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UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC

UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,558 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($27,700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$449k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$60k
Net assets
$64k
1/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Upstream International Inc does

Mission

Upstream international grants money to organizations and individuals to provide support and charitable relief to poor, distressed, and underprivileged people and communities. We assist and empower them to help those in need and become sustainable, independent, and proud.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Empowering people who help people - the organization seeks out world changers and difference makers around the globe and equips them to fulfill their unique purpose. The organization assists organizations and individuals helping people and communities in need and empowers them to become sustainable, independent, and proud. How and where the organization contributes is based on the cultural challenges and strengths of a community as defined by its most precious resource--the people. The organization uses donor support to build schools, provide educational materials, create sustainable food programs, provide employment opportunities, plant and grow churches, host mission trips, and improve the communities they serve.as we reflect on all that god has allowed us to be a part of this year, we are deeply humbled by his unwavering faithfulness and the incredible generosity of our upstream donors. Those we serve depend on god's provision, delivered through the hands of his people. It's because of our donors that upstream is able to step in and meet the needs during these difficult times. This includes 486 students served at our school, over 375,000 meals provided, and over 6,200…

    $335,536 spentof which $230,526 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $335,536.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($331k) Expenses 100 ($371k) Net assets 100 ($117k)2018 Revenue 98 ($324k) Expenses 95 ($353k) Net assets 78 ($92k)2019 Revenue 148 ($489k) Expenses 115 ($428k) Net assets 136 ($159k)2020 Revenue 57 ($190k) Expenses 73 ($270k) Net assets 67 ($78k)2021 Revenue 88 ($290k) Expenses 75 ($280k) Net assets 76 ($88k)2022 Revenue 101 ($335k) Expenses 102 ($377k) Net assets 39 ($46k)2023 Revenue 127 ($420k) Expenses 108 ($401k) Net assets 56 ($65k)2024 Revenue 136 ($449k) Expenses 121 ($451k) Net assets 54 ($64k)
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Revenue (136)Expenses (121)Net assets (54)Peer revenue range

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 $182k to $91k (−50%).

$142k
$120k
$182k
$91k
$101k
$66k
$73k
$72k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,945 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$40k
’17
−$28k
’18
$62k
’19
−$81k
’20
$10k
’21
−$42k
’22
$19k
’23
−$1k
’24
0.8
months of
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.

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Listed93444465
Joined·+0+2+0+1+0+2+0
No longer listed·6101001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $162.

5 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 UPSTREAM 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.

How concentrated its funding is

UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

83% 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 UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC.

47%
largest funder
80%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 50% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 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

83% of UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC'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. Of the $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 1 state.

WI

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $49k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC's revenue grew 36% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−0% · below the median
Months of reserve0.8mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 16%Fundraising 10%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

66%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC?
UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,558 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($27,700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $59,558 in grants to UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $27,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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