California · Nonprofit
SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR
SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,365,647 to it, the largest being G HARBAUGH FOUNDATION ($334,600). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $856k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $452k
What Soul Survivor Outdoor does
Mission
Soul Survivor Outdoor is a christian ministry dedicated to positively impacting the lives of united states military service members (united states marine corps, united states navy, united states army, united states air force, united states coast guard) for christ.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Outdoor adventure - Soul Survivor Outdoor conducts outdoor wilderness recreation events, at no cost to active duty military service members, that provide an opportunity for dynamic relationship building and restoration of the soul.- outdoor events provide an opportunity to introduce u.s. Active duty military service members to the gospel of jesus christ.- outdoor events include recreational activities, camping, shared meals, guest speaker presentations. - outdoor activities such as the following are part of each event: rock climbing, skydiving, sailing, fly-fishing, surfing, horseback riding.
$595,143 spent99% of program spendingAssistance to active duty military members - Soul Survivor Outdoor provides assistance in the form of benevolence to active duty service members as follows:- to active duty military service members in the form of paid travel expenses, I.e. Pays for airline and travel expenses incurred for emergency travel. - provides benevolence gifts in the form of reimbursement of expenses not covered by military medical.
$3,018 spentof which $3,018 as grants1% of program spendingMilitary chaplain & active duty military dependent support/ speaking engagements - Soul Survivor Outdoor provides training materials to military chaplains and other materials such as school supplies to active duty military dependent children. Soul Survivor Outdoor also hosts unit functions for active duty military organizations such as free spiritual fitness, resiliency and suicide prevention discussion aboard military bases and stations.
$1,990 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $600,151.
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 2020 to 2021, from $64k to $185k (+190%).
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 SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Foster Ferguson
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $40k → $316k.
7 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR’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
SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
53% 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 SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 75% · 2019 44% · 2020 40% · 2021 35% · 2022 31% · 2023 30% — 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
86% of SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $345k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,850 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,850 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR
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.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR: 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 SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR?
- SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,365,647 to it, the largest being G HARBAUGH FOUNDATION ($334,600). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,365,647 in grants to SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR?
- G HARBAUGH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $334,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 15 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