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MENTOR LEADERS INC

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $895K · expenses $785K · assets $1.6M

EIN
20-8263272
Address
17 COVINGTON CIR, CRAWFORDVILLE, FL 32327-8029
Website
www.mentorleaders.org
NTEE code
O55
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2011
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Mission

Aid begins with good nutrition, clean water, and basic health care shared with the message of Christ. Restoring a community to a vibrant social and spiritual life in an effort to meet educational and spiritual development to end the cycle of poverty and dependence. Sustainability is our end goal to move each community to sustain itself.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

4 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
David Whetstone President/Founder2025 $130,000$130,000 1
Wayne Creel Treasurer2025 $33,320$33,320 1
Whetstone David (former) President/Founder2020-2024 $118,333$449,979 1
Creel Wayne (former) Treasurer2020-2024 $35,143$196,255 1

People by year

2025 · 2 people listed · 2 paid, $163K · 5 employees · 48 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
David Whetstone President/Founder80 $130,000$0$0 $130,0001
Wayne Creel Treasurer30 $33,320$0$0 $33,3201
2024 · 2 people listed · 2 paid, $153K · 6 employees · 13 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Whetstone David President/Founder80 $118,333$0$0 $118,3331
Creel Wayne Treasurer25 $35,143$0$0 $35,1431
2023 · 1 person listed · 1 paid, $90K · 7 employees · 4 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Whetstone David President/Founder80 $90,000$0$0 $90,0001
2022 · 2 people listed · 2 paid, $138K · 6 employees · 8 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Whetstone David President/Founder70 $88,983$0$0 $88,9831
Creel Wayne VP/Treasurer40 $49,500$0$0 $49,5001
2021 · 2 people listed · 2 paid, $130K · 5 employees · 7 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Whetstone David President/Founder70 $74,800$0$0 $74,8001
Creel Wayne VP/Treasurer40 $54,890$0$0 $54,8901
2020 · 2 people listed · 2 paid, $135K · 5 employees · 9 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Whetstone David President/Founder70 $77,863$0$0 $77,8631
Creel Wayne VP/Treasurer40 $56,722$0$0 $56,7221

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$894,576$784,576 $1,590,440$1,580,530 $613,382$255,672 $163,320548
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$925,551$737,893 $1,626,113$1,610,445 $617,110$297,111 $118,333613
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$939,629$878,988 $1,449,470$1,422,787 $584,248$345,205 $90,00074
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$993,250$877,167 $1,359,039$1,344,143 $586,083$401,865 $138,48368
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,073,882$1,287,132 $1,258,838$1,228,060 $573,352$500,316 $129,69057
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$933,912$537,172 $1,380,274$1,358,178 $528,890$402,027 $139,58559

Funders of this organization

5 grantors reported grants to this organization, $1,247,911 in all, tax years 2015 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2017-2018 2$800,000 2018$400,000
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FORGOOD INC DAF sponsor Exact 2016-2019 4$427,519 2019$50,772
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CONDUIT MISSION Public charity Exact 2015 1$20,000 2015$20,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “MENTOR LEADERS INC” 2020-2023 4$287 2023$62
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ABBVIE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “MENTOR LEADERS INC” 2019 1$105 2019$105
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $784,576 spent · pay $303,464 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Mission field projects $188,615$188,615-- 24.0%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $163,320$82,228$47,292$33,800 20.8%
Other (as described)Adopt a child $141,795$141,795-- 18.1%
Other salaries and wages $120,947$64,100$26,647$30,200 15.4%
Other (as described)Short term mission trips $36,845$36,845-- 4.7%
Depreciation and depletion $31,898-$31,898- 4.1%
Other (as described)Sustainability business $28,195$28,195-- 3.6%
Payroll taxes $19,197$10,174$4,127$4,896 2.4%
Fees: other services $15,021$3,004$12,017- 1.9%
Travel $9,524-$3,810$5,714 1.2%
Advertising and promotion $7,750--$7,750 1.0%
Office expenses $7,209-$7,209- 0.9%
Occupancy $5,000-$5,000- 0.6%
Fees: accounting $4,500$1,794$2,706- 0.6%
All other expenses $3,255-$3,255- 0.4%
Insurance $1,421-$1,421- 0.2%
Fees: legal $84-$84- 0.0%
Total$784,576100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $737,893 spent · pay $209,440 · grants $0 · events $4,022
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Child sponsorship $238,982$238,982-- 32.4%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $118,333$85,933$11,000$21,400 16.0%
Other salaries and wages $76,059$14,650$48,284$13,125 10.3%
Other (as described)Short term mission trips $70,607$70,607-- 9.6%
Other (as described)Sustainability business $62,447$62,447-- 8.5%
Fees: other services $37,713-$37,713- 5.1%
Other (as described)Mission projects $35,146$35,146-- 4.8%
Fees: accounting $35,143$14,052$21,091- 4.8%
Office expenses $16,266-$16,266- 2.2%
Payroll taxes $14,871$8,362$3,694$2,815 2.0%
Travel $11,096-$5,801$5,295 1.5%
Advertising and promotion $9,488--$9,488 1.3%
All other expenses $5,924-$5,924- 0.8%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $4,022-$671$3,351 0.5%
Insurance $1,422-$1,422- 0.2%
Fees: legal $197-$197- 0.0%
Other employee benefits $177-$177- 0.0%
Total$737,893100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $878,988 spent · pay $218,105 · grants $0 · events $4,730
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Child sponsorship $253,965$253,965-- 28.9%
Other (as described)Mission projects $189,664$189,664-- 21.6%
Other salaries and wages $112,888$30,468$82,420- 12.8%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $90,000$9,000$9,000$72,000 10.2%
Other (as described)Short term mission trips $82,894$82,894-- 9.4%
Fees: other services $44,761-$43,244$1,517 5.1%
Travel $28,438-$5,688$22,750 3.2%
Fees: accounting $23,488-$23,488- 2.7%
Other (as described)Sustainabilty business $18,327$18,327-- 2.1%
Payroll taxes $15,217$3,043$6,848$5,326 1.7%
Advertising and promotion $5,615--$5,615 0.6%
Office expenses $4,979-$4,979- 0.6%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $4,730-$978$3,752 0.5%
Fees: legal $1,471-$1,471- 0.2%
Insurance $1,436-$1,436- 0.2%
All other expenses $1,115$1,115-- 0.1%
Total$878,988100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $877,167 spent · pay $251,173 · grants $0 · events $5,171
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Child sponsorship $239,423$239,423-- 27.3%
Other (as described)Mission projects $201,598$201,598-- 23.0%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $138,483$15,233$52,267$70,983 15.8%
Other salaries and wages $94,841$50,978$34,522$9,341 10.8%
Other (as described)Short term mission trips $93,718$93,718-- 10.7%
Fees: other services $36,336-$24,396$11,940 4.1%
Office expenses $19,567-$19,567- 2.2%
Payroll taxes $17,849$5,251$7,547$5,051 2.0%
All other expenses $12,509-$12,509- 1.4%
Travel $8,791-$3,319$5,472 1.0%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $5,171-$1,706$3,465 0.6%
Fees: accounting $4,077-$4,077- 0.5%
Fees: legal $2,659-$2,659- 0.3%
Insurance $1,378-$1,378- 0.2%
Advertising and promotion $767--$767 0.1%
Total$877,167100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $1,287,132 spent · pay $227,484 · grants $0 · events $3,810
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Mission projects $578,901$578,901-- 45.0%
Other (as described)Child sponsorship $217,586$217,586-- 16.9%
Other (as described)Short term mission trips $178,875$178,875-- 13.9%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $129,690$11,726$51,392$66,572 10.1%
Other salaries and wages $81,628$43,685$29,694$8,249 6.3%
Fees: other services $29,907-$21,572$8,335 2.3%
Payroll taxes $16,166$4,754$6,834$4,578 1.3%
Travel $16,035$3,926$2,405$9,704 1.2%
Office expenses $13,862-$13,862- 1.1%
Fees: accounting $10,426-$10,426- 0.8%
Advertising and promotion $4,746--$4,746 0.4%
All other expenses $3,990-$3,990- 0.3%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $3,810-$569$3,241 0.3%
Insurance $1,426-$1,426- 0.1%
Fees: legal $84-$84- 0.0%
Total$1,287,132100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $537,172 spent · pay $215,926 · grants $0 · events $1,768
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Child sponsorship $167,493$167,493-- 31.2%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $139,585$43,400$57,722$38,463 26.0%
Other salaries and wages $60,997$28,930$28,007$4,060 11.4%
Other (as described)Mission projects $51,017$51,017-- 9.5%
Fees: other services $40,856-$31,974$8,882 7.6%
Other (as described)Short term mission trips $33,082$33,082-- 6.2%
Payroll taxes $15,344$5,533$6,563$3,248 2.9%
Office expenses $11,827-$11,827- 2.2%
Travel $9,962$2,434$1,503$6,025 1.9%
Insurance $2,162-$2,162- 0.4%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $1,768-$265$1,503 0.3%
Depreciation and depletion $1,331-$1,331- 0.2%
All other expenses $1,067-$1,067- 0.2%
Advertising and promotion $681--$681 0.1%
Total$537,172100%

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