Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BUT GOD MINISTRIES.

Totals

Total revenue: $2,632,448
Total expenses: $2,547,063
Contributions and grants received: $2,597,930
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $34,518
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $5,218,082
Total liabilities, end of year: $55,053
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $5,163,029
Program services expenses (Part IX): $2,190,236
Management and general expenses: $188,020
Fundraising expenses: $168,807
Program service expenses (Part III): $2,190,236

Program services were 86.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1e · Government grants (contributions)

$384,033
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$2,213,897
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$20,040
3 · Investment income

total $34,518 · excluded $34,518

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $257,088 · program services $181,504 · management and general $37,468 · fundraising $38,116
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $646,191 · program services $449,860 · management and general $97,325 · fundraising $99,006
9 · Other employee benefits

total $83,324 · program services $70,347 · management and general $6,432 · fundraising $6,545
10 · Payroll taxes

total $59,630 · program services $50,132 · management and general $4,708 · fundraising $4,790
11c · Fees: accounting

total $22,086 · management and general $22,086
11g · Fees: other

total $27,583 · program services $25,007 · management and general $1,276 · fundraising $1,300
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $12,520 · program services $11,351 · management and general $579 · fundraising $590
13 · Office expenses

total $66,619 · program services $53,850 · management and general $6,330 · fundraising $6,439
14 · Information technology

total $861 · program services $780 · management and general $40 · fundraising $41
16 · Occupancy

total $93,129 · program services $83,311 · management and general $4,867 · fundraising $4,951
17 · Travel

total $50,489 · program services $50,489
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $136,522 · program services $122,861 · management and general $6,772 · fundraising $6,889
23 · Insurance

total $49,193 · program services $48,916 · management and general $137 · fundraising $140
24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION

total $783,593 · program services $783,593
24b · Other expenses: MEDICAL AND FOOD ASSIST

total $120,066 · program services $120,066
24c · Other expenses: CONSTRUCTION

total $115,756 · program services $115,756
24d · Other expenses: SPIRITUAL

total $22,413 · program services $22,413

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $183,050 · end of year $152,947
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $2,400,872 · end of year $418,143
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $11,908 · end of year $1,319
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $2,028 · end of year $8,299
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$5,558,482
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$929,222
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $2,942,301 · end of year $4,629,260
14 · Intangible assets

end of year $5,829
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $23,298 · end of year $2,285
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $452,257 · end of year $35,652
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $6,000 · end of year $4,000
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $27,556 · end of year $15,401
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $2,620,767 · end of year $4,481,278
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $2,456,877 · end of year $681,751

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST BY BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD AND PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE ORGANIZATION IS CURRENTLY BUILDING TWO SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES IN HAITI AND ONE IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST BY BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD AND PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN THE UNITED STATES.

BUT GOD MINISTRIES CONTINUED ITS MISSION OF SUPPORTING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE HAITIAN COMMUNITIES OF GALETTE CHAMBON AND THOMAN. IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED DAILY MEALS AND EDUCATION TO OVER 2,500 CHILDREN ACROSS SEVEN SCHOOLS, DELIVERED MEDICAL CARE TO THOUSANDS THROUGH ITS CLINICS IN THOMAN, AND SUPPORTED 13 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN PORT-AU-PRINCE. ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES INCLUDED AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, HOUSING FOR ORPHANS, JOB CREATION, AND HOME CONSTRUCTION. THE MINISTRY CONDUCTED MULTIPLE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, GRADUATED STUDENTS FROM ITS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, HELD TWO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONIES, AND FACILITATED WORSHIP SERVICES, DISCIPLESHIP CLASSES, AND BAPTISMS. DESPITE ONGOING INSTABILITY AND VIOLENCE IN HAITI, BUT GOD MINISTRIES EMPLOYED OVER 250 INDIVIDUALS AND CONTINUED TO HOST VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Expenses $1,223,594
BUT GOD MINISTRIES CONTINUED ITS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN JONESTOWN, MISSISSIPPI. IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION OPERATED A MONTESSORI SCHOOL AND A DENTAL CLINIC, WHILE ALSO OFFERING BIBLE STUDIES AND CHILDREN'S SPORTS CAMPS. THE MINISTRY TREATED DOZENS AT ITS DENTAL CLINIC, COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BASEBALL/SOFTBALL COMPLEX, AND HOSTED HUNDREDS OF MISSION TRIP PARTICIPANTS. ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES INCLUDED BUILDING ACCESSIBILITY RAMPS FOR DISABLED RESIDENTS AND COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF THE INFRUSTRUCTURE FOR A BRAND NEW TEN HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND OUR HOPE CENTER. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HELD BIBLE STUDIES, VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL SESSIONS, MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, AND WORSHIP SERVICES. BUT GOD MINISTRIES EMPLOYED 9 FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS AND SPONSORED NUMEROUS LOCAL TEENAGERS TO ATTEND A CHRISTIAN CAMP.

Expenses $966,642

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

ALVIN WILLIAMS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
BARBARA GLADNEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
BILLY VAN DEVENDER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
BUDDY HUFF

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
DALE BANKS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
DALE KENNON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
MICHAEL VOLK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
STANLEY P BUCKLEY

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$151,421

From this org

$151,421

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$151,421

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$0

Nontaxable benefits

$0

Filer's total

$151,421
DINA RAY

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Total calculated

$105,667

From this org

$105,667

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

3 · Compensation committee
3 · Compensation survey or study
3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
7 · Other non-fixed payments
8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3: THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, HEADED BY BARBARA GLADNEY, MEET AND APPROVE THE COMPENSATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WHEN THE BUDGET IS APPROVED. THEY UTILIZE A DATA STUDY THAT PROVIDES THE MEASURES OF COMPARABLE SERVICES, COMPENSATION AND ENTERPRISES, THEY ALSO CONSIDER OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS HISTORY, TIME ON THE JOB AND TIME REQUIRED OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2025
Filed: 8 September 2026
IRS schema version: 2025v4.2
Source object: 202622519349302402

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