Virginia · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC
UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC (Virginia) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,267,017 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($1,167,409). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $9.7M
What University Christian Ministries Inc does
Mission
Is to provide opportunities and resources for corporate and individual investigation of the truths of the historic christian faith in response to the questions raised by contemporary society. We will provide these opportunities and resources first to the university of virginia, secondly to the charlottesville community, and thirdly to the broader region. Through this mission, men and women will be transformed by the truth, which will be reflected in their thoughts and actions, both in their private lives before god and in their public lives as members of society, their family, and the church.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Undergraduate ministries at the center for christian study aim to evangelize and disciple university of virginia students by helping them apply the claims of the bible to the whole of life. This is accomplished primarily through meeting with students one-on-one, facilitating small groups and lecture series, assisting other christian ministries at the university, and providing the elzinga residential scholars program for men and women who choose to live and study in commmunity while enrolled as undergraduate students.
$559,581 spent46% of program spendingEducational programs are at the core of our mission at the center for christian study. We belive that all christians should seek to grow in their understanding of scripture, christian doctrine and church history. We also know that it is crucial for believers to consider how our culture influences our thoughts and desires in light of christian truth. Education, properly directed, does not only provide information but formation. It helps us to envision our place in god's redemptive plan for the world, and it forms our character, habits adn desires so that we might live out our calling in every area of life. Our educational programs are open to all, and offer unique learning opportunities of several different sorts: lectures, small groups, seminars and courses.
$295,571 spent24% of program spendingGraduate outreach: the need for a fellowship setting that emphasizes the desire to think with a christian mind is especially relevent for students pursuing advanced degrees in preparation for professional leadership. The study center provides funding for three graduate fellowship groups at the university of virgnia: one on main grounds, one at the university of virginia darden school of business, and one at the university of virginia schoool of law.
$104,131 spent9% of program spendingFall 2024: (5) lecture events: "ask bill anything" (bill wilder); "the surprising rebirth of belief in god" (justin brierley); "two view: baptism (ben maton & keith goad); "meet the professor" (lucy guarnera); "what to do after college fair". Spring 2025: (3) lecture events: "from godric's hollow to king's cross: theology in harry potter" (sarah borden); "lunch with a professor" (jennifer frey); "veritas forum: what makes my life worth it?" (curt thompson & david costanza); (4) lunch club lectures - "what's the deal with denominations? Intro" (fitz green); "what's the deal with denominations? - victory church" (aj moseley)-; "what's the deal with denominations? - trinity presbyterian church" (chris colquitt); "what's the deal with denominations? - portico" (jason conner); "what's the deal with denominations? - st. Nicholas orthodox church" (fr. Robert holet); "what's the deal with denominations? - church of the good shepherd (rev. April murray).
$247,688 spent21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,206,971.
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 2021 to 2022, from $6.5M to $8.4M (+29%).
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 0% · 2021 5% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Marta Mckinnon
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $349k → $702k.
12 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN 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
UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% 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
82% 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 UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 24% · 2019 47% · 2020 39% · 2021 72% · 2022 41% · 2023 62% — 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
50% of UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
82% of UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN 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 $787k that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 9 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC?
- UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC (Virginia) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,267,017 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($1,167,409). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $4,267,017 in grants to UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,167,409 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 25 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