Washington · Nonprofit
LYDIA INC
LYDIA INC (Washington) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $303,017 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($116,600). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $303k
- Net assets
- $514k
What Lydia Inc does
Mission
Empowering our family of ministries in cambodia to serve the most vulnerable, that they might encounter the love of god through the lens of practical expression of the gospel of jesus.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grace fields rescue and jesus schools: on the outskirts of phnom penh is a slum-like village of tin, cardboard and 2x4's that is situated adjacent to the city landfill/dump. There, around 200 families reside in horrific conditions - no running water, no electricity and survive on collecting recyclables. Pastor meng and his wife rady had a dream to provide a school to the children here, that have no other education option. Today, we have a 15,000 sq ft, 22 classroom school with more than 300 students, grades 1-7. This school is changing the trajectory of this village. Now with high school accreditation, we will add a grade per year through high school. All costs are covered for the children to attend. We also have a second jesus school in kam pong cham province with 150 students, first and second grades.house of hope and future: an additional dorm program for high school and college students that come from situations of great need, now 12 young women are provided home tuition assistance and care.emmanuel school and the lydia school preak themei: theses two schools joined the lydia family in 2023 and 2024. Both schools serve communities that are undeserved and, in most cases,…
$706,733 spentof which $669,115 as grants64% of program spendingSunrise children's home: now with over 30 children. A home with house parents, provision of all food and medical needs and provision of educational costs through high school. 150 children have come through the home since 2009.
$125,067 spentof which $125,067 as grants11% of program spendingLydia project pastor support: currently we provide support for over 25 pastors, that care for more than 50 churches in four different provinces around the country. We have constructed 8 church buildings over the years.school of discipleship: our key cambodian leaders all are survivors of the killing fields era, and are senior pastors of churches, having pastored for 30 plus years. In 2010 a group of seven such pastors from various denominations faced similar challenges - thousands of unreached villages, but not enough young pastors or opportunity for them to be trained. So, they formed a pastoral training program, sod. A two-year program, taught by these seven men, all seminary graduates themselves. They have the vision, training, and the passion, we provide the funding. The program meets quarterly for one-week intensive sessions, where the students stay together for the entire week, taught by these men who in many cases are denominational leaders in their daily life. Then they are mentored between sessions by their sending pastors. A "mini-seminary" program, the students gradate after two years. Classes take place in 6 different provinces, and we currently have 82 students in…
$111,358 spentof which $111,358 as grants10% of program spendingUniversity house: a home for high school and college students. Our children's home graduates as well as selected students with great need from our network of churches recommended by their pastors. 24 students now. (90 students have graduated and are serving in business, ministry and education roles across cambodia and southeast asia).
$121,390 spentof which $121,390 as grants11% of program spendingMelody house is a home for widows led by our house mom, providing care and shelter for up to 16 women at a time. These women, most of whom were living on the street due to having no family to care for them, average 68 years old. We provide for all of their needs including medical care. Additionally, a new dorm program within melody house was initiated to allow 4 women college students to reside at the house and be a part of providing assistance and service to the widows in residence, in turn, the college students will be provided tutions and fees for furthering their education.the melody house expenses total $32,078 in 2025. All other program expenses totals $11,875 which includes, bank wire fees, supplies, and travel expenses and other expenses to maintain the program.
$43,953 spentof which $32,078 as grants4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,108,501.
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 2022 to 2023, from $197k to $367k (+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.
99% of LYDIA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $23k → $81k.
8 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 LYDIA 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
LYDIA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 LYDIA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2020 67% · 2021 100% · 2022 79% · 2023 64% — 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
50% of LYDIA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
99% of LYDIA INC'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 $3k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $300k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
LYDIA INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 718 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LYDIA 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 LYDIA INC?
- LYDIA INC (Washington) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $303,017 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($116,600). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LYDIA INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $303,017 in grants to LYDIA INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LYDIA INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $116,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LYDIA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 9 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