California · Nonprofit
JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION
JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $115,901 to it, the largest being ONEOC ($55,000). 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 FY2025
- $383k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $116k
- Net assets
- $488k
What Joyful Child Foundation-In Memory of Samantha Runnion does
Mission
TJCFs mission is to unite communities in the protection and empowerment of children. TJCF coordinates with school districts community partner agencies and other non-profit entities to deliver educational programs that cover topics involving personal safety sexual assault human trafficking abuse and neglect.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
TJCFs BRAVE Initiative unites communities in the protection and empowerment of children. TJCF coordinates with school districts community partner agencies and other non-profit entities to deliver our programs to high risk children and families. In 2025 TJCF trained an additional 65 teachers 30 volunteers and 5 partner agencies to deliver the BRAVE Program to over 3000 children.
$181,945 spent$5,000 earned by the program90% of program spendingTJCF trains ambassadors to deliver Adult Education for Child Protection presentations. In 2025 approximately 300 parents participated in BRAVE Parent Presentations. TJCF also continued its BRAVE High School Program via online and in-person presentations effectively reaching approximately 500 high school students throughout the year.
$20,216 spent$5,000 earned by the program10% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $202,161.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $451k to $628k (+39%).
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.
96% of JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Erin Runnion
Executive Director
Board chair
Darla Kitchen
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $9k.
4 of 5 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 JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION’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
JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 98% · 2020 40% · 2021 92% · 2022 49% · 2023 97% — 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 JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION'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 $150 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $116k 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
JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In California
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION?
- JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $115,901 to it, the largest being ONEOC ($55,000). 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 JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $115,901 in grants to JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION?
- ONEOC is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOYFUL CHILD FOUNDATION-IN MEMORY OF SAMANTHA RUNNION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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