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LESTER SUMRALL INTERNATIONAL INC

LESTER SUMRALL INTERNATIONAL INC (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being STILL WATERS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$462k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$40k
Net assets
$66k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Lester Sumrall International Inc does

Mission

This work continues today as we share at churches and conferences, using technology to share the Good News with a new generation. Rev. Lester Sumrall continues in the legacy passed to him of ministry, media and missions.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Lester Sumrall International Inc. was founded in February 1997, by Rev. Lester Sumrall after traveling to 30 nations of the world alongside his grandfather Dr. Lester Sumrall sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and relief work based in Christian compassion. This work continues today as we share at churches and conferences, using technology to share the Good News with a new generation. Rev. Lester Sumrall continues in the legacy passed to him of ministry, media and missions.

    $364,738 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $364,738.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of LESTER SUMRALL INTERNATIONAL 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.

Where its funders are

LESTER SUMRALL INTERNATIONAL INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 1 state in all.

MO

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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

LESTER SUMRALL INTERNATIONAL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Months of reserve1.2mo · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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In Indiana

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

2
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds LESTER SUMRALL INTERNATIONAL INC?
LESTER SUMRALL INTERNATIONAL INC (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being STILL WATERS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LESTER SUMRALL INTERNATIONAL INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $40,000 in grants to LESTER SUMRALL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Who is the largest funder of LESTER SUMRALL INTERNATIONAL INC?
STILL WATERS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LESTER SUMRALL INTERNATIONAL INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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