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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,897,391
Total expenses
$6,184,425
Contributions and grants received
$4,639,984
Grants paid
$5,254,195
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$252,525
Other revenue
$4,882
Total assets, end of year
$2,431,842
Total liabilities, end of year
$448,390
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,983,452
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,354,667
Management and general expenses
$595,922
Fundraising expenses
$233,836
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,354,667

Program services were 86.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,639,984

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,302,037

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $79,138 · excluded $79,138

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,431,692

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,258,305

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $173,387

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $173,387 · excluded $173,387

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $4,882 · excluded $4,882

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,882

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $9,293 · program services $9,293

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $5,244,902 · program services $5,244,902

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $125,403 · program services $31,351 · management and general $31,351 · fundraising $62,701

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $491,540 · program services $46,639 · management and general $382,278 · fundraising $62,623

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $47,505 · program services $4,300 · management and general $37,278 · fundraising $5,927

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $25,035 · program services $2,562 · management and general $20,055 · fundraising $2,418

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $48,429 · program services $6,007 · management and general $32,860 · fundraising $9,562

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $683 · management and general $683

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,586 · management and general $23,586

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,284 · management and general $3,284

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,164 · management and general $2,606 · fundraising $6,558

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $68,017 · management and general $12,876 · fundraising $55,141

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,343 · management and general $6,935 · fundraising $1,408

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,600 · management and general $9,600

  • 17 · Travel

    total $41,074 · management and general $17,829 · fundraising $23,245

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,030 · management and general $980 · fundraising $1,050

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,676 · management and general $5,676

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,045 · management and general $8,045

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS

    total $12,816 · program services $9,613 · fundraising $3,203

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $112,672 · end of year $36,677

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $215,299 · end of year $336,346

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $739,203 · end of year $376,530

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $56,324

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $12,771

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $9,933

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,514 · end of year $2,838

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,700,733 · end of year $1,674,709

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,937 · end of year $4,742

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $25,586 · end of year $26,867

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $430,053 · end of year $416,781

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $13,937 · end of year $4,742

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $903,192 · end of year $788,375

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,473,914 · end of year $1,195,077

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE VISION OF INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA, INC. (IFES/USA) IS TO SEE STUDENTS BUILT INTO COMMUNITIES OF DISCIPLES, TRANSFORMED BY THE GOSPEL, IMPACTING THE UNIVERSITY, THE CHURCH, AND SOCIETY FOR THE GLORY OF CHRIST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SEE STUDENTS BUILT INTO COMMUNITIES OF DISCIPLES, TRANSFORMED BY THE GOSPEL.

  • INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS/USA, INC. (IFES/USA) EXISTS TO BUILD STUDENTS INTO COMMUNITIES OF DISCIPLES, WHICH ARE TRANSFORMED BY THE GOSPEL. IFES/USA SEEKS TO IMPACT THE UNIVERSITY, THE CHURCH, AND SOCIETY FOR THE GLORY OF CHRIST, INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, WHILE ENGAGING THE BROADER HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY IN DIALOGUE ABOUT THE RELEVANCE OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE AS A WHOLE. IFES/USA ALSO EXISTS TO SUPPORT, ENCOURAGE, AND FACILITATE THE SPREAD AND GROWTH OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND TO SUPPORT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, PROJECTS, AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE ORGANIZED AND OPERATED FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)OUR SUPPORT INCLUDES GRANTING FUNDS TO FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS, PROJECTS AND INSTITUTIONS WITH PURPOSES SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE IFES/USA FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN FURTHERANCE OF IFES/USA'S CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES. WE VALUE WORKING CLOSELY WITH CHRISTIAN STUDENT MINISTRIES THAT HAVE A STAFF PRESENCE IN SPECIFIC REGIONS AND COUNTRIES THAT ARE COMMITTED TO STRONG GOVERNANCE DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND SKILL BUILDING IN AREAS OF EVANGELISM, SCRIPTURE ENGAGEMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL FUNDING CAPACITY.WE ALSO VALUE WORKING CLOSELY WITH CHRISTIAN STUDENT MINISTRIES THAT ARE ACTIVE IN PIONEERING STUDENT MINISTRY ON NEW CAMPUSES AND IN NEW COUNTRIES.

    Expenses $5,354,667 · Grants $5,254,195

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DAVE BERRY

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROB KNIGHT

    VICE CHAIR(PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLIE FERRELL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PHIL CUNLIFFE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KURT MORRILL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAULINE FONG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN VAN HORNE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,403
    From this org
    $114,024
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,379
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
7 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621279349301037

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