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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$461krevenue
FY2025 · −27% in 3 yrs13staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−4.5%
Months of reserve3.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+14.0%
Middle half of peersMedianPillar Seminary
Where the money goes FY2025 · $481k spent
Programs$232k48%Management and general$195k41%Fundraising$54k11%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 11% of revenue stopped after FY2021
Crazy Love Ministries gave $50k in FY2021, 11% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$28k in FY2023, −$103k in FY2024 and −$21k in FY2025. Cash covers 3.0 months, under the peer median of 6.7.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 14% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort10funders
$138ka year, last 3 years
52%from its largest funder
Funder’19’20’21’22’23Kathryn G Burney Scholarship FundEvery year since FY2019$71k$76k$77k$77k$62kBasil Technologies IncOn and off$61kCrazy Love MinistriesOn and off$50kCost of Discipleship FoundationSince FY2021$13k$5k$3kThe Chatlos Foundation IncOn and off$5kTexas Instruments FoundationOn and off$2kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$218$249$7k$53k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund