International Commission

Legal name: International Commission Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
751496922
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lewisville, TX, United States
Phone
(214) 488 - 2555
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,498,193
Expenses
$3,859,351
Assets
$1,391,160
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK GOODE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES CHETWOOD (REGIONAL VP): $142,744 total reported compensation
  • GARY GODKIN (AREA VP OF AFRICA & MOBILIZATION COORDINATOR): $129,201 total reported compensation
  • MARK GOODE (PRESIDENT): $106,763 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Equipping and enabling believers of the gospel of Jesus Christ worldwide, by partnering with local churches in evangelism, to share His gospel with unbelievers and make disciples. IC handles the training and logistics for the sending churches and hosting churches involved in international partnerships. Provide Training and Materials IC provides training and materials for preparation, evangelism, and discipleship. IC provides training and materials for preparation, evangelism, and discipleship. Enable Believers IC equips and enables believers worldwide to carry out evangelism within their own countries through National-to-National partnerships.

What it reported doing in 2024

National-to-national (n2n) projects are a unique strategy of international commission to train, equip and enable nationals from outside of the united states to become effective "fishers of men and to make disciples in their own communities. Since the first n2n was conducted in 1992, local leaders worldwide have stated that an n2n project is one of the most effective strategies to reach unbelievers, make disciples, and grow churches. Powered by believers in local churches who share jesus. The effectiveness of n2n projects only continues to grow. The essence of n2n projects is training, equipping and enabling of a first generation to share christ with friends, family, and neighbors and disciple new believers. This generation then trains, equips and enables the next generation. It is one of the greatest stewardship opportunities for building the kingdom of god today. On average, an n2n project can be funded for what it costs to send one american overseas on a short-term international project. Both of these aspects of ministry - missions by nationals and missions with nationals - are the heartbeat of international commission and we are blessed to invite you to join us in the great commission by giving, going, or both.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.5%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 85.9%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $46.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -10.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 95.5% of revenue deployed · 85.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $143K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.