California · Nonprofit
OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC
OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,199,720 to it, the largest being The Wing Shadow Foundation ($3,578,835). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Open Doors International USA Inc does
Mission
Open Doors International USA Inc. Raises funds, awareness and prayer for persecuted christians in hostile/closed regions around the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Social economic support: in 2025, over $4 million was donated towards open doors international social economic support program. These are programs aimed at providing socio-economic development, livelihood or practical aid to christians and equipping churches to meet the socio-economic needs of the broader communities around them.
$4,062,083 spentof which $4,062,083 as grants43% of program spendingTraining: in 2025, we provided over $2 million to open doors international's training programs. These are programs equipping persecuted christians to stand strong and to share the love of christ in the midst of their persecution and to equip the church to train disciples in these difficult contexts.
$2,011,418 spentof which $2,011,418 as grants21% of program spendingBibles & literature distribution: in 2025, we provided over $800,000 to open doors international's programs seeking to provide persecuted christians with access to bibles and other christian discipleship and literature resources.
$843,219 spentof which $843,219 as grants9% of program spendingPublic awareness & motivation: programs designed to help north american christians become aware of the issues of global christian persecution and to mobilize them in prayer for the persecuted church.
$2,163,377 spentof which $368,634 as grants23% of program spendingAdvocacy & research: programs designed to create credible research detailing the realities and breadth of christian persecution. In addition to informing the church, this research is also used by acedemics, politicians and media needing authoritative yet credible research on christian persecution. These programs are also designed to help politicians and policy makers be aware and informed on issues of christian persecution.
$398,436 spentof which $390,242 as grants4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,478,533.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $4.2M to $2.6M (−38%).
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.
99% of OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
George Ryan Brown
CEO/ex officio board member
Board chair
Alan Mcdowell
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $300 → $1.8M.
10 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 21 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
OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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: 2022 100% · 2023 98% — 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.
Where its funders are
OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $351k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 119 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 119 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL 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 OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC?
- OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,199,720 to it, the largest being The Wing Shadow Foundation ($3,578,835). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $4,199,720 in grants to OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC?
- The Wing Shadow Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $3,578,835 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL USA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 21 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