International Christian Response

Legal name: International Christian Response USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261591373
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Lynden, WA, United States
Phone
(888) 401-4948
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,090,769
Expenses
$11,070,543
Assets
$743,041
Liabilities
$57,133

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOE HALL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL 10/24)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOE HALL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL 10/24): $161,742 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mobilize spiritual and material support to encourage persecuted Christians to persevere and proclaim the Gospel. Vision. At ICR, our commitment to financial responsibility and transparency is core to who we are. We strive to uphold the highest standards of accountability and stewardship, ensuring that every donation is used efficiently and effectively to benefit persecuted Christians. Your dollar goes to helping persecuted Christians in one of three ways: projects that directly **support** persecuted believers with necessities in their greatest time of need, projects that **equip** local churches with discipleship and evangelistic materials, and projects that **advance** the gospel in places where it is difficult to be a Christian and among persecutors. All this work intentionally flows through the local churc.

What it reported doing in 2025

The spiritual and material support that icr helps to mobilize is primarily directed to countries and regions that are demonstrably hostile towards christians, the church, and activities aimed at advancing the gospel. Icr supports efforts and projects in these hostile areas focused on supporting the persecuted, equipping local churches, and advancing the gospel. The organization's switzerland-based sister ministry, which was founded in 1969, and with whom the organization closely collaborates on a daily basis, receives a combination of periodic reporting and financial documentation, and conducts in-person field visits of partners it and the organization support through the granting of funds. These are the primary methods of accountability used to monitor the use of grants sent to organizations outside of the united states.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $44.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Pass
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 94% of revenue deployed · 94.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $162K · 8 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

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 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.