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INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (Georgia) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,640,458 to it, the largest being CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS ($3,678,375). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $8.6M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What International Leadership Institute does
Mission
The International Leadership Institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. Ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership development strategies and other outreach ministries.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
EQUIPPING LEADERS: ILI provides the development of Christian leaders by training and mobilizing people to live by Eight Core Values. Includes training events, global digital strategies, curriculum development and manuals, as well as ministries of preaching, teaching, writing, podcasting, coaching, mentoring, praying, counseling, and general encouragement to a wide audience of people, impacting 121 nations. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, ILI held History Makers Journeys for 26,618 men and women through 833 training events in 121 nations.
$3,346,727 spentof which $1,405,515 as grants$14,662 earned by the program97% of program spendingCOMPASSION MINISTRIES PROGRAMS: ILI provides compassion ministries through selected partners in the areas of community development, health, education, and empowerment.
$85,886 spentof which $66,271 as grants2% of program spendingChurch planting: ili identifies, equips, and mobilizes church planters in partnership with indigenous organizations in key locations around the world.
$35,079 spentof which $28,350 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,467,692.
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 $1.4M to $3.1M (+113%).
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: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE’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. 5 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.
Chief executive
Wes Griffin
President & CEO
Board chair
Steve Hill
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $608k → $1.2M.
15 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% 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 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 29 of 30 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 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 55% · 2019 44% · 2020 51% · 2021 35% · 2022 39% · 2023 57% — growing more concentrated.
“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
60% of INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
87% of INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE'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 $1.1M that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE is better cushioned than half 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 INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: 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 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE?
- INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (Georgia) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,640,458 to it, the largest being CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS ($3,678,375). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $8,640,458 in grants to INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE?
- CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS is the largest funder on record, with $3,678,375 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE 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 30 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