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ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS
ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS (North Carolina) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,442,396 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($610,918). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Alpha International Ministries Inc Dba Advancing International Missions does
Mission
Empowering national leaders to bring lasting change in their community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community Outreach and Training: Even encouragers need encouragement. Our community leaders work tirelesslyoften in near-hopeless situationsserving families, children, widows, and vulnerable communities affected by poverty. To sustain their work, they need ongoing encouragement, training, and resources. This year, we hosted empowering and uplifting conferences in India, Nepal, Thailand, Peru, and Ecuador, equipping our leaders with tools for more effective community service. Volunteers from the USA joined us to teach, lead medical camps, and organize childrens programs, working alongside our community leaders to bring hope and practical help to those in need.
$406,944 spent43% of program spendingCommunity Transformation Projects: One of AIMs key strategies is to stand alongside our GCH Caregivers and community leaders by launching transformation projects in the countries and communities where we serve. These projects not only meet urgent needs but also help families stay connected to education and long-term development. Some of our 2024 community transformation highlights include: Drilling four clean water wells in communities facing water scarcity. Distributing 500 warm blankets to children living in homes without proper heating. Providing monthly financial aid to three elderly widows. In Manipur, India, distributing 305 school uniforms and 100 school supply kits to children affected by ethnic violence. Building a home for an educator who became a refugee due to the violence. In Nepal, distributing 60 warm jackets, 200 shirts and trousers, and 100 sets of womens winter clothing to those in need. In Thailand, providing $800 worth of pigs, chickens, and fish to families for small-scale livestock and aquaculture projects that promote self-sustainability. All these initiatives were made possible through the sacrificial and generous donations of our supporters. We are deeply…
$272,374 spent29% of program spendingGiving Children Hope GCH: Our Giving Children Hope (GCH) child sponsorship program helps disadvantaged children stay in school and build a brighter future. This is the flagship initiative of Alpha International Ministries (AIM). Currently, more than 802 children are part of the program across India, Nepal, Tanzania, Ecuador, Thailand, and the Philippines. In many developing countries, children often drop out of school after the 8th grade to work and support their families. Through GCH, we encourage families to think long-term and resist the pressure to sacrifice education for immediate needs. Although this can be very challenging, our trained and dedicated Caregivers work tirelessly to keep children in school. For example, in Thailand we serve children and families fleeing the decades-long conflict in Myanmar. For these families, securing daily sustenance is often the top priority, making education seem like a distant dream. Our Caregivers do an incredible job ensuring these children remain in school rather than entering the labor force. Each GCH child receives free tutoring, school uniforms, books, shoes, nutritious meals, and toiletries to promote health and personal hygiene.
$262,405 spent28% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $941,723.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $820k to $1.0M (+27%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
98% of ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $88k → $218k.
7 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 50% · 2019 51% · 2020 76% · 2021 81% · 2022 40% · 2023 55% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
93% of ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $100k that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS?
- ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS (North Carolina) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,442,396 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($610,918). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,442,396 in grants to ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $610,918 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC DBA ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing