2021-09-15T10:32:07-07:00 2020-12-31 Ellen Fontana CPA LLC 2451 Mcmullen Booth Road 309 Clearwater FL 33759 990 2020-01-01 475225697 Favor International Inc FAVO 9414449940 1767 Lakewood Ranch Blvd Bradenton FL 34211 Alex Kramer Treasurer 9414449940 2021-05-04 true Alex Kramer XXX-XX-XXXX Ellen Fontana P01327163 7274310354 3 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Alex Kramer 1767 Lakewood Ranch Blvd 223 Bradenton FL 34211 5090317 false X www.favorintl.org X 2015 FL Serving and mobilizing leaders in war-affected regions of Africa to transform their communities with the power of the Gospel in every area of life. We see mercenaries become missionaries who bring holistic community-based problem solving and innovative community development. 6 5 5 6 0 0 1687701 5088500 921 0 0 3 1817 1688625 5090317 1466500 1947300 0 156350 209573 0 151915 169439 157159 1792289 2314032 -103664 2776285 117067 2914039 803 21490 116264 2892549 X Through mobilized prayer and discipleship, leadership development, and the power of the Gospel, our indigenous leaders holistically transform whole communities at a time throughout unreached, underserved northeast African nations. Favor International provides grants, consulting, and strategic culture development in northern Uganda, S. Sudan, and surrounding regions to save and change lives. false false 706517 700000 0 Community Development: Served 184 separate communities with a 2-month Portable Bible School education, graduating 22,372 indigenous leaders equipped with long-term transformative training and a Bible in their own language. Trained leaders carry local solutions, demonstrated by 2,955 people receiving much-needed trauma counseling, dedicating 17 new church buildings professionally constructed, taking 1,407 women through community-based empowerment programs, distributing 34,000+ Bibles strategically in native languages, and bringing 19,386 known people to a saving knowledge of God. 102472 100000 0 Prayer & Evangelism: These teams provide rare and necessary community organizing and cohesion to see all other public and private investments flourish in the gateway cities of Gulu and Juba and beyond, uniting political and religious leaders to serve selflessly and wisely, providing neutral ground for people and pastors to connect with God and each other, hosting national reconciliation events, visiting those in prison and hospitals, seeing 2,713 people give testimony of God's healing in their lives, and bringing 4,827 known people to a saving knowledge of God. 1052566 1025000 0 Education & Discipleship: Provided primary school education for 380 children, university education for 95 staff, total K-12 and vocational training for 200+ orphans in our care, purchased and renovated a new 5-acre property to house and educate these youth coming off street life and reducing crime, serving 3,458 additional community youth with workshops, and reached hundreds of thousands listening to our two radio stations with journalism, preaching, teaching, encouragement, and community engagement during the lockdowns. Through these efforts, over 1,000 known people entered into a saving knowledge of God. 141045 122300 0 Economic Empowerment: Invested in land and property improvements for long-term local revenue sustainability through agriculture. 8 fish ponds were dug, plus 1 reservoir pond and 2 breeding grounds, 8 acres were cultivated for crop farming for the first time, outside of Gulu, Uganda. Fencing and drainage systems installed, and tools, machinery, and vehicles obtained for long-term agriculture work and vocational training for orphaned youth cared for by Favor. 141045 122300 0 2002600 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 4 0 true 5 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 6 5 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false FL X Jared Buswell 9414449940 1767 Lakewood Ranch Blvd Bradenton FL 34211 David Blandford Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Martha Mott Board member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Blickensderfer Board member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jared Buswell Board Chair & Secretary 20.00 X 37000 0 0 Vilma Vega Vice Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Alexander Kramer Treasurer 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Carole Ward Executive Director 55.00 X 43000 0 0 80000 0 0 0 false false false 0 5088500 5088500 Reimb & other 900099 1817 1817 0 0 1817 5090317 1817 0 0 1947300 1947300 80000 21500 47750 10750 114865 0 44308 70557 3343 0 3343 0 11365 1546 3973 5846 11200 0 1159 10041 19912 0 19912 0 217 0 0 217 3864 0 2861 1003 17305 773 5733 10799 2001 0 2001 0 2243 0 2243 0 Field supplies & equipment 23419 22300 1119 0 Outside services 9547 0 9276 271 Benevolence 6000 6000 0 0 Postage & printing 44631 2806 4204 37621 16820 375 11635 4810 2314032 2002600 159517 151915 108271 2911649 1529 3178 293 595 6003 4208 3796 1795 117067 2914039 803 21490 0 803 21490 X 84264 -52706 32000 2945255 116264 2892549 117067 2914039 2776285 X false true true false X 0 197145 795724 1687701 5088500 7769070 0 0 197145 795724 1687701 5088500 7769070 5474160 2294910 0 0 103 3 1817 1923 7770993 3586 X 0 0 0 0 Pt II Ln 10 Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Miscellaneous 2017: 103. 2019: 3. 2020: 1817. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 6003 4208 1795 1795 None 0 0 X 5090317 5090317 5090317 2314032 2314032 2314032 Pt X, Line 2 Favor is exempt from Federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been included in the accompanying financial statements. Management has evaluated Favor's tax position and concluded that no uncertain tax positions have been taken that would require adjustment to the financial statements to comply with the provisions of the Income Tax Topic of the FASB ASC. With few exceptions, the Organization is subject to income tax examinations for up to three years after tax returns are filed. true Sub-Saharan Africa 0 1 Program services Social services 1947300 0 1 0 1 1947300 1947300 Sub-Saharan Africa social service 1947300 wire 1 false false false false false false Pt I Line 2 Favor International provides grants to very select organizations overseas with a long, transparent track record of providing the program work we exist to see completed. We issue a memorandum of understanding between us and the recipient organization for each wire, signed by a representative of each organization. These MOUs determine the intended purpose of each gift, and the recipient organization provides both financial records of spending and narrative reports of accomplishments to use quarterly. Receipts for specific transactions are occasionally requested and provided. Finally, the executive director we have hired is also the executive director of our primary partner organization in Uganda, where she lives majority time. This arrangement provides direct and close monitoring by our board of the use of grants. Pt VI, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Pt VI, Line 11b Form 990 is emailed to the full Board prior to filing. Pt VI, Line 15a Independent board members made decisions regarding (non-independent board member and CEO/Director) Carole Ward's compensation more than once at scheduled board meetings. Surveys of comparable nonprofit director salaries were referenced, and the organization's compensation of its director was well under reasonable amounts throughout 2018. Pt VI, Line 15b No other officers or key employees received compensation in 2018. Pt VI, Line 12c To ensure the Organization operates in a manner consistent with charitable purposes and does not engage in activities that could jeopardize its tax-exempt status, periodic reviews shall be conducted. The periodic reviews shall, at a minimum, include the following subjects: Whether compensation arrangements and benefits are reasonable, based on competent survey information, and the result of arm's length bargaining, and, Whether partnerships, joint ventures, and arrangements with management organizations conform to the Organization's written policies, are properly recorded, reflect reasonable investment or payments for goods and services, further charitable purposes, and do not result in inurement, impermissible private benefit, or in an excess benefit transaction. Pt VI, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Economic Empowerment: Invested in land and property improvements for long-term local revenue 141045. 122300. 0.