Georgia · Nonprofit
BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC
BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC (Georgia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,049,642 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($2,297,491). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $252k
What Bluesky Global Ministries Inc does
Mission
Bluesky global ministries' vision is to see the multinational community of nairobi, kenya, spiritually transformed and equipped to influence the world for god's glory. We pursue this by building relationships through adventure, using three core platforms: bluesky adventures (rock climbing gym and team building), camp bluesky, and bluesky community (year-round relational ministry).
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Camp BlueSky seeks to make disciples through relational ministry with students, using experiential programs that reflect the adventure of following Christ. We do this through a traditional summer camp experience each June and July, as well as through special adventure camp events throughout the year. Serving youth ages 7-18, camp helps students embrace the adventure of learning new skills and conquering new challenges, all while experiencing the Gospel. Program costs include travel, hosting and training for our counselors, materials to run day to day camp activities, swag, and other camp costs. A portion of these costs are provided to a local charitable organization, Mountain Ministries.
$329,272 spentof which $103,676 as grants38% of program spendingBlueSky Adventures provides climbing, expedition trips, and team development services. Climb BlueSky is one of the only climbing gyms in East Africa. We build a diverse community by providing excellent climbing experiences. This provides our team with a perfect space to invite members of the local multinational community into relationships as we strive toward our ultimate hope of connecting them to Jesus. Our expedition program that guides people in outdoor adventure experiences, including hiking, camping, rock climbing, and more. These experiential trips naturally create heightened opportunities to deepen relationships and engage in conversations with clients about personal life, work, and beliefs. These multi-day excursions with smaller groups of participants give us deeper opportunities to build relationships and share the love of Jesus with people from all over the world.BlueSky's Team Development programs serve as another avenue to invest in our Nairobi community. Our team development facilitators work with local corporate, mission, school, and non-profit groups. While not explicitly "Christian," our programs teach invaluable concepts such as service, honesty, and trust.…
$280,932 spentof which $61,878 as grants33% of program spendingBlueSky Community provides year-round relational ministry programs for middle and high school students, young adults, men's and women's retreats, family camp, and marriage retreats. We do this primarily through weekly discipleship groups, youth groups, spiritual retreat weekends, partnering with Camp BlueSky and BlueSky Adventures, and other special events throughout the year. Program costs include materials to run the discipleship and youth groups on a weekly basis, throwing special events during the year, putting on our spiritual retreat weekend, men's, women's, and marriage retreats. A portion of these costs are provided to a local charitable organization, Mountain Ministries.
$246,714 spentof which $20,088 as grants29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $856,918.
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 2023 to 2024, from $514k to $252k (−51%).
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 4% · 2021 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $314k → $515k.
12 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC’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
BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 55% · 2019 56% · 2020 55% · 2021 72% · 2022 98% · 2023 92% — 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
55% of BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
95% of BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC'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 $155k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M 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.
Against its field
BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $3.0M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Bluesky Adventures Limited · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC?
- BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC (Georgia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,049,642 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($2,297,491). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $3,049,642 in grants to BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,297,491 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUESKY GLOBAL MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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