Colorado · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES
FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $587,621 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($587,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $411k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $588k
- Net assets
- $55k
What Friends of Vietnam Ministries does
Mission
Support orphan and at-risk children in Vietnam. Teach pastors and church leaders in Vietnam.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Constructing an orphanage outside of Hanoi. 85700This is a continuation of the construction that started in 2024.
$210,000 spentof which $210,000 as grants55% of program spendingMonthly support and schooling costs school uniforms school tuition books and supplies for the 115 children at the Hope Center orphanage outside of Ho Chi Minh City.
$95,700 spentof which $95,700 as grants25% of program spendingOur organization provides vital assistance to the Tay Ninh refugees individuals displaced during the Vietnam War. These refugees attempted to flee Vietnam but were denied entry into Cambodia forcing them to settle in impoverished conditions along the border. Despite their plight they are not recognized as Vietnamese residents. Our programs specifically focus on supporting the children of these refugees aiming to provide them with essential resources and opportunities for a better future.
$11,250 spentof which $11,250 as grants3% of program spendingSupport for Vinh Loc Street Kids. We bring 40 VN children to a local church in Vinh Loc 3 times a week to provide schooling and dinner. This also supports the housing of eight orphan children.
$6,880 spentof which $6,880 as grants2% of program spendingMonthly support for the orphan and at risk children at the new orphanage near Hanoi Beth Hesed.
$7,750 spentof which $7,750 as grants2% of program spendingSupport for Wendy Phung Ministries in central VN including taking care of 11 orphan and at risk young people.
$12,100 spentof which $12,100 as grants3% of program spendingGrants to the Lighthouse Evangelical family of churches plus the Scripture Union Vietnam branch that translates Christian materials into the Vietnamese language such as Vacation Bible School materials.
$15,040 spentof which $15,040 as grants4% of program spendingScholarships that help Vietnamese young people attend Bible School such as in country or in the Philippines or online.
$15,420 spentof which $15,420 as grants4% of program spendingWiring fees $750 National Christian Foundation fees for handling transactions $3436 and $776 and pastoral training $3574.
$8,536 spent2% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $382,676.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $26k to $55k (+108%).
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.
100% of FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 2 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $18k → $63k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES’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.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of FRIENDS OF VIETNAM 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $588k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES
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In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% 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 FRIENDS OF VIETNAM 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 FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES?
- FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $587,621 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($587,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $587,621 in grants to FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $587,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF VIETNAM MINISTRIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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