Rhode Island · Nonprofit
GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC
GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $124,555 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($64,002). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $363k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $125k
- Net assets
- $473k
What Gbarnga Lutheran Mission Prjct Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to share gods love by supporting christ-centered education, community development, economic opportunity, and health initiatives in rural liberia.partnering with lutheran churches and the communities of north central liberia, we serve children and families near the city of gbarnga. As stewards of land donated by the lutheran church in liberia, we provide a safe and nurturing educational environment on a 15-acre campus that includes classrooms, student and staff residences, athletic fields, a chapel, and a medical clinic that supports the surrounding communities.we integrate christian faith, values, and servant-leadership into our curriculum and daily life while holding ourselves to high standards of excellence. By addressing essential needsclean water, sanitation, electricity, hygiene, nutrition, and other barriers born of povertywe work to remove obstacles that prevent a child from receiving a quality education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Of gbarnga. As stewards of land donated by the lutheran church in liberia, we provide a safe, nurturing educational environment on a 15-acre school campus including classrooms, residences for students and staff, athletic fields, chapel, and medical clinic to serve the communities surrounding gbarnga. We integrate the transforming power of christian faith , values, and servant- living into the curricula and daily lives of students and staff while embracing excellence in all we do. By addressing needs such as clean water, sanitation, electricity,
$304,580 spentof which $298,827 as grants$89,977 earned by the program100% of program spendingDepreciation for program equpment
$509 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $305,089.
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 $206k to $358k (+74%).
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.
73% of GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $24k → $8k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 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
GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 82% · 2022 90% · 2023 93% — 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.
Where its funders are
99% of GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC'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 $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Rhode Island, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $123k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT 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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT 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 GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC?
- GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $124,555 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($64,002). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $124,555 in grants to GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $64,002 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GBARNGA LUTHERAN MISSION PRJCT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 5 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