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THE WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC

THE WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $129,543 to it, the largest being DELAPLAINE FOUNDATION INC ($90,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$287k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$130k
Net assets
$55k
3/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What The Waterboyz for Jesus Inc does

Mission

The purpose for which the corporation was formed is to disciple men in the principles of a Christian life and teaches the application of these principles to their lives and in the community with others. The organization endeavors to undertake acts of service for the community at large and support other charitable groups in their undertakings. In additional to and in extension of the foregoing, said corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Sec. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code and also is organized so as to qualify as an exempt organization under Sec. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Expedition USA, Germany, & Overflow are weekend camps for men to discover how God created us as men. We scholarship all those who cant afford to attend helping men become better husbands, fathers, and members of their community through relationship with Jesus and each other.

    $63,037 spentof which $63,037 as grants
    37% of program spending

  2. SWAT PROJECTS: Community Outreach to help failies in various ways.

    $49,140 spentof which $49,140 as grants
    29% of program spending

  3. Christmas alive

    $16,301 spentof which $16,301 as grants
    10% of program spending

  4. Small ministries - list of small ministries

    $12,641 spentof which $12,641 as grants
    8% of program spending

  5. Golf tournament

    $8,841 spentof which $8,841 as grants
    5% of program spending

  6. Fostering love

    $6,486 spentof which $6,486 as grants
    4% of program spending

  7. MEN'S CHOIR - Men's choir that goes to different facilities and ministers through songs. Donations are collected at the end for the misc. expenses.

    $5,978 spentof which $5,978 as grants
    4% of program spending

  8. Journey Home is a weekend camp for women to discover how God created them as women. We scholarship all those who cant afford to attend helping women become better wives, mothers, and members of their community through relationship with Jesus and each other.

    $3,449 spentof which $3,449 as grants
    2% of program spending

  9. Father-daughter dance - event that focused on relationships between father and daughter.

    $1,846 spentof which $1,846 as grants
    1% of program spending

  10. Breakfast of champions - one day event where we minister to men.

    $809 spentof which $809 as grants
    0% of program spending

  11. DEVOTIONAL - Providing bible studies for men in order to enhance their knowledge of christian beliefs.

  12. Father-son conference - event that focused on discipleship of men & their sons.

  13. Bible's for prisoners - outreach to prisoners to distribute bibles to them.

  14. Wild at heart - bi-annual 4 day retreat for men of all ages to help them find their heart for god again.

  15. Serving saturday - this program helps people in need. Most of the time we improve houses for the less fortunate. Each outing helps a family unit ranging from 2 to 6 people.

  16. India mission - supporting evangelism in hindu regions thru helping the people in the region to start small businesses and help communities start and sustain churches.

  17. Prisoner release fund

  18. Prodical son

  19. Nicaragua mission - supporting evangelism in hindu regions thru helping the people in the region to start small businesses and help communities start and sustain churches.

  20. Bridges - outreach to men to mend their lives to bring them closer to christ

  21. Serving Frederick is a community wide serving opportunity where we planted 5000 flowers; provided 50 free oil changes; did 10 renovation projects for special needs & foster care families; paid for laundry in 4 laundromats; and painted and repaired 10 porches on South Street

  22. TABLES DEVELOPMENT - discipling men by sending them to a out of town conference

The 22 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $168,528.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($168k) Expenses 100 ($148k) Net assets 100 ($31k)2018 Revenue 84 ($141k) Expenses 104 ($155k) Net assets 54 ($17k)2019 Revenue 74 ($124k) Expenses 78 ($116k) Net assets 78 ($24k)2020 Revenue 93 ($155k) Expenses 98 ($145k) Net assets 112 ($34k)2021 Revenue 144 ($242k) Expenses 141 ($210k) Net assets 214 ($66k)2022 Revenue 129 ($217k) Expenses 158 ($235k) Net assets 179 ($55k)2023 Revenue 123 ($206k) Expenses 152 ($226k) Net assets 113 ($35k)2024 Revenue 136 ($228k) Expenses 165 ($244k) Net assets 62 ($19k)2025 Revenue 171 ($287k) Expenses 171 ($253k) Net assets 181 ($55k)
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Revenue (171)Expenses (171)Net assets (181)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 2020 to 2021, from $38k to $83k (+117%).

$31k
$17k
$27k
$38k
$83k
$62k
$38k
$38k
$55k
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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.

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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

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

This organization
Typical peer · 15,288 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$19k
’17
−$14k
’18
$7k
’19
$10k
’20
$32k
’21
−$18k
’22
−$20k
’23
−$16k
’24
$34k
’25
2.1
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

Paul K Foss

President & CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed44443
Joined·+0+0+0+2
No longer listed·0003
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $4k → $25k.

Funder
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'23
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total
funders
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2

5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC’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 WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

69%
largest funder
82%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 94% · 2022 83% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.

“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

20% of THE WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

94% of THE WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

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MD

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

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Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin12% · above the median
Months of reserve2.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like THE WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC

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 Maryland

Good Fight of Faith Evangelist Ministrie77%Encounter the Gospel of Life Inc76%Cityfam Inc75%Churches for Streets of Hope Inc75%Frederick Rescue Mission Inc75%Christian Vocation Project Inc75%Ed Block Courage Foundation Inc Formerly Ed Block Courage Award Fndt Inc74%St Julie Haiti Project Inc74%

Nationally

Fathers in the Field81%Waterfalling Grace Ministries Inc81%Family Camp Inc80%Warriors by Grace Ministries80%Overflow International Inc80%Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship in America80%Operation Freedom Inc Fka Sar Adventures Inc80%Reaching Others for Christ Ministries Inc79%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

67% of spending goes to programs.

Program 67%Management 33%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
0%
independent
–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.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC?
THE WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $129,543 to it, the largest being DELAPLAINE FOUNDATION INC ($90,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $129,543 in grants to THE WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC?
DELAPLAINE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $90,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE WATERBOYZ FOR JESUS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 9 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