To end poverty and injustice, and to restore dignity and hope in the world's poorest communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
60¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5 volunteers and 12 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $25K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
60%
of spending
Worth a look: 60% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$98K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $140K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$37K
20% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 20% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$482K
-29% vs prior year
Spent
$479K
To programs
60%
Net assets
$151K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$482K
FY2025▼ -29%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$3.9M
FY2024$680K
FY2025$482K
Expenses
$479K
FY2025▼ -65%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$479K
Net assets
$151K
FY2025▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$263K
FY2021$319K
FY2022$284K
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$148K
FY2025$151K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending March 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 Dec 2018.

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

Where the money goes

60 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 60% · $285K Management & general 32% · $151K Fundraising 9% · $43K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $98K 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 Officer
$98,028Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member - at - Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Daniel Valle’s $98K as Executive Officer is at the 85th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Emily Sarmiento—$109,807$144,912$140,505$58,544—
Sonia H Patterson—————$115,924
Jason Fileta——$106,479$101,756$101,823$88,870
Daniel Valle$98,028$104,424————
Bryan Braswell———$93,000$3,875—
Lowell Pritchard————$90,000$90,000
Dustin Bell—$77,354$61,378———

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

Programs and updates

Empowering the world's poorest communities to end poverty and injustice, restoring dignity and hope.

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3 programs · $238K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Church and Community Transformation (cct)

In partnership with tearfund (uk) and other ngos, the organization supported church mobilization and community transformation initiatives in central america and sub-saharan africa. Tearfund usa's grant activity supports these activities around the world.

$109Kprogram expense
02

Gender Equality & Racial Justice

Tearfund usa's grant activity supported programs to help prevent gender-related violence in numerous countries around the world.

$72Kprogram expense
03

Conflict, Crisis and Refugees

The organization mobilized financial support in response to key global humanitarian events. This included funding for conflicts in ukraine and afghanistan---as well as numerous other crises such as lebanon, syria and east africa. Tearfund usa's grant activity supports these activities around the world.

$57Kprogram 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 · 2 grants · $67K · 2022–2023
Afrolatino ForumNY · FY2022$10,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$482K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$480K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$479K
Ln 25
Programscol B$285K
Managementcol C$151K
Fundraisingcol D$43K
Owns and owesPt X
$151K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$93K
Total assetsLn 16$188K
LiabilitiesLn 26$37K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$480K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$482K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$93K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$93K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Total assetsLn 16$188K
LiabilitiesLn 26$37K
Net assetsLn 32$151K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
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$60K$93K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$184K$188K
LiabilitiesLn 26$36K$37K
Net assetsLn 32$148K$151K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$199K$199K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$123K$36K$83K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$25K$3K$4K$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$567$1K$314
Payroll taxesLn 10$10K$3K$6K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$339$761$188
Accounting feesLn 11c$53K$14K$31K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$9K$3K$5K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$1K$238$79
Office expensesLn 13$16K$2K$7K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$18K$5K$10K$3K
TravelLn 17$13K$13K$15$4
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$479K$285K$151K$43K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $482K$479K$2K$151K 990 PDF
FY2024 $680K$1.4M−$673K$148K 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.9M$2.7M$1.2M$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.4M$2.5M−$91K$284K 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.0M$1.9M$57K$319K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.2M$1.5M−$320K$263K 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 $481,512 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $678,516$479,542
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,097$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$2,372$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,931$1,970
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $680,172$481,512
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $308,928$199,465
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $821,211$159,653
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $223,453$119,907
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,353,592$479,025
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$673,420$2,487
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
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 $481,512 across 4 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,970 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1d Related organizations$161,700
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$317,842
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$479,542
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $217 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,753$481,512
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $479,025 across 15 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $199,465$199,465
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $35,909 · Management $83,220 · Fundraising $3,409$122,538
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,885 · Management $3,720 · Fundraising $18,068$24,673
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $567 · Management $1,270 · Fundraising $314$2,151
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,712 · Management $6,078 · Fundraising $1,501$10,291
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $339 · Management $761 · Fundraising $188$1,288
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $13,991 · Management $31,354 · Fundraising $7,745$53,090
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,507 · Management $5,470 · Fundraising $1,417$9,394
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,267 · Management $238 · Fundraising $79$1,584
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,720 · Management $7,011 · Fundraising $7,419$16,150
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,912 · Management $10,151 · Fundraising $2,550$17,613
IX-17 TravelPrograms $13,285 · Management $15 · Fundraising $4$13,304
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,803 · Management $1,803$3,606
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,334$2,334
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,544$1,544
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $285,240 · Management $151,091 · Fundraising $42,694$479,025
Part X · Balance sheet $188,268 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $60,320$92,998
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $115,694$92,870
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,926$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,006$2,400
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $183,946$188,268
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $35,521$37,356
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $35,521$37,356
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $16,518$44,719
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $131,907$106,193
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $148,425$150,912
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $183,946$188,268
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $150,912 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$481,512
XI-2 Total expenses$479,025
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,487
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$148,425
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$150,912

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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