Wow International: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 95-4322095)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$334K
FY2021	$270K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$291K
FY2021	$310K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$141K
FY2021	$101K

Is it real?

No. The IRS revoked its tax exemption. Latest filing on record: FY2021.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

80%

Program services 80% · $247K Management & general 10% · $31K Fundraising 10% · $31K

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

4 people listed on the 990; $146K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Linda Tavani

Vice Preside

$72,917Pt VII · Sec A

Stephen Tavani

President

$72,917Pt VII · Sec A

Jon Fendl

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

John Pomoroy

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2021	FY2020
Linda Tavani	$72,917	$76,750
Stephen Tavani	$72,917	$75,500

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
Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Mobilizes volunteers and groups to share Christ's love through practical help in inner cities.

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1 program · $245K · in their own filed words · FY2021

01

Covid made it impossible to do any wow jam outreaches. Wow international reached 150,000 people on social media with the gospel by using facebook, instagram and youtube. Planned wow jam outreaches for san bernadino, nashville, los angeles, atlanta and chicago.

$245Kprogram 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 · FY2024

Christian Community Foundation INCFY2024$6K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$270K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$270K

Money outPt IX

$310K

Ln 25

Programscol B$247K

Managementcol C$31K

Fundraisingcol D$31K

Owns and owesPt X

$101K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$20K

Total assetsLn 16$102K

LiabilitiesLn 26$956

PeoplePt VI, VII

4

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a4

IndependentVI 1b2

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$270K

Total revenueLn 12$270K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$20K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$20K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$18K

Other assetsLn 15$3K

Total assetsLn 16$102K

LiabilitiesLn 26$956

Net assetsLn 32$101K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 52

VolunteersI 610

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

Line	Start FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$58K	$20K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$21K	$18K
Total assetsLn 16	$148K	$102K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$7K	$956
Net assetsLn 32	$141K	$101K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$146K	$117K	$15K	$15K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$9K	$7K	$899	$899
Legal feesLn 11b	$736	$588	$74	$74
Accounting feesLn 11c	$6K	$4K	$554	$554
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$23K	$18K	$2K	$2K
Office expensesLn 13	$20K	$16K	$2K	$2K
Information technologyLn 14	$3K	$3K	$316	$316
OccupancyLn 16	$30K	$24K	$3K	$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$3K	$2K	$446	$446
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$67K	$54K	$7K	$7K
All other expensesLn 24e	$2K	$1K	$153	$153
Total functional expensesLn 25	$310K	$247K	$31K	$31K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2021 Latest Viewing	$270K	$310K	−$40K	$101K	990 PDF
FY2020	$334K	$291K	$43K	$141K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $269,788 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $333,724$269,788

I-9 Program service revenue$0

I-10 Investment income$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $4$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $333,728$269,788

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,000$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $162,242$154,820

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $127,605$154,735

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $290,847$309,555

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $42,881−$39,767

Part VI · Governance 2 of 4 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4

VI-1b Independent voting members2

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 $269,788 across 3 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$269,788

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$269,788

VIII-12 Total revenue$269,788

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $309,555 across 11 lines filed

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $116,667 · Management $14,583 · Fundraising $14,583$145,833

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $7,189 · Management $899 · Fundraising $899$8,987

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $588 · Management $74 · Fundraising $74$736

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $4,428 · Management $554 · Fundraising $554$5,536

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $18,441 · Management $2,305 · Fundraising $2,305$23,051

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $16,204 · Management $2,027 · Fundraising $2,027$20,258

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,523 · Management $316 · Fundraising $316$3,155

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $24,000 · Management $3,000 · Fundraising $3,000$30,000

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,083 · Management $446 · Fundraising $446$2,975

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $53,941 · Management $6,742 · Fundraising $6,742$67,425

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,293 · Management $153 · Fundraising $153$1,599

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $247,357 · Management $31,099 · Fundraising $31,099$309,555

Part X · Balance sheet $102,196 assets, 9 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $60,837; see the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $58,406$19,696

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $21,258$18,283

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,380$3,380

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $147,751$102,196

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,744$956

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,744$956

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $141,007$101,240

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $141,007$101,240

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $147,751$102,196

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $101,240 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$269,788

XI-2 Total expenses$309,555

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$39,767

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$141,007

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$101,240

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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