Mentors International

Analysis

Mentors International is a registered charity in United States, based in Draper, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Mentors International reported income of $4.1m and spending of $4.3m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $4.1m (+151%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Mentors International sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 90th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vermont Afterschool Inc ($4.1m), Oxford University Development North America Inc ($4.1m) and Engage Now Africa Inc ($4.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $115k (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. At year end it held assets of $6.9m against liabilities of $934k, net assets of $5.9m. It reported 11 employees.