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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: September 2025 Expires: September 2027

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA

Standards Not Met
Standards Not Met
14
635 Science Drive
Madison, WI, 53711

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA does not meet the following 1 Standards for Charity Accountability:

Standard 14 (Budget)
Have a board-approved annual budget for its current fiscal year, outlining projected expenses for major program activities, fund raising, and administration.

InterVarsity does not meet this Standard because, when the organization provided 2025 budget information, it indicated that the budget:

  • Did not identify total projected program service expenses.
  • Did not identify total projected fundraising expenses.
  • Did not identify total projected administrative expenses.

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA meets the remaining 19 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to establish and advance at colleges and universities witnessing communities of students and faculty who follow Jesus as Savior and Lord: growing in love for God, God's Word, God's people of every ethnicity and culture, and God's purposes in the world."

Year, State Incorporated:
1941, IL

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA (InterVarsity) reports that it serves on college and university campuses across the country, and helps students ask the big questions of life, get to know Jesus for themselves, and apply the Bible to issues universally faced. InterVarsity also aims to develop critical thinking, leadership skills, strong character and integrity, and cross-cultural skills essential to navigate adulthood. The organization's programs seek to lead students from participant to apprentice, to leader, to leader of leaders. InterVarsity reports that the overall number of students attending at least one InterVarsity event during the 2024-2025 academic year was estimated at 69,023. Through the ministry of InterVarsity, 2,671 men and women made first-time decisions to follow Jesus. Specialized areas of ministry include Black Campus Ministries, Asian American Ministries, Latino Fellowship, and a growing Native ministry; along with ministry to nursing students, athletes, fraternity and sorority students, and more.

For the year ended June 30, 2024, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA's program expenses were:

Program services $87,852,000
Total Program Expenses $87,852,000

Chief Executive
Tom Lin, President and Chief Executive Officer

Chair of the Board
April Hanson

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Stay at Home Mom

Board Size
15

Paid Staff Size
1372

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Note: InterVarsity has declined to provide Mr. Lin's compensation information.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Special events, Telemarketing

Fundraising costs were 14% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $94,698,000, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024.

Source of Funds
Other income $234,000
Royalties and commissions $692,000
Conference and rental fees $2,045,000
Gain on sale of property $4,704,000
Investment income $6,090,000
Sales of books and media $16,188,000
Contributions $94,698,000
Total Income $124,651,000

Programs: 75% Fundraising: 11% Administrative: 14%

Total Income $124,651,000
Total expenses: $117,021,000
  Program expenses $87,852,000
  Fundraising expenses $13,173,000
  Administrative expenses $15,996,000
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $7,630,000
Beginning Net Assets $65,594,000
Other Changes In Net Assets $-1,620,000
Ending Net Assets $71,604,000
Total Liabilities $11,167,000
Total Assets $82,771,000

Note: In the financial section above, "other changes in net assets" refers to a loss on discontinued operations.

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance