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INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC

INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $815,840 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($397,250). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$698k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$816k
Net assets
$2.2M
6/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 35%
01What it does

What Instep International Inc does

Mission

To spread the gospel of jesus christ by evangelizing, discipling, & providing practical help to all

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Ministry project grants and short term mission projects

    $194,940 spent
    71% of program spending
  2. Chaplain ministry programs

    $18,820 spent
    7% of program spending
  3. Other exempt purpose accomplishments

    $59,040 spent
    22% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $272,800.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($343k) Expenses 100 ($319k) Net assets 100 ($1.2M)2018 Revenue 121 ($416k) Expenses 103 ($330k) Net assets 107 ($1.2M)2019 Revenue 104 ($356k) Expenses 91 ($289k) Net assets 113 ($1.3M)2020 Revenue 136 ($468k) Expenses 94 ($300k) Net assets 128 ($1.5M)2021 Revenue 163 ($559k) Expenses 88 ($282k) Net assets 152 ($1.7M)2022 Revenue 147 ($503k) Expenses 114 ($365k) Net assets 164 ($1.9M)2023 Revenue 167 ($573k) Expenses 162 ($517k) Net assets 169 ($1.9M)2024 Revenue 203 ($698k) Expenses 123 ($392k) Net assets 196 ($2.2M)
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Revenue (203)Expenses (123)Net assets (196)Peer revenue range

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 $1.9M to $2.2M (+16%).

$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.5M
$1.7M
$1.9M
$1.9M
$2.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

87% of INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,945 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$24k
’17
$86k
’18
$67k
’19
$169k
’20
$277k
’21
$138k
’22
$56k
’23
$306k
’24
66
months of
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

Fred Cerrone

Co-chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $23k → $120k.

3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC’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

INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 88%; 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 INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC.

49%
largest funder
88%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 50% · 2019 42% · 2020 75% · 2021 48% · 2022 44% · 2023 48% — 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

80% of INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

85% of INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC'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 $124k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Georgia funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $692k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin44% · top quartile
Months of reserve65.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 21%Fundraising 9%

Governance

9
board members
89%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC?
INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $815,840 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($397,250). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $815,840 in grants to INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $397,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INSTEP INTERNATIONAL INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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