Washington · Nonprofit
The Encounter
The Encounter (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $494k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $95k
- Net assets
- $-176548
What The Encounter does
Mission
The Encounter exists to facilitate worship and prayer experiences for individuals and groups and to provide the spaces and equipment for use in support of that purpose. Further The Encounter exists to create content and guided experiences to help individuals and groups encounter God exchange false identity and limiting beliefs for the Truth and become fully alive fully human and fully free.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Facilitated the creation of Finding Hope In Depression, a 21-part series of short video episodes that help viewers learn explore and practice ways to combat the rising epidemic of mental health challenges Gods way. The YouTube channel Finding Hope In Depression was established to provide this resource to the public free-of-charge. As of December 31 2024 the channel had over 1,600 subscribers over 122,200 views and over 15,250 of watch time.
$250,000 spent46% of program spendingFacilitated guided live immersive worship and prayer experiences. Events occurred at least several times monthly. While most events were open to the public they were also conducted for smaller groups seeking worship and prayer experiences focused on specific topics or groups of individuals. Attendance ranged from 10 to over 100 persons. In August 2024 the organization launched Encounter Studios, a streaming channel on YouTube to extend both the accessibility and reach of the worship and prayer experience. As of December 31 2024 the channel had over 3,600 hours of watch time and was viewed worldwide.
$150,000 spent27% of program spendingFacilitated creation of multiple short-length videos designed to draw viewers into encounters with God. Distributed for maximum use and reach via website social media live events and fundraising efforts. Views estimated to be in the thousands. Also development of Encounter.Studio website to facilitate content distribution in support of organizations mission.
$147,091 spent27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $547,091.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
4 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 The Encounter’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
The Encounter leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 The Encounter.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of The Encounter'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $95k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
The Encounter receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $95k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like The Encounter
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Encounter: 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 The Encounter?
- The Encounter (Washington) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The Encounter have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $95,000 in grants to The Encounter.
- Who is the largest funder of The Encounter?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Encounter 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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