Utah · Nonprofit
THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL
THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL (Utah) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,495,963 to it, the largest being David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation ($291,900). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 55
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $-1239491
What The Christmas Box International does
Mission
The Christmas Box International partners with local, national and international communities and groups to prevent child abuse and to improve the quality of life for children, teens and young adults who have been abused, neglected or are facing homelessness. Our motto is simple: every child deserves a childhood. Provided resources to 9,155 children, youth and young adults who have been abused, neglected or faced homelessness in utah and in 4 countries in collaboration with partnering child welfare agencies and charities serving children, teens, and young adults.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The christmas box houses support services: the christmas box houses (cbh) in salt lake city, ogden, and moab were created and built by The Christmas Box International to ensure that no child enters state custody alone, unseen, or afraid. Working hand-in-hand with utah's state and county child-welfare agencies, the houses provide immediate emergency shelter for children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse, neglect, trafficking, or homelessness. But they offer far more than a bed and a roof. Each child receives compassionate care, health and therapeutic support, assessments, educational stability, and opportunities simply to be a child again through play and recreation. Thoughtful touches - like book nooks filled with new stories and blanket rooms stocked with soft, cozy blankets - help restore a sense of safety and dignity during a frightening time. This past year, 810 children were sheltered, supported, and cared for at the three christmas box houses. Across all locations, an average of 39 sibling groups are served each month - meaning nearly 1,000 brothers and sisters are able to stay together each year rather than being separated during crisis. For many, that…
$1,384,957 spentof which $697,539 as grants100% of program spendingThe christmas box resource rooms: across 22 utah counties, our twenty-three christmas box resource rooms ensure that children and teens in crisis never go without the essentials - or the dignity - they deserve. Each resource room is lovingly stocked with new, donated items including clothing, shoes, bedding, baby supplies, school and hygiene kits, books, household goods, and toys. These aren't leftovers - they are gifts of hope, carefully prepared so every child knows they matter. These resources support children and youth who are: - staying at the christmas box emergency shelters - living in transition to adult living homes - currently in foster care or preparing to age out - receiving human services in-home services - being raised by grandparents or relatives - served internationally through trusted nonprofit partners serving 7 countries in the past year, our utah resource rooms provided essential support to 2,214 children and young adults - easing the financial burden on foster parents, kinship families, and at-risk youth taking their first brave steps into adulthood. Behind every item is a community of volunteers, donors, and caring neighbors who keep the shelves filled and…
Transition to adult living (ttal): the ttal program supports vulnerable young adults ages 14-22 who are aging out of foster care or experiencing homelessness. Many of these youth have little to no family support and are stepping into adulthood entirely on their own - often without the resources, guidance, or stability their peers may have. Ttal helps bridge that gap by connecting youth to essential community resources, providing move-in kits with household items for their first apartment, and offering recreational and youth-leadership opportunities that build confidence, life skills, and healthy relationships. Our goal is to create a supportive, inclusive community where positive peer-to-peer connections can grow - so no young person has to face adulthood alone. Each year, the ttal program serves an average of 1,000 young adults.
Project elf: each holiday season, project elf helps "stock santa's sleigh" for children, teens, and young adults in our communities who are experiencing abuse, neglect, or homelessness. The donations collected through project elf not only brighten the holidays - they also help stock our christmas box resource rooms for months to come, ensuring children have what they need well beyond december. Project elf also brings communities together in the spirit of giving. Businesses, individuals, families, neighborhoods, schools, scouts, and faith groups all join in to make a difference - creating meaningful opportunities to serve, support, and show love to children who need it most. Project elf youth served: - salt lake metropolitan: 2,357 - ogden/weber county: 324 - utah county: 186 - grand county: 166 - washington county: 151 total children served through project elf: 3,184
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,384,957.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.3M to $1.1M (−17%).
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.
93% of THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Richard Paul Evans
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $129k → $256k.
12 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 funders by total. 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
THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 39% · 2019 48% · 2020 36% · 2021 18% · 2022 19% · 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
32% of THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
88% of THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL's grant income comes from Utah funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $332k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL's funding base is broadening — from 13 funders to 18 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CHRISTMAS BOX 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 THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL?
- THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL (Utah) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,495,963 to it, the largest being David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation ($291,900). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $1,495,963 in grants to THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL?
- David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $291,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHRISTMAS BOX INTERNATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 55 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