California · Nonprofit
YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA
YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA (California) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,680,044 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($11,123,331). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Youth With a Mission - San Diegobaja does
Mission
The Organization's mission has three core objectives: discipleship, evangelism, and extending works of mercy among the poor and needy. The primary focus of the Organization's ministry is in Northern Baja, Mexico with additional ministry initiatives in 20 different nations.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Mission programs: the organization provides housing, food, transportation and various other resources to participants that assist the organization in spreading the gospel of jesus christ. There were 1,865 participants in this program during the year.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $2.3M → $4.5M.
38 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 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
YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 74% · 2019 46% · 2020 38% · 2021 58% · 2022 56% · 2023 44% — 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
23% of YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
90% of YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA'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. Of the $2.2M that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from funders outside California, across 15 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20M arriving through sponsors registered in 21 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
YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 148 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 148 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2017
Organizations like YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Friends of Youth With a Mission · exempt
- Promotores de Juventud Con Una Mision Ac · exempt
- Juventud Con Una Mision Baja Ac · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA?
- YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA (California) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,680,044 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($11,123,331). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $22,680,044 in grants to YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,123,331 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 72 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