Texas · Nonprofit
KERUSSO FOUNDATION INC
KERUSSO FOUNDATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $367,500 to it, the largest being THE MACLELLAN FOUNDATION INC ($215,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $108k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $368k
- Net assets
- $33k
What Kerusso Foundation Inc does
Mission
Kerusso's primary purpose is to develop, implement, and train leadership programs for Christian based organization who operate in emerging countries. The organization supports projects in different countries including India, and Brazil providing financial support for leadership development programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The organization partnered with ministry and nonprofit leadership teams to strengthen leadership discipline through structured strategic planning, mentoring, and grant funded consulting. During the year, a leadership diagnostic identified organizational discipline as the primary growth area, and a core planning team enrolled in the LAB Strategic Planning Course to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for implementation. The organization also launched a mentoring program using the LAB Learning Process that provided coaching, accountability, and hands on leadership development for emerging leaders, while grants supported partner organizations with training, consulting, and implementation. These activities benefited ministry and nonprofit leadership teams, partner organizations, and local church leaders in the United States and internationally.
$25,000 spentof which $25,000 as grants44% of program spendingThe organization partnered with a national church network to build long term leadership capacity across a large network of congregations using the LAB Method. A leadership development initiative was launched to develop resilient, mission aligned leaders through assessment, training, and leadership multiplication. During the year, a comprehensive leadership assessment was planned for about 56 key leaders, including staff, missionaries, and executive leaders, and a three phase framework of Assessment, Training, and Multiplication was established to create a scalable leadership pipeline supporting ongoing growth across a network of 334 churches.
$25,000 spentof which $25,000 as grants44% of program spendingThe organization partnered with ministry and nonprofit leaders to help them identify and align around key strategic priorities through training and facilitated sessions using the LAB Method. Leaders received practical tools to strengthen leadership discipline, decision making, and execution, gained clarity on organizational priorities and next steps, and improved alignment between vision, mission, and day to day leadership decisions. These activities laid the foundation for ongoing strategic planning and mentoring and supported ministry and church leaders in the United States and internationally.
$7,050 spentof which $7,050 as grants12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $57,050.
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 $49k to $6k (−87%).
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.
100% of KERUSSO FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Billy J Clark
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $60k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of KERUSSO FOUNDATION 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
KERUSSO FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 75% · 2019 50% · 2020 65% · 2021 50% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
KERUSSO FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
KERUSSO FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 KERUSSO FOUNDATION 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 KERUSSO FOUNDATION INC?
- KERUSSO FOUNDATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $367,500 to it, the largest being THE MACLELLAN FOUNDATION INC ($215,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KERUSSO FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $367,500 in grants to KERUSSO FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KERUSSO FOUNDATION INC?
- THE MACLELLAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $215,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KERUSSO FOUNDATION INC 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.
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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 2 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