Kentucky · Nonprofit
JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION INC
JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,254 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($109,850). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $223k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $160k
- Net assets
- $125k
What Journey the Ed Colina Foundation Inc does
Mission
Our Foundation is committed to improving the lives of impoverished women and children in sub-Saharan Africa. We strive to provide sustainable solutions to problems of hunger, abuse, lack of education and inadequate healthcare. Provide emergency food assistance to those in and around Athi River. Provide education opportunities to those children and adults who desire it. Improve the health status of the community within culturally permissible parameters through hygiene education, disease prevention, HIV/AIDS awareness, and pre/post natal care. Make available sustainable means for the women of the community to have control of their own lives and futures via income-generating activities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Programming was conducted in Kibera Slums - Food, Books, School Fees etc. There are approximately 250 students taking part in this slum school and the Foundation assists in its operation by funds and in an advisory capacity. These funds a used for teachers salaries, uniforms, as well as the daily rice and beans. The Foundation does not operate this school but assists in mentoring, advising and supporting with expertise, materials and food.
$11,850 spent6% of program spendingThe Foundation aids in food distribution at Kakuma Mission Hospital for people living with HIV in Northern Kenya. While the hospital distributes the needed ARV meds, the Foundation provides monthly food rations to accompany the meds. Approximately 760 people living with HIV receive our food.
$76,627 spent39% of program spendingTherapies were provided weekly for close to 70 young children with Cerebral Palsy. Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, a Nutritionist and Pediatrician services were provided on a daily basis. Food and other materials were provided, as were wheelchairs. We assist with locating children with disabilities in a remote area of Kenya and making sure they are receiving services.
$37,102 spent19% of program spendingIn the remote areas of Turkana in Northern Kenya, The Foundation helps to construct classroom structures, latrines and kitchens for the school children of the area.
$43,842 spent22% of program spendingThe Foundation provides emergency relief food, especially to elderly and children, etc. in Turkana, Kenya.
$20,454 spent10% of program spendingThe Foundation assists some students (elementary, high school etc.) with school fees, books and materials needed for education. The number served varies according to need. We also assist elderly with food in Machakos Kenya, in times of drought.
$6,227 spent3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $196,102.
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. 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 2017 to 2018, from $84k to $148k (+77%).
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.
100% of JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Mary Beth Beimesch
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $54k → $27k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION 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
JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 94% · 2021 95% · 2022 93% · 2023 46% — 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
100% of JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION 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 $610 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Kentucky, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $160k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION 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 JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION INC?
- JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,254 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($109,850). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $160,254 in grants to JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $109,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOURNEY THE ED COLINA FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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