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WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC
WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,590,848 to it, the largest being THE MARVIN M SCHWAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($6,906,750). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.3M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc does
Mission
Kingdom workers spreads the gospel by mobilizing christians to create locally sustainable ministries addressing spiritual and physical needs in communities around the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Kingdom workers started water and sanitation gospel-sharing work in thailand. We also started disability care gospel-sharing work in southeast asia, hosting disability-inclusive gatherings and home visits in rural areas. We began planning for a disaster rebuild project in carriacou.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Kingdom workers reduced our support of teacher training programs in southeast asia as we focused more on clean water and disability care internationally.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Construction: 231 volunteers served 1,877 people in the united states through our construction programs. Volunteers provided mentorship and construction training to youth. On an apache reservation in arizona, we provided do-it-yourself home renovation and spiritual encouragement. We also had many volunteers working in teams to help churches, schools, and camps build or renovate at a lower cost.
$1,423,680 spent39% of program spendingDisability: 1,632 volunteers served 8,877 people across seven countries. Volunteers provided spiritual, physical, and emotional support for people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers. Support was given in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, home-based therapy, support groups, modified worship services, modified bible study groups, social gatherings and outings, disability assessments, and more.
$811,304 spent22% of program spendingFamily care: 310 volunteers served 736 people in the united states by supporting foster families and people who have, or are currently, experiencing abuse. Volunteers provided spiritual support and encouragement while also providing for physical and emotional needs in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, cooking meals for families, providing childcare and tutoring, drafting safety plans, connecting people with local women's shelters, providing transportation, and more.
$493,637 spent13% of program spendingMeros center - worked with over a dozen global, faith-based health organizations, researchers, and learners providing support to measure, innovate, and share increased measurable impact, while stewarding minimal resources. Trained 35 practitioners of community health ministry and presented professional certifications to graduates who will reach out to communities about faith and health.
$487,276 spentof which $25,260 as grants13% of program spendingWater & sanitation: 1,746 volunteers served 37,585 people through gospel-sharing and water & sanitation-related services. Various communities in 5 differentcountries came together to discuss their communities' needs and assets. Water and sanitation programs included activities such as building pit latrines andcovers, building clean water solutions, educating others on handwashing and safe water storage, and more.
$465,628 spent$10,088 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,681,525.
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 2024 to 2025, from $3.2M to $4.9M (+53%).
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 10% · 2021 7% · 2022 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% 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.
Board chair
Michael Froehlich
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $366k → $1.9M.
12 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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
WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
67% 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 WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 64% · 2019 61% · 2020 56% · 2021 51% · 2022 61% · 2023 58% — growing more concentrated.
“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
73% of WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% 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
WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $217k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$217k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS 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 WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC?
- WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,590,848 to it, the largest being THE MARVIN M SCHWAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($6,906,750). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $12,590,848 in grants to WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC?
- THE MARVIN M SCHWAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,906,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 41 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