Arizona · Nonprofit
INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE
INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE (Arizona) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $431,325 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($175,385). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $431k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Indian Bible College does
Mission
Ibc exists to empower indigenous christ-followers for ministry to the nations. In order to accomplish this purpose, the goals of indigenous bible college are: 1) to provide the necessary training for accurate interpretation of gods word so that students develop a biblical worldview and lifestyle. 2) to biblically develop and maintain relational lifestyles and ministries through intentionally modeling, mentoring, and training students with grace and truth. 3) to cultivate transformational change in the lives of students through the internalization of biblical and relational principles.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Founded in 1958, the school is located in north-central arizona, close to the largest native american reservation in the united states. Over the course of our history, we have seen over 200 graduates of the school, many of whom are still faithfully serving the lord. Training at Indian Bible College will enable you to become a stronger believer and change the legacy of many native americans who desperately need a message of hope. Changing that legacy first means changing your mind to be more like christ. That transformation mentioned by the apostle paul in romans 12 is central to becoming a leader of legacy change for 21st century native america. It is also central to the hopes and prayers of the staff at ibc. Once your mind is more like christs, you will be better situated to make a difference for many native people who feel despair and hopelessness about their life situation. Due to this reality the central goal of the Indian Bible College is to help disciple you into christlikeness; we are not after filled heads but also changed lives. For the 2023-2024 academic year, ibc had an enrollment of 24 full-time students and 17 part-time students. During the may 2024 graduation…
$1,063,630 spentof which $103,221 as grants$428,936 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,063,630.
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 2017 to 2018, from $953k to $1.8M (+90%).
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.
72% of INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Timothy Brown
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $11k → $47k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% 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 INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 91% · 2019 76% · 2020 49% · 2021 48% · 2022 88% · 2023 53% — 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
57% of INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
83% of INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE'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 $74k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Arizona, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $357k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE?
- INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE (Arizona) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $431,325 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($175,385). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $431,325 in grants to INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $175,385 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INDIAN BIBLE COLLEGE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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