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GROWING GRACE INC

GROWING GRACE INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,150 to it, the largest being Planetwork ($7,150). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$587k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$7k
Net assets
$-4334
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Growing Grace Inc does

Mission

Growing Grace's mission is to strengthen family connections through education for children, youth, and their families; to support personal growth, development, and awareness, at the individual level, family unit, and for the community at large. Currently Growing Grace is operating as Kinderblast Preschool.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. 2025 Growing Grace Annual SummaryKinderblastIn 2025, Kinderblast deepened its commitment to fostering the social-emotional development of students, recognizing that children who feel confident, connected, and supported are better equipped to thrive both academically and personally. At Kinderblast, we continue to center our work on nurturing each childs sense of belonging, self-worth, and capacity to build meaningful relationships.Throughout the year, our team of compassionate and emotionally attuned educators created intentional spaces where every child felt seen, valued, and encouraged to grow. This commitment extended beyond the classroom, strengthening our partnerships with families, who remain essential contributors to the Kinderblast community.Building on the success of previous years, Kinderblast hosted multiple Community Work Days in 2025, bringing families together to care for and enhance the school environment. These shared efforts not only supported the physical space but also reinforced for students the importance of collaboration, responsibility, and community stewardship.Kinderblast also expanded opportunities for connection through Community Field Trips, where…

    $623,995 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $623,995.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($523k) Expenses 100 ($513k) Net assets 100 ($7k)2023 Revenue 112 ($585k) Expenses 111 ($569k) Net assets 322 ($23k)2024 Revenue 133 ($694k) Expenses 134 ($685k) Net assets 441 ($32k)2025 Revenue 112 ($587k) Expenses 122 ($624k) Net assets -59 ($-4334)
2022202320242025
Revenue (112)Expenses (122)Net assets (-59)Peer revenue range

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 $91k to $52k (−43%).

$43k
$66k
$91k
$52k
2022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

4% of GROWING GRACE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$10k
’22
$16k
’23
$9k
’24
−$36k
’25
0.6
months of
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

Veronica Cowen

CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2022202320242025
Listed3333
Joined·+0+0+0
No longer listed·000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'22
total
Planetworkunclassified
$7k
funders
1

From the IRS filings of GROWING GRACE INC’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

100% of GROWING GRACE INC's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GROWING GRACE INC receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7k to it.

Operating margin−6% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like GROWING GRACE INC

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In California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds GROWING GRACE INC?
GROWING GRACE INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,150 to it, the largest being Planetwork ($7,150). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GROWING GRACE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,150 in grants to GROWING GRACE INC.
Who is the largest funder of GROWING GRACE INC?
Planetwork is the largest funder on record, with $7,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GROWING GRACE INC 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.

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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 2022–2025), 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