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RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION INC

RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $498,980 to it, the largest being HELP FOR REFUGEES INC ($498,980). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$159k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$499k
Net assets
$6k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 96%
01What it does

What Richard Wurmbrand Foundation Inc does

Mission

Religious, educational and charitable supports

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Charitable financial supports

    $59,161 spentof which $149,417 as grants$159,139 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $59,161.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($305k) Expenses 100 ($277k) Net assets -325 ($-179)2018 Revenue 34 ($103k) Expenses 37 ($102k) Net assets 100 ($55)2019 Revenue 36 ($109k) Expenses 39 ($108k) Net assets 1015 ($558)2020 Revenue 38 ($116k) Expenses 41 ($113k) Net assets 7787 ($4k)2021 Revenue 43 ($131k) Expenses 49 ($137k) Net assets -1509 ($-830)2022 Revenue 62 ($190k) Expenses 57 ($159k) Net assets 54320 ($30k)2023 Revenue 45 ($138k) Expenses 62 ($171k) Net assets -6213 ($-3417)2024 Revenue 52 ($159k) Expenses 54 ($149k) Net assets 11533 ($6k)
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Revenue (52)Expenses (54)Net assets (11533)Peer revenue range

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 $30k to $-3417 (−111%).

$8k
$55
$558
$4k
$-830
$30k
$-3417
$6k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,288 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$28k
’17
$234
’18
$503
’19
$4k
’20
−$5k
’21
$31k
’22
−$33k
’23
$10k
’24
0.5
months of
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.

Chief executive

Mihai Wurmbrand

Chief executive officer

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $66k → $0.

Funder
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
$499k
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION 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.

Where its funders are

100% of RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
California out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−9% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION 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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

40% of spending goes to programs.

Program 40%Management 60%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

14%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION INC?
RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $498,980 to it, the largest being HELP FOR REFUGEES INC ($498,980). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $498,980 in grants to RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION INC?
HELP FOR REFUGEES INC is the largest funder on record, with $498,980 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like RICHARD WURMBRAND FOUNDATION INC 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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