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AWANA CLUBS INTERNATIONAL

EIN 36-2428692 ST CHARLES, IL

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Revenue 2024
$26,424,302
Expenses 2024
$26,173,243

Program services were 73.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X200
Classification
1200
Street
220 N 4TH ST

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

THE VISION OF AWANA IS THAT ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WILL COME TO KNOW, LOVE, AND SERVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. THE MISSION OF AWANA IS TO EQUIP LEADERS TO REACH CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH THE GOSPEL AND ENGAGE THEM IN LIFELONG DISCIPLESHIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AWANA EQUIPS LEADERS TO REACH CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH THE GOSPEL AND ENGAGE THEM IN DISCIPLESHIP.

  • AWANA IS A WORLDWIDE NONPROFIT MINISTRY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING BIBLE-BASED EVANGELISM AND DISCIPLESHIP SOLUTIONS FOR AGES 2 TO 18. AS THE GLOBAL LEADER IN CHILD AND YOUTH DISCIPLESHIP, AWANA GIVES CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW, LOVE AND SERVE JESUS, NO MATTER THEIR BACKGROUND. TODAY, THIS MINISTRY IS TAKING PLACE IN MORE THAN 140 COUNTRIES THROUGH 101,000 CLUBS, REACHING OVER 10.6 MILLION CHILDREN WITH LASTING FAITH.

    Expenses $19,196,809 · Grants $4,565,262

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.

  • Christopher Williams

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Josh Mulvihill

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Teasa Northern

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $27,000
    From this org
    $27,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Hartsell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wess Stafford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ty Batchelor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ginger Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Fordyce

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shawn Thornton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,500
    From this org
    $2,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine Hwang-Jin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Markins

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $259,639
    From this org
    $209,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,918
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,944
    Bonus
    $125
    Other
    $12,652
    Deferred
    $6,205
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,713
    Filer's total
    $259,639
  • Kevin White

    COO

    Total calculated
    $195,940
    From this org
    $148,252
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,688
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,949
    Bonus
    $125
    Other
    $3,178
    Deferred
    $4,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,063
    Filer's total
    $195,940
  • Kenneth Toeller

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $152,563
    From this org
    $112,196
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,367
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $109,952
    Bonus
    $125
    Other
    $2,119
    Deferred
    $3,627
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,740
    Filer's total
    $152,563
  • Lawrence Root

    VP TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $191,555
    From this org
    $141,956
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,599
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,026
    Bonus
    $125
    Other
    $1,805
    Deferred
    $4,536
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,063
    Filer's total
    $191,555
  • Edwin Gossien

    VP SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT & MINISTRY ALIGNMENT

    Total calculated
    $161,221
    From this org
    $120,584
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,637
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,940
    Bonus
    $125
    Other
    $1,519
    Deferred
    $3,897
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,740
    Filer's total
    $161,221
  • Brian Rhodes

    GLOBAL ADVOCATE & ADVISOR TO CEO

    Total calculated
    $145,132
    From this org
    $122,314
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,818
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Handler

    CHIEF INNOVATION & COMM. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $141,801
    From this org
    $139,055
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,746
    Hours/week
    40
  • Beth Bedoe

    SR. DR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

    Total calculated
    $141,219
    From this org
    $119,561
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,658
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $26,424,302
    Expenses
    $26,173,243
    Contributions
    $15,885,466
    Grants paid
    $4,565,262
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $23,284,350
    Expenses
    $25,623,346
    Contributions
    $13,508,190
    Grants paid
    $4,420,093
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $27,988,938
    Expenses
    $29,886,617
    Contributions
    $15,976,483
    Grants paid
    $9,140,698

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
    $23,700,094
    Expenses
    $22,215,813
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,214,341
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,855,187
    Expenses
    $21,740,433
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,522,140
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,201,324
    Expenses
    $25,145,383
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,555,680
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,276,488
    Expenses
    $25,674,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,251,555
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,806,985
    Expenses
    $29,232,240
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,843,256
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,339,122
    Expenses
    $31,541,865
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,814,333
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,440,374
    Expenses
    $33,206,019
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,289,010
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $32,269,270
    Expenses
    $33,876,935
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,949,810
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,042,473
    Expenses
    $34,692,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,883,104
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $34,395,093
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,893,653

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • AWANA FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORT AWANA CLUBS INTERNATIONAL · IL · controlled entity

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • AWANA INTERNATIONAL LLC

    EXCERCISE VOTING RIGHTS AWANA INTERNATIONAL HOLDS IN FOREIGN LEGAL ENTITIES · IL · income $0 · assets $0

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (1)

    T · TRUST · IL · 100% owned · controlled entity

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 13 October 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.