Iowa · Nonprofit
WTL Ministries
WTL Ministries (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,500 to it, the largest being THE BIEDENHARN FOUNDATION ($20,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $29k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $26k
- Net assets
- $2k
What WTL Ministries does
Mission
Serving Iowa's prison population and their families through gospel proclamation, discipleship in events and programs, and mentoring.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
WTL Ministries facilitated The Ultimate Journey class to 8 inmates in the North Central Correctional Facility located in Rockwell City, Iowa. WTL Ministries also facilitated The Ultimate Journey to 12 members of the aftercare teams in Northwest Iowa.WTL is also supporting the prison Aftercare teams in Northwest Iowa. The Ultimate Journey is a program which originated at Teen Challenge in Colfax Iowa, and is administered by Christ Life Ministries in Urbandale Iowa.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of WTL Ministries’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
WTL Ministries leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
WTL Ministries draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like WTL Ministries
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WTL Ministries: 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 WTL Ministries?
- WTL Ministries (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,500 to it, the largest being THE BIEDENHARN FOUNDATION ($20,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WTL Ministries have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $25,500 in grants to WTL Ministries, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WTL Ministries?
- THE BIEDENHARN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WTL Ministries find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 2 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