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THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION

THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $637,842 to it, the largest being CNC FOUNDATION ($455,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$294k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$638k
Net assets
$70k
4/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 59%
01What it does

What The Journey With Jesus Foundation does

Mission

The Journey with Jesus Foundation was founded to serve the global church through scholarship teaching in third-world seminaries consulting and the promotion of Christian philanthropy. Our weekly webzine Journey with Jesus is published every week free of charge to all readers. Our vision is characterized by eight commitments: robust faith critical inquiry pastoral compassion prophetic critique ecumenical generosity global awareness historical consciousness and cultural relevance.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Weekly essay film and book review poetry website and newsletters.

    $253,902 spent$293,827 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $253,902.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($144k) Expenses 100 ($143k) Net assets 100 ($19k)2021 Revenue 92 ($132k) Expenses 90 ($128k) Net assets 120 ($23k)2022 Revenue 101 ($145k) Expenses 117 ($167k) Net assets 6 ($1k)2023 Revenue 95 ($136k) Expenses 94 ($133k) Net assets 22 ($4k)2024 Revenue 128 ($184k) Expenses 131 ($186k) Net assets 12 ($2k)2025 Revenue 108 ($155k) Expenses 89 ($127k) Net assets 159 ($30k)2026 Revenue 204 ($294k) Expenses 178 ($254k) Net assets 367 ($70k)
2020202120222023202420252026
Revenue (204)Expenses (178)Net assets (367)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $30k to $70k (+132%).

$19k
$23k
$1k
$4k
$2k
$30k
$70k
2020202120222023202420252026
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,342 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$2k
’20
$4k
’21
−$22k
’22
$3k
’23
−$2k
’24
$28k
’25
$40k
’26
3.3
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.

Chief executive

Larry Langdon

CEO

As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $68k → $81k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
2
2
2
3
4
3
4
3
4

3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 JOURNEY WITH JESUS 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

THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

29% 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 THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION.

71%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 73% · 2019 81% · 2020 68% · 2021 69% · 2022 69% · 2023 62% — 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.

Where its funders are

100% of THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $183k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

Against its field

THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 182 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Months of reserve3.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)13% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 182 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Organizations like THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS 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 California

Discipleship Journeys With Jesus69%Japanese Christian Fellowship Network68%Missionaries of Jesus Inc68%World for Jesus Ministries Inc68%Science for the Church67%Companions on the Journey67%Arcadia People for Christ Foundation67%Christian Witness Fellowship67%

Nationally

Emmaus Journey Inc71%Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church Inc70%All For Jesus Inc70%Sojourners Inc69%The Journey Ministry Inc69%Discipleship Journeys With Jesus69%Worldwide Ministry of Jesus Incorporated69%Classical Conversations Foundation69%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

0
board members
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS 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 THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION?
THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $637,842 to it, the largest being CNC FOUNDATION ($455,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $637,842 in grants to THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION?
CNC FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $455,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE JOURNEY WITH JESUS FOUNDATION 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 5 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