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Star Rock Ministries

Star Rock Ministries partners with donors and organizations to gift Christ-centered camp experiences that grow faith, relationships, character, and life skills to youth from under-resourced communities and the U.S.

$789k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$107k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Youth Development$1.3MRecreation & Sports$355kEducation$297kHuman Services$184kArts & Culture$136kReligion$71kHousing & Shelter$34kPublic Safety & Disaster$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k15 grants · $375k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $405k
$28,333
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
San Onofre Elementary School$106,560
Urban Youth Workers Institute (UYWI)$85,000
Passion LA$78,268
Light and Life Christian Fellowship$69,286
Unidos South OC$66,335
The Wooden Floor$48,960
Revive Church$43,213
CREER Communidad y Familia$32,327
KidWorks Community Development$30,509
Del Obispo Elementary$28,333
CRU$25,135
Together LA$25,000
Twentynine Palms Elementary School$22,010
Stronger Boys Camp$21,250
The Summer Institute$20,625
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $178k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Kidworks: $43k → 10%KidWorks Community Development: $31k → 10%Unidos South OC: $66k → 10%Unidos South OC Inc: $38k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 17 repeat orgs$87k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
2

Total granted

$2.3M
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+67%

Still filing today

82%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HM
    HISPANIC MINISTRY CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $752k · revenue +21%
  • US
    UNIDOS South OC Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $104k · revenue +191%
  • CU
    CAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL FACILITIES CORPORATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $77k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • PS
    PEOPLE'S SELF HELP HOUSING CORP
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +13%
  • LE
    LETTING EVERYONE ACHIEVE DREAMSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue +67%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Urbanpromise Honduras Inc

To inspire the children and youth of honduras to reach their potential by equipping them with the skills necessary for life management, academic achievement, spiritual growth and leadership, rooted in the christian faith.

Crime & Legal
2
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
3
Urbanpromise Los Angeles Inc

To provide the children and youth of los angeles with the holistic support they need to become christian leaders determined to restore their communities.

Public Benefit
4
Community Build Inc

To change the conditions which lead to los angeles civil unrest through job creation, research and real property development programs.

—
5
Legacy La Youth Development Corp

To make positive interventions in the lives of young people by offering alternatives to gangs and violence. legacy la builds the capacity of youth to reach their full potential and equips them with tools to transform their lives and…

Crime & Legal
6
Instituto De Educacion Popular Del Sur De California

strengthening the leadership and workforce skills of Day Laborers and Domestic Workers. through 5 Day Labor Centers, Workers Health Program & Mujeres en Accion using Education & outreach empowerment tools

Unclassified
7
Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective

The Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective creates a safe space for immigrant youth to express themselves and achieve their full potential and their identity that intersects with being undocumented. Through grassroots organizing, our…

Human Services
8
Los Angeles Urban Foudation

The organization is committed to "initiating and supporting signs of hope for the city of los angeles" by empowering people, achieving social justice and economic development and promoting the well being of communities as envisioned by…

—
9
Uc Academy International Inc United Christian Academy

To educate students by integrating academic excellence with a christian worldview, equipping them to impact their world for christ.

Education
10
California Latino Superintendents Association

The california association of latino superintendents and administrators (calsa) is a community of diverse educational leaders skilled in addressing the needs of latino/latina students and dedicated to increasing the number of highly…

Education
11
Unity Christian High School

Proclaiming that jesus christ is lord of all, unity christian high school provides a biblically based education to guide and equip young people to serve both god and neighbor in all aspects of life.

Education
12
New Los Angeles Charter School

New los angeles charter school develops a diverse community of students who are passionate about learning, engaged in their community, and have respect for themselves and others.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hispanic Ministry Center; the most unlike its peers is Brave Global. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HISPANIC MINISTRY CENTER: $751,500 · ReligionHISPANIC MINISTRY CENTERBRAVE GLOBAL: $99,017 · ReligionBRAVE GLOBALESCONDIDO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITIES CORPORATION: $426,100 · OtherESCONDIDO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT FACIL…LIGHT & LIFE FREE METHODIST CHURCH: $120,179 · OtherLIGHT & LIFE FREE METHODIST CHURCHCAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL FACILITIES CORPORATION: $76,755 · OtherCAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SC…Fountain of Praise Children Rock: $60,620 · OtherFountain of Praise Children RockCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC: $39,385 · Other+4 more: $74,524 · Other+4 moreCREER COMMUNIDAD Y FAMILIA: $97,908 · EducationCREER COMMU…THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC: $47,625 · EducationTHE SUMMER …SOLIDARITY: $40,678 · EducationSOLIDARITYProject Hope Alliance: $25,939 · EducationProject Hop…RESCUE A GENERATION: $20,001 · EducationRESCUE A GE…LETTING EVERYONE ACHIEVE DREAMS: $12,000 · EducationTHE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT: $184,055 · Arts & CultureUNIDOS South OC Inc: $104,191 · Human ServicesKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $73,840 · Human ServicesPASSION LA: $135,012 · Community ImprovementCITY TO CITY SOCAL: $35,000 · Philanthropy
Religion$850,517Other$797,563Education$244,151Arts & Culture$184,055Human Services$178,031Community Improvement$135,012Philanthropy$35,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHISPANIC MINISTRY CENTER: $751,500 over 5y, 21% of budgetESCONDIDO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITIES CORPORATION: $426,100 over 4y, 19% of budgetTHE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT: $184,055 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetPASSION LA: $135,012 over 2y, 13% of budgetUNIDOS South OC Inc: $104,191 over 2y, 10% of budgetBRAVE GLOBAL: $99,017 over 3y, 79% of budgetCREER COMMUNIDAD Y FAMILIA: $97,908 over 3y, 38% of budgetCAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL FACILITIES CORPORATION: $76,755 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $73,840 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC: $47,625 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetSOLIDARITY: $40,678 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetCITY TO CITY SOCAL: $35,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetProject Hope Alliance: $25,939 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPEOPLE'S SELF HELP HOUSING CORP: $20,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRESCUE A GENERATION: $20,001 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetICNA RELIEF USA PROGRAMS INC: $17,264 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECTRUM MINISTRIES: $15,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetLETTING EVERYONE ACHIEVE DREAMS: $12,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Orange County Communi…Orange County's Unite…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA18.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Orange County's United Way · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Star Rock Ministries funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Star Rock Ministries. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Star Rock Ministries?

    Find your warmest path to Star Rock Ministries through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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