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JOHN WOOD MINISTRIES

JOHN WOOD MINISTRIES (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $208,000 to it, the largest being CARSON-MYRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$-3928
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$208k
Net assets
$0
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 61%
01What it does

What John Wood Ministries does

Mission

To minister in churches and evangelistic crusades around the world, and distribution of bibles, christian literature and gospel tracts during daily ministries in schools and orphanages.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Russian ministry - teams of pastors and lay people enlisted to minister in churches and evangelistic crusades in the soviet union, and distribution of bibles, christian literature and gospel tracts during daily ministries in schools and orphanages.

    $63,182 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $63,182.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($184k) Expenses 100 ($158k) Net assets 100 ($109k)2018 Revenue 113 ($207k) Expenses 101 ($160k) Net assets 143 ($155k)2019 Revenue 90 ($165k) Expenses 139 ($221k) Net assets 91 ($99k)2020 Revenue 107 ($197k) Expenses 92 ($146k) Net assets 139 ($151k)2021 Revenue 17 ($31k) Expenses 72 ($115k) Net assets 62 ($67k)2022 Revenue -2 ($-3928) Expenses 40 ($63k) Net assets 0 ($0)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (-2)Expenses (40)Net assets (0)

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 $167k to $81k (−51%).

$109k
$155k
$99k
$167k
$81k
$0
201720182019202020212022
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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$25k
’17
$47k
’18
−$56k
’19
$51k
’20
−$84k
’21
−$67k
’22
1.9
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.

2018201920202021
Listed5555
Joined·+0+0+0
No longer listed·000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $6k.

From the IRS filings of JOHN WOOD MINISTRIES’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

JOHN WOOD MINISTRIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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

96%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% — 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

JOHN WOOD MINISTRIES draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 3 states in all.

KY
TN
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’19
’20
’21
Texas out of state home

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

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In Texas

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

27%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds JOHN WOOD MINISTRIES?
JOHN WOOD MINISTRIES (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $208,000 to it, the largest being CARSON-MYRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does JOHN WOOD MINISTRIES have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $208,000 in grants to JOHN WOOD MINISTRIES, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of JOHN WOOD MINISTRIES?
CARSON-MYRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like JOHN WOOD MINISTRIES find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 4 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