Help other 501(c)(3) organizations to streamline and improve their processes in placing recent university graduates overseas to serve among the poor.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$103K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $38K a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$103K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $7K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6K
1.0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 5 voting members
Concern: none of 5 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$820K
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$736K
To programs
86%
Net assets
$650K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$820K
FY2023▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$637K
FY2021$751K
FY2022$773K
FY2023$820K
FY2024$713K
Expenses
$736K
FY2023▼ -11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$492K
FY2021$649K
FY2022$824K
FY2023$736K
FY2024$802K
Net assets
$650K
FY2023▲ +15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$516K
FY2021$618K
FY2022$566K
FY2023$650K
FY2024$562K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2011.

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $631K Management & general 11% · $81K Fundraising 3% · $25K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990; $103K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$102,790Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Paul Vanderwerf’s $134K as President is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Paul Vanderwerf$133,620$102,790$100,102$96,225

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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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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1 program · $631K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Our Staff

Gocorps has a distributed staffing model with staff in several states. Our staff all share a common commitment to the mission & vision of making living overseas for 2 years the norm for christians after college. We have staff meetings, work group & team meetings, planning sessions, training, and professional development.

$631Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$7K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$820K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$771K
Other incomeLn 4–11$39K
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Money outPt IX
$736K
Ln 25
Programscol B$631K
Managementcol C$81K
Fundraisingcol D$25K
Owns and owesPt X
$650K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$642K
Total assetsLn 16$657K
LiabilitiesLn 26$6K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$771K
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Other incomeLn 4–11$39K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$820K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$132K
SavingsLn 2$510K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$642K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$3K
Total assetsLn 16$657K
LiabilitiesLn 26$6K
Net assetsLn 32$650K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 517
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$566K$642K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$607K$657K
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K$6K
Net assetsLn 32$566K$650K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$103K$81K$13K$9K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$386K$376K$10K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$37K$34K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$16K$16K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$10K$10K
Information technologyLn 14$21K$21K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$41K$41K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$7K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$114K$99K$16K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$736K$631K$81K$25K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $713K$802K−$89K$562K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $820K$736K$84K$650K 990 PDF
FY2022 $773K$824K−$51K$566K 990 PDF
FY2021 $751K$649K$102K$618K 990 PDF
FY2020 $637K$492K$145K$516K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $820,289 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $749,893$771,375
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$9,923
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $22,877$38,991
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $772,770$820,289
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $554,111$525,667
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $270,010$210,687
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $824,121$736,354
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$51,351$83,935
Part VI · Governance 0 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $820,289 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$771,375
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$771,375
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $9,923$9,923
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$38,991
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,923$820,289
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $736,354 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $80,790 · Management $13,000 · Fundraising $9,000$102,790
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $376,190 · Management $10,136$386,326
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $34,151 · Management $2,400$36,551
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,570$1,570
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $15,629$15,629
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $9,964$9,964
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $21,185$21,185
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $41,495$41,495
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $6,686$6,686
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $98,578 · Fundraising $15,580$114,158
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $631,204 · Management $80,570 · Fundraising $24,580$736,354
Part X · Balance sheet $656,712 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $565,559$132,250
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$509,923
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $12,486$9,700
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,450$1,800
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $27,346$3,039
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $606,841$656,712
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $40,463$6,399
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $40,463$6,399
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $566,378$650,313
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $606,841$656,712
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $650,313 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$820,289
XI-2 Total expenses$736,354
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$83,935
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$566,378
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$650,313

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