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SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,117 to it, the largest being YWCA OF GREATER BATON ROUGE ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$85k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$50k
Net assets
$9k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 47%
01What it does

What Spirit of Truth International Ministries does

Mission

Spirit of Truth International Ministries provides teaching and support to community members in need of help discovering, preparing for, and walking out in their purpose.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.

Spirit of Truth International Ministries conducted a media camp for youth of all ages over the summer 2023 to introduce inner city youth to the art of media. This camp included hands on training and field trips to studios for real experience.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).

  1. Biweekly spiritual teaching rooted in faith-based principles to community nuture spiritual development and strengthen community connections.

    $27,313 spent$32,688 earned by the program
    37% of program spending
  2. SOTIM Media Camp is a hands-on program designed to introduce young people to the exciting world of media, technology, and storytelling. This summer camp allows participants to explore creative expression through film, photography, journalism, podcasting, and digital content creation.

    $46,616 spent$52,275 earned by the program
    63% of program spending
  3. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $73,929.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $17 → $40k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
2
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES’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

SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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 SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES.

100%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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 SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.

LA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve1.3mo · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,986 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2023

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 12%Fundraising 0%

Governance

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

LA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: 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 SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES?
SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,117 to it, the largest being YWCA OF GREATER BATON ROUGE ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $50,117 in grants to SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES?
YWCA OF GREATER BATON ROUGE is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SPIRIT OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), 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