Oklahoma · Nonprofit
JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL (Oklahoma) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $369,544 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($355,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $370k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What John Smithwick Ministries International does
Mission
To promote the gospel of jesus christ in other nations as well as training teams for evangelism through trips, crusades and internship program at the stateside office.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Gv mission trip programglobal ventures mission trip program takes everyday people to countries around the world and involves them in missions work. During a global ventures trip, people experience hands-on ministry through children's outreaches, street evangelism, and evening festivals (crusades). Everyone takes part in sharing the gospel with people in various settings. Every trip also provides an opportunity to help a community with a service project such as giving families clean water filters. These trips are typically 10 days long. Gv usually takes 30 to 80 team members on each trip. (there is a prominent part of our ministry that is included in this program; mass crusades. There are trips john and a few of our leaders travel to that we wouldn't bring a team. John conducts mass crusades where typically tens of thousands receive christ.)in 2024, gv took a total of 295 people (some going on multiple trips) to thailand, paraguay, indonesia, and cambodia. Thailand: 19,002 salvations and 331 healings paraguay: 25,725 salvations and 607 healings indonesia: 3,164 salvations and 58 healings cambodia: 20,781 salvations and 220 healings we distributed:o 375 water filterso 1 water wello…
$1,756,456 spent97% of program spendingInternship program / school of missionscore (internship program) is a 1 to 3-year program created to equip those who have a heart to reach the world. This program is designed to train people with a biblical foundation as well as the different aspects of how to do missions / ministry. There are a few classroom training classes but most of the training is done through hands on ministry work. The goal is to have each participant become the leader they are designed to be and be self-sustained to do missions or other ministry work. The core program is 9 months long and 3 mornings a week, tuesday through thursday. The internship is offered to school of missions graduates for them to continue to pursue full-time missions. September 2024 began our third year of our one-year missions' school. We welcomed 5 new students to another year of gv school of missions. This school provides in-depth biblical studies as well as practical teaching designed to help them be successful in short and long-term missions. Students learn how to be an effective soul-winner, learn the behind the scenes work of missions and ministry, and take part in mass evangelism projects around the world. The school classes…
$20,429 spent1% of program spendingStateside ministry programstateside ministry program consists of john ministering in local churches, conferences, christian schools, and bibles schools here in the u.s. The reach podcast with john smithwick is another avenue that john ministers to those living here in the u.s. John shares about relevant topics from the bible and invites special ministry guests to share and dialog with john as well. The global ventures reality tv show that was produced, airs on all the major christian networks for free. Global ventures has 30 episodes that give people a view of what it's like to do missions and see the real encounters of sharing god's power with those in need. John also filmed numerous short video podcasts for global ventures' youtube channel which was released in february 2025. This is another way that gv inspires and motivates christians here in the u.s. To live their life with purpose. In 2024, john ministered in 22 church services in conferences and local churches in texas, missouri, kansas, tennessee, kentucky, new york, indiana, alabama, oregon, illinois, oklahoma, and georgia.
$28,793 spent$42,720 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,805,678.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.9M to $2.4M (+24%).
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 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $33k → $88k.
4 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL’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
JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 75% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
100% of JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $370k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL?
- JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL (Oklahoma) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $369,544 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($355,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $369,544 in grants to JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $355,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOHN SMITHWICK MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 4 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