California · Nonprofit
Church Transformation Network Inc
Church Transformation Network Inc (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $255,000 to it, the largest being NEAL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $255k
- Net assets
- $941k
What Church Transformation Network Inc does
Mission
CTNs mission is to partner with national churches to economically and effectively train large numbers of Christian leaders in their calling character and ministry competency so that local communities of faith remain biblical faithful and fruitful.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pastor training in sub Saharan region in the following countries with corresponding pastors trained: Kenya 10,000; Ethiopia 11,000; Uganda 18,000; Congo 5,000; Rwanda 7,000; and South Sudan 5,000 pastors trained on contending for the Christian faith.
$578,111 spent64% of program spendingPastor training in East Asia region in the country of Thailand with 2,500 pastors trained on contending for the Christian faith.
$40,650 spent4% of program spendingPastor training in South Asia region in the country of India with 5,500 pastors trained on contending for the Christian faith.
$48,404 spent5% of program spendingTravel to areas where pastoral training occurred
$113,973 spent13% of program spendingPastor Certification
$6,000 spent1% of program spendingVision Casting for perspective training partners
$59,510 spent7% of program spendingService recognition
$21,550 spent2% of program spendingAmbassador honorariums
$18,400 spent2% of program spendingProgram management
$21,356 spent2% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $907,954.
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. 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 2023 to 2024, from $186k to $903k (+386%).
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 Church Transformation Network Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
Habtamu Umer
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Jerry Rueb
Chairman of the Board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $240k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 Church Transformation Network 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
Church Transformation Network Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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: 2021 67% · 2022 83% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Church Transformation Network Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Church Transformation Network Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,325 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,325 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Church Transformation Network 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Church Transformation Network Inc: 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 Church Transformation Network Inc?
- Church Transformation Network Inc (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $255,000 to it, the largest being NEAL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Church Transformation Network Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $255,000 in grants to Church Transformation Network Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Church Transformation Network Inc?
- NEAL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Church Transformation Network Inc 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing