ADVANCE INITIATIVE

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $463K · expenses $389K · assets $303K

EIN
83-2343149
Address
101 WEST AVE STE 305, JENKINTOWN, PA 19046-2039
NTEE code
X19
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
September 2025 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Church
Principal officer
DENNIS MATHEWS (its 2020 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2020 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

AS AN ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES, IT IS THE ASSOCIATION'S MISSION TO SEE, IN COOPERATION WITH ITS COOPERATING AND MEMBER CHURCHES, A GLOBAL MOVEMENT OF GOSPEL-CENTERED MULTIETHNIC CHURCHES BEING PLANTED BY OR AMONG SOUTH ASIANS THROUGH AND BY VARIOUS MEANS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPONSORING, HOSTING, AND AND ADMINISTERING CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS AND CREATING PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER MEDIA TO ADVANCE THE AFOREMENTIONED CAUSE.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Binu Abraham DIRECTOR OF2024 $107,776$107,776 1
Ajay Thomas PRESIDENT2021-2024 $19,062$19,062 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Sunish Abraham DIRECTOR2024 1 $0 reported 1
Travis Vaughn DIRECTOR2024 1 $0 reported 1
Dennis Mathew TREASURER2021-2024 3 $0 reported 1
Scott Zeller SECRETARY2021-2024 3 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $127K · 4 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BINU ABRAHAM DIRECTOR OF40 $107,776$0$0 $107,7761
AJAY THOMAS PRESIDENT3 $19,062$0$0 $19,0621
SUNISH ABRAHAM DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TRAVIS VAUGHN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
DENNIS MATHEW TREASURER3 $0$0$0 $01
SCOTT ZELLER SECRETARY3 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid · 2 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DENNIS MATHEW TREASURER- $0$0$0 $01
AJAY THOMAS PRESIDENT- $0$0$0 $01
SCOTT ZELLER SECRETARY- $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DENNIS MATHEW TREASURER0 $0-- $01
SCOTT ZELLER SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
AJAY THOMAS PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DENNIS MATHEW TREASURER10 $0-- $01
SCOTT ZELLER SECRETARY10 $0-- $01
AJAY THOMAS PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$462,623$388,990 $303,473$279,288 $462,623$0 $126,8384-
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$274,861$240,100 $206,055$195,655 $274,861$0 -2-
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$105,680$103,922 $161,867$161,867 $105,680- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$96,795$35,067 $160,108$160,108 $96,795- ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $495,000 in all, tax years 2020 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2023-2024 2$405,000 2024$355,000
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NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2020, 2023 2$90,000 2023$60,000
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MISSION FOUR18 INCTNX19 $496,501$398,183 Executive Director$62,875 Same NTEE code X19, revenue within 2x
THE NESHAMA FOUNDATION INCNJX19 $313,337$333,420 Director$0 Same NTEE code X19, revenue within 2x
RESTORATION ATL MISSION INCGAX19 $593,933$535,342 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code X19, revenue within 2x
PASSION PROMISE MINISTRIESTNX19 $461,626$363,055 CEO/PRESIDENT$179,273 Same NTEE code X19, revenue within 2x
TRINITY ROSELLE FOUNDATIONILX19 $433,342$177,856 Former Treasurer and Former Director$128,009 Same NTEE code X19, revenue within 2x
MISSION FRENCH AFRICA MINISTRIESMIX19 $800,080$769,234 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$136,770 Same NTEE code X19, revenue within 2x
CROSS OUTREACH MINISTRIES INCSCX19 $869,702$1,026,284 TRUSTEE$0 Same NTEE code X19, revenue within 2x
IMPACT FOR LIVING INCFLX19 $275,985$254,747 President / Director$161,696 Same NTEE code X19, revenue within 2x
BIBLICAL COUNSELING COALITION INCINX19 $360,649$371,377 EXEC. DIRECT$73,618 Same NTEE code X19, revenue within 2x
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NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION funds this one DAF sponsor$11,735,614153 352012–2024 CROSS OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC; LUX FORUM; GENEROUSCHURCH INC; RANCH MINISTRIES and 31 more
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND funds this one DAF sponsor$1,616,240110 352016–2024 HERITAGE 21 FOUNDATION; DAVIDS WELL INCORPORATED; BARNABAS MINISTRIES INC; CONNECT THE WORLD and 31 more
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $388,990 spent · pay $296,244 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $280,868$278,667$2,201- 72.2%
Fees: other services $92,746$72,890$19,856- 23.8%
Payroll taxes $15,376$15,376-- 4.0%
Total$388,990100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $240,100 spent · pay $105,714 · grants $0 · events $81,740
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $105,714$105,714-- 44.0%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $81,740$81,740-- 34.0%
Fees: other services $42,242$42,242-- 17.6%
Office expenses $10,061-$10,061- 4.2%
Information technology $343-$343- 0.1%
Total$240,100100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $103,922 spent · pay $29,756 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $48,192 46.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $29,756 28.6%
Fees to independent contractors $25,974 25.0%
Total$103,922100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $35,067 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $25,673 73.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,394 26.8%
Total$35,067100%

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State business registration

The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.

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