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DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)
DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH LEGACY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $905k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $100k
- Net assets
- $16M
What Disciples Seminary Foundation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) does
Mission
In covenant with the christian church (disciples of christ) and in cooperation with ecumenical and educational partners, disciples seminary foundation serves god through the formation and support of emerging theological leaders for diverse christian communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization provides facilities, personnel, curricular, scholarships, and assistance to graduate students affiliated with the christian church (disciples of christ). For the year ended december 31, 2024, 73 students received grants totaling $128,420. The organization also provides continuing education for ministers and members of the western region christian church (disciples of christ).
$261,127 spentof which $128,420 as grants$22,353 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $261,127.
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 $16M to $14M (−17%).
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.
31% of DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Christy Newton
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)’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
DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)
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
33% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Claremont School of Theology · exempt
- Iliff School of Theology · exempt
- Pacific School of Religion · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)?
- DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH LEGACY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100,000 in grants to DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST).
- Who is the largest funder of DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)?
- UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH LEGACY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DISCIPLES SEMINARY FOUNDATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) 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.
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 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