Because International Corp: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 26-4190308)

Andrew Kroes’s $117K as President is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Andrew Kroes	$117,313	$103,933	$99,873	$83,165	$81,873

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provide products to alleviate poverty through relief and development efforts.

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2 programs · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2021

01

The Shoe That Grows

Because International is committed to the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 1: End poverty in all forms everywhere. We believe this starts with extreme poverty helping individuals and families who are living below the $1.90 threshold.

$724Kprogram expense

02

Accelerator

As an organization, our mission is to use products as solutions to alleviate poverty by meeting immediate needs and creating opportunities for empowerment. One of the ways we are doing this is through the Because Accelerator, a business incubator designed to take ideas for innovative products like The Shoe That Grows to the next level.

$298Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

The Dalis FoundationFY2024$45K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$36K

American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$20K

Giving Hope Worldwide FoundationFY2024$18K

M J Murdock Charitable TrustFY2024$15K

The Bessemer Giving FundFY2024$15K

Peco FoundationFY2024$2K

The Springcreek FoundationFY2024$1K

Total grants receivedfrom 11 funders$152K

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.8M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M

Investment incomeLn 3$151

Money outPt IX

$1.4M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.0M

Managementcol C$149K

Fundraisingcol D$198K

Owns and owesPt X

$738K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$664K

Total assetsLn 16$1.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$548K

PeoplePt VI, VII

8

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a6

IndependentVI 1b6

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M

Government grantsLn 1e$326K

Investment incomeLn 3$151

Gains on assetsLn 7−$27K

Total revenueLn 12$1.8M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$129K

SavingsLn 2$535K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$664K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$63K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9K

Total assetsLn 16$1.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$548K

Net assetsLn 32$738K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 521

VolunteersI 67

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$249K	$664K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$50K	$63K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$9K	$9K
Total assetsLn 16	$738K	$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$461K	$548K
Net assetsLn 32	$276K	$738K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$122K	$122K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$290K	$290K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$94K	$61K	$5K	$28K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$482K	$300K	$80K	$102K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$25K	$15K	$4K	$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$43K	$27K	$6K	$10K
Legal feesLn 11b	$5K		$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$11K		$11K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$70K	$47K	$1K	$21K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$20K	$19K	$25	$1K
Office expensesLn 13	$67K	$51K	$10K	$6K
Information technologyLn 14	$24K	$14K	$3K	$7K
OccupancyLn 16	$49K	$39K	$4K	$5K
TravelLn 17	$19K	$10K	$5K	$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$13K	$8K	$3K	$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$6K	$4K	$2K	$331
InsuranceLn 23	$9K		$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$18K	$14K	$25	$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.4M	$1.0M	$149K	$198K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$1.4M	$1.5M	−$107K	$1.0M	990 PDF
FY2023	$1.6M	$1.5M	$117K	$776K	990 PDF
FY2022	$1.5M	$1.6M	−$77K	$661K	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$1.8M	$1.4M	$462K	$738K	990 PDF
FY2020	$1.3M	$1.5M	−$142K	$276K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $1,830,314 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,303,130$1,841,638

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0−$26,464

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $7,834$15,140

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,310,964$1,830,314

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $371,455$412,597

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $777,228$644,908

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $304,493$310,760

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,453,176$1,368,265

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$142,212$462,049

Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6

VI-1b Independent voting members6

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,830,314 across 7 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $12,186 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1e Government grants$325,802

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,515,836

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,841,638

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $151$151

VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $2,954$2,954

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$26,615−$26,615

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$11,324$1,830,314

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,368,265 across 18 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $122,424$122,424

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $290,173$290,173

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $61,298 · Management $4,715 · Fundraising $28,292$94,305

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $300,170 · Management $80,125 · Fundraising $101,923$482,218

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $15,414 · Management $4,203 · Fundraising $5,297$24,914

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $27,496 · Management $6,383 · Fundraising $9,592$43,471

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $5,057$5,057

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $10,972$10,972

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $47,359 · Management $1,035 · Fundraising $21,228$69,622

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $18,729 · Management $25 · Fundraising $1,212$19,966

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $50,594 · Management $10,349 · Fundraising $6,421$67,364

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $13,923 · Management $2,743 · Fundraising $7,021$23,687

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $38,943 · Management $4,385 · Fundraising $5,402$48,730

IX-17 TravelPrograms $10,043 · Management $4,685 · Fundraising $4,235$18,963

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $8,215 · Management $3,028 · Fundraising $2,117$13,360

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,518 · Management $1,978 · Fundraising $331$5,827

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $8,904$8,904

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $13,500 · Management $25 · Fundraising $4,783$18,308

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,021,799 · Management $148,612 · Fundraising $197,854$1,368,265

Part X · Balance sheet $1,286,954 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $249,333$129,030

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$535,042

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,248$33

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $412,705$540,955

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,228$9,525

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,005$9,166

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $50,000$63,203

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $737,519$1,286,954

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $266,232$548,492

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $194,874$0

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $461,106$548,492

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $276,413$738,462

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $276,413$738,462

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $737,519$1,286,954

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $738,462 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,830,314

XI-2 Total expenses$1,368,265

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$462,049

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$276,413

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$738,462

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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