Outpost Centers International is a christian service organization that provides counseling, training, encouragement, and coordination among its one hundred plus affiliate missions worldwide.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$140K 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
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $180K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$140K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% 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
6
named funders · $550K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.8M
33% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 33% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 24 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 24 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.8M
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$5.3M
To programs
95%
Net assets
$7.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$4.8M
FY2024▲ +4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.5M
FY2021$5.7M
FY2022$5.4M
FY2023$4.6M
FY2024$4.8M
Expenses
$5.3M
FY2024▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.8M
FY2021$5.5M
FY2022$5.3M
FY2023$5.2M
FY2024$5.3M
Net assets
$7.7M
FY2024▼ -6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$9.0M
FY2021$9.2M
FY2022$9.5M
FY2023$8.2M
FY2024$7.7M

From the FY2024 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 1984.

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

Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $5.0M Management & general 5% · $256K

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

24 people listed on the 990; $140K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$60,294Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Vi
$55,405Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$19,200Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$3,000Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Se
$2,400Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Steve Dickman’s $60K as President is at the 7th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Steve Dickman$60,294$51,356———
James Hartley$55,405$52,025$39,354$15,833—
Stephen Dickman——$46,273$17,917—
Steven Grabiner———$24,998$40,016
Jesse Zwiker——$3,167$38,000—
Kim Busl$19,200$4,800———
Jeremy Zwiker—$12,000———
Nicolae Dan—$7,200———

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

Provides counseling, training, and encouragement to over 100 affiliate missions globally.

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3 programs · $5.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Field vice presidents (FVPS) are appointed in each division of the world. The FVPS visit member ministries, provide network and nurture, as well as guidance in proper use of donations. They recruit new members and facilitate work with the seventh-day adventist leadership and other programs and ministries.

$4.9Mprogram expense
02

Sidewalk evangelism promotes doing evangelism in cities. The goal is to visit each division of the seventh-day adventist church and teach the members to do street side evangelism.

$124Kprogram expense
03

Outpost centers international encourages each FVP to sponsor retreats for the membership in their world division. These are long weekends filled with spiritual nurture and practical instruction in ministry strategy and cooperation with the seventh-day adventist leadership.

$20Kprogram 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
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Grants paid · 72 grants · $3.4M · 2020–2024
Pattern EducationCO · FY2024$85,778
Hope Through Prophecy TvFY2024$59,065
Unitemized GrantFY2024$27,452
Unitemized GrantFY2024$13,629
Individual RecipientFY2023$175,000
Individual RecipientFY2023$175,000
Individual RecipientFY2023$122,321
Individual RecipientFY2023$122,321
Ukraine Emergency ReliefFY2023$116,345
Ukraine Emergency ReliefFY2023$116,345
Individual RecipientFY2023$96,086
Individual RecipientFY2023$96,086
Unitemized GrantFY2023$93,527
Unitemized GrantFY2023$93,527
Adventist Pioneer LibraryFY2023$49,689
Adventist Pioneer LibraryFY2023$49,689
Cross Cultural MissionFY2023$44,681
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$274K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$147K
Money outPt IX
$5.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.0M
Managementcol C$256K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.7M
Total assetsLn 16$11.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a24
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$147K
Investment incomeLn 3$274K
Other incomeLn 4–11$78K
Total revenueLn 12$4.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.0M
SavingsLn 2$1.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.6M
Other assetsLn 15$128K
Total assetsLn 16$11.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.8M
Net assetsLn 32$7.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 60
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
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.2M$4.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.7M$3.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.7M$2.6M
Total assetsLn 16$12.4M$11.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.3M$3.8M
Net assetsLn 32$8.2M$7.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$260K$260K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$41K$41K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$3.7M$3.7M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$116K$76K$40K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$193K$173K$20K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$25K$17K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$24K$19K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$10K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$82K$82K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$105K$72K$33K
Office expensesLn 13$39K$39K
Information technologyLn 14$46K$46K
OccupancyLn 16$53K$40K$13K
TravelLn 17$334K$334K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$62K$62K
InterestLn 20$90K$88K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$25K$19K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$87K$87K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.3M$5.0M$256K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $4.8M$5.3M−$490K$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.6M$5.2M−$575K$8.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.4M$5.3M$85K$9.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.7M$5.5M$204K$9.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $6.5M$4.8M$1.7M$9.0M 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,815,501 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,488,728$4,315,775
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $153,666$147,257
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $366,119$274,147
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$363,720$78,322
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,644,793$4,815,501
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,118,206$4,015,288
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $267,420$357,569
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $833,842$932,521
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,219,468$5,305,378
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$574,675−$489,877
Part VI · Governance 17 of 24 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body24
VI-1b Independent voting members17
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $4,815,501 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$104,177 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,315,775
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,315,775
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $147,257$147,257
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $274,147$274,147
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business −$42,624 · Excluded from tax $39,950−$2,674
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $65,688 · Unrelated business $119,485$185,173
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $108,768 · Unrelated business $76,861 · Excluded from tax $314,097$4,815,501
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,305,378 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $260,029$260,029
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $41,081$41,081
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $3,714,178$3,714,178
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $75,938 · Management $39,761$115,699
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $173,317 · Management $20,140$193,457
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $17,225 · Management $7,538$24,763
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $19,067 · Management $4,583$23,650
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $10,011$10,011
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $81,670$81,670
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $72,324 · Management $33,136$105,460
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $39,004$39,004
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $45,682$45,682
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $39,500 · Management $13,167$52,667
IX-17 TravelPrograms $334,332$334,332
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $61,813$61,813
IX-20 InterestPrograms $88,425 · Management $1,085$89,510
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $18,775 · Management $6,258$25,033
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $87,339$87,339
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,049,025 · Management $256,353 · Fundraising $0$5,305,378
Part X · Balance sheet $11,422,809 assets, 14 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $400,000; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $729,468$2,957,940
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,500,100$1,752,167
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $78,585$162,372
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,669,820$2,578,408
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $3,671,392$3,443,847
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $159,165$128,075
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $12,445,067$11,422,809
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $62,912$112,768
X-19 Deferred revenue$600
X-25 Other liabilities$101,237
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,257,832$3,755,957
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $8,187,235$7,666,852
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $8,187,235$7,666,852
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $12,445,067$11,422,809
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,666,852 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,815,501
XI-2 Total expenses$5,305,378
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$489,877
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$8,187,235
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$30,506
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,666,852

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