Ohio · Nonprofit
COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT
COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT (Ohio) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $586,546 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($233,510). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $336k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $587k
- Net assets
- $160k
What Companions on a Journey Grief Support does
Mission
Companions on a Journey Grief Support (coj) provides ongoing support to the bereaved of all ages, surrounding them with hope, strength, and healing as they create their new life balance.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
School-based grief support program for k-12: coj's school-based grief support program helps transform schools into grief-informed spaces where students can process complicated feelings of grief and loss, connect with a caring community, and build a toolbox of critical wellness and resiliency skills. In 2024 coj partnered with 65 public, private, and parochial schools to provide monthly grief support. Coj facilitated 97 school groups, and also provided consultation and education for staff and caregivers. Crisis response was provided in 18 schools, supporting 891 students. Coj works alongside administrators and counselors to build a grief-sensitive culture where bereaved students and staff feel loved, accepted, and supported. Monthly school-based groups are co-facilitated by a coj bereavement specialist and the school counselor. They are supported by coj social work interns that provide added mentorship for student support.
$197,325 spent81% of program spendingFamily and community programs: include "mending hearts for grieving families," a monthly program for grieving children, teens and families, as well as "pathway to healing" events and family support groups. These programs and events seek to restore family balance--one child, one teen, and one family at a time. Coj believes a family that grieves together, heals together. We engage in activities and conversations that allow not only individual family members to experience healing, but the entire family. Programs offer a safe and nurturing environment for all ages to honor loved ones, strengthen family bonds, and find hope. In 2024, coj's mending hearts families met for 9 sessions and the pathway to healing events served 79 children, teens, and adults.
$14,493 spent$750 earned by the program6% of program spendingAdult support programs: coj approaches bereavement support holistically through interactive, hands-on activities and conversations where adults find connection and are gifted with the space to process and share feelings as they are ready. Through monthly and bi-monthly support group sessions, educational materials, tailored activities, and healing events, coj provides resources that honor each person's unique grief story. In 2024, 416 individuals were served in coj's adult groups.
$30,953 spent$5,780 earned by the program13% of program spendingCommunity education and training: coj provides educational programming and training through customized in-person workshops and online webinars to professionals and communities. Coj provides meaningful and engaging learning experiences to increase awareness and skills to support children, teens, adults, and families through grief and loss. In 2024, coj participated in 8 community events and delivered 12 trainings in 2024 with a total of 620 individuals served.
$1,198 spent$2,550 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $243,969.
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 $137k to $227k (+66%).
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: 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $7k → $129k.
10 of 16 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 COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT’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
COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 59% · 2019 100% · 2020 49% · 2021 68% · 2022 50% · 2023 39% — 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.
How long its funders stay
100% of COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $205k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT has grown faster than half of the 13,769 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,769 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT?
- COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT (Ohio) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $586,546 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($233,510). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $586,546 in grants to COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT?
- MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $233,510 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMPANIONS ON A JOURNEY GRIEF SUPPORT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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