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Sonrise International Inc

EIN 45-3714422 · Owasso, OK

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthStrong93 out of 100GovernanceWeak16 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

Points to look into

  • It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.

These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.

What it says it does

PROMOTE WORLDWIDE DISCIPLESHIP FOR GOD

Income
$510,169
Spending
$201,089
Spent on programs
62%
Reserves
19.1 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 100%
Employees
0
Highest pay
$15,000, president

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 78% of charities in its peer group (religion, $250k to $1m).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 19.1 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 11% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 61% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 22% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    8 of 15

    62% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Weak: 16 out of 100. Higher than 0% of charities in its peer group (religion, $250k to $1m).

  • Independent board

    5 of 25

    0 of 3 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    0 of 15

    Reports no written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    0 of 8

    Reports no written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    0 of 10

    Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • Independent check of accounts

    6 of 15

    Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    0 of 10

    Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 (1)
  1. $125,128 spent. IN 2024 CHARLES A. CARROLL III MADE THREE TRIPS TO AFRICA. IN THE FIRST HE VISITED CAMEROON AND KENYA. IN THE SECOND HE VISITED COTE DIVOIRE. IN THE THIRD, HE TRAVELED TO CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC AND CAMEROON, AGAIN. 2024 WAS A YEAR OF TRANSITION. IN JUNE WE GATHERED ALL OUR KEY COLLEAGUES FROM CENTRAL AFRICA TOGETHER IN DOUALA, ALONG WITH THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF WORLD MISSION CENTRE (WMC) AND ITS EAST AFRICAN DIRECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING WAS TO ANNOUNCE OUR RESIGNATION OF OVERSEEING THE LIVE SCHOOL PROJECT IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA AND TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW MINISTRY WE WERE BEGINNING IN THE SAME REGION. AFTER THAT TIME, WE SELECTED 15 TO GO WITH US TO NAIROBI TO ATTEND A DISCIPLE MAKING MOVEMENT SEMINAR TO IMMERSE THEM IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY OF MISSION AND OBSERVE IF ANY OF THEM WANTED TO CHANGE PARADIGMS OF MINISTRY TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON MAKING DISCIPLES AMONG THE UNREACHED, RATHER THAN WORKING WITH THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH TO RAISE UP INDIGENOUS MISSIONARIES AND THE PARADIGM SHIFT REQUIRED TO SEE THE CHURCH AS WHAT IT TRULY IS, AN ORGANISM OF RELATIONSHIPS RATHER THAN A CORPORATE HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE. WE CAME HOME AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER, I FLEW TO ABIDJAN, COTE DIVOIRE TO MEET WITH AS MANY OF OUR WEST AFRICAN COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS THE WMC DIRECTOR AND EAST AFRICAN DIRECTOR TO DO THE SAME. ONLY, WE DID NOT GO TO A DMM SEMINAR, BUT RATHER HAD A DMM COACH TEACH US ALL ON WHAT IS AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE A PERSON OF PEACE, WHO IS THE KEY TO WORKING IN A NEW COMMUNITY. ALREADY HAVING PLANNED TWO FRONTIER MISSION ACADEMIES (FMA) FOR 2024 BUT KNOWING THAT A KEY PRINCIPLE OF THE NEW PHILOSOPHY OF MINISTRY WE WERE ENTERING IS JUST IN TIME TRAINING, THIS YEAR WE MADE THE FMAS ONLY ONE MONTH LONG INSTEAD OF THREE AND SPENT HALF THE TIME GOING THROUGH HAND SELECTED TRAINING WE HAVE DONE IN FMAS IN YEARS PAST AND HALF OF IT INTRODUCING DMM, WHICH WE ARE NOW DOING. IN ABIDJAN, WE HAD THE FMA STUDENTS STUDENTS MEET US IN ABIDJAN AND SPENT ONE WEEK WITH THEM THERE, AFTER WE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND PRESENTED OUR NEW VISION TO OUR EXISTING TEAM. WHEN I FLEW HOME, THEY WENT UP COUNTRY TO BONDOUKOU TO COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING IN AND AMONG THE KULANGO PEOPLE. ABOUT A MONTH LATER, I FLEW TO CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC FOR THE START OF THE SECOND FMA AND SPENT ONE WEEK WITH THEM GIVING THEM A BASIC TRAINING IN THE DMM SYSTEM WE HAD NOW LAUNCHED OUT INTO USING. THEY THEN CONTINUED WITH THEIR FMA, AND I FLEW TO CAMEROON, WHERE I WENT TO NGAOUNDERE AND MET WITH A GROUP WEVE RELATED TO FROM ACROSS CAMEROON AND ACROSS CHAD TO GIVE THEM A BASIC TRAINING IN THIS REVISED MINISTRY WE ARE NOW DOING. THERE WERE ABOUT 65 IN OUR FIRST MEETING IN DOUALA, CAMEROON, ABOUT 50 IN OUR MEETING IN ABIDJAN, COTE DIVOIRE, AND ABOUT 65 IN NGAOUNDERE, CAMEROON.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. 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 October 13, 2026.

  2. 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 October 13, 2026.

  3. 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 October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since March 2013.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. 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 21, 2026.

  7. Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.

    A much larger organization has a similar name: Sae International (Warrendale, PA), EIN 25-1494402. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

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