California · Nonprofit
MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE
MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $644 to it, the largest being EARL B & LORAINE H MILLER FOUNDATION ($500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $51k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $644
- Net assets
- $896
What Mentoring - a Touch From Above does
Mission
Mentoring - a Touch From Above (matfa) mentors incarcerated and at-risk youth in the juvenile justice system and public schools to help our youth become positive, productive young adults by emphaszing accountability, forgiveness, and providing life skills.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In 2017, matfa continued to mentor youth in various california juvenile detention centers through our major programs - saving our children at risk in the public schools and reclaimed for purpose
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $23 → $547.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE’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
MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
100% of MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $144 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 762 employment nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
Organizations like MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE?
- MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $644 to it, the largest being EARL B & LORAINE H MILLER FOUNDATION ($500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $644 in grants to MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE?
- EARL B & LORAINE H MILLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MENTORING - A TOUCH FROM ABOVE 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 2 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