Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2013.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
8 people listed on the 990; $75K paid to officers and key staff.
Leland T Davis’s $75K as Executive Director is at the 68th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $100K–1M 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 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leland T Davis | $75,000 | $64,250 | $61,801 | $61,861 | — | — |
| Leland T Davis JR | — | — | — | — | $60,013 | $59,700 |
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.
See M4 Institute INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Sharing Christ's love and compassion to help the needy and fight global poverty.
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Guatemala
In keeping with our mission of alleviating malnutrition in the western highlands, in 2025, we sent 133 people on 11 mission trips, resulting in the installation of three large commercial-style greenhouses; 11 entrepreneurial chicken coops; 25 water filters in school classrooms; entrepreneurial training for smallholder farmers; muiltple…
Nigeria
We continued our efforts to provide educational opportunities to 80 children living in a leper colony through scholarships. These scholarships provide instruction, tutoring, clothing, and basic school supplies.
Cambodia
In 2025, we continued to work on health, malnutrition, and english instruction. We installed water filters and provided nutrition instruction to widowed women working in buddhist temples and to children in multiple orphanages. We also continued to provide health checks to approximately 350 people across multiple communities.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $152K | $140K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $1K | $1K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $160K | $146K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $75K | $59K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $85K | $86K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $120K | $93K | $15K | $12K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $9K | $7K | $1K | $1K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $1K | $360 | $1K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $150 | $150 | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $6K | $3K | $3K | $408 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $2K | $2K | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $6K | $6K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $57K | $56K | $1K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $1K | $1K | $350 | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $360 | $360 | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $3K | $3K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $84K | $79K | $5K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $2K | $2K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $295K | $247K | $33K | $16K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 27, 2026 | $297K | $295K | $2K | $86K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 30, 2025 | $269K | $268K | $927 | $85K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 14, 2024 | $176K | $84K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 4, 2023 | $164K | $114K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 | $205K | $168K | $38K | $112K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 10, 2021 | $215K | $183K | $32K | $74K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $297,091 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $297,091 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $295,241 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $145,724 assets, 9 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $86,447 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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