Spear International Ministries Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The Mission of SPEAR International Ministries is to Encourage, Equip and Empower individual Christians and churches to discover and fulfill their role in the Great Commission primarily through the establishment of strategic partnerships with indigenous ministries around the world.
- Income
- $84,573
- Spending
- $116,388
- Reserves
- 2.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 43 out of 100. Higher than 16% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 4% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 38% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- Missionary Mobilization & Partnership. We come alongside local churches and provide assistance & training in mobilizing their members to make disciples of Jesus Christ for all nations. We teach them how to partner & care for their missionaries on the field. We send teams to work short term with nationals in many countries impacting the lives of the nationals and trip participants. We send our in house missionaries to develop partnerships with nationals in Southeast Asia.
- SPEAR International Ministries partners with national believers in North Vietnam to provide training, assistance and resources aimed at establishing and strengthening individual minority tribal Christians and churches. Training includes basic discipleship, church leader/pastoral training, female ministry leader training, and evangelist/ church planter training. Hundreds of tribal Christians have been able to take advantage of these training activities and are now leading tribal churches. In addition to the above, SPEAR IM seeks to provide financial resources to help with sending and sustaining evangelistic and church planting efforts among unreached tribal groups. As a result of the combined efforts of the members of this partnership several previously unreached ethnic groups now have groups of believers and churches. Along with sharing financial resources, SPEAR IM facilitates teams of U.S. believers to assist with various aspects of training. Finally, SPEAR IM is working toward establishing and facilitating on-going partnerships between our Vietnamese co-workers and churches/ministries in the U.S.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2009.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Samaritan Ministries International (Peoria, IL), EIN 37-1295601. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
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