Wisconsin · Nonprofit
MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD INC
MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,493,105 to it, the largest being THE MULVA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,339,155). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $32M
What Missionaries of the Word Inc does
Mission
To live in jesus the father's one word, and to empty ourselves out of love, that he may live his life in us, drawing souls to the father.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Expeditions & retreats: high school, young adult, and family retreat expeditions. Provide mission talks in parishes. Retreats for groups when invited.
$158,858 spentof which $6,750 as grants$14,992 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $158,858.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.9M to $19M (+903%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Bishop David Ricken
Chairman of the board
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 $1k → $350k.
From the IRS filings of MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD 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
MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 67% · 2020 91% · 2021 84% · 2022 71% · 2023 95% — 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
MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
26% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
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 MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD 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 MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD INC?
- MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,493,105 to it, the largest being THE MULVA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,339,155). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $15,493,105 in grants to MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD INC?
- THE MULVA FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,339,155 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSIONARIES OF THE WORD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 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