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US nonprofit · EIN 863079505 · East Peoria, ILiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 863079505) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Summit Planting Initiative

Donations deductible
Revenue
$278k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$283k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$35k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$35k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
3.6 years on average
Staff
0
4 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
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Summit Planting Initiative's network

5 peoplei5 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 5 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Jeff KlopfensteinDirector2024
2 yrs
Philip KingDirector2022
4 yrs
Stephen McGinnis (also filed as Steve McGinnis)Director2022
4 yrs
Steve SturhahnDirector2024
2 yrs
Timothy Harkness (also filed as TIM Harkness)Director2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
John CreekmurTreasurer/Disince 2023
Stephen HuttonSecretary/Disince 2023
Steve BelserChairman/Dirsince 2023

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Steve BelserChairman/Dir$0
John CreekmurTreasurer/Di$0
Stephen HuttonSecretary/Di$0
Tim HarknessDirector$0
Philip KingDirector$0
Steve McGinnisDirector$0
Jeff KlopfensteinDirector$0
Steve SturhahnDirector$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Summit Planting Initiative
EIN
863079505
Address
401 Cimmeron Dr, East Peoria, IL, 61611-7504
State
Illinois
Mission
The summit planting initiative exists to glorify god through planting and supporting like-minded churches around the world. We seek to plant churches with indigenous pastors who are excited about growing gods kingdom in their home countries. We are also passionate about partnering individuals or churches with planted churches to support them by prayer, finances, and/or hands-on assistance.... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
X20 Religion-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Religion-Related
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2021
Principal officer
Steve Belser (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 November 2022
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥4years on the filingsPhilip King
≥4years on the filingsStephen McGinnis
≥4years on the filingsTimothy Harkness
≥2years on the filingsJeff Klopfenstein

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$35k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$35k
Contributions and grants received
$278k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0
Volunteers
4

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$312k$305k$7k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.