California · Nonprofit
Far Reaching Ministries
Far Reaching Ministries (California) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,824,876 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($1,579,223). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $23M
What Far Reaching Ministries does
Mission
Far Reaching Ministries (FRM) was founded to carry the Gospel Jesus Christ to the world with discipleship as our primary objective. We plant and edify evangelical churches, found Bible schools, gather intimate small groups, and sustain missionaries. We give highest priority to the vulnerable, war-torn, and persecuted communities - seeking to comfort and revive the afflicted. FRM initiates new programs by bringing aid to meet physical needs, which opens hearts, and enables us to fulfill spiritual needs. We train and equip missionaries and pastors in over 30 different nations. Each front-line worker has surrendered wholeheartedly to follow Jesus and brings unique, God-given spiritual gifts to ensure an abundant harvest. Every believer is called to be an Ambassador for Jesus Christ, to build His eternal kingdom by investing in others, and to love supremely just as Jesus did! As we all accept His calling and begin to share His love, can reach even the uttermost ends of this earth!2 Peter 1
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ghost Operations: Across some of the world's most dangerous regions, Far Reaching Ministries continues to stand with those risking their lives to bring hope and relief. Through Ghost Operations, FRM supports chaplains, pastors, and frontline workers serving amid war, persecution, and crisis.a. Ukraine: FRMs chaplains remain active on the front linesevacuating civilians, delivering aid, and sharing the Gospel amid the war. Over 60 leaders were renewed through a chaplains retreat, and 27 new chaplains sponsorship program. Construction continues on a major training and rehabilitation center for children and a larger home for the elderly. In addition to this, FRM provided 1,500 winter jackets for children, and supported monthly church feasts, Christmas outreaches, and the ongoing Potatoes for Grandmothers programmeeting both physical and spiritual needs across Ukraine.b. Syria: FRM provide monthly support for the basic necessities to rescue Druze seeking sanctuary from the genocide. We are hoping to provide medical services for the most vulnerable through financial support to local hospitals where staff have been working with no salary for most of 2025.c. Georgia and Moldova: FRM…
$3,888,667 spentof which $1,272,619 as grants50% of program spendingChrist for a Continent: Through Christ for a Continent, FRM continues to equip indigenous leaders to advance the Gospel across Africa. In South Sudan, chaplains serve on the front linesbringing hope, discipling soldiers, and ministering to families amid conflict. In Nigeria and the DRC, trained missionaries are being sent into unreached regions to plant churches and stand for Christ in areas of persecution. In Uganda and Kenya, ongoing church planting and pastoral training strengthen local congregations, while FRM-supported primary and secondary schools in Uganda provide children with both quality education and a foundation in faith. From the battlefield to the classroom, the Gospel is transforming lives and shaping the future of a continent.
$1,887,120 spentof which $31,060 as grants24% of program spendingMissionary Support: At the heart of FRMs mission is discipleship and church planting; therefore, we provide monthly income for front line workers to ensure the discipleship classes are continuously available especially when war, persecution and poverty stir up chaos and violence. We continue to provide spiritual covering, resources, and care for courageous missionaries serving in some of the world's most dangerous regions. These men and women bring the hope of Christ to unreached people groups, strengthen local churches, and disciple new believers often at great personal risk. Through their faithfulness, the Gospel continues to advance to the ends of the earth.
$948,332 spentof which $43,850 as grants12% of program spendingChildren of War: FRM continues to rescue and restore young lives devastated by conflict and exploitation. FromAfrica to Latin America to Eastern Europe, children who have endured the trauma of war, trafficking, and displacement are finding safety, education, and hope through Christ-centered care. In partnership with local ministries, FRM provides housing, discipleship, and ongoing support to help each child heal and thrive. We want every child to KNOW their heavenly Father cares, provides and protects them even when war, violence and neglect are all they can see or feel. What the enemy meant for destruction, God will use to raise a generation transformed by His love and empowered by His Holy Spirit.
$560,686 spentof which $244,922 as grants7% of program spendingEvangelism and Teaching: FRM preaches at churches all over the world every week to strengthen faith and to inspire each member. Our testimonies ignite a fire in the hearts to step into Kingdom ministry personally!
$286,747 spentof which $57,591 as grants4% of program spendingBenevolence: FRM responds to the cry of people suffering by generously giving in Jesus name.
$213,138 spentof which $11,254 as grants3% of program spendingWomen's Ministry: In 1998, Rabuna Fi God is able was founded to disciple women in Africa. Today we support women who teach and equip other women in Africa, South America, Europe the Middle East and in America. What started with one missionary now continues with indigenous trained leaders to continue teaching at weekly studies, prayer gatherings, and literacy classes - demonstrating that God truly is able to sustain and grow His work through faithful women.
$10,191 spentof which $7,943 as grants0% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,794,881.
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 2019 to 2020, from $11M to $18M (+69%).
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.
98% of Far Reaching Ministries’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Wesley Bentley
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $168k → $542k.
17 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 Far Reaching Ministries’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
Far Reaching Ministries leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 Far Reaching Ministries.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 56% · 2019 39% · 2020 91% · 2021 86% · 2022 53% · 2023 47% — 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
55% of Far Reaching Ministries's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
85% of Far Reaching Ministries'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. Of the $435k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from funders outside California, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
Far Reaching Ministries runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 363 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like Far Reaching Ministries
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Far Reaching Ministries Aviation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Far Reaching Ministries: 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 Far Reaching Ministries?
- Far Reaching Ministries (California) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,824,876 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($1,579,223). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Far Reaching Ministries have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $2,824,876 in grants to Far Reaching Ministries, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Far Reaching Ministries?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,579,223 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Far Reaching Ministries 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 36 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing