Missouri · Nonprofit
LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES
LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES (Missouri) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $452,088 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($210,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $195k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $452k
- Net assets
- $22k
What Live Differently Ministries does
Mission
The Synapsory is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Its mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals with sensory processing and regulatory needs by increasing access to evidence-informed sensory supports, resources, and environments. The organization fulfills this mission by designing and installing sensory motor rooms in schools and community settings, distributing sensory-based regulatory tools, and providing training and education to professionals, caregivers, and community members. Through these efforts, The Synapsory promotes emotional regulation, enhances accessibility, supports neurodivergent individuals, and advances public understanding of sensory and behavioral health needs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sensory Motor Rooms Program In 2025, The Synapsory secured funding, designed, installed, and implemented multiple Sensory Motor Rooms across Title I schools in the St. Louis area, as well as in a community church setting in Bethalto, Illinois. These rooms expand access to sensory-supportive environments in both educational and community settings. Each room is intentionally designed to meet the specific needs of its users and incorporates evidence-informed sensory and motor supports that promote regulation, engagement, and emotional safety. Within schools, these rooms support students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and diagnoses such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). Additionally, they serve students experiencing anxiety, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other behavioral or emotional challenges by providing a proactive environment for self-regulation and skill development.
$73,455 spent68% of program spendingRegulatory Tools Program (Calming Kits & Snuggles) In 2025, The Synapsory distributed hundreds of sensory-based tools through its Calming Kits and Synapsory Snuggles programs. Synapsory Calming Kits include six sensory-regulating tools designed to promote proprioceptive input, vestibular activity, and interactive engagement. These tools are used both in moments of distress and as proactive supports, helping individuals manage sensory input across various environments. Synapsory Snuggles are specially designed weighted lap blankets that provide deep pressure input to support sensory regulation. These products are designed to maximize effectiveness while minimizing overstimulation and are constructed with safety and accessibility in mind, making them suitable for individuals across a range of ages and needs.
$32,536 spent30% of program spendingCommunity Training & Education Program In 2025, The Synapsory conducted specialized training programs, including Crisis Intervention Trainings for law enforcement, such as the St. Louis County Police Department. These trainings are approved for continuing education credits and are also incorporated into cadet training programs. The curriculum covers key topics related to neurodivergence and sensory regulation, including: The escalation cycle Causes and triggers of sensory meltdowns Real-world behavioral presentations De-escalation techniques Communication strategies Regulation-focused interventions These trainings are designed to complement the distribution of Synapsory Calming Kits, ensuring that officers and professionals are equipped to effectively use the tools during real-world interactions involving sensory or emotional distress. Additionally, training is provided to all organizations that receive Sensory Motor Rooms. This ensures that staff are properly equipped to use the spaces both proactively (for skill-building and regulation) and reactively (during periods of dysregulation or crisis).
$2,003 spent2% 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: $107,994.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $18k to $392 (−98%).
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 LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% 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
Jordan Salazar
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $36k → $85k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 LIVE DIFFERENTLY 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
LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 48% · 2020 95% · 2021 86% · 2022 76% · 2023 76% — 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
95% of LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES'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 $25k that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $427k 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
LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES: 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 LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES?
- LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES (Missouri) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $452,088 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($210,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $452,088 in grants to LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $210,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIVE DIFFERENTLY MINISTRIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 7 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