Be the Neighbor is a justice -based service-learning trip ministry that equips people to live lives of love, service, and justice. Trips give participants skills to address root causes of injustices and to connect with and support their neighbors in relational, substainable, and dignity-affirming ways in their own communities. Trips cover topics such as hunger relief, refugee and immigrants welcome, environmental justice and creation care, race and reconciliation, poverty and avocacy, urban poverty, gun violence, and disaster relief.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 344 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $73K a year · 21% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$73K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$924
0.2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$678K
+11% vs prior year
Spent
$546K
To programs
82%
Net assets
$485K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$678K
FY2025▲ +11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$75K
FY2021$81K
FY2022$259K
FY2023$369K
FY2024$612K
FY2025$678K
Expenses
$546K
FY2025▲ +15%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$42K
FY2021$76K
FY2022$170K
FY2023$326K
FY2024$474K
FY2025$546K
Net assets
$485K
FY2025▲ +37%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$64K
FY2021$69K
FY2022$159K
FY2023$201K
FY2024$354K
FY2025$485K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2013.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $450K Management & general 10% · $55K Fundraising 8% · $41K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $73K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$65,047Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$4,500Pt VII · Sec A
$2,970Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Allison Lanza’s $65K as Executive Dir. is at the 56th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1992 $100K–1M youth development 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Allison Lanza$65,047$82,510$58,375———
Mary L Johnston——$35,000$25,000$25,000$25,000
Mark Dingler$4,500$4,500$7,200———
Megan Peglar—$3,600————
Chuck Pickrel$2,970—————
Ayesha Hassan—$450————

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

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 15aYes

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Equips youth with biblical and social tools to do justice through life-changing experiences.

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1 program · $450K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Be The Neighbor hosted 1,034 participants from 78 groups from across 9 denominations during 52 week-long summer sessions and 5 academic year trips.

$450Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K
Grants paid · 10 grants · $212K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$49,700
Unitemized GrantFY2024$29,007
Unitemized GrantFY2023$65,375
Unitemized GrantFY2022$34,500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$19,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$2,500

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$678K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$474K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$202K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Money outPt IX
$546K
Ln 25
Programscol B$450K
Managementcol C$55K
Fundraisingcol D$41K
Owns and owesPt X
$485K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$486K
Total assetsLn 16$486K
LiabilitiesLn 26$924
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$202K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$474K
Investment incomeLn 3$145
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$678K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$56K
SavingsLn 2$430K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$486K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$486K
LiabilitiesLn 26$924
Net assetsLn 32$485K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 6344
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$356K$486K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$356K$486K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K$924
Net assetsLn 32$354K$485K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$30$30
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$79K$79K
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$102K$78K$10K$14K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$141K$107K$14K$19K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$3K$2K$266$366
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4K$3K$396$483
Payroll taxesLn 10$10K$8K$1K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$9K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$1K$575
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$22K$6K$15K$500
Information technologyLn 14$314$20$294
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$10K$10K
TravelLn 17$102K$99K$3K$20
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$56K$56K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K$400
Total functional expensesLn 25$546K$450K$55K$41K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $678K$546K$131K$485K 990 PDF
FY2024 $612K$474K$139K$354K 990 PDF
FY2023 $369K$326K$43K$201K 990 PDF
FY2022 $259K$170K$88K$159K 990 PDF
FY2021 $81K$76K$5K$69K 990 PDF
FY2020 $75K$42K$33K$64K 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $677,574 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $270,172$201,955
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $341,873$474,046
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $451$145
I-11 Other revenue$1,428
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $612,496$677,574
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $65,375$78,737
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $244,395$259,560
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $164,141$208,178
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $473,911$546,475
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $138,585$131,099
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
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 $677,574 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,428 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$201,955
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$201,955
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $474,046$474,046
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $145$145
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$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $475,474 · Excluded from tax $145$677,574
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $546,475 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $30$30
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $78,707$78,707
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 $77,882 · Management $10,225 · Fundraising $14,046$102,153
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $107,212 · Management $14,075 · Fundraising $19,335$140,622
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $2,030 · Management $266 · Fundraising $366$2,662
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,200 · Management $396 · Fundraising $483$4,079
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,658 · Management $1,005 · Fundraising $1,381$10,044
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $9,192$9,192
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $1,067 · Fundraising $575$1,642
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $4,338$4,338
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,467 · Management $15,457 · Fundraising $500$22,424
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $20 · Management $294$314
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $10,335$10,335
IX-17 TravelPrograms $99,302 · Management $2,621 · Fundraising $20$101,943
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $55,600$55,600
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,990 · Management $400$2,390
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $450,433 · Management $54,998 · Fundraising $41,044$546,475
Part X · Balance sheet $485,940 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $50,786$55,681
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $304,780$430,259
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
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 assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $355,566$485,940
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,649$924
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,649$924
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $303,261$408,516
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $50,656$76,500
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $353,917$485,016
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $355,566$485,940
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $485,016 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$677,574
XI-2 Total expenses$546,475
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$131,099
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$353,917
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$485,016

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