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Align Ministries DBA Align International

Align Ministries DBA Align International (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $580,986 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($212,949). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$783k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$581k
Net assets
$731k
10/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Align Ministries DBA Align International does

Mission

Assist in planting churches, equip servant leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick and educate the youth on a personal, local and global level.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provide capital infrastructure for housing the poor, nursing the sick, schools, churches, and servant leaders.

    $464,564 spent
    65% of program spending
  2. Help marginalized people gain access to daily food, clean water, basic healthcare, and education. Provide shelter and loving care for the disabled, orphans and children living in abusive homes.

    $203,933 spentof which $36,650 as grants
    29% of program spending
  3. Support churches including pastor support, short term missions, evangelism outreach, conferences and training, equipping and supporting servant leaders to spread the Gospel.

    $46,414 spentof which $11,658 as grants
    6% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $714,911.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($397k) Expenses 100 ($399k) Net assets 100 ($193k)2019 Revenue 107 ($423k) Expenses 86 ($344k) Net assets 0 ($0)2020 Revenue 124 ($491k) Expenses 91 ($361k) Net assets 195 ($376k)2021 Revenue 161 ($641k) Expenses 115 ($457k) Net assets 290 ($560k)2022 Revenue 141 ($560k) Expenses 119 ($475k) Net assets 334 ($645k)2023 Revenue 151 ($600k) Expenses 131 ($524k) Net assets 374 ($721k)2024 Revenue 197 ($783k) Expenses 194 ($773k) Net assets 379 ($731k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (197)Expenses (194)Net assets (379)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $193k to $0 (−100%).

$193k
$0
$376k
$561k
$647k
$724k
$732k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of Align Ministries DBA Align International’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2k
’18
$79k
’19
$129k
’20
$184k
’21
$85k
’22
$76k
’23
$10k
’24
11
months of
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

Katherine Stager

CEO

Board chair

Brian Meadows

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed1010109678
Joined·+0+0+1+0+1+3
No longer listed·002302
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $2k → $72k.

8 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 Align Ministries DBA Align International’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

Align Ministries DBA Align International leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

96% 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 Align Ministries DBA Align International.

37%
largest funder
71%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 69% · 2019 34% · 2020 32% · 2021 53% · 2022 41% · 2023 55% — 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

38% of Align Ministries DBA Align International's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

96% of Align Ministries DBA Align International'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. Of the $24k that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from California funders.

IL
OR
CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $557k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Align Ministries DBA Align International is better cushioned than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve11.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Align Ministries DBA Align International

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 15%Fundraising 9%

Governance

8
board members
50%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

59%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Align Ministries DBA Align International?
Align Ministries DBA Align International (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $580,986 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($212,949). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Align Ministries DBA Align International have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $580,986 in grants to Align Ministries DBA Align International, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Align Ministries DBA Align International?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $212,949 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Align Ministries DBA Align International find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 15 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