California · Nonprofit
Branch College of Ministry
Branch College of Ministry (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,500 to it, the largest being CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC ($13,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2019
- $6k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $0
What Branch College of Ministry does
Mission
The purpose of the college is to develop, equip, and inspire Christian leaders for excellence in ministry to the Church.Form 990-EZ, Part IV, column (c):Compensation reported here is from early in 2019 when the college was shutting down. None of the compensation was earned/paid in FYE 8/31/20.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The organization discontinued operating in FYE 8/31/19 and is in the process of formally dissolving. There were no assets nor financial activity in FYE 8/31/20.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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.
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 $107k to $0 (−100%).
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.
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
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $13k.
From the IRS filings of Branch College of Ministry’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
Branch College of Ministry leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of Branch College of Ministry's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like Branch College of Ministry
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Branch College of Ministry: 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 Branch College of Ministry?
- Branch College of Ministry (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,500 to it, the largest being CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC ($13,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Branch College of Ministry have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $15,500 in grants to Branch College of Ministry.
- Who is the largest funder of Branch College of Ministry?
- CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $13,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Branch College of Ministry 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 FY2019 (financials across 2018–2019), 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