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CUSTOS TERRAE

CUSTOS TERRAE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $290,000 to it, the largest being THE CARVER FAMILY FUTURE GENERATION FOUNDATION ($290,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$28k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$290k
Net assets
$35M
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Custos Terrae does

Mission

The organization's mission is to carry out and maintain all branches of religious work and endeavor.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

Providing leased premises for religious nonprofit organizations to host religious retreats, camps, worship events and activities.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($14M) Expenses 100 ($23k) Net assets 100 ($31M)2018 Revenue 0 ($30k) Expenses 311 ($70k) Net assets 100 ($31M)2019 Revenue 0 ($40k) Expenses 177 ($40k) Net assets 100 ($31M)2020 Revenue 25 ($3.4M) Expenses 145 ($33k) Net assets 111 ($35M)2021 Revenue 0 ($28k) Expenses 174 ($39k) Net assets 111 ($35M)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (0)Expenses (174)Net assets (111)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $32M to $39M (+22%).

$31M
$32M
$32M
$39M
$40M
20172018201920202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$14M
’17
−$40k
’18
$218
’19
$3.4M
’20
−$11k
’21
289
months of
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.

20172018201920202021
Listed55555
Joined·+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·0000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $250k → $40k.

Funder
'20
'21
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of CUSTOS TERRAE’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 CUSTOS TERRAE's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like CUSTOS TERRAE

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

40% of spending goes to programs.

Program 40%Management 60%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CUSTOS TERRAE: 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 CUSTOS TERRAE?
CUSTOS TERRAE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $290,000 to it, the largest being THE CARVER FAMILY FUTURE GENERATION FOUNDATION ($290,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CUSTOS TERRAE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $290,000 in grants to CUSTOS TERRAE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CUSTOS TERRAE?
THE CARVER FAMILY FUTURE GENERATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $290,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CUSTOS TERRAE 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), 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