California · Nonprofit
ZOE INTERNATIONAL
ZOE INTERNATIONAL (California) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,181,195 to it, the largest being The Grace Nixon Foundation ($300,147). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.7M
- Funders on record
- 65
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $6.5M
What Zoe International does
Mission
Reach every person: bring the good news. Train followers of jesus christ.rescue every child: end child trafficking. Restore survivors and at-risk orphans.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing and related servicesof the 13 high-intensity areas identified in the united states by the federal bureau of investigation for child sex trafficking, three are located in california: los angeles, san francisco, and san diego metropolitan areas. Zoe home for youth (zhy) provides specialized, intensive treatment and 24-hour care and supervision for up to 6 youth, ages 12-17, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and other slave-like treatment. Zhy supports youth in developing family connections and natural community support. (continued on schedule o)staff assist youth and families in identifying and cultivating their inherent strengths to aid in their healing process from the impacts of trauma. These relational connections ease their transitions to family-based placement or independent living and promote long-term personal success. Zoe also provides resources, referral services, mental health services, and trauma informed activities to young survivors of trafficking who are in the care of the county's dcfs and department of probation. Zoe provides ongoing victim advocacy services for children and their families upon rescue from trafficking or when a social…
$3,134,467 spentof which $1,493,457 as grants$1,054,257 earned by the program49% of program spendingAdvocacy and education through zoe's advocacy program, we serve children and families who have been impacted by human trafficking or are at high risk of trafficking. We are so thankful for our amazing partners who provide opportunities and experiences for the children we serve. Zoe has an advocacy services contract and a placement contract for zoe home for youth (zhy) with the county of los angeles (the county), department of children and family services (dcfs) and supports the dcfs in a variety of ways. (continued on schedule o)zoe supplies resources and gifts and assists in coordinating events for the trafficked children served by the county, as well as conducts human trafficking awareness and prevention events that provide information throughout the county. Engagement activities at the home, include trauma informed, arts-based activities teaching life skills and positive strategies to respond to life challenges. Zoe produces podcasts that we hope will educate the world about the issue of human trafficking. In our podcast "light in the darkness" we aim to shine the light on the issue of human trafficking by sharing honest stories of hope and by sharing practical advice that we…
$2,120,778 spentof which $853,785 as grants$79,267 earned by the program33% of program spendingMissionsjesus said to his disciples, "the harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray the lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." (matthew 9:37-38). Zoe employs a number of missionaries and their families. Many of our missionaries have joined our anti-human trafficking organization after witnessing children rescued from human trafficking transform into happy and well-rounded individuals. The restoration they witnessed in zoe children was enough to leave their homes and jobs in the united states to serve as zoe missionaries in thailand. (continued on schedule o)having god's heart for the nations makes us better christians, resulting in our service to him growing and expanding wherever he plants us. Zoe is inspiring the church to engage in world missions by teaching at churches, seminars, and conferences; providing long-term missionary training and placement; planning specialized short-term missions; and encouraging continual prayer until every person has heard the gospel.
$1,164,551 spent18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,419,796.
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 2021 to 2022, from $14M to $8.8M (−36%).
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.
84% of ZOE INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Michael Hart
Chairman & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $107k → $522k.
18 of 65 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 ZOE INTERNATIONAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 65 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
ZOE INTERNATIONAL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 9% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
55% 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 ZOE INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 16% · 2019 26% · 2020 18% · 2021 26% · 2022 28% · 2023 10% — 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
47% of ZOE INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
55% of ZOE INTERNATIONAL's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
ZOE INTERNATIONAL's funding base is broadening — from 7 funders to 27 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,325 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ZOE INTERNATIONAL
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
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 1 related entity
- Zoe International Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ZOE INTERNATIONAL: 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 ZOE INTERNATIONAL?
- ZOE INTERNATIONAL (California) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,181,195 to it, the largest being The Grace Nixon Foundation ($300,147). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ZOE INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 65 organizations giving $3,181,195 in grants to ZOE INTERNATIONAL, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ZOE INTERNATIONAL?
- The Grace Nixon Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $300,147 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ZOE INTERNATIONAL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 65 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