Nonprofit
THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION
THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $145,319 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($145,319). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $145k
- Net assets
- $639k
What The Wellspring Foundation for Education does
Mission
To 1) empower a generation of leaders and transform lives in rwanda and beyond by developing and supporting schools, teachers, and students, and 2) foster vibrant communities that address poverty in all its forms.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Wellspring foundation for education has a vision to see compassionate, creative, and courageous young people empowered to shape a vibrant, peaceful future through an education that nurtures character, intellect and wellbeing.to date, wellspring's programs have directly invested in 261 schools across rwanda by training 406 school leaders, 6606 teachers, 793 parent leaders, 204 family coaches, and 52 government education leaders all in support of 267,959 students. In 2025, our core program, "turere abana" ("we nurture children"), supported 55 school communities across five districts.healthy families - 204 family advisors trained to support 1700 vulnerable families create healthier family relationships that nurture children's learning and development - resulting in 1287 students who had dropped out of school to return to classroom learning with support from home.healthy schools - 120 teachers trained to deliver a weekly resilience program to 4000 students and to incorporate social-emotional learning into classroom environments; 68 school leaders equipped to create safer positive school cultures of belonging and to train teachers in social-emotional learning. Healthy systems -…
$892,516 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $892,516.
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 $1.3M to $1.0M (−23%).
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 10% · 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 9 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
Libby Karangwa-Miles
Executive director
Board chair
Mark Thiessen
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $27k.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 WELLSPRING FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION’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.
Against its field
THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION's revenue fell 31% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION
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.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 WELLSPRING FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION?
- THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $145,319 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($145,319). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $145,319 in grants to THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $145,319 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations. 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 1 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