North Carolina · Nonprofit
DIAKONOS INC
DIAKONOS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,613,646 to it, the largest being United Way of Iredell County Inc ($590,126). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Diakonos Inc does
Mission
The mission of diakonos, inc. Is to compassionately serve men, women, and children in need by providing clothing, food, healthcare, and safe sanctuary; advocating for change and offering hope. Taken from the greek language, "diakonos", means "one who serves".
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fifth street campus shelter services (including community kitchen & case management): fifth street ministries operates an emergency shelter campus that provides short term housing and stabilization services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Integrated into shelter operations are case management services focused on housing stabilization, employment, income access, and connection to community resources. A community kitchen also provides daily meals to shelter residents and community members ensuring consistent access to food as part of overall stabilization efforts.
$1,541,963 spent59% of program spendingDomestic violence services-my sister's house: my sister's house provides safe, confidential shelter and comprehensive support services for individuals and families impacted by domestic violence. Services include emergency housing, crisis intervention, case management, court advocacy, and access to licensed counseling for trauma recovery. The program operates a regional domestic violence hotline and supports survivors in securing safe, long-term housing and rebuilding independence.
$602,015 spent23% of program spendingPath street outreach program: the path (projects for assistance in transition from homelessness) street outreach program engages unsheltered individuals in the community who are experiencing homelessness and often living with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Outreach staff provide direct engagement, basic needs support, and connections to housing, healthcare, and behavioral health services. The program serves as a critical entry point into the broader continuum of care.
$266,024 spent10% of program spendingOther programs - veterans services: fifth street ministries provides housing and supportive services to veterans experiencing homelessness through a combination of transitional housing and supportive housing programs. Services include case management, coordination with va resources, and assistance with employment, benefits access, and long-term housing placement. These programs are designed to promote stability, self-sufficiency and successful reintegration into the community.
$220,409 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,630,411.
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 2020 to 2021, from $5.3M to $5.9M (+11%).
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: 2017 63% · 2018 27% · 2019 38% · 2020 32% · 2021 74% · 2022 48% · 2023 42% · 2024 46% · 2025 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of DIAKONOS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Joseph Mazzola
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $204k → $332k.
8 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 DIAKONOS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 funders by total. 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
DIAKONOS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
56% 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 DIAKONOS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 33% · 2019 22% · 2020 22% · 2021 26% · 2022 22% · 2023 30% — 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
59% of DIAKONOS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
96% of DIAKONOS INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $228k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
DIAKONOS INC's funding base is broadening — from 9 funders to 16 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding DIAKONOS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$625k
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$488k
- Department of Veterans Affairs$430k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DIAKONOS 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DIAKONOS 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 DIAKONOS INC?
- DIAKONOS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,613,646 to it, the largest being United Way of Iredell County Inc ($590,126). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DIAKONOS INC have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $2,613,646 in grants to DIAKONOS INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DIAKONOS INC?
- United Way of Iredell County Inc is the largest funder on record, with $590,126 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DIAKONOS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 37 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