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CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA INC

CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA INC (Indiana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $957,014 to it, the largest being FSJ FOUNDATION INC ($445,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.4M
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$957k
Net assets
$1.3M
8/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 18%
01What it does

What Child Evangelism Fellowship of Indiana Inc does

Mission

Child evangelism fellowship is a bible-centered, interdenominational, worldwide organization, composed of born-again believers whose purpose and mission are to evangelize boys and girls with the gospel of the lord jesus christ, disciple them in the word of god, and establish them in a bible-believing church for christian living.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. In 2025 the number of children reached through our ministries of good news club, 5-day club, and other ministry opportunities (fair ministry, party clubs, camp good news, etc.) was 11,565. Of these, 976 made their profession of faith, and 91 newly attended church. We have seen an increase in our good news clubs, holding clubs in 104 elementary schools around the state. There were 92 5-day clubs during the summer months, 3 weeks of camp good news, 1 junior youth challenge club, 25 party clubs, 51 open-air activities, 1 rally, and 7 fair ministries. The fair ministries alone reached 6,437 children.training opportunities increased for teens, volunteers, and staff to include 625 individuals. This included training in preparation for ministry, such as good news club or party club ministry. It also included one college-level evangelism class, teaching children effectively. Finally, it also included our christian youth in action training, which included 72 teens and 1 adult, all preparing for summer ministry. Our staff continues to hold steady at 38 around the state, with an increase in the health benefits we offer as well as an increase in salaries.

    $885,640 spentof which $1,872 as grants$90,021 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $885,640.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.0M) Net assets 100 ($1.0M)2021 Revenue 85 ($1.1M) Expenses 91 ($917k) Net assets 145 ($1.5M)2022 Revenue 76 ($930k) Expenses 102 ($1.0M) Net assets 139 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 83 ($1.0M) Expenses 109 ($1.1M) Net assets 132 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 122 ($1.5M) Expenses 134 ($1.4M) Net assets 119 ($1.2M)2025 Revenue 116 ($1.4M) Expenses 155 ($1.6M) Net assets 124 ($1.3M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (116)Expenses (155)Net assets (124)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.2M to $1.5M (+24%).

$1.2M
$1.5M
$1.5M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.5M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 9% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$220k
’20
$135k
’21
−$101k
’22
−$85k
’23
$146k
’24
−$137k
’25
10
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.

Board chair

Norman Lavengood

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed996577
Joined·+2+0+0+3+0
No longer listed·23110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $68k → $140k.

4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA 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

CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

35% 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 CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA INC.

46%
largest funder
84%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 57% · 2019 53% · 2020 81% · 2021 73% · 2022 67% · 2023 49% — 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

57% of CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA INC'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+5y+6y

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

100% of CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.

IN

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

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $339k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 40%Fundraising 3%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

97%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA INC?
CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA INC (Indiana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $957,014 to it, the largest being FSJ FOUNDATION INC ($445,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA INC have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $957,014 in grants to CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA INC?
FSJ FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $445,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF INDIANA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 12 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