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SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS INC

SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $449,332 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($274,833). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$18M
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$449k
Net assets
$54M
8/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Santa Fe Communications Inc does

Mission

Santa fe communications, inc., embracing and proclaiming judeo-christian values from a catholic perspective, produces and markets quality electronic media designed to enrich people's lives through the renewal, reawakening and support of their faith.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The sunday tv mass--by producing and televising sunday catholic mass, the organization serves a growing number of viewers nationwide who are homebound, in healthcare settings, in prison, or who are unable to attend a liturgy at church for other reasons. Through its facebook page, youtube channel, and website, the organization also provides video of the sunday tv masses and weekday liturgies for holy days in the catholic church.

    $3,464,470 spent
    67% of program spending
  2. Publishing and website--the organization publishes a large-print prayer & worship guide, a monthly newsletter (print and online), prayer cards and pamphlets, and an annual newsletter for participants in production of the tv mass. Publications are provided free to recipients. The organization's website features a nationwide time and channel guide for the tv mass, interactive prayer, rosary videos, and announcements.

    $1,196,307 spent
    23% of program spending
  3. Mass production--hundreds of volunteers participate annually in production of the tv mass, including choirs, musical accompanists, lectors, and acolytes. Produced in high-definition, multiple cameras are used to immerse tv mass viewers in the beauty and traditions of the catholic liturgy.

    $463,655 spent
    9% of program spending
  4. Expenses: prayer 27,819 vtrs 1,098 government fees 7,677 revenue: video tape sales 3,055

    $36,594 spent$3,055 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,161,026.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.8M) Expenses 100 ($2.5M) Net assets 100 ($845k)2018 Revenue 111 ($3.1M) Expenses 118 ($3.0M) Net assets 117 ($989k)2019 Revenue 123 ($3.4M) Expenses 141 ($3.5M) Net assets 108 ($917k)2020 Revenue 353 ($9.9M) Expenses 167 ($4.2M) Net assets 784 ($6.6M)2021 Revenue 589 ($16M) Expenses 217 ($5.4M) Net assets 2108 ($18M)2022 Revenue 560 ($16M) Expenses 235 ($5.9M) Net assets 3039 ($26M)2023 Revenue 595 ($17M) Expenses 250 ($6.3M) Net assets 4676 ($40M)2024 Revenue 635 ($18M) Expenses 247 ($6.2M) Net assets 6426 ($54M)
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Revenue (635)Expenses (247)Net assets (6426)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $40M to $54M (+37%).

$877k
$1.0M
$954k
$6.7M
$18M
$26M
$40M
$54M
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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

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$297k
’17
$144k
’18
−$73k
’19
$5.7M
’20
$11M
’21
$9.8M
’22
$10M
’23
$12M
’24
1.5
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.

Board chair

Denna Flemming

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed77765767
Joined·+0+0+0+0+2+0+1
No longer listed·0011010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $8k → $74k.

5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS 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

SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

91% 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 SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS INC.

61%
largest funder
88%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 45% · 2021 69% · 2022 74% · 2023 78% — 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

50% of SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

91% of SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS 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 $38k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 5 states.

IL
WI
NY
CA
TX

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $411k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS 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 Wisconsin

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 7%Fundraising 12%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

WI
CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS INC?
SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $449,332 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($274,833). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS INC have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $449,332 in grants to SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $274,833 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SANTA FE COMMUNICATIONS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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