International Literacy and Development

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452088800
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Midlothian, TX, USA
Phone
6827120128
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Agricultural Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,079,376
Expenses
$3,075,607
Assets
$1,699,419
Liabilities
$34,943

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRENDA R HOLLAND (PRESIDENT/EXEC DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRENDA R HOLLAND (PRESIDENT/EXEC DIRECTOR): $85,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Ilad exists to provide the skills, training, concepts, and access to materials needed to affect ongoing change with and within vulnerable communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ilad's longest running programs are in west africa, where ilad staff are involved in literacy, agricultural training, social business, micro-finance, and education. Ilad conducted the following activities: literacy: in 2025, ilad operated 23 mobile libraries, serving over 2,000 minority language speakers across two countries. 6 of the villages where libraries have been established have begun service clubs to help their community. There are also 12 schools with 20+ teachers who serve approximately 1,250 children and adults. In another west african country,150 women participated in literacy classes that took place in 6 different villages. 3 new assistant teachers were trained.agricultural training: over 1,500 local farmers have adopted the innovative organic pineapple production methods being taught on ilad's self-sustaining demonstration farm. Over 700 village-based, small-farm co-ops are trained and in operation. The agriculture project includes teaching pond culture tilapia raising, animal husbandry, and crop diversification. In 2025, a poultry operation was added that provides jobs and funding for more sustainable projects. Additionally, in 2025, ilad togo hosted a group of government officials from another west african nation that are interested in partnering with ilad to initiate these programs in their country.business education: in 2025, 41 local entrepreneurs were trained in a business development center (bdc) designed to equip them with knowledge and tools to run ethical, profitable, relevant businesses in their communities that provide economic and social benefits. During the phases of training, several of the local entrepreneurs were trained to be able to lead some of these classes themselves.education: in 2025, ilad continued to partner with a local village to provide jr./sr. School where formerly there was only an elementary school. These schools served 134 students. The middle school had a passing rate of 83% and the high school had a passing rate of 92%. 13 teachers are employed by the school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Pass
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th 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; 63rd 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: 0.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.8%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $85K · 9 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $135K reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.