California · Nonprofit
BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION
BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being BORREGO VALLEY ENDOWMENT FUND INC ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $203k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $66k
What Borrego Ministers Association does
Mission
Non-profit public benefits corporation 501(c)(3) for Public and Charitable purposes. The specific purpose of this corporation is to provide direct assistance to Borrego Springs community members in need of various necessities such as food, rent, utilities, transportation, education, etc. This corporation is organized and operated exclusively for the purposes set forth within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3).
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Help alleviate hunger among people in the Borrego Springs area by providing prepaid food gift certificates to the local grocery stores to people suffering from food insecurity and providing grants to the local food banks. All people given direct assistance and all food bank grants are assessed and vetted for appropriate need. Throughout the year, 162 families received assistance. $1000.00 was given to BASIC for food for a children's summer education program. This program is growing and we hope to receive adequate revenue to continue. All work is volunteer. There are no service expenses.
$99,535 spent$100,000 earned by the program59% of program spendingAssist families unable to pay housing expenses, usually rent, as an unexpected event. We cannot assist with rent on a continuing or long term basis, however, each need is evaluated on a case by case basis. We were able to assist 45 families throughout the year to cover part of their rent expenses to avoid eviction. This problem worsens in the summer since many seasonal workers lose employment. $39,133 in assistance was provided during the year. This program is growing and we hope to receive adequate revenue to continue. All work is volunteer. There are no service expenses.
$39,133 spent$40,000 earned by the program23% of program spendingAssist families unable to pay for electricity, water, transportation, medical costs, educational costs, emergency repairs and other unexpected events. We do not provide assistance on a continuing or long-term basis, but to remedy immediate situations. Requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Requests for financial assistance increase during the summer when many seasonal workers lose employment. All requests are evaluated on an individual basis. We hope to receive adequate revenue to continue. All work is volunteer. There are no service expenses.
$28,766 spent$30,000 earned by the program17% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $167,434.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $30k to $66k (+118%).
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.
100% of BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (37% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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
Michael Plekon
CEO, Director, Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION’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
BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION 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
80% 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 BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION.
“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
80% of BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.
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.
Against its field
BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION: 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 BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION?
- BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being BORREGO VALLEY ENDOWMENT FUND INC ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $25,000 in grants to BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION?
- BORREGO VALLEY ENDOWMENT FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BORREGO MINISTERS ASSOCIATION 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 2023–2024), 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