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CORNERSTONE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

EIN 91-1550156 TUSTIN, CA

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Revenue 2024
$1,940,856
Expenses 2024
$1,839,495

Program services were 77.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q330
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 4002

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SEEK THE LOST SHEEPS OF GOD AND COMFORT THEM, MAKE THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST, AND TO WORK TOGETHER IN HOLY SPIRIT, TO BUILD THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN THE GOSPEL RESTRICTED NATIONS WHERE CHRISTIANS ARE BEING PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROPOGATING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE GOSPEL RESTRICTED NATIONS BY DELIVERING BIBLES, RAISING UP MISSIONAL LEADERS, TRAINING AND SENDING OUT MISSIONARIES, PLANTING CHURCHES, AND CARRYING OUT EVANGELISM WITH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCES.

  • DELIVERING BIBLES AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURES TO PERSECUTED CHURCHES IN THE GOSPEL RESTRICTED NATIONS SUCH AS NORTH KOREA, CHINA, MINOIRITIES IN CHINA, ISLAMIC NATIONS, AND ISRAEL WITH THE COMBINED EFFORT OF OTHER PARTNERING MINISTRIES, MISSION ORGANIZATIONS, AND INDIVIDUAL MISSIONARIES. HAVE DISTRIBUTED 139,390 BIBLES INCLUDING 102,052 CHINESE BIBLES,31,675 NORTH KOREAN BIBLES, 5,663 HEBREW AND ARABIC BIBLES. WE HAVE PUBLISHED 1,235 COPIES OF THE 'SOUTH AND NORTH KOREAN PARALLEL BIBLE' SO THAT NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES LIVING IN SOUTH KOREA CAN READ THE NORTH KOREAN BIBLES IN PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH KOREAN BIBLE. WE PRINTED NORTH KOREAN BIBLES INCLUDING THE PARALLEL BIBLES IN PREPARATION FOR THE OPENING OF NORTH KOREA. WE ARE BROADCASTING 90 MINUTES OF CHRISTIAN RADIO PROGRAMS OVER SHORT AND MEDIUM WAVE TO REACH BELIEVERS AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN NORTH KOREA AND OVERSEAS. WE READ NORTH KOREAN BIBLES AT DICTATING SPEEED OVER RADIO. WE PRODUCED AND BROADCASTED OVER THE SHORT WAVE 90 MINUTES PER EVERY DAY AND PRODUCED 60 MINUTES WORSHIP SERVICE AND BROADCAST ON SUNDAY AND OTHER BIBLE TEACHING 30 MINUTES ON WEDNESDAY ON AM FREQUENCY.

    Expenses $256,631 · Grants $148,481

  • RAISING UP LEADERS IN THE RESTRICTED NATIONS FOR THEM TO MINISTER TO PROPOGATING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST BY HAVING BIBLES SCHOOL, SEMINARIES TEACHING, AND CONFERENCES ALONG WITH THE OTHER MINISTRIES, MISSIONARIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS. EQUIP POTENTIAL LEADERS AMONG KOREAN LIVING IN KOREA AND LIVING AROUND THE WORLD TO ENTER INTO THE RESTRICTED MISSION FIELD. 387 STUDENTS TOOK CLASSES ON-LINE AND OFF-LINE AT 10 TEACHING SITES IN 8 CITIES, 75 STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM 6 TEACHING SITES. WE PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO 15 STUDENTS, ADDITIONALLY SUPPORTED THE INSUFFICIENT FINANCES OF 2 BRANCH TEACHING SITES, AND SUPPORTED LOCAL PASTORS WHO ARE SERVING AS A LOCAL LEADER FOR CHURCH PLANTING AND MISSION. WE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT A THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE IN INDIA, AND PROVIDED LEADER'S TRAINING IN VIETNAM, AND SUPPORTED OTHER MISSION ORGANIZATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP TRAINING IN ISRAEL. WE HAVE SUPPORTED BIBLE SCHOOLS IN THE FAR WESTERN PART OF CHINA TRAINING 12 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $243,592 · Grants $187,895

  • FACILITATING AND SUPPORTING MISSIONARIES FOR NETWORKING AND PARTNERING WITH OTHER MINISTRIES AND TRAINING PEOPLE TO BE MISSIONARIES IN KOREA AND IN THE RESTRICTED NATIONS. THE MISSION CONFERNCES WERE HELD IN JANUARY AND JULY WITH 728 PARTICIPANTS. A TOTAL OF 294 PEOPLE WERE TRAINED IN 10-12 WEEKS LONG COURSES TO PREPARE TO GO TO MISSION FIELD. THESE COURSES INCLUDES INNER HEALING, WORSHIP AND PRAISE, BIBLICAL FOUNDATION FOR MISSION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL DIASTER RESPONSE CLASSES. TRAINING TOOK PLACE IN INDO-CHINA NATIONS AND TRAINED 27 MIISIONARIES. IN 2024, 4,095 PEOPLE WERE EVANGELIZEDIN LAOS, CAMBODIA, MYANMAR, AND VIETNAM. AMONG THEM, WORKERS ARE PREPARING BASES FOR MISSIONS TO CHINA AND NORTH KOREA.

    Expenses $464,376 · Grants $328,211

  • NETWORKING WITH THE EXISTING LOCAL LEADERS AND PASTORS OF THE PERSECUTED CHURCH IN NORTH KOREA AND CHINA TO ASSIST THEM FURTHERING IN CHURCH PLANTING AND PASTORING CHURCHES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE FACILITATED AND ASSISTED THOSE PASTORS WHO WERE WILLING TO PLANT A CHURCH IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. DURING THE PANDEMIC PERIOD, TRAVEL BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND CHINA WAS RESTRICTED. YET, WE WERE CONTINUING TO TRAIN NORTH KOREANS WHO ARE STRANDED IN CHINA. WE HAVE TRAINED 60 LEADERS IN CHINA, NORTH KOREA, AND SOUTH KOREA IN 2024. IN 2024, 27 CHURCHES WERE PLANTED IN 15 REGIONS. WE ALSO HAVE STARTED TRAINING LEADERS IN SOUTH KOREA TO MOBILIZE NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS FOR THE NK MISSION. WE IMPLEMENTED DIGITAL METHODS TO TRAIN NORTH KOREANS IN CHINA. IN 2024, GOD HAS ALLOWED TO SEND 2,564 SD CARDS, 624 USBs CONTAINING BIBLES AND THE TRAINING MATERIALS.

    Expenses $357,488 · Grants $340,269

  • PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY PEOPLE IN NORTH KOREA, REFUGEES OF NORTH KOREA IN CHINA ALONG THE BORDER, DEFECTORS OF NORTH KOREA IN SOUTH KOREA, NORTH KOREAN ORPHANS AND NK WIDOWS IN CHINA, AND OTHER NATIONS. THROUGH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, WE SHARED THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST AND TO MEET THEIR IMMEDIATE SURVIVAL NEEDS. WE ASSISTED THE NEEDY PEOPLE IN THE GOSPEL RESTRICTED NATIONS WITH FOODS, CLOTHES, MEDICINES, BASIC HUMAN NECESSARY ITEMS. WE ALSO PARTNERSING WITH OTHER MINISTRIES, NGO, MISSIONARIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO OUR CHURCH NETWORK AND HELPERS. RICE FLOURS WEREDELIVERED TO 235 FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS THROUGH CHURCH NETWORKS. WE HAVE HELPED TO PROVIDE FOODS TO ORPHANS. WE SENT CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN. WE ALSO HAVE PROVIDED HUMAN BASIS NECESSITY ITEMS TO THOSE NORTH KOREANS IN CHINA, RUSSIA, AND MONGOLIA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

    Expenses $93,831 · Grants $43,020

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Peter Lee

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $57,600
    From this org
    $57,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

  • Isaac Lee

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $57,600
    From this org
    $57,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

  • Y I Song

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Seounghee Ko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • C I Kim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,940,856
    Expenses
    $1,839,495
    Contributions
    $1,905,433
    Grants paid
    $1,047,876
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,669,894
    Expenses
    $2,637,372
    Contributions
    $2,666,790
    Grants paid
    $1,737,817
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,067,301
    Expenses
    $1,978,106
    Contributions
    $2,064,238
    Grants paid
    $1,097,660

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,348,979
    Expenses
    $3,321,266
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,648,145

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,277,985
    Expenses
    $2,226,153
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,668,323

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.