Michigan · Nonprofit
ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission
ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission (Michigan) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,473,702 to it, the largest being BERNARD J AND CAMILLE CEBELAK FOUNDATION ($2,100,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission does
Mission
We unleash the power of the gospel and equip ordained and lay leaders with the three essential principles for transformation in order to mobilize the Church for mission.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Rescue Project focuses on sharing the gospel effectively to inspire individuals to embrace its message and engage in evangelism and transformative work. It comprises three main components: The Rescue Project a series of nine videos available online for free suitable for various group settings. Launched in August 2022 it is accessible globally in multiple languages. The Rescue Challenge offers an audio version of The Rescue Project initially designed for the Hallow app. Rescue LIVE Experiences are day-long Catholic events held in secular venues to present The Rescue Projects core teachings to diverse audiences aiming to impact both believers and non-believers.
$278,647 spent$43,502 earned by the program23% of program spendingMedia: The internet is frequently referred to as the new Roman road. Content created in Michigan such as videos podcasts or blogs can reach audiences throughout the world. Regrettably much of the media including certain Catholic outlets tends to propagate negativity division fear and anger. ACTS XXIX utilizes media to instill hope encouragement and inspiration within the Church to foster engagement in missions. Our primary offerings include the weekly podcast You Were Born For This and the weekly blog Thoughts from the Trailer. Moreover our publishing division consistently produces new book titles annually.
$194,528 spent16% of program spendingLeadership Immersives are the main platform for introducing leaders and their teams to the three fundamental principles. Aimed at Church leaders committed to spiritual growth and expansion these experiences aim to impact a broad audience through the leaders influence. Held at our Livonia MI campus the initiative serves bishops pastors diocesan leaders apostolates and other spiritual influencers. The week-long workshop retreat equips participants with hands-on learning experiences fostering a prayer-based decision-making approach a desire for apostolic leadership transformation and a passion for mission upon their return to ministry.
$445,379 spent$50,000 earned by the program37% of program spendingRevive and Equip Leaders by way of retreats workshops and other gatherings for clergy. Our work is centered around a compelling and attractive proclamation of the gospel sharing the three essential principles for transformation and creating opportunities for healing and collective discernment.
$287,772 spent24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,206,326.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $973k to $1.7M (+76%).
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.
90% of ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission’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. 0 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Reverend John Riccardo
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $513k → $852k.
11 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission’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
ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 49% · 2020 76% · 2021 43% · 2022 31% · 2023 35% — 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
67% of ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
89% of ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission: 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 ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission?
- ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission (Michigan) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,473,702 to it, the largest being BERNARD J AND CAMILLE CEBELAK FOUNDATION ($2,100,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $4,473,702 in grants to ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission?
- BERNARD J AND CAMILLE CEBELAK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 27 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