Because International Corp: FY2022 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 2No
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 · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2022

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.

$793Kprogram 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 accelerator designed to take ideas for innovative products like The Shoe That Grows to the next level.

$412Kprogram 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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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.5M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M

Other incomeLn 4–11$2K

Investment incomeLn 3$815

Money outPt IX

$1.6M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.2M

Managementcol C$153K

Fundraisingcol D$268K

Owns and owesPt X

$661K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$572K

Total assetsLn 16$912K

LiabilitiesLn 26$251K

PeoplePt VI, VII

7

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a6

IndependentVI 1b6

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M

Investment incomeLn 3$815

Other incomeLn 4–11$2K

Total revenueLn 12$1.5M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$293K

SavingsLn 2$279K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$572K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$63K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17K

Total assetsLn 16$912K

LiabilitiesLn 26$251K

Net assetsLn 32$661K

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 FY22	End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$664K	$572K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$63K	$63K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$9K	$17K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.3M	$912K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$548K	$251K
Net assetsLn 32	$738K	$661K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$113K	$113K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$383K	$383K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$109K	$71K	$33K	$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$538K	$360K	$60K	$118K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$30K	$20K	$3K	$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$48K	$33K	$7K	$9K
Legal feesLn 11b	$3K		$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$7K		$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$47K	$40K	$1K	$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$20K	$19K	$360	$1K
Office expensesLn 13	$88K	$70K	$10K	$8K
Information technologyLn 14	$23K	$15K	$2K	$7K
OccupancyLn 16	$43K	$34K	$4K	$5K
TravelLn 17	$129K	$25K	$10K	$94K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$9K	$2K	$4K	$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$7K	$7K
InsuranceLn 23	$9K		$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$20K	$15K		$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.6M	$1.2M	$153K	$268K

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 Viewing	$1.5M	$1.6M	−$77K	$661K	990 PDF
FY2021	$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 $1,549,207 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,841,638$1,546,154

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$26,464$815

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $15,140$2,238

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,830,314$1,549,207

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $412,597$495,633

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

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $644,908$725,212

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

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $310,760$405,437

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,368,265$1,626,282

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $462,049−$77,075

Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6

VI-1b Independent voting members6

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

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 $1,549,207 across 5 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,546,154

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,546,154

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $815$815

VIII-5 RoyaltiesUnrelated business $2,238$2,238

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $2,238 · Excluded from tax $815$1,549,207

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,626,282 across 18 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $112,530$112,530

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $383,103$383,103

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $71,116 · Management $32,823 · Fundraising $5,470$109,409

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $359,636 · Management $59,979 · Fundraising $118,222$537,837

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $19,638 · Management $2,879 · Fundraising $7,100$29,617

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $32,654 · Management $6,655 · Fundraising $9,040$48,349

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $3,457$3,457

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $7,230$7,230

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $39,653 · Management $1,244 · Fundraising $6,141$47,038

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $18,894 · Management $360 · Fundraising $1,113$20,367

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $69,967 · Management $9,785 · Fundraising $7,868$87,620

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $14,517 · Management $2,336 · Fundraising $6,502$23,355

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $34,292 · Management $4,123 · Fundraising $4,879$43,294

IX-17 TravelPrograms $25,268 · Management $9,690 · Fundraising $94,269$129,227

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,471 · Management $3,804 · Fundraising $2,440$8,715

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,706$6,706

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $8,619$8,619

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $15,114 · Fundraising $4,695$19,809

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,205,559 · Management $152,984 · Fundraising $267,739$1,626,282

Part X · Balance sheet $911,986 assets, 13 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $129,030$292,637

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $535,042$278,974

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $33$27,050

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $540,955$220,827

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $9,525$11,979

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,166$17,316

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

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,286,954$911,986

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $548,492$251,421

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $548,492$251,421

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $738,462$660,565

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $738,462$660,565

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,286,954$911,986

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $660,565 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,549,207

XI-2 Total expenses$1,626,282

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$77,075

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$738,462

XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$822

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$660,565

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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