Colorado · Nonprofit
ZOE Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International
ZOE Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $421,933 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($208,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $109k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $422k
- Net assets
- $209k
What ZOE Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International does
Mission
The organization exists to spread the Word of God by means of religious training classes and support of missionaries.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In addition to training of pastors/church leaders with on going classes in the following nations, USA, Spain, England, Kenya, Togo, Uganda, and Bolivia, 2023 saw ZOE expand into Nigeria, Burkina Faso, as well as Burundi. Financial aid was provided for our ZOE country representatives for travel and lunch provided for the pastors/leaders 2 day trainings that happened in many cities in West Africa. Connections were established with publishing companies to print ZOE books in country as well as connections with a large Bible school to see opportunities for ZOE Ministries to extend into other nations. Translation (now 10 languages), formatting and publishing of ZOE materials continued with 5 more African dialects added to the mix.
$120,028 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $120,028.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $239k to $276k (+16%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Curt Chanda
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $48k → $57k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International’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
ZOE Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 64% · 2020 93% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 81% — 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.
Where its funders are
88% of ZOE Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International'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 $50k that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $372k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like ZOE Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries 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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ZOE Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries 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 Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International?
- ZOE Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International (Colorado) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $421,933 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($208,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ZOE Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $421,933 in grants to ZOE Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ZOE Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $208,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ZOE Ministries Inc dba ZOE Ministiries International find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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