Maryland · Nonprofit
I am a Child of God Inc
I am a Child of God Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,990 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($5,490). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $310
What I am a Child of God Inc does
Mission
We create safe spaces to empower youth to know who they are and equip them with tools to embrace their God-given potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Safe Haven Saturdays (Mentoring Program) - It focuses on social-emotional learning topics like self-esteem, relationships, and communication, with guidance from a licensed mental health counselor and access to additional support services. The program expanded with Safe Haven School Days, offering in-school mentoring sessions to provide consistent emotional and personal development support for middle school girls.
$1,947 spent13% of program spendingSafe Haven Youth Retreats - are weekend summer programs offering a safe, distraction-free space for youth to focus on personal growth and community building. They include workshops on identity, confidence, emotional health, and relationships, along with creative activities, recreation, and shared meals. The program expanded to include a boys retreat through a nonprofit partnership, broadening access and impact.
$6,425 spent42% of program spendingPost-Secondary Education Program (College Readiness & Scholarships) -helps youth prepare for higher education through college tours and a scholarship initiative. Tours offer campus exposure and student panels, while scholarships support graduating seniors pursuing college or certification programs. In 2025, two students each received $2,500, with funds sent directly to their institutions.
$6,628 spent43% of program spendingMental Health Services: A mental health counselor is present at different Safe Haven Saturday sessions, and the school social worker is present during our Safe Haven School Days programming. During Safe Haven Saturdays, they present a lesson to our youth that coincides with our month's topics but focuses on the mental health component. Our services have been able to enroll participants in counseling and have set up family meetings with parents. A counselor is also present at our girls' retreat.
$455 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $15,455.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $7k to $310 (−96%).
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.
47% of I am a Child of God Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Erin Lonon
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 I am a Child of God 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.
How concentrated its funding is
I am a Child of God Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% 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
69% 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 I am a Child of God Inc.
“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
69% of I am a Child of God 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 $3k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Maryland funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
I am a Child of God Inc's revenue fell 53% between 2024 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,200 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like I am a Child of God 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 I am a Child of God 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 I am a Child of God Inc?
- I am a Child of God Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,990 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($5,490). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does I am a Child of God Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $7,990 in grants to I am a Child of God Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of I am a Child of God Inc?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,490 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like I am a Child of God Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2024–2025), 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