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 ↗
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binu Abraham | DIRECTOR OF | 2024 | $107,776 | $107,776 | 1 |
| Ajay Thomas | PRESIDENT | 2021-2024 | $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.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunish Abraham | DIRECTOR | 2024 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Travis Vaughn | DIRECTOR | 2024 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Dennis Mathew | TREASURER | 2021-2024 | 3 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Scott Zeller | SECRETARY | 2021-2024 | 3 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2024 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $127K · 4 employees
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BINU ABRAHAM | DIRECTOR OF | 40 | $107,776 | $0 | $0 | $107,776 | 1 |
| AJAY THOMAS | PRESIDENT | 3 | $19,062 | $0 | $0 | $19,062 | 1 |
| SUNISH ABRAHAM | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| TRAVIS VAUGHN | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| DENNIS MATHEW | TREASURER | 3 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| SCOTT ZELLER | SECRETARY | 3 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid · 2 employees
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENNIS MATHEW | TREASURER | - | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| AJAY THOMAS | PRESIDENT | - | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| SCOTT ZELLER | SECRETARY | - | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENNIS MATHEW | TREASURER | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| SCOTT ZELLER | SECRETARY | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| AJAY THOMAS | PRESIDENT | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENNIS MATHEW | TREASURER | 10 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| SCOTT ZELLER | SECRETARY | 10 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| AJAY THOMAS | PRESIDENT | 10 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
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.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $462,623 | $388,990 | $303,473 | $279,288 | $462,623 | $0 | $126,838 | 4 | - |
| 2023 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $274,861 | $240,100 | $206,055 | $195,655 | $274,861 | $0 | - | 2 | - |
| 2022 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $105,680 | $103,922 | $161,867 | $161,867 | $105,680 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $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
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2023-2024 | 2 | $405,000 | 2024 | $355,000 | show |
| NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2020, 2023 | 2 | $90,000 | 2023 | $60,000 | show |
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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
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $388,990 | 100% |
2023 · Form 990 · $240,100 spent · pay $105,714 · grants $0 · events $81,740
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $240,100 | 100% |
2022 · Form 990EZ · $103,922 spent · pay $29,756 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $103,922 | 100% |
2021 · Form 990EZ · $35,067 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees to independent contractors | $25,673 | 73.2% | |
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $9,394 | 26.8% | |
| Total | $35,067 | 100% |
State business registration
- The Advance Initiative, Inc. PA, Domestic Nonprofit Corporation, Current, formed 2017-06-23
The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.
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