California · Nonprofit
Mission to Children Inc
Mission to Children Inc (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $192,889 to it, the largest being IDA DE'TOMA TRUST ($173,569). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $253k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $193k
- Net assets
- $761k
What Mission to Children Inc does
Mission
Mission to Children feeds evangelizes and disciples at-risk children around the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mission to Children MTC works with international Christian partners to provide humanitarian and educational services to children living in under resourced communities in developing countries. The organization supports local partners by funding community based outreach activities that provide meals and age appropriate educational instruction along with training resources designed to support childrens physical emotional and spiritual development. MTC primarily serves children who face food insecurity family instability and limited access to supportive community resources. The organization focuses on collaborative outreach programs implemented by local partners recognizing that long term effectiveness depends on local leadership and community involvement. MTC carries out its work through its FEED Find-Equip-Evangelize-Disciple framework which emphasizes cooperation among partner organizations to efficiently deliver services to children in under-resourced and distressed communities. The framework is designed to align resources training and outreach activities while avoiding duplication of services. Using this framework MTC has partnered with 1for50 and Thirdmill to connect front-line…
$280,533 spentof which $83,588 as grants79% of program spendingPUBLICATIONS - Mission to Childrens newsletter communicates ministry and field updates stories of orphaned and vulnerable children helped through our charity and Biblical encouragement for the reader. This publication provides content that is Christ-centered and gospel-driven. Our goal is to both edify the Christian reader encourage the Christian reader to pray for the advancement of the gospel among children and educate the Christian reader about the ongoing work of this ministry. This publication is available both in print and through e-mail subscription at www.missiontochildren.org.
$74,282 spent21% 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 FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $354,815.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.2M to $866k (−27%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2021 5% · 2022 10% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of Mission to Children Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $17k → $15k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 Mission to Children 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
Mission to Children Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 78% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 71% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Mission to Children Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Mission to Children Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Mission to Children Inc
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.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 17 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Mission to Children 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 Mission to Children Inc?
- Mission to Children Inc (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $192,889 to it, the largest being IDA DE'TOMA TRUST ($173,569). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Mission to Children Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $192,889 in grants to Mission to Children Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Mission to Children Inc?
- IDA DE'TOMA TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $173,569 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Mission to Children Inc 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 2017–2025), 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