Alabama · Nonprofit
SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL
SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (Alabama) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,464,964 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($508,148). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Sozo Children International does
Mission
Sozo Children International exists to empower vulnerable children to become thriving leaders for jesus christ.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2010, sozo children successfully launched the opening of a children's home in uganda, africa to serve at-risk children. The home provides food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, counseling and discipleship to vulnerable children. The children served are from impoverished communities and are in desperate situations which make them in need of this type of care. For children who have caretakers but lack the means for education and medical care, sozo empowers those families to provide. Sozo has since grown to serve over 150 children. In february of 2015, sozo children purchased 28 acres of land in uganda to begin the village project, which is a community transformational effort to house vulnerable children and provide the surrounding community with medical care and quality education.
$1,321,134 spentof which $573,093 as grants46% of program spendingIn an effort to invest in all children in need, sozo children partners with families who might not be able to send their children to school or provide medical care. This partnership allows children to continue living with their families, but have the opportunity to receive an education. This partnership is not to enable, but equip children to be future leaders in their communities. Also, this partnership ensures children are receiving adequate medical care so they can continue in school and lead healthy lives. Sozo strives for children to be in relationship with their family and further provide education and medical care for the severely disadvantaged.
$127,334 spent4% of program spendingSozo children sends short-term and mid-term volunteers to developing countries to help long-term efforts in breaking the cycle of poverty. Sozo partners with 1ocal leaders and like-minded ministries to further development work in impoverished communities and the empowerment of individuals. To create change, sozo strives to empower national individuals to lead these efforts.
$206,835 spentof which $3,043 as grants7% of program spendingSozo choir and thrift store operations
$1,187,910 spentof which $28,780 as grants$897,378 earned by the program42% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,843,213.
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.
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 $2.4M to $3.0M (+21%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 6% · 2021 5% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% 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.
Chief executive
Owens Suzanne
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Caldwell Ed
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $69k → $368k.
10 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL’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
SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
67% 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 SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 51% · 2019 34% · 2020 39% · 2021 26% · 2022 23% · 2023 36% — 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
56% of SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
64% of SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL'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 $890k that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL's revenue grew 80% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,608 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
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 SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL: 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 SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL?
- SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (Alabama) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,464,964 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($508,148). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $2,464,964 in grants to SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $508,148 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOZO CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 29 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