Indiana · Nonprofit
PROJECT MERCY INC
PROJECT MERCY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,162,285 to it, the largest being JACKSON KEMPER FOUNDATION ($2,350,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What Project Mercy Inc does
Mission
The vision of project mercy is to "renew the heart of a nation by freeing people from physical and spiritual poverty". The mission is to transform how people live and think and build strong, self-sufficient communities in ethiopia and beyond through new knowledge, better health, sustainable food sources and strengthened character for all people as a living example of the love of jesus christ. This international ministry was started in 1977 to provide emergency relief and relocation assistance to ethiopian refugees. At its peak, the ministry grew to reach seven countries in africa with its focus on assisting displaced refugees in djibouti, guinea, ivory coast, kenya, liberia, malawi, and sudan. In 1993 the organization shifted its focus to creating a relief and development model that can be used by others to help break the cycle of famine and poverty in communities. Project mercy is committed to making long-term, multi-generational impact. As such, our development interventions, develop
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthcare project mercy built and runs the glenn c. Olsen memorial primary hospital. This 52-bed facility is equipped with diagnostic services, as well as wards for surgical, pediatric, delivery, and medical services. Coupled with a clinic in the school (the only clinic of its kind in rural community schools in ethiopia), project mercy provides end-to-end preventative and proactive community health services. A near-by "lie-in-wait house" serves expectant mothers diagnosed with complicated pregnancies. Midwives from the hospital provide regular check-ups and quick access to hospital services to the expectant mothers. The newly implemented community health education (che) program enables project mercy and the community to take all the investment that has been made in healthcare to date and build on it to strengthen the preventative practices of the people to stop common and communicable diseases before they start.
$123,914 spentof which $123,914 as grants9% of program spendingEducation education is a core component of our model integrated into all our holistic programs and services. We meet both primary and secondary educational needs to the rural communities we serve (with nearly 2,400 students in grades k- 12) and run a health science college to train midwifery nurses. Also, our support for education has reached five other schools in three regions. Vocation & skill project mercy trains the men & women in viable trades that can help them earn a fair income and introduces the artisan culture through skills training and the establishment of a viable association so their crafts can be marketed.
$904,374 spentof which $904,374 as grants66% of program spendingFood security the agricultural programs help by encouraging and teaching families to cultivate and consume vegetables and fruit tree products. In addition, project mercy has instituted dairy cattle breeding and poultry farming programs that enable rural families to produce higher quality and a higher quantity of milk and eggs. These food security measures are providing sustenance and a means of income. A new partnership with the royal jersey agricultural and horticultural society (rjahs) educates beneficiaries and stakeholders in livestock development on the value of the jersey breed, expands access to breeders and breeding bulls to serve smallholder farmers in chacha and fourteen surrounding kebeles (townships), and supports project mercy to strengthen its breeding program management capabilities.
$106,507 spentof which $106,507 as grants8% of program spendingInfrastructure project mercy provides community members needed access to community development services, the ability to reach critical healthcare services safely and quickly, use safe roads, bridges, clean water, and other facilities.
$238,605 spentof which $24,233 as grants17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,373,400.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.9M to $4.6M (+17%).
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: 2017 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of PROJECT MERCY 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. 2 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.
Board chair
Dr Michael Van Noord
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $264k → $949k.
15 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 PROJECT MERCY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
PROJECT MERCY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 PROJECT MERCY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 44% · 2019 45% · 2020 55% · 2021 58% · 2022 56% · 2023 53% — 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
62% of PROJECT MERCY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
PROJECT MERCY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
PROJECT MERCY INC holds deeper cash reserves 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 PROJECT MERCY 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 35 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PROJECT MERCY INC: 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 PROJECT MERCY INC?
- PROJECT MERCY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,162,285 to it, the largest being JACKSON KEMPER FOUNDATION ($2,350,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PROJECT MERCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $5,162,285 in grants to PROJECT MERCY INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROJECT MERCY INC?
- JACKSON KEMPER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROJECT MERCY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 36 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