Virginia · Nonprofit
MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC
MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC (Virginia) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,142,256 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($380,937). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $537k
What Mockingbird Ministries Inc does
Mission
Mockingbird ministries, inc. Is a ministry that seeks to connect the christian faith with the realities of everyday life in fresh and down-to-earth ways. This mission is accomplished primarily, but not exclusively, through publications, conferences, and online resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization seeks to promote the gospel of jesus christ as written in the holy bible, reaching out to those who are unfamiliar with it and encouraging those who are. This mission is accomplished primarily, but not exclusively, through publications, conferences, and online resources. In 2025, the organization published two issues of its print magazine, hosted two conferences, produced seven podcasts, and had over 1,000,000 page views on its primary website.
$824,364 spent$95,699 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $824,364.
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 2021 to 2022, from $823k to $451k (−45%).
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: 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $29k → $130k.
12 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES 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
MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 66% · 2019 31% · 2020 28% · 2021 32% · 2022 50% · 2023 31% — 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.
How long its funders stay
64% of MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
88% of MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC'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 $137k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,325 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,325 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC?
- MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC (Virginia) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,142,256 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($380,937). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,142,256 in grants to MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $380,937 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MOCKINGBIRD MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 20 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing