North Carolina · Nonprofit
ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC
ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $155,124 to it, the largest being Tom Davis Fund ($153,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $181k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $155k
- Net assets
- $134k
What On Wings Like a Dove Inc does
Mission
OWLAD provides a ministry to loved ones of prodigals and to prisoners while actively reaching out to the prodigals and the prisoners. OWLAD works to provide biblically based growth and emotional support to the families of prodigals and prisoners. OWLAD also provides transitional program for accepted men and women exiting the NC Prison System through a program called On Wings of Hope (OWOH). OWOH provides re-entry support and housing for a one-year period.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Sent in approximately 1,679 study bibles into prisons located mainly in North Carolina in 2025 along with providing bible studies to 385 inmates during the calendar year. Provided study books for an ongoing Bible study group for mothers of prodigals.
$36,839 spent32% of program spending'Monthly Mailing of OWLAD newsletters to current mailing list of approximately 3,400 inmates mostly to the NC Prison System and to approximately 330 family households.
$20,911 spent18% of program spendingHeld a weekend retreat for approximately 32 mothers of prodigals with program lead by a speaker designed to encourage and uplift the mothers attending
$9,869 spent8% of program spendingOther ministry services including the following activities: - Treasure box ministry that built and delivered over 150 treasure boxes to youth - Backpack school supply ministry to an underserved local community of over 180 distributed- Compassion gifts to families affected by prodigal children for basic necessities - Other general ministry efforts to families of prodigals.
$5,824 spent5% of program spendingOWOH Transition Program for men and women individuals released from prison providing for a one-year transitional support program. In 2025, 5 former incarcerated individuals participated.
$42,739 spent37% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $116,182.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $158k to $117k (−26%).
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.
100% of ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Sandra Kearns
Executive Director
Board chair
Velma McCloud
Board Member Chairman and Mentor Coordinator
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $24.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE 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
ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE 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: 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
100% of ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $74 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
ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $155k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE 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 North Carolina
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 ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC?
- ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $155,124 to it, the largest being Tom Davis Fund ($153,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $155,124 in grants to ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC?
- Tom Davis Fund is the largest funder on record, with $153,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ON WINGS LIKE A DOVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 4 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