Wisconsin · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,517,537 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($5,950,970). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What International Fellowship of Evangelical Students USA Inc does
Mission
The vision of international fellowship of evangelical students usa, inc. (ifes/usa) is to see students built into communities of disciples, transformed by the gospel, impacting the university, the church, and society for the glory of christ.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
International fellowship of evangelical students/usa, inc. (ifes/usa) exists to build students into communities of disciples, which are transformed by the gospel. Ifes/usa seeks to impact the university, the church, and society for the glory of christ, introducing students to the gospel of christ, while engaging the broader higher education community in dialogue about the relevance of the gospel message and the christian life as a whole. Ifes/usa also exists to support, encourage, and facilitate the spread and growth of the christian faith throughout the world and to support other organizations, projects, and initiatives that are organized and operated for similar purposes. (continued on schedule o)our support includes granting funds to foreign organizations, projects and institutions with purposes similar to those of the ifes/usa for specific projects in furtherance of ifes/usa's christian religious tax-exempt purposes. We value working closely with christian student ministries that have a staff presence in specific regions and countries that are committed to strong governance development, leadership development, and skill building in areas of evangelism, scripture engagement,…
$5,354,667 spentof which $5,254,195 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,354,667.
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 2020 to 2021, from $4.2M to $6.5M (+53%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 2% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC’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. 6 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Kevin Van Horne
Executive director
Board chair
Dave Berry
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $2.3M → $2.5M.
18 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
73% 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 INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 46% · 2019 41% · 2020 38% · 2021 34% · 2022 40% · 2023 40% — 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
59% of INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
59% of INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA 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 $7.1M that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 19 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $18M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 11 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC: 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 INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC?
- INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,517,537 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($5,950,970). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $17,517,537 in grants to INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,950,970 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS USA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 44 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