with us...what if every person on earth had immediate access to the Gospel and Christian community? In 2024, we sent the Gospel to nearly every nation on earth! Every day, our Gospel invitations are sent to over two million people on social media, in English and Spanish. This is unprecedented access to broadcast the Gospel on major advertising platforms. No one knows how long it will last. Through partners like you, we are taking full advantage of this tremendous open door! Heartfelt Gospel messages from Andrew and Wendy Palau creatively engage spiritual seekers, connecting with the lost in their moment of need. They can say, "Yes!" to Jesus from right where they are. REACHING THE NEXT GENERATION ON TIKTOK Last year, our Gospel ads soared to new heights in nations like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar through placements on TikTok. Over 1.3 million Egyptian accounts-predominantly young men-encountered the life-transforming message of Jesus Christ through Andrew and Wendy's powerful testimonies. While we constantly evaluate the most effective social…
$2,249,754 spentof which $31,600 as grants17% of program spendingGLOBAL NETWORK OF EVANGELISTS Creating communities of evangelists committed to completing the Great Commission together. As a young evangelist, Luis Palau was invited to glean from the experience and wisdom of Billy Graham. As his ministry progressed, Luis committed to do the same for others, knowing that in God's Kingdom, we are better together. Through that vision, the Global Network of Evangelists (GNE) was born. The vision of GNE is to create communities of evangelists around the globe who are committed to completing the Great Commission together. Palau does this by identifying, affirming, equipping, connecting, and mobilizing evangelists. And over the last 26 years, to date, we've grown this network to include 4,108 members! CREATING A GLOBAL COMMUNITY Your partnership makes it possible for us to create communities of evangelists who support and sharpen one another. Members grow in wisdom through coaching, ongoing small groups with rich curriculum (called Advance), and are knit together in their local context through unified country networks. We are currently working to cultivate country networks in 118 countries around the world and our membership includes people from 92…
$1,583,205 spentof which $26,271 as grants$185,808 earned by the program12% of program spendingU.S. FESTIVALS Sunday SVC at SXSW (Austin, Texas) For the past two years, we have pioneered a Gospel-sharing space at a largely secular conference, SXSW. We have put sharing Jesus at the forefront... people who may have never heard the life-changing message of Jesus, have now experienced God's love in a place they probably never expected to. Leading up to the weekend events, hundreds of local believers hit the streets to promote Sunday SVC and share the Good News. Many great interactions occurred with SXSW attendees - 417 people were even prayed for right there on the street by 70 street team volunteers! Together, we saw God move in powerful ways as people encountered Him through street teams, live music, and conversations surrounding faith, work, film, second-chance stories, music, mental health, and more. God broke down barriers and brought people to Himself in a significant way during our time at SXSW. We are praising the Lord for this open door to reach the unreached. Over two days, 5,500 people were reached with the Good News and more than 200 people indicated a decision for Christ. Stories of Hope at Hope Fest (Denver, Colorado) In partnership with MOMCO, we hosted a special…
$1,178,161 spentof which $61,049 as grants$1,386 earned by the program9% of program spendingACTIVATING BELIEVERS WORLDWIDE We are always developing new and innovative ways to mobilize and equip the body of Christ in evangelism. From digital training resources to unprecedented live events, we take every opportunity to prepare and motivate believers toward culturally relevant, clear, and winsome Gospel sharing. Luis Palau Legacy Library Luis preached God's Word, proclaiming the Good News of Jesus for more than 65 years. Although he has gone to be with the Lord, his legacy lives on...and his teachings ring true even today! This year, we launched the Luis Palau Legacy Library-an archive of audio messages from the years Luis spoke, preached, and proclaimed the Gospel around the world. This resource hub will make it possible for a new generation (and longtime friends) to enjoy Luis' amazing teaching. We also made it available as a podcast so that people can access it anywhere! CID Talks Conversaciones Inspiradas de Diseno (Design Inspired Conversations) Madrid, Spain June 22, 2024 CID Palau is a digital platform of Ted Talk-style events and videos featuring innovative Christian leaders from across the Latin world. Experts in culture, design, and technology speak to how faith…
$1,155,995 spent9% of program spendingCITY GOSPEL MOVEMENTS Empowering local leaders to reach their cities together through unified Gospel movements. Our City Gospel Movements team exists to celebrate and accelerate collaborative Gospel work by encouraging evangelism in cities across North America. In 2024, we saw God work in deepening our relationships with leaders as we shared the wisdom we have gained over the years-wisdom we've learned through being a neutral convener in our own city of Portland and across the country. This year, our emphasis has been focused on supporting cities in creating a strategic plan for collaborative evangelism in their city. Through deep relationships and strong resources that share our unique wisdom, we have been able to offer our support and guidance to Gospel Movements all across the country. 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: 125 leaders from more than 50 cities joined us for the Evangelism Team Lab. This year we intentionally focused on key leaders in the city who could effectively influence the collaborative Gospel-sharing culture. Jennie Allen joined us to share the vision of Gather25 and encourage leaders in their own spiritual life. Hosted three virtual Learning Labs - opportunities for…
$996,036 spentof which $135,302 as grants$29,400 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,350,233.
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 $11M to $15M (+42%).
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: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Luis Palau Association’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Scott Cahill
Chairman/Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 37 funders to 64 funders, grant income rose $2.6M → $6.3M.
35 of 138 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.7M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Palau Foundation for World Evangelism). These are real filings, and they are not money Luis Palau Association raised.
From the IRS filings of Luis Palau Association’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 138 funders by total. 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
Luis Palau Association has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
61% 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 Luis Palau Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 39% · 2019 23% · 2020 22% · 2021 34% · 2022 21% · 2023 22% — 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
54% of Luis Palau Association's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
60% of Luis Palau Association'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 $17M that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Oregon, across 27 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25M arriving through sponsors registered in 23 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
Luis Palau Association is better cushioned than half of the 249 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 249 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like Luis Palau Association
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 13 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Livin It LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Luis Palau Association: 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 Luis Palau Association?
- Luis Palau Association (Oregon) receives grants from 138 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,406,676 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($10,846,767). 95 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Luis Palau Association have?
- IRS filings report 138 organizations giving $41,406,676 in grants to Luis Palau Association, 95 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Luis Palau Association?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,846,767 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Luis Palau Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 138 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing