Virginia · Nonprofit
VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY
VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $147 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($147). 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
- $280k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $147
- Net assets
- $46k
What Vertical Kids Entertainment Ministry does
Mission
Providing educational and faith-based enrichment programs to children and communities across the East Coast and Midwest. Our primary mission is to inspire, educate and entertain young audiences through dynamic and interactive programs and engaging educational shows for schools and preschools.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
We partner with churches to deliver Bible-based lessons to children through hands-on learning experiences that encourage exploration of spiritual concepts in a fun and supportive environment.
$17,106 spent$24,646 earned by the program9% of program spendingWe provide educational shows for schools and preschools using a variety of engaging formats such as magic shows, puppetry and interactive storytelling to teach important life skills, social values and academic concepts.
$142,549 spent$205,379 earned by the program75% of program spendingWe entertain and engage children by providing interactive elements such as balloon art, face painting, glitter tattoos and foam parties to enhance the Biblical based educational experience and provide opportunities for interaction and creative expression.
$30,410 spent$43,814 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $190,065.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $28k to $54k (+88%).
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.
2% of VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $29.
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 VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY’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.
Where its funders are
100% of VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $147 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY has grown faster than half of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY?
- VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $147 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($147). 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 VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $147 in grants to VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $147 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VERTICAL KIDS ENTERTAINMENT MINISTRY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2023–2025), 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