Texas · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES
INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,022 to it, the largest being THE SHEPHERDS HAND INC ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $53M
What Institute in Basic Life Principles does
Mission
The Institute in Basic Life Principles was established for the purpose of introducing people to the lord jesus christ and is dedicated to giving individuals, families, churches, schools, communities and businesses clear instruction and training on how to find success by following god's principles found in scripture. These goals are accomplished primarily through seminars, educational programs, printed literature, and the operation of centers to facilitate training.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
During 2023, family conferences and a family camp were held presenting biblical teaching and training for youths and adults. These events were live-streamed for people off-site to view in the u.s. As well as worldwide.
$1,311,698 spentof which $12,375 as grants$545,451 earned by the program45% of program spendingIn 2023, biblical teaching materials were created in the form of written, audio, video, and live presentations to teach practical truths from the word of god. These christians materials were available for sale and downloads, as well as many free materials for people to access online.
$708,044 spent$756,168 earned by the program24% of program spendingIn 2023, iblp presented training for young people in the areas of personal discipleship and music, and provided programs for strengthening families through parent and child activities. Iblp also ministered to inmates through faith-based chaplaincy programs.
$634,436 spentof which $22,745 as grants$46,847 earned by the program22% of program spendingDuring 2023, seminars and conferences were conducted and materials were sold in foreign countries to educate people how to find success in following god's principles. During 2023, organization received rental income from an affiliated exempt organization.
$269,425 spentof which $141,986 as grants$183,524 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,923,603.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $50M to $54M (+9%).
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.
3% of INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $6k → $5k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES’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
INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
50% of INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES'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 $20k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 249 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 249 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
43% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 8 related entities
- International Alert Academy · exempt
- Telos Institute International · exempt
- Institute in Basic Life Principles · exempt
- The Romanian Iblp Association · exempt
- Inst in Basic Life Prin Australia · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES?
- INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,022 to it, the largest being THE SHEPHERDS HAND INC ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $40,022 in grants to INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES?
- THE SHEPHERDS HAND INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE IN BASIC LIFE PRINCIPLES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 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