International Needs has the vision to transform lives and change communities by helping christian nationals serve both god and neighbor within their own countries.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 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
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $304K a year · 8% 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
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$128K
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
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $76K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$312K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.6M
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$4.6M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$3.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.6M
FY2025▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$3.6M
FY2022$4.1M
FY2023$4.1M
FY2024$4.1M
FY2025$4.6M
Expenses
$4.6M
FY2025▲ +20%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.0M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$3.7M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$3.8M
FY2025$4.6M
Net assets
$3.5M
FY2025▲ +0.9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$3.2M
FY2024$3.4M
FY2025$3.5M

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 1983.

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

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $4.1M Management & general 5% · $247K Fundraising 5% · $227K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $128K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$128,236Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Johnson Jeffrey$128,236$118,633$114,013$108,671$101,690$106,586
Van Hekken Teri————$15,600$15,600
Rody Rodeheaver———$12,000$12,000—

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

Empowers Christian nationals to serve God and neighbors within their own countries.

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3 programs · $3.1M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Education Support

International needs provides education assistance programs designed to provide school sponsorship for primary and secondary school children in africa, latin america and asia. Other educational assistance programs include supporting the operations of schools, providing technology resources, and teacher training and support for schools…

$1.6Mprogram expense
02

Gospel Outreach

International needs provides locally led, christ centered, holistic ministry programs, church planting initiatives, and evangelistic outreaches designed to share the gospel of jesus christ throughout africa, asia, latin america, eastern europe, and the middle east.

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

Economic Empowerment

International needs provides christian based economic empowerment activities designed to promote and enhance locally sustainable income generating activities that support vulnerable women refugees, young adults and their families in africa, asia, and the middle east.

$371Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Living ThreadsFY2025$15K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$76K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$95K
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Money outPt IX
$4.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.1M
Managementcol C$247K
Fundraisingcol D$227K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$312K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$95K
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Total revenueLn 12$4.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$200
SavingsLn 2$1.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$554K
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$312K
Net assetsLn 32$3.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 625
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M$1.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.5M$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$549K$554K
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$327K$312K
Net assetsLn 32$3.4M$3.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$3.5M$3.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$128K$71K$13K$45K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$399K$224K$98K$78K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$15K$8K$3K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$41K$14K$21K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$39K$22K$8K$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c$13K$13K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$204K$126K$22K$56K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$3K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$81K$40K$35K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$31K$20K$8K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$44K$37K$5K$2K
TravelLn 17$38K$21K$9K$9K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$33K$16K$10K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$16K$13K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$13K$12K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$36K$35K$243
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.6M$4.1M$247K$227K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $4.6M$4.6M$31K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.1M$3.8M$262K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.1M$3.7M$357K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.1M$3.7M$348K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.6M$3.1M$486K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.4M$3.0M$337K$2.0M 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
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Part I · Summary $4,629,420 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,979,362$4,523,180
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $103,691$94,848
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,808$11,392
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,085,861$4,629,420
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,688,075$3,462,421
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $606,539$622,143
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $529,358$513,913
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,823,972$4,598,477
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $261,889$30,943
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
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 $4,629,420 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,523,180
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,523,180
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $94,848$94,848
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $11,345$11,345
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $47$47
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $47 · Unrelated business $11,345 · Excluded from tax $94,848$4,629,420
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,598,477 across 17 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $3,462,421$3,462,421
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $70,530 · Management $12,824 · Fundraising $44,882$128,236
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $224,371 · Management $97,534 · Fundraising $77,517$399,422
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,873 · Management $3,203 · Fundraising $3,576$14,652
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $14,184 · Management $20,525 · Fundraising $5,899$40,608
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $22,232 · Management $7,725 · Fundraising $9,268$39,225
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $12,870$12,870
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $126,343 · Management $21,945 · Fundraising $56,138$204,426
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,559 · Fundraising $1,378$3,937
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $39,673 · Management $35,145 · Fundraising $6,187$81,005
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $20,272 · Management $7,652 · Fundraising $3,402$31,326
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $36,989 · Management $4,614 · Fundraising $2,219$43,822
IX-17 TravelPrograms $20,828 · Management $8,672 · Fundraising $8,730$38,230
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $16,255 · Management $9,885 · Fundraising $7,348$33,488
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $12,817 · Management $3,204$16,021
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,803 · Management $1,262$13,065
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $35,480 · Management $243$35,723
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,124,630 · Management $247,303 · Fundraising $226,544$4,598,477
Part X · Balance sheet $3,790,338 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $200$200
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,710,635$1,707,137
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $25,532$24,367
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $548,929$554,393
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,488,950$1,504,241
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,774,246$3,790,338
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $50,102$45,241
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $276,581$266,591
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $326,683$311,832
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,211,380$1,285,671
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,236,183$2,192,835
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,447,563$3,478,506
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,774,246$3,790,338
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,478,506 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,629,420
XI-2 Total expenses$4,598,477
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$30,943
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,447,563
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,478,506

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