Minnesota · Nonprofit
CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA
CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,321 to it, the largest being THE GRACE UPON GRACE MOOTY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($45,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $204k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $28k
What Christs Footprints in Africa does
Mission
Christ's Footprints in Africa (CFA) is a Christian Charity serving primarily in two of the poorest countries in the world. Malawi and Burundi in East Central Africa. Schools: Primary schooling for children who have no other source of education. These children learn to read and write and receive a meal at school. They are also taught the essentials of Christianity. CFA has built school buildings and offers help in maintaining them. Prison Ministry: Helping prisoners through partnership with the local branch of Prison Fellowship. Pastor Training: Many of the pastors have never had formal christian education, and many do not own a bible. CFA tries to supply bibles and training. Child Evangelism: CFA has partnered with Child Evangelism Fellowship to provide christian education to children in conjunction with the churches we work with. Church Support: CFA has helped build churches and repair churches. Other Work: Putting in wells if needed and helping with garden irrigation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During the 2025 year Christ's Footprints in Africa (CFA) provided humanitarian relief to many that were hungry and starving. CFA continued in supporting rural pastors, continued supporting the irrigation project that allows gardens to grow and flourish for many rural villages. CFA continues to support 2 schools, building new classrooms and new toilets. Also feeding the children 1 meal a day. These projects are accomplished through Word of Grace Church under the leadership of Pastor Moses N'Kahata.
$52,408 spentof which $52,408 as grants$52,408 earned by the program26% of program spendingCFA was able to continue support for several local evangelists and missionaries and pastors who are our hands and feet when we cannot be present in the country. Providing pastor and chaplain training, church building maintenance, flood and hunger relief, child evangelism outreach including meals and evangelism, prison evangelism, and medical aid when needed.
$56,038 spentof which $56,038 as grants$56,038 earned by the program28% of program spendingCFA provides support for rural pastors. Building churches and re-roofing churches when we can, we offer training and teaching materials, we give them financial help to start small businesses so they can support themselves. These pastors often start kids clubs, which we provide teaching materials for and provide a meal. Many of the pastors provide evangelism at the local prisons also.
$58,705 spentof which $58,705 as grants$58,705 earned by the program29% of program spendingIn 2025 we had a successful mission trip to Malawi with 6 people. The purpose of this trip was to visit all the pastors, evangelists, and missionaries that we support. We also visited several prisons, providing the prisoners with soap, lotion and food. It had been several years since anyone from CFA had been in country, and it was good to see all the things we have accomplished during the years. We were very encouraged to see the spiritual growth of the people and the churches that has happened.
$34,416 spentof which $34,416 as grants$34,416 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $201,567.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $101k to $17k (−83%).
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 CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
William Nersesian
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $5k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA’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
CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 50% · 2021 99% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% — 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 CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $321 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA?
- CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,321 to it, the largest being THE GRACE UPON GRACE MOOTY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($45,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $50,321 in grants to CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA?
- THE GRACE UPON GRACE MOOTY FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRISTS FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 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