Colorado · Nonprofit
SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION
SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $188,371 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($60,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $151k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $188k
- Net assets
- $514k
What Shanti Childrens Foundation does
Mission
The organization's mission is to provide support for programs throughout the world that have as a principal goal the development of individuals and communities through the education of disadvantaged individuals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
University educational sponsorships - university educational sponsorships - oversight of all of our 40 sponsored university students who are from poor families and would not otherwise be able to get a bachelor degree. They include 2 nursing students, 2 medical students, 1 engineer, and a number of business and computer bachelor students as well as hotel management and social work bachelors. We pay their college fees, books and stationery costs. Evaluation and support for emergency medical, dental, and optical services for our needy university students. Communication and negotiations with colleges and universities where we send students. Support for hostel and/or living expenses as needed.
$27,669 spentof which $27,619 as grants26% of program spendingPrimary educational sponsorships - sponsorships for underprivileged children to attend primary school. We work with four primary schools and communicate with them and evaluate our kids frequently. We cover school fees, books, uniforms, room and board, as well as needed clothing and medical expenses as they come up. These are children from extremely poor families.
$24,135 spentof which $24,135 as grants23% of program spendingSecondary education sponsorships - sponsorships for highly needy secondary students to prepare them for university. We evaluate candidates based on need and apptitude. We work with a secondary school and monitor the students closely. Students study business, hospitality, it or science. Shanti covers their school fees, uniform, books and stationary and as needed: hostel costs. We currently support 25 students.
$12,673 spentof which $12,673 as grants12% of program spendingOther: medical/dental, general kids program, emergency relief and general programs.
$41,153 spentof which $17,867 as grants39% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $105,630.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $156k to $395k (+153%).
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.
90% of SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $888 → $32k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION’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
SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 51% · 2020 51% · 2021 27% · 2022 39% · 2023 31% — 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
57% of SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% give in more than one year at all.
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
76% of SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION'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 $45k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $143k 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
SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: 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 SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION?
- SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $188,371 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($60,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $188,371 in grants to SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $60,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHANTI CHILDRENS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 10 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