California · Nonprofit
COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY
COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $574 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($574). 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 FY2025
- $44k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $574
- Net assets
- $43k
What Companions on the Journey does
Mission
The organization is dedicated to cultivating spiritual development through a variety of avenues including enriching liturgical experiences educational programs and dedicated spiritual practices. By providing a nurturing environment that encourages exploration and growth individuals can deepen their connection to their spirituality and enhance their personal journey. Through a combination of meaningful rituals informative teachings and transformative practices the organization aims to support its members in their quest for spiritual enlightenment and personal fulfillment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
| Explanation:| Sadly our Companions on the Journey community is in the process of dissolving. After nearly 29 years of leading us on a wonderful spiritual journey our dear Spiritual Director has retired as of 12 31 25. During those 29 years we had the opportunity of creating a hybrid community - online and in-person in Palo Alto. We have been beyond excited that after 5 years on Zoom what emerged was a vibrant international community with companions from countries around the world all seeking spiritual truths that transcend the boundaries often found in traditional religious spaces. Our mission at COJ has always been to be a unique community which supports each of us in finding and following our own spiritual path. As we celebrate 29 years as an independent spiritual community we recognize that our longevity was a testament to Fr. Sens inspired spiritual direction and the deep commitment to community by all of our companions. We were inspired by our new companions jumping in to choose readings offer thought-provoking questions on 3rd Sundays participate in the WWG book group help plan community liturgies and attend retreats. Through our weekly after Mass meet and greet times and…
$75,561 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $75,561.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $125k to $91k (−27%).
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.
95% of COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $141 → $96.
1 of 1 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 COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY’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.
Where its funders are
100% of COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY'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. $574 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
COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY's revenue fell 50% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,869 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY
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.
Public support
71%
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 THE JOURNEY?
- COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $574 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($574). 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 COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $574 in grants to COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $574 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY 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 1 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