Levant Ministries exists to share the gospel, equip believers to become faithful followers of jesus christ, and mobilize the next generation of christian leaders. We honor god and make disciples.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 200 volunteers and 3 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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $204K a year · 26% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$40K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $134K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$168K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$990K
+36% vs prior year
Spent
$724K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$990K
FY2025▲ +36%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$343K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$747K
FY2024$727K
FY2025$990K
Expenses
$724K
FY2025▲ +26%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$314K
FY2022$573K
FY2023$652K
FY2024$573K
FY2025$724K
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2025▲ +27%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$157K
FY2022$732K
FY2023$826K
FY2024$981K
FY2025$1.2M

From the FY2025 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2014.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $562K Management & general 19% · $140K Fundraising 3% · $22K

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; $40K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$40,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Fares Abraham’s $40K as President is at the 41st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2133 $100K–1M religion 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Fares I Abraham————$49,000
Fares Abraham$40,000$40,000$34,867$31,200—

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Sharing the Gospel with Arabic speakers, equipping them as followers of Christ, and mobilizing future leaders.

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3 programs · $482K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Media Productions & Distribution

Levant ministries produces and distributes culturally relevant christian media, including podcasts, videos, biblical teaching, testimonies, and leadership resources. These productions encourage spiritual growth, equip believers, strengthen local churches and ministries, and communicate messages of hope, reconciliation, and compassion.

$235Kprogram expense
02

Outreach

Levant ministries conducts community-based outreach, creating welcoming opportunities for youth, young adults, families, and other community members to build relationships, receive encouragement, hear the gospel, and participate in spiritual formation, mentoring, leadership development, and compassionate service.

$156Kprogram expense
03

Discipleship

Levant ministries provides christian discipleship and leadership development for youth, young adults, and emerging leaders seeking to grow in their faith. Through small groups, biblical teaching, mentoring, training, conferences, and through our nextgen academy.

$91Kprogram 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
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $151K · 2020–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$76,086
Unitemized GrantFY2022$53,470
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,700
Unitemized GrantFY2020$19,997

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$990K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$990K
Other incomeLn 4–11$407
Investment incomeLn 3$5
Money outPt IX
$724K
Ln 25
Programscol B$562K
Managementcol C$140K
Fundraisingcol D$22K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$340K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$168K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$990K
Investment incomeLn 3$5
Other incomeLn 4–11$407
Total revenueLn 12$990K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$340K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$340K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$72K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$90K
Other assetsLn 15$913K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$168K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 6200
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$233K$340K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$72K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$104K$90K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$162K$168K
Net assetsLn 32$981K$1.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$23K$23K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$124K$104K$20K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$2K$2K$505
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$11K$11K
Information technologyLn 14$5K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$47K$47K
TravelLn 17$16K$16K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$57K$57K
InterestLn 20$7K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$14K$14K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$377K$377K
All other expensesLn 24e$18K$13K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$724K$562K$140K$22K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $990K$724K$266K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $727K$573K$155K$981K 990 PDF
FY2023 $747K$652K$94K$826K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.0M$573K$476K$732K 990 PDF
FY2021 Not on file
FY2020 $343K$314K$29K$157K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $989,942 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $725,793$989,530
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $295$0
I-10 Investment income$5
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,350$407
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $727,438$989,942
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $8,120$22,610
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $125,836$132,942
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $438,712$568,010
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $572,668$723,562
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $154,770$266,380
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $989,942 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$989,530
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$989,530
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $5$5
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $407$407
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5 · Excluded from tax $407$989,942
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $723,562 across 17 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $22,610$22,610
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $104,000 · Management $20,001$124,001
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $6,600$6,600
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,836 · Management $505$2,341
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $3,248$3,248
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $5,200$5,200
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $5,043$5,043
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $2,736$2,736
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $10,849$10,849
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $5,194$5,194
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $46,801$46,801
IX-17 TravelFundraising $16,281$16,281
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $57,253$57,253
IX-20 InterestManagement $7,067$7,067
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $13,587$13,587
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $376,543$376,543
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $12,692 · Fundraising $5,516$18,208
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $562,242 · Management $139,523 · Fundraising $21,797$723,562
Part X · Balance sheet $1,414,876 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $232,723$339,933
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $103,788$90,198
X-11 Publicly traded securities$72,167
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $786,025$912,578
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,142,536$1,414,876
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$11,028
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $161,754$156,686
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $161,754$167,714
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $980,782$1,147,787
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$99,375
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $980,782$1,247,162
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,142,536$1,414,876
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,247,162 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$989,942
XI-2 Total expenses$723,562
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$266,380
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$980,782
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,247,162

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