International Christian Concern
Legal name: International Christian Concern Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521942990
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Phone
- 1-800-422-5441
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,879,724
- Expenses
- $5,834,980
- Assets
- $1,528,144
- Liabilities
- $372,494
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Clark Miller (Executive Director)
- Jeffrey King (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Jeffrey King (President): $218,932 total reported compensation
- Clark Miller (Executive Director): $198,488 total reported compensation
- Mike Pritchard (VP of Awareness and Advocacy): $151,638 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We ease the suffering of Christians in hostile places and aid, support, and empower them as they boldly live out their faith. About ICC. We provide long-term support to survivors when needed, fostering resilience and independence. Mission Over Money We prioritize ministry above all, serving the Lord and the persecuted with faith that resources will follow God-honoring work. ICC is evangelical but non-denominational and supports Christians of all backgrounds. We Affirm the Apostles' Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spiritand born of the Virgin Mary.He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.He descended to the dead.On the third day he rose again.He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come...
What it reported doing in 2024
Assistance program: There is a spectrum of persecution from job discrimination to imprisonment, torture, and murder. ICC aids persecuted Christians that suffer along this spectrum to heal, withstand blows, and grow the church in depth and breadth in persecuted areas. Some of ICC's activities are as follows: - Aid to believers who have lost jobs due to persecution - Aid to believers whose communities are attacked - Aid to communities whose churches have been damaged or destroyed - Aid to those beaten for their faith - Aid to the families of martyrs ICC also builds the church by spreading the gospel and discipling believers in heavily persecuted areas: - Purchase and distribution of scripture - Financial support and training for church planters or underground pastors - Financial support of those pushing the gospel out via radio, internet, and various other means
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 78
- Accountability: 81
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 80.9%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $29.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Pass
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 98.9%; rating input score 99; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -50.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 80.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $219K · 10 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $239K reported
- Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.