Georgia · Nonprofit
EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC
EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC (Georgia) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,145,101 to it, the largest being THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION ($225,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $314k
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $839k
What El Refugio Ministry Inc does
Mission
Provide social services to detained individuals and hospitality support for their visiting families including meals, temporary lodging, detention visitation, and post-release support.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
El refugio attended more than 300 calls from people detained and their loved ones, providing resources, information, and connections to those detained at stewart detention center (sdc). We purchased 41 flight tickets for those released from sdc. We made 224 commissary deposits to people detained ($20 average deposit). We sent a total of 183 books to people detained, covering a range of topics from legal rights to personal development, to provide educational and emotional support. Three families impacted by detention and deportation received financial support to help pay bills, food, and transportation. Our programs offer $250 -$1500 in financial support to those who qualify for our program. An additional family recieved a $10,000 gift from an anonymous donor to help them pay for cancer treatment. This family had their loved one detained and deported from stewart as well. In collaboration with koinonia farm, we fulfilled 133 requests for clothing from people being deported. The bags typically include 1-2 change of clothing, a pair of shoes, and a backpack). We hosted 139 families and friends at our hospitality house while they visited their loved ones at the detention center. We…
$273,316 spentof which $30,306 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $273,316.
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 2017 to 2018, from $118k to $399k (+239%).
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: 2020 4% · 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC’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. 2 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
Amilcar Valencia
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $29k → $313k.
11 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
45% 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 EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 51% · 2019 22% · 2020 21% · 2021 39% · 2022 26% · 2023 48% — 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
38% of EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $234k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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 EL REFUGIO MINISTRY 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EL REFUGIO MINISTRY 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 EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC?
- EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC (Georgia) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,145,101 to it, the largest being THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION ($225,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $1,145,101 in grants to EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC?
- THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EL REFUGIO MINISTRY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 34 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