California · Nonprofit
CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION
CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $388,041 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($332,835). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $109k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $388k
- Net assets
- $99k
What Children of Mehr Foundation does
Mission
Drawing on specialized knowledge of the region, our organization provides living essentials to disadvantaged families of rural Iran and develops transformational education programs for its youth. Children whose basic needs are met are freed to experience the curiosity and hope that inspire them to learn and to dream. Children with access to a culture of literacy, reading, and education can conceive of their own potential and recognize means for improving their circumstances. Targeting these objectives in communities where there is deficit lays the foundation for a process of enduring growth and development. Our vision is set on the long-term, with a sharp focus on the ultimate independent sustainability of our impact.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
During 2024, we continued to successfully operated numerous BookStop centers, continually enhancing our learning resources and intensifying our efforts to promote literacy and educational access in underserved communities. Each of our centers boasts a collection of over 500 books, alongside games and creative activities, creating a stimulating and educational environment for all visitors. Our facilitators have been integral to our success, engaging with students and parents through daily and special activities. They've conducted reading circles, storytelling sessions, and initiated discussions to promote critical thinking. Educational programs have covered scientific concepts, cultural arts, and physical well-being, alongside intellectual games for cognitive development. Workshops and events further enrich the educational experience, including: - Oral Health and Personal Hygiene - Environment and Preservation - Nowruz traditions - Book Celebration Week - White Cane Day for awareness of blind children's culture These initiatives, led by experienced volunteers, have enhanced the learning environment and broadened the cultural knowledge of our communities. Acknowledging the crucial…
$55,890 spent71% of program spendingProject Yekta continued to provide holistic support to children with special needs and their families. Collaborating with local medical, psychological, and educational experts, we addressed health, education, and societal stigma for these vulnerable children. We organized medical and laboratory visits to build comprehensive health profiles for the children and conducted mental health evaluations to understand the children's and their families' needs, Monthly packages containing essential food items were distributed to families. We also provided educational support and cultural engagement.
$5,897 spent7% of program spendingChildren of Mehr Foundation provided living essentials to disadvantaged families of rural Iran and continued to develop transformational programs to serve its youth.
$14,814 spentof which $10,000 as grants19% of program spendingImplemented Project TekYar to empower the next generation of Iranian youth through technology.
$2,240 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $78,841.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $6k to $97k (+1659%).
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 CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $85k.
7 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION’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
CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“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 CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $388k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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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 CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION: 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 CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION?
- CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $388,041 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($332,835). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $388,041 in grants to CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $332,835 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN OF MEHR FOUNDATION 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 7 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