California · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY
INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY (California) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,494,717 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($797,839). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $906k
What International Sanctuary does
Mission
At International Sanctuary our mission is to help women escaping trafficking succeed - doing whatever it takes! Our trauma-informed program provides employment, education, healthcare, and a safe community for women as they learn and grow. Being rescued is only the beginning. In our trauma-informed workplace communities, survivors form trusting, long-term relationships. In our sanctuaries, women grow in capacity and independence, becoming stronger, secure and confident in who they are.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
General program over the past year International Sanctuary accomplished its mission of together to help her succeed whatever it takes. Through our four regions globally International Sanctuary served over 300 women providing employment case management education health care and a safe and loving community to women in mumbai india kampala uganda tijuana mexico and cebu philippines.
$818,401 spentof which $14,767 as grants100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $818,401.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $891k to $1.4M (+59%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 1% · 2022 23% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0% · 2026 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Max Fernand
CEO
Board chair
Rochelle Rausch
Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $18k → $176k.
9 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY’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
INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 65% · 2019 64% · 2020 38% · 2021 25% · 2022 68% · 2023 31% — 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
38% of INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 54 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 54 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY: 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 INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY?
- INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY (California) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,494,717 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($797,839). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $2,494,717 in grants to INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $797,839 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 30 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