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.

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77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$91K 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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FY2024 · 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
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$91K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.0 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
$2K
0.5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$612K
+66% vs prior year
Spent
$474K
To programs
77%
Net assets
$354K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$612K
FY2024▲ +66%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$75K
FY2021$81K
FY2022$259K
FY2023$369K
FY2024$612K
FY2025$678K
Expenses
$474K
FY2024▲ +45%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$42K
FY2021$76K
FY2022$170K
FY2023$326K
FY2024$474K
FY2025$546K
Net assets
$354K
FY2024▲ +76%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$64K
FY2021$69K
FY2022$159K
FY2023$201K
FY2024$354K
FY2025$485K

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending September 2024) · 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.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $367K Management & general 10% · $47K Fundraising 13% · $60K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $91K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$82,510Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$4,500Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$3,600Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$450Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$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

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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

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

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1 program · $367K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Be The Neighbor hosted 924 participants from 74 groups 7 denominations and 24 states during 45 week-long sessions and 2 weekend sessions.

$367Kprogram expense

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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 FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$612K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$342K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$270K
Investment incomeLn 3$451
Money outPt IX
$474K
Ln 25
Programscol B$367K
Managementcol C$47K
Fundraisingcol D$60K
Owns and owesPt X
$354K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$356K
Total assetsLn 16$356K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$270K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$342K
Investment incomeLn 3$451
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$612K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$51K
SavingsLn 2$305K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$356K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$356K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
Net assetsLn 32$354K
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$201K$356K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$201K$356K
LiabilitiesLn 26$247$2K
Net assetsLn 32$201K$354K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$65K$65K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$115K$51K$20K$45K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$113K$102K$11K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$3K$1K$2K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4K$3K$595$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$9K$7K$2K$195
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$799$0$799$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$626$457$6
Office expensesLn 13$11K$8K$3K$107
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$14K$0$0$14K
TravelLn 17$30K$29K$805$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$8K$3K$5K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$99K$97K$2K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$474K$367K$47K$60K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $678K$546K$131K$485K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $612,496 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $121,553$270,172
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $247,458$341,873
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $353$451
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $369,364$612,496
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $34,900$65,375
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $176,932$244,395
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $114,444$164,141
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $326,276$473,911
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $43,088$138,585
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $612,496 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$270,172
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$270,172
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $341,873 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$341,873
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $451$451
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $341,873 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $451$612,496
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $473,911 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $65,375$65,375
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $50,677 · Management $19,695 · Fundraising $45,093$115,465
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $102,150 · Management $10,958 · Fundraising $0$113,108
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,046 · Management $1,768 · Fundraising $0$2,814
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,925 · Management $595 · Fundraising $0$3,520
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,243 · Management $2,050 · Fundraising $195$9,488
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $799 · Fundraising $0$799
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $626 · Management $457 · Fundraising $6$1,089
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,786 · Management $2,752 · Fundraising $107$10,645
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $14,400$14,400
IX-17 TravelPrograms $29,045 · Management $805 · Fundraising $0$29,850
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,840 · Management $5,203 · Fundraising $0$8,043
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $97,444 · Management $1,871 · Fundraising $0$99,315
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $367,157 · Management $46,953 · Fundraising $59,801$473,911
Part X · Balance sheet $355,566 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $6,460$50,786
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $194,673$304,780
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $201,133$355,566
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $247$1,649
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $247$1,649
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $200,886$303,261
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$50,656
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $200,886$353,917
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $201,133$355,566
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $353,917 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$612,496
XI-2 Total expenses$473,911
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$138,585
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$200,886
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$14,900
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$454
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$353,917

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