California · Nonprofit
ONE FUTURE AT A TIME
ONE FUTURE AT A TIME (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $147,192 to it, the largest being Clarfeld Family Foundation ($70,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $63k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $147k
- Net assets
- $15k
What One Future at a Time does
Mission
Public charity serving in Sub-Saharan Africa
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Academic scholarships: There were 32 beneficiaries in 4 countries: 15 primary, 7 secondary, 4 vocational, and 6 tertiary. Our educational component may include tuition and fees, room and board, course materials, supplies, and school uniforms.
$23,484 spentof which $23,484 as grants36% of program spendingUrgent medical, surgical, dental, vision, and mental health services where these services were unavailable or unaffordable. There were 35 beneficiaries (15 adults and 20 children) in 3 countries.
$17,442 spentof which $17,442 as grants27% of program spendingSupport for Organisation Humura (an informal partner organization) for 2 economic development projects in rural Rwanda
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants15% of program spendingSupport for Stella Girls Empowerment Foundation in Uganda
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants8% of program spendingSupport for Stars of Tomorrow girls empowerment program in Butenga, Uganda
$2,123 spentof which $2,123 as grants3% of program spendingEconomic empowerment for 6 individuals for small business start-up and job acquisition in South Africa, Rwanda, and Uganda
$2,117 spentof which $2,117 as grants3% of program spendingLiberia health research project to determine cause of birth defects
$1,924 spentof which $1,924 as grants3% of program spendingEmergency transportation, food, and household items for 4 adults and 5 children in South Africa.
$1,179 spentof which $1,179 as grants2% of program spendingLaptop and 1 year internet subscription for Brooklyn High School in Ntuusi, Uganda
$856 spentof which $856 as grants1% of program spendingSupport for Ishazi girls empowerment program in Mubende, Uganda
$495 spentof which $495 as grants1% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $64,620.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $23k to $5k (−78%).
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 ONE FUTURE AT A TIME’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. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Marilyn Traugott
Founder/Executive Director, Board President
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $38k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 ONE FUTURE AT A TIME’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
ONE FUTURE AT A TIME leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% 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 ONE FUTURE AT A TIME.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 97% · 2021 99% · 2022 98% · 2023 93% — 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
52% of ONE FUTURE AT A TIME'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 $71k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $77k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
ONE FUTURE AT A TIME has grown faster than half of the 68 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 68 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like ONE FUTURE AT A TIME
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.
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 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ONE FUTURE AT A TIME: 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 ONE FUTURE AT A TIME?
- ONE FUTURE AT A TIME (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $147,192 to it, the largest being Clarfeld Family Foundation ($70,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ONE FUTURE AT A TIME have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $147,192 in grants to ONE FUTURE AT A TIME, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ONE FUTURE AT A TIME?
- Clarfeld Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $70,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ONE FUTURE AT A TIME 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing