International Samaritan: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 34-1811907)

Michael Tenbusch’s $174K as President is at the 67th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M international 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Michael Tenbusch	$173,635	$184,708	$168,905	$170,072	$164,300
Andrew Pawuk	$119,870	$114,965	$110,998	$110,208	—

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

Empowers people in garbage dump communities to break poverty's chains through collaborative support.

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3 programs · $2.9M · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Scholarships

With the support of our donors, we provide scholarships to young people from families who live or work in garbage dump communities. Scholarships range from private school tuition at the elementary school level to trade school and university scholarships for older students.

$1.5Mprogram expense

02

Public Infrastructure Support

Throughout our history, our donors have helped to build essential infrastructure projects for families in garbage dump communities, including new housing, schools, medical clinics and wells.

$763Kprogram expense

03

Food and Holistic Family Support

Since the inception of the pandemic in march 2020, we have been providing monthly food baskets, assistance with other basic needs, and mental health counseling to our scholars and their families.

$601Kprogram 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

Catholic Foundation of MichiganFY2024$417K

The Lindgren FoundationFY2024$130K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$96K

Timothy and Sheila Patton Family Charitable TrustFY2024$30K

Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFY2024$26K

Toledo Community Foundation INCFY2024$20K

Staley Family FoundationFY2024$20K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$19K

Total grants receivedfrom 18 funders$820K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.3M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$785K

Investment incomeLn 3$374K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$191K

Money outPt IX

$4.2M

Ln 25

Programscol B$3.8M

Managementcol C$167K

Fundraisingcol D$228K

Owns and owesPt X

$24.7M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M

Total assetsLn 16$24.8M

LiabilitiesLn 26$89K

PeoplePt VI, VII

8

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a8

IndependentVI 1b6

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$785K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$191K

Investment incomeLn 3$374K

Other incomeLn 4–11$445

Gains on assetsLn 7$8K

Total revenueLn 12$1.3M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$1.2M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$22.1M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$323K

Other assetsLn 15$111K

Total assetsLn 16$24.8M

LiabilitiesLn 26$89K

Net assetsLn 32$24.7M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 515

VolunteersI 6100

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 FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$433K	$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$23.5M	$22.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$335K	$323K
Total assetsLn 16	$26.5M	$24.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$436K	$89K
Net assetsLn 32	$26.1M	$24.7M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$1.5M	$1.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$269K	$196K	$40K	$33K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$421K	$341K	$3K	$77K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$5K		$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$57K			$57K
Office expensesLn 13	$24K	$12K	$6K	$6K
OccupancyLn 16	$35K		$35K
TravelLn 17	$900			$900
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$2K	$1K	$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$20K		$20K
InsuranceLn 23	$56K		$56K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$1.8M	$1.8M		$54K
All other expensesLn 24e	$4K	$3K	$483
Total functional expensesLn 25	$4.2M	$3.8M	$167K	$228K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$2.9M	$5.0M	−$2.0M	$20.8M	990 PDF
FY2023	$4.6M	$4.9M	−$264K	$21.7M	990 PDF
FY2022	$3.0M	$4.4M	−$1.3M	$19.8M	990 PDF
FY2021	$2.5M	$3.7M	−$1.1M	$25.5M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$1.3M	$4.2M	−$2.9M	$24.7M	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 J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $1,349,670 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,403,081$785,025

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $651,596$190,520

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $727,882$373,680

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$445

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,782,559$1,349,670

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $896,157$1,486,253

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

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $596,087$689,540

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

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,820,019$2,043,594

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,312,263$4,219,387

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$529,704−$2,869,717

Part VI · Governance 6 of 8 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8

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 $1,349,670 across 7 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$785,025

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$785,025

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $190,520$190,520

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $366,179$366,179

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $7,501$7,501

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $445$445

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $198,466 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $366,179$1,349,670

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,219,387 across 13 lines filed

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $1,486,253$1,486,253

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $195,575 · Management $40,312 · Fundraising $32,860$268,747

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $340,857 · Management $2,587 · Fundraising $77,349$420,793

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,659$4,659

IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $57,486$57,486

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,146 · Management $6,073 · Fundraising $6,073$24,292

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $35,121$35,121

IX-17 TravelFundraising $900$900

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,207 · Management $1,206$2,413

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $20,449$20,449

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $55,781$55,781

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,785,094 · Fundraising $53,530$1,838,624

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,386 · Management $483$3,869

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,824,518 · Management $166,671 · Fundraising $228,198$4,219,387

Part X · Balance sheet $24,813,943 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $433,330$1,234,529

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,002,400$1,000,000

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $144,672$27,485

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $334,822$322,867

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $23,529,727$22,118,530

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $91,379$110,532

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $26,536,330$24,813,943

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $174,532$50,702

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $261,395$37,800

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $435,927$88,502

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $25,335,333$23,960,371

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $765,070$765,070

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $26,100,403$24,725,441

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $26,536,330$24,813,943

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $24,725,441 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,349,670

XI-2 Total expenses$4,219,387

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,869,717

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$26,100,403

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,617,454

XI-7 Investment expenses−$127,694

XI-8 Prior period adjustments$4,993

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$24,725,441

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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