International Assistance Program

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911747079
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Spokane, WA, USA
Phone
5097103563
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$183,523
Expenses
$165,276
Assets
$204,101

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Lori Houk (Executive Dir.)
  • Mark Houk (Board Member)
  • Kent Lupton (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To assist evangelical christian organizations in low-income countries to impact their communities through humanitarian and community development projects designed to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the local population.

What it reported doing in 2025

IAP raises money to assist local relief and support organizations in Central America and the Caribbean. IAP assists these evangelical organizations through leadership and business consulting for strategic planning and sustainability. In addition, IAP serves and partners with other Latin American service entities such as Unidos en Mision in Mexico City. IAP provides hands-on consulting for leadership development to enable these evangelical organizations achieve viability and long-term sustainability despite difficult operating environments. These organizations have provided clean water access, training, spiritual direction, and job opportunities for marginalized people.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.9%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.6% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $161K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.