California · Nonprofit
MEL BRUECHERT MINISTRIES
MEL BRUECHERT MINISTRIES (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being D 14 28 FOUNDATION ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $67k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $31k
What Mel Bruechert Ministries does
Mission
Mel Bruechert Ministries brings christ's love to costa mesa to the ends of earth. Outreach is to local youth and surrounding adults, to meet spiritual, physical, and basic needs. We pastor several youth homes, reach parents, schools and seminarians. We provide meals, bible study, change culture, and stretch the church to meet the local and nations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Spiritual growth and outreach: local youth (80 participants), foster youth (60 participants), and adults (40 participants). Activities include weekday bible studies, church services, leadership development programs (30 participants), and special events serving approximately 1,000 individuals.
$10,432 spent37% of program spendingMet community needs: provided food assistance (200 meals per week), clothing support (300 outfits), education (10 musicians and 14 seminary students), bibles (600), and city service (you are loved campaign, paint foster home).
$14,897 spentof which $6,008 as grants53% of program spendingPastoral support: three youth homes by bringing church services directly to orphans, meeting practical needs, and helping develop responsible citizens who serve their communities. The long-term goal is to reach all youth homes in the costa mesa and newport beach areas with continued support to the aged out foster adults, as well as spiritual guidance and strength to staff.
$2,864 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $28,193.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Melanie Bruechert
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of MEL BRUECHERT 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.
Where its funders are
MEL BRUECHERT MINISTRIES draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
MEL BRUECHERT MINISTRIES runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,869 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,869 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MEL BRUECHERT 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MEL BRUECHERT MINISTRIES?
- MEL BRUECHERT MINISTRIES (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being D 14 28 FOUNDATION ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEL BRUECHERT MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,000 in grants to MEL BRUECHERT MINISTRIES.
- Who is the largest funder of MEL BRUECHERT MINISTRIES?
- D 14 28 FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEL BRUECHERT MINISTRIES 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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