Student Work Development Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The primary purpose of SWDF is to assist in providing training and support for individuals, and groups in discipleship, education, evangelism, and missions to help produce more effective discipleship ministries.
- Income
- $851,544
- Spending
- $1.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 86%
- Reserves
- 40.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 73%
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $81,730, treasurer
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
Good: 75 out of 100.
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 40.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 62% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 23% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1586% 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
Fair: 56 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 257 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or 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 (4)
- $280,281 spent. SWDF provides assistance to IRC section 501(c)(3) organizations within the U.S. such as the Baptist Collegiate Ministries and various college and universities, The Christian Challenge, The Campus Ventures, The Navigators and Churches that reach out to college students and international students to help them learn to evangelize young men and women with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and disciple them in the Word of God.
- $152,868 spent. SWDF provides assistance to campus ministries in Europe that reach out to college students to help them learn to evangelize young men and women with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to disciple them in the Word of God and spread the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- $747,268 spent. The Sullivant Retreat Center is a part of SWDF and is used for fostering an environment for discipleship, evangelism, teaching and training of college and university campus organizations and churches to accomplish SWDF's purpose of helping produce more effective discipleship ministries and spreading the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- SWDF provides assistance to IRS section 501(c)(3) organizations outside the U.S., such as Connexxion Campus Ministries located in Europe to evangelize young men and women with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and disciple them in the Word of God.
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
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.
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 November 6, 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 October 13, 2026.
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.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 1976.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 4, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: C I S Development Foundation Inc (New York, NY), EIN 22-3304404. 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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