California · Nonprofit
Issachar Initiative
Issachar Initiative (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,369,246 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($1,960,041). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $777k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $572k
What Issachar Initiative does
Mission
To become a trusted source of information, influencing ministry activities and financial investments toward the least-reached people of the world and helping to fulfill the missional aspects of the Great Commission.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
The Organization accomplished the following activities during the tax period:1) Developed and hosted one (1) Issachar Summit.2) Influenced global ministry strategies toward greater Great Commission effectiveness.3) Traveled to hold meetings with various marketplace and ministry leaders.4) Funded multiple Great Commission projects.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $581k → $601k.
5 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 Issachar Initiative’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
Issachar Initiative leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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 Issachar Initiative.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 92% · 2019 50% — 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
90% of Issachar Initiative'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 $230k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
Issachar Initiative runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,207 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,207 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2017
Organizations like Issachar Initiative
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Campus Crusade for Christ Inc · exempt
- Campus Crusade for Christ International Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Issachar Initiative: 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 Issachar Initiative?
- Issachar Initiative (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,369,246 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($1,960,041). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Issachar Initiative have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,369,246 in grants to Issachar Initiative, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Issachar Initiative?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,960,041 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Issachar Initiative 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 6 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